January 25, 2019 1:15 AM EST
TORONTO (AP) — Matt Murray and the Pittsburgh Penguins slowed down Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs.Murray made 38 saves for his first shutout of the season and Pittsburgh snapped Toronto’s winning streak at five games with a stifling 3-0 victory Thursday night.Evgeni Malkin had two goals and an assist
Authentic Mitchell Marner Jersey , scoring early and adding an empty-net goal. Kris Letang also had an empty-netter, and Sidney Crosby picked up an assist to tie Darryl Sittler for 60th on the NHL’s career points list with 1,221.“It’s the best game this season so far for us,” Malkin said. “We played three periods against Matthews, (John) Tavares. We did a great job.”Matthews, the NHL in scoring with 16 points on 10 goals and six assists, was looking to become the third player in NHL to start a season with eight consecutive multi-point games.“We had a hard time getting on the inside,” Matthews said. “There are a lot of things that we can improve on. It seems like they were just calm, cool, collected. They didn’t run around, they just played smart and didn’t force anything.”The Maple Leafs came in averaging an NHL-high 4.71 goals.“They have a lot of offensive weapons,” Crosby said. “We did a great job of limiting their chances. They’re going to get them, they’re a pretty highly-skilled group
http://www.officialmapleleafsproshop.com/authentic-adidas-morgan-rielly-jersey , but we didn’t give them any freebies.”Murray returned from a concussion that sidelined him for three games. He has seven career shutouts.“We played really solid all the way through and battled hard,” Murray said. “That’s a crazy, dynamic team over there and we were able to hold them off pretty well.”Frederik Andersen stopped 36 shots for Toronto. He was back in goal after sitting out a victory over Los Angeles on Monday night because of a minor knee injury.“All victories, you’ve got to earn,” Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock said. “It was right there for us to find another step and get better and find a way to get on the inside a little more, and they did a good job and kept us from doing that. There’s a lesson learned in that. “They’re a more veteran, polished playoff team than we are and it showed.”Malkin opened the scoring midway through the first period, six seconds after the Maple Leafs were penalized for too many men on the ice. Crosby won the draw and the puck found its way down low to Malkin, who fired a low shot that beat Andersen through the pads.Notes: Mario Lemieux (1992-93) holds the NHL record for consecutive multi-point games to start a season with 12, while Kevin Stevens, his linemate that season, did it eight times. … Pittsburgh improved to 3-1-2, and Toronto dropped to 6-2-0.UP NEXTPenguins: At Edmonton on Tuesday night.Maple Leafs: Host St. Louis on Saturday night. OTTAWA –The Ottawa Senators will put a three-game winning streak on the table when they host the Boston Bruins at Canadian Tire Centre on Tuesday night.The Bruins are currently going the other way.After an embarrassing Nikita Zaitsev Jersey Kids , 7-0 season opening loss to the Washington Capitals, the Bruins (4-2-2) rebounded by winning four in a row, a stretch in which they outscored opponents 22-6.Article continues below ...From there, they hit the road. And the bumps.First they were swept in Alberta, with 5-2 and 3-2 (overtime) losses to the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers, respectively. Then came a 2-1 overtime loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night, a game in which the Bruins held a 31-22 shots advantage but had difficulty solving Jacob Markstrom.“When you are in overtime and your goalie doesn’t stand on his head to get you there, then usually you have played well enough,” Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said after the game, per NHL.com. “I thought their goalie was really good, made some big saves for them. Our power play finally generated some stuff that we couldn’t get behind him, so I give him a lot of credit. It easily could have gone our way.”Injuries have hit the Bruins hard during their tour of Canada. Already without defenseman Torey Krug (ankle) since training camp, they have lost defensemen Charlie McAvoy and Kevan Miller Womens Patrick Marleau Jersey , plus winger David Backes during the road trip. Yet the players, like their coach, feel the results could have been different.“It’s just frustrating,” winger David Pastrnak said, per NHL.com. “Definitely, it doesn’t go the way we wanted on this trip, but we lost back-to-back in overtime, and that can go either way.”Senators goalie Craig Anderson will aim for his fourth consecutive victory on Tuesday. Coming off a 4-3 overtime win over Montreal in which they kept the opponents under 30 shots for the first time this season, the Senators (4-2-1) know they are facing a very dangerous team, led by the line of Pastrnak, Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand.That Boston trio combined for 11 points when the Bruins beat the Senators 6-3 in Boston on Oct. 8.“We have to prepare something against the Bergeron line,” Senators coach Guy Boucher told reporters after Monday’s practice. “They are outstanding, plain and simple. As dominant a line as you can get in hockey.”While the Bruins injury list is growing Rasmus Andersson Jersey Womens , the Senators are getting players back from their infirmary. Rookie winger Alex Formenton is expected to be in the lineup after missing three games with a concussion. The Senators could also be welcoming back defenseman Cody Ceci, who has missed the last three games with an upper body injury.In either case, Boucher is leaning towards going with the 11-forward, seven defensemen alignment he has favored since the winning streak began.“They’ve been playing great … makes it that much easier,” Ceci said about his teammates. “It’s painful when you’re out of the lineup and you wish you could help. But they’ve been doing a great job without me.”Winger Mark Stone feels the Senators just have to keep doing what they’ve been doing while losing only once in a five-game homestand that concludes against the Bruins.“Play simple, play fast and execute plays when they’re there,” said Stone, who had two goals, including the OT winner, against Montreal. “We’ve got to find a way to limit their best players. I think that line really beat us that (Oct. 8) night. We’ve got to limit their time and space a little bit better than we had done, not just that game, but every game we’ve played against them. I know we’re not the only team that’s had that issue, but if you’re going to beat the Boston Bruins you’ve got to shut down their top guys.”A difficult chore William Nylander Jersey , to be sure.“I think the way Bergeron plays the game, helps those star players play,” said Stone. “He’s kind of their safety valve. Marchand and Pastrnak both skate so well, they both have such tremendous skill sets, that it allows them to freelance a little bit. That line, they kind of have a little bit of everything, for sure.”
