It’s a “Chili” Night in the ‘Burgh: Penguins Pound Islanders, 7-0

During the second intermission of last night’s resounding 7-0 strafing of the Islanders, PP colleague Caleb Di’Natale texted his approval. Noting Russian strongman Vladimir Putin plans to bar his country’s hockey prospects from coming to North America, I replied that Bad Vlad may have also have secretly abducted the Isles’ all-world goalie Ilya Sorokin and replaced him with Ilya Bryzgalov (or Louis Domingue).

How else do you explain us tagging the usually unbeatable netminder for six goals, and in one period to boot?

All joking aside, it was one of those rare nights when everything went right for the black and gold. At the forefront was Kris Letang, who established an NHL record for defensemen with five points in a single period. Pretty amazing when you consider the great offensive defensemen (Bobby Orr, Paul Coffey…heck…even our own Erik Karlsson) who’ve gone before him.

With six points on the night, Tanger also tied Ron Stackhouse’s 48-year-old club record for defensemen. (I listened to that game on the radio…makes me feel ancient).

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