The Penguins and Capitals got their season series off to an electric start tonight. While the game got out of hand the action stayed highly intense until the last whistle.
Penguins Forward Tales A Puck To The Face
With under a minute left in the game Penguins forward Noel Acciari took a puck to the face. Away from the play Tom Wilson decided to start up chaos shoving Marcus Pettersson. Wilson and Pettersson would eventually get into a full blown fight to essentially end the game.
Noel Acciari takes a puck to the face and then Tom Wilson and Marcus Pettersson chuck some knucks
This physicality was the latest in a very intense game throughout. Earlier in the game Alex Ovechkin plastered Erik Karlsson into the ice. The Penguins ended up getting the last laugh though.
Penguins Get Their First Win Of The Season
This offseason the Penguins made the biggest splash of the offseason acquiring Erik Karlsson. This was their signal to the rest of the league they were going all in. After a slow start to the season against the Chicago Blackhawks the Penguins got into the win column.
The Penguins ended up winning this game 4-0. The stars came out to play as Evgeni Malkin had a 4-point night and Sidney Crosby had a 2-goal game. Newcomer Rielly Smith also got his first goal as a Penguin.
Both these teams will look to find consistency going forward and get themselves back into the playoff picture after a down season.
