Penguins fall to the Devils 4-1 in New Jersey

Chris Kunitz scored a breakaway goal for Pittsburgh early in the second period, but after breaking out with four goals in a win against the Nashville Predators on Friday, the Penguins offense once again couldn’t find a way.

The Penguins have scored four even-strength goals in their past five games and have gone 1-4-0. They have only 25 goals over their past 12 games and are 5-7-0 in that stretch after winning seven of their first eight games with the help of 30 goals.

“We had an open net, posts, and the power play probably hurt us [Saturday night] with the opportunities we had in the third to get us back in the game,” Penguins captain Sidney Crosby said. “I don’t know if it’s been a common thing, but we certainly had a fair amount of chances.”

Crosby is talking about the back-to-back power-play opportunities Pittsburgh had midway through the third period when it was a 2-1 game. The Penguins had seven shots on goal over the two power plays but couldn’t convert.

“They have too many guys with too much firepower there, so obviously we can’t get into a track meet with them,” Greene told NHL.com. “I thought we did a good job of limiting their chances. They’re going to get their chances, but you’ve gotta limit their second and third chances, and I thought we did a good job of that.”

Greene gave the Devils a 1-0 lead with 19 seconds left in the first period, when his seemingly harmless shot from the left point trickled through Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. It was New Jersey’s third shot on goal.

Craig Adams was the high man on Greene and the shot appeared to deflect off his stick, changing direction just enough to fool Fleury, who fumbled the puck and had it go through his five-hole.  >> Continue Reading <<

*Chris Kunitz was the 3rd star of the game!

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