Penguins Rely on Jarry-atrics to Best Senators in Rematch
I must say I’ve got this reverse PenguinPoop mojo thing down to a science. I really do. On at least two separate occasions during the Penguins’ 4-1 triumph over Ottawa last night at PPG Paints Arena it had a direct effect on the outcome.
Somewhere around the middle of the first period I shook my head and lamented that we were getting next to nothing from our bottom two lines. In a flash, Brock McGinn crunched Erik Brannstrom into the end boards with a hard, clean body check. Travis Hamonic took exception and invited McGinn to a go-round, in the process taking an instigator penalty as well as a 10-minute misconduct.
Rickard Rakell struck on the ensuing power play and the good guys were off and running.
Speaking of Rakell, I thought coach Mike Sullivan might consider flip-flopping him with Bryan Rust, who IMHO wasn’t working out on the top line. A period or so later, Rust gathers up a loose puck in our zone and bursts through the entire Sens team before placing the puck on a platter for Jake Guentzel to finish.