• Who: Penguins (38-22-16) vs. Panthers (37-35-3)
• What: NHL regular season, Game 77
• When: 5:08 p.m.
• Where: PPG Paints Arena
• Goaltenders: Arturs Silovs (17-10-8, .891 SV%) vs. Sergei Bobrovsky (27-21-1, .881 SV%)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Stream: SNP360 (local), ESPN+ (out-of-market)
• Radio: Penguins Radio Network
• Boxscore: NHL.com
• Media notes: Penguins | Panthers
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• End of the first, it’s 2-2. Penguins goals from Noel Acciari and Erik Karlsson. Shots are 9-7 Penguins.
• Connor Clifton, Ryan Shea, Evgeni Malkin each just had a 2+ minute shift. They all looked gassed after. Finally got a chance to get off.
• Kris Letang blocked a shot, he was shaking out his left foot afterward and went to the bench. Talking with an athletic trainer now.
• GOAL: Seth Jones scores to tie it. The puck hit Rickard Rakell and deflected in. Penguins 2, Panthers 2
• Bryan Rust missed that power play after he got boarded but has been taking regular shifts since. Seems fine.
• GOAL: Panthers answer. A.J. Greer gets to a rebound and puts it five-hole. Penguins 2, Panthers 1
• GOAL: Penguins capitalize on the power play. Erik Karlsson rips a shot from the top of the right circle. Sidney Crosby set it up and ties Steve Yzerman for the seventh-most points in NHL history. Penguins 2, Panthers 0
• Bryan Rust is hurt. He got boarded by Mike Benning. He’s just sitting on the bench for now, hobbled off after awkwardly falling. Penguins to the power play.
• Noel Acciari just almost got another one from right in front of the crease. The fourth line has been great.
• GOAL: Noel Acciari gets his 12th of the year just 20 seconds into the game. He took the initial shot, then got a crack at his own rebound and backhanded it in an arc over Sergei Bobrovsky’s head. That was wild. Penguins 1, Panthers 0
• This is underway
• Panthers’ lines and pairings:
Carter Verhaeghe – Sam Bennett – Matthew Tkachuk
Mackie Samoskevich – Eetu Luostarinen – A.J. Greer
Noah Gregor – Tomas Nosek – Jesper Boqvist
Cole Reinhardt – Luke Kunin – Cole Schwindt
Gustav Forsling – Mike Benning
Donovan Sebrango – Seth Jones
Tobias Bjornfot – Mikulas Hovorka
• Lines and pairings for the Penguins today:
Egor Chinakhov – Sidney Crosby – Bryan Rust
Tommy Novak – Rickard Rakell – Evgeni Malkin
Anthony Mantha – Ben Kindel – Justin Brazeau
Elmer Soderblom – Connor Dewar – Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon – Erik Karlsson
Sam Girard – Kris Letang
Ryan Shea – Connor Clifton