GAME RECAP: Penguins vs. Panthers , Kris Letang s Triumphant Return
Prior to this game, the Penguins announced that Tristan Jarry would not be playing due to injury and that Kris Letang would be making his return to the lineup. Unfortunately for the home squad, things did not get off to a great start: Reinhart and Tkachuk put the Florida Panthers up 20 before the midwaypoint of the opening period. Rickard Rakell put Pittsburgh on the scoreboard with a wellplaced deflection from right outside the blue paint, and 60 seconds after that, Danton Heinen crashed the net and put home the rebound. Per Penguins PR, with his assist on Rakell s goal, Letang became the seventh player in Penguins history to record 400 evenstrength points. He is the third active bluelinerand 23rd in NHL historyto reach the milestone. Then, Kris Letang found the back of the net with a redirected puck from near the faceoff circle, giving the Penguins a 32 lead. Verhaeghe had an answer for the visitors, though, and knotted things up, 33, before the opening period concluded. The 2nd period saw Ekbl br, br,
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