Pens/Blues Recap: 71 and 17 connection wins it for Pittsburgh

The Penguins bring Jan Rutta back to the lineup after a long injury stint. Danton Heinen is also in there in the new post-Kapanen world for Pittsburgh.

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— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) February 25, 2023

Kapanen wasn’t traveling with the Penguins, so his new team ended up not having his services and using an 11 forward + seven defender lineup with the lines from the Blues official website of:

Forwards

Buchnevich - Thomas - Barbashev
Saad - Schenn - Kyrou
Toropchenko - Brown - Blais
Walker - Pitlick

Defense

Leddy - Parayko
Scandella - Faulk
Krug - Bortuzzo
Tucker

Goalie

Binnington

First period

It’s a dominating start for Pittsburgh, aside from one thing.