The Sens’ weapon of choice? A hounding forecheck that served to disrupt our breakouts while keeping us pinned in our end for gobs of time. Indeed, our speedy foe limited us to just 39 shot attempts and only 16 shots on goal, according to Natural Stat Trick.
Despite a low-octane start, the Pens did manage to grab the early lead at 7:57 of the first period. Parker Wotherspoon slipped an outlet pass to Evgeni Malkin, who in turn feathered the puck to Egor Chinakhov off the rush. Quicker than you can say “wrister,” the puck was past Linus Ullmark and in the net.