The opening 20 minutes of last night’s contest between the Penguins and Los Angeles ranks among the most bizarre periods of hockey I’ve ever witnessed. The Kings dominated…and I mean DOMINATED…play for most of the period while piling up a 16-9 edge in shots on goal. As the old saying goes, they were on us like white on rice.
And our Pens came away with a 3-0 lead. Go figure.
We snagged the lead near the four-minute mark during a rare sequence when we actually possessed the puck in the offensive zone. Bryan Rust barreled in on the forecheck to create a loose puck.