{"id":96831,"date":"2026-01-26T03:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T03:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/96831\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T03:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T03:56:08","slug":"penguins-complete-sweep-of-western-canada-trip-with-3-2-win-over-canucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/96831\/","title":{"rendered":"Penguins complete sweep of western Canada trip with 3-2 win over Canucks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rookie Ben Kindel scored twice in the second period to lead the Penguins to a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday and a sweep of Pittsburgh’s four-game western Canada trip.<\/p>\n

Kindel, from nearby Coquitlam, British Columbia, had a large contingent of supporters on hand for his second multi-goal game. The 18-year-old had gone 20 games without a goal after scoring eight in his first 28 and has 10 goals and 12 assists in 48 games.<\/p>\n

Evgeni Malkin also scored for the Penguins (26-14-11), and Stuart Skinner stopped 19 shots and won for the seventh time in eight games.<\/p>\n

Jake DeBrusk and Teddy Blueger scored in the third period for the Canucks (17-30-5), who failed to complete their comeback try and dropped their second straight. Kevin Lankinen stopped 21 shots.<\/p>\n

Malkin and Kindel made it 2-0 with goals 3:17 apart in the second period. Malkin opened the scoring by taking a pass from Thomas Novak that went over a Canuck defender’s stick, then beat Lankinen. Kindel made it a two-goal lead by directing in a shot from defenseman Ryan Shea. Kindel gave Pittsburgh a 3-0 lead at 17:22 by beating Lankinen on a shot from the faceoff circle.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh opened its trip with a 6-3 win over Seattle on Monday, beat Calgary 4-1 on Wednesday, then defeated Edmonton 6-2 on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Veteran Kris Letang returned to the Pittsburgh lineup after missing two games with an upper-body injury.<\/p>\n

The Canucks have just one win in their last 14 games (1-11-2). Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko missed his eighth game with a lower-body injury.<\/p>\n

Penguins: Host the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Canucks: Host the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday in the sixth game of an eight-game homestand.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NHL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nhl<\/p>\n

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