EDMONTON, Alberta – The sweetest sound the Penguins might hear on this long road trip is the buzzer that mercifully ended the second period Monday night.
The visitors were in control at Rogers Place when Bryan Rust scored two minutes into the period to make it 3-1. But after Jeff Petry was penalized for nudging Connor McDavid into the Pittsburgh net, briefly sending the superstar to the dressing room in some pain, the Edmonton Oilers roared back with four straight goals.
The Penguins appeared to be hoping to just make it out of that period when Leon Draisaitl danced around Brian Dumoulin and beat Tristan Jarry. They would finally be saved by the bell 23 seconds later, suddenly staring down a 5-3 deficit.
