First Period: Mirco Mueller avoided getting called for a penalty a bit less than five minutes into the game, when he crosschecked Patric Hornqvist in the back in front of the Devils net after Keith Kinkaid stopped a redirection chance by Hornqvist, who was all alone. Perhaps if Mueller was in the right place originally, he would not have had to do something stupid to remind the Penguins that he exists.
The first penalty of the game came seven minutes and 51 seconds into the game when Steven Santini took a minor for delay of game.