PenguinsWednesday, November 4
The Penguins lose 3-2 to Vegas on a goal with 32 seconds left, their third straight loss
The Pittsburgh Morning News team
If you missed it, the Penguins let this one get away. Tomas Hertl tipped a Mark Stone pass past goaltender Arturs Silovs with 32 seconds left Tuesday, and the Golden Knights won 3-2 at PPG Paints Arena. Vegas has won in Pittsburgh just twice in franchise history.
Vegas beat the Penguins 3-2 on a late goal
- Vegas Golden Knights3 (won)Pittsburgh Penguins2
Source: Times Observer
The Penguins (5-8-2) had a 5-on-3 power play for 1:22 late in the third with the score tied and didn't score. Tommy Novak and Rickard Rakell had put Pittsburgh ahead before Vegas' Trevor Connelly tied it with 8:41 left.
- Malkin: out with a lower-body injury
- Marner (Vegas): points streak now at 11 games
- Rakell: scored in a fourth straight game
- Next: Boston, Thursday at PPG Paints Arena
The Penguins have lost three straight and seven of nine
- 32 seconds
- left in regulation when Hertl scored the winner
- 3
- straight losses for Pittsburgh
- 7
- losses in the Penguins' last nine games
- 1:22
- of 5-on-3 power play late in the third without a goal
Sources: Times Observer, WPXI
Sidney Crosby didn't record a point and remains tied with Marcel Dionne for sixth on the NHL's all-time scoring list with 1,771 points. Justin Brazeau also played his first game of the season, and the newest jersey hit the ice for the first time.
Sources: Times Observer, WPXI, PensBurgh