Channeling the spirit of the Toronto Blue Jays, the Pittsburgh Penguins lead 3-0 through 40 minutes of hockey but fell apart in the third period on their way to a 4-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs last
evening. On the bright side, Ben Kindel continues to impress with his first career multi-goal game, scoring twice in the contest, including once on the power play. [Pensburgh]
Next up for the Penguins is Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals on Thursday night.
Pens Points…
It’s a four game week for the Penguins with two Metro division opponents on the schedule in the Washington Capitals and New Jersey Devils. These four games are also the Penguins last four games in North America for almost two weeks as they will be heading to Sweden for the Global Series. [Pensburgh]
It’s already known that Ben Kindel will be sticking around with the Penguins after hitting the 10 games played mark. The decision on his teammate Harrison Brunicke is less clear after a few stumbles have thrown his future with the Penguins this season into some doubt. [PPG]
If it were up to the coaching staff, it sounds like they prefer Brunicke stay in the NHL and work through his struggles there. Along with that, the Penguins battles lagging ticket sales in October but are hoping for a better November as FSG shows no signs of cutting costs. [The Athletic $$]
Like most of Canada, Penguins captain Sidney Crosby felt the sting of the Toronto Blue Jays Game 7 World Series loss on Saturday night. Crosby hasn’t faced crushing defeat too many times in his career, but he still understood what the team was going through in that moment. [Sportsnet]
NHL News and Notes…
For the first time this season, a goaltender takes home First Star of the Week honors from the NHL. Lukas Dostal of the Anaheim Ducks went 3-0-0 on the week and has the Ducks sitting in first place of the Pacific division after his perfect week between the pipes. [NHL]
Still one goal shy of 900 for his career, Alex Ovechkin found himself in an unfamiliar spot over the weekend, playing on the Capitals third line. Has father time finally caught up to The Great 8 or is this just an early season slump he will have to work through? [The Hockey News]
Former New York Rangers defenseman Arthur Kaliyev has been accused by an ex-girlfriend of scamming her out of upwards of $50K to fund his gambling addiction that she claims is being ignored by the NHL. The New York Post did a full deep dive on the accusations levied at Kaliyev. [NY Post]
