Penguins vs. Sabres 1:54 am
It’s the end of NHL’s Regular Season and the Pittsburgh Penguins got to finish on their Home Ice, hosting the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday.
The Top and Bottom Teams in the East faced off. Max Lagace started in the net. Casey Desmith and Tristan Jarry both getting some time off to deal with injuries before the Playoffs. It was a quiet First Period. In the Second, Freddy Gaudreau steals the puck and Jeff Carter in the paint gets his 17th goal of the Season, his 6th with the Pens. The puck bounces off the stick just enough to find the back of the net for the only Goal of the Game.
Crunch edge Penguins, 2-1, in shootout
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The Syracuse Crunch edged the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, 2-1, in a shootout tonight at the Mohegan Sun Arena.
The Penguins were first on the board, but the Crunch evened it up when Cole Schwindt scored his first professional goal to eventually force overtime. Taylor Raddysh and Otto Somppi helped the Crunch go 2-for-2 in the shootout and lock up a win on the road. Syracuse is now 3-4-1-0 on the season and 1-1-0-0 in the six-game season series against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
Syracuse Crunch claims shootout win over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Updated Mar 03, 2021;
By Syracuse Crunch The Syracuse Crunch edged the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, 2-1, in a shootout Wednesday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena.
The Penguins were first on the board, but the Crunch evened it up when Cole Schwindt scored his first professional goal to eventually force overtime. Taylor Raddysh and Otto Somppi helped the Crunch go 2-for-2 in the shootout and lock up a win on the road. Syracuse is now 3-4-1-0 on the season and 1-1-0-0 in the six-game season series against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
Netminder Spencer Martin earned his second consecutive win turning aside 30-of-31 shots and 2-of-3 shootout attempts between the pipes for the Crunch. Max Lagace stopped 17-of-18 and went 0-for-2 in the shootout in net for the Penguins. Syracuse was 0-for-3 on the power play, but a perfect 5-for-5 on the penalty kill.