Then…SHAZAM…the boys in black and gold roared back to nip the visitors, 5-4, on Sidney Crosby’s overtime winner.
Truth be told, the game was a mixed bag containing assorted highs and lows for the locals, who went pretty much with a veteran lineup, plus kids Ben Kindel, Harrison Brunicke and Sergei Murashov. Filip Hållander, too, although at 25 he’s not really a kid any longer.
Not to harp on the negative right out of the chute, but no one’s bag was more mixed than goalie Tristan Jarry’s.