Flowering Penguins Chomp Coyotes, 4-1

It’s said that some of the prettiest wildflowers in the world bloom on the desert floor. In their last visit to the Gila River Arena in the foreseeable future, the Penguins’ aggressive forecheck blossomed yesterday afternoon against Arizona to the tune of a stunning 49-21 edge in shots on goal. Although finding the back of the net proved to be considerably more problematic due to a sterling performance between the pipes from Scott Wedgewood, we eclipsed the Coyotes on the scoreboard as well by a 4-1 count.

If ever a game had “upset special” tattooed all over it, this one did. The ‘Yotes were 6-1 in their past seven, including victories over Colorado and Toronto. However, as we’d done in our two previous contests against Western Conference foes, the Pens shifted their speedy forecheck game into top gear and overwhelmed the desert dogs to the tune of a staggering 19-5 edge in first-period shots on goal. However, Wedgewood was air tight.

The Pens finally broke through early in the second period on a tally by Kasperi Kapanen. (Yes, you read that right.) The Big Z, Radim Zohorna, started the scoring sequence by disrupting a clearing attempt along the wall.

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