The Pens rebounded from their season opening loss at Carolina by defeating the defending Cup Champ Anaheim Ducks tonight by a score of 5-4. The Pens had goals by Petr Sykora (2), Colby Armstrong, Evgeni Malkin and Ryan Malone. Gary Roberts had two assists, and Malkin, Sykora, Sidney Crosby, Georges Laraque, Robert Scuderi and Erik Christensen each had assists.
Anaheim came out strong, and scored the first goal on an early power play. The Pens would return the favor, with the 2nd unit scoring on the powerplay. The game would be tied at 1 at the first break. Anaheim would score early in the 2nd to take a 2-1 lead, but Armstrong and Malkin scored 20 seconds apart to put the Pens up 3-2 just over 4 minutes in, a score that would hold up at the 2nd break. A little over 6 minutes into the third, Anaheim tied it at 3, where it would remain for 7 minutes until Sykora and Malone scored 19 seconds apart to put the Pens up 5-3. Anaheim would score with 22 seconds left to pull within one while their goaltender was pulled, but it was too little too late, with the Pens winning 5-4.
Stats update, game 2 (several minus players after game 1 broke even; only Sykora is in plus territory after 2 games)
Name GP G A P +- PIM
Sykora 2 2 1 3 +1 0
Malkin 2 1 2 3 E 2
Roberts 2 0 2 2 -1 0
Armstrong 2 1 0 1 E 0
Recchi 2 1 0 1 -1 2
Malone 2 1 0 1 E 6
Gonchar 2 0 1 1 -2 4
Crosby 2 0 1 1 -2 2
Laraque 2 0 1 1 E 0
Christensen 2 0 1 1 E 0
Scuderi 2 0 1 1 -1 0
Orpik 2 0 0 0 E 0
Ruutu 1 0 0 0 -1 2
Talbot 2 0 0 0 -1 0
Whitney 2 0 0 0 E 0
Staal 2 0 0 0 -1 0
Sydor 2 0 0 0 E 0
Eaton 2 0 0 0 -1 0
Hall 1 0 0 0 E 0
Fleury 2 0 0 0 -- 0
Sabourin 1 0 0 0 -- 0
The Pens next play on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at home vs. the Montreal Canadiens. Crosby will attempt to increase the pace of his slow start, with only one assist to show for two games.
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