Pens Points: Dethroned In OT
Pittsburgh gets the win on Tuesday night.
Here are your Pens Points for this Wednesday morning...
The Penguins and Kings took to the ice on Tuesday night. Pittsburgh found a third-period goal to tie the contest, then another in overtime to defeat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2. [Recap]
With the Pittsburgh Penguins playing host to the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday, it might behoove Penguins management to study how they returned to competitiveness so quickly after entering their rebuild. [PensBurgh]
The Penguins placed defenseman Marcus Pettersson on injured reserve Tuesday morning while recalling blue-liner Nathan Clurman from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. [Trib Live]
Clurman, 26, has had something of a “rocky” journey on his way to the world’s top hockey league. [Trib Live]
News and notes from around the NHL...
The NHL announced Tuesday that San Jose Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky was fined $25,000 for inappropriate conduct. The crime? Warsofsky, 37, was critical of officials during San Jose’s 4-3 loss to Utah on Saturday. [Sportsnet]
Utah has been home to the NBA’s Jazz since 1979, but current owner Ryan Smith was able to work, seemingly at lightspeed, to bring an NHL team to the now two-sport market. [ESPN]
The Winnipeg Jets signed Kevin He to an entry-level deal on Tuesday, making him the first Chinese-born player to sign an NHL contract. [Yahoo! Sports]