Indeed, we pretty much dominated our Metro rivals in virtually every conceivable stat, including shot attempts, shots on goal, scoring chances, high-danger chances, you name it. Everywhere but on the scoreboard, where we wound up on the short end of a 2-1 decision.
Limited to a single power play, our bread ‘n’ butter of late, by arguably our least favorite referee, Garrett Rank, the Pens could only nick Devils netminder Jake Allen for a single goal despite launching 34 shots on net.
That came at 12:33 of the second period on a long-range blast off the stick of Ryan Graves that struck Ondrej Palat and dipped inside the crossbar and far post.