Penguins Gain Home Ice Advantage

The Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the New York Rangers on Saturday night by the final score of 4-3.

The main headline of Saturday night was Pittsburgh's captain Sidney Crosby scoring consecutive goals in the last six minutes of the second period. The captain had a backhand tap-in goal into a wide open net with 5:53 left in the first period. Then ,after recieving a perfect pass from Chris Kunitz, Crosby redirected the puck top shelf on Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist while falling to the ice. The goal came with 1:24 left in the second period.

In Pittsburgh, fans are relieved and excited that their team was able to produce a split on the road against the NHL's best team. In New York… they're sweating...

Pittsburgh now has home ice advantage. Splitting in the first two meetings leaves 3 out of the next 5 games to be played in the steel city. Can the Pens take advantage of what they've earned? Game 3 is monday & takes place at Console Energy Center at 7:00 p.m.





Written by Austin Young,  in collaboration with Joe Smeltzer.