Penguins, Šilovs Blank Golden Knights, 5-0
When the Golden Knights got the jump on our Penguins this afternoon at PPG Paints while unleashing the first four shots on goal of the game, I thought, “Uh oh, here we go.”
After all the visitors were well-rested while our Pens were coming off a hard-fought shootout loss to the Rangers at MSG just 24 hours earlier.
I’m pleased to say, my trepidation was unfounded. Our guys soon found their legs and went about the business of methodically grinding the Golden Knights to a fine golden powder, or at the very least stripping them down to their chain mail.
Ben Kindel lit the fuse on the Pens’ powder keg at 14:56 of the opening frame. “Kid Kinde” scooped up a loose puck just over the blue line, skated into a nest of three Golden Knights and whipped the puck past Adin Hill from the slot for his 15th goal of the season.
Next up, the amazing, stupendous Egor Chinakhov and his blistering wrister. Seconds after a power-play expired near the six-minute mark of the second period, Chinny slipped silently into the right circle and… As TNT commentator Darren Pang breathlessly warbled, “(Chinakhov) had no time whatsoever to release this…that is impressive.”
Welcome to our world, Panger.