Wild cruise to 6-2 win over Penguins

Guentzel is also now the owner of being the fastest player in Penguins history to score his first career goal, 62 seconds into the first period of his first game. Despite the loss, Columbus went 8-2-3 this month, setting a franchise record for most November points (19). 10 was the team’s first win against Pittsburgh since April 5, 2014.

Elsewhere, the Dallas Stars edged the Vancouver Canucks 2-1, the New York Islanders lost 3-2 to the San Jose Sharks and the Arizona Coyotes trumped the Edmonton Oilers by the same scoreline but in a shoot-out. We were looking for someone that could fill that role and go to the net and retrieve pucks and do that grunt work.

“I’m really proud of the way our team battled and competed coming in on back-to-back nights”, Devils coach John Hynes said.

Parise and defenseman Jonas Brodin each have two goals in the Wild’s last two games. It’s the second such sequence of video review and deflection that benefitted Minnesota in a week.

“We were resilient all night”, Murray said. The fans loved it. “Once again, we give ourselves [a chance] to win a game and get points out of a game”. “There is the big difference in the game right there”.

Minnesota is now in third place in the Central Division but has been getting some mixed results lately. The Wild improved to 7-3 at home, outscoring opponents 30-17, and won their second straight game for the first time since October 29. Dubnyk made 34 saves and has given up just 15 goals in his last 12 games. “It’s been something that is part of our game for the first 20 games”.

“Huge; he’s had too many of those big saves lately”, said forward Jason Zucker.

Sidney Crosby is the Pittsburgh Penguins’ (13-6-3) hero after a stellar performance on the ice. After a 6-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild Friday afternoon, the club looked to continue the trend.

The Devils are 5-0 in their last five against the Eastern Conference and 3-11 in their last 14 road games while the Pens are 23-7 in their last 30 against the Metro and 32-11 in their last 43 home games. Not surprisingly, coach Mike Sullivan has declined to designate one or the other as the starter.

Crosby got the puck after a shot from Malkin bounced through skates in the Devils crease. “Sometimes that can re-energize guys mentally as much as it does physically”. Cammalleri would miss the net two times.

They fired a bunch of early shots at Kinkaid, who was giving Cory Schneider a night off, but only had goals from Jake Guentzel and Tom Kuhnhackl in the second period to show for it. Steen is not expected to play against the Wild. He had one of the goals in the win against NY. Adding to it this time around is the fact that this is very likely his last National Hockey League season and thus his last appearance in his home state in a professional capacity. Guentzel, who scored twice in his debut on Monday, grew up in Woodbury a mere 10 miles east of Xcel Energy Center and played at Hill-Murray High School. Former Penguins general manager Ray Shero, who helped assemble that 2009 Penguins Cup team, now has the same job in New Jersey.

Which version of the Wild will play host to the Edmonton Oilers that night at Xcel Energy Center? “It will be one to remember”.

Minnesota had scored 17 goals in its 10 previous games. The Wild have played on the day after Thanksgiving in every year of the team’s existence.

While the Devils dropped their second straight game and fifth in sixth chances, they still earned a point for the third straight night.