The Pittsburgh Penguins finally got their top two stars to score in this lockout-shortened season. Unfortunately, the Toronto Maple Leafs exited the game with a win.James van Riemsdyk scored two goals and the Leafs spoiled the Penguins' home opener 4-2 in front of 18,641 fans, the largest crowd for a hockey game in Consol Energy Center's three year history.The Penguins came off a successful two game road trip where they dismantled the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers; top contenders in the Eastern Conference. But the Leafs didn't care, nor did they back down when the lights came on after Jeff Jimerson's renditions of "O Canada" and "The Star Spangled Banner". The Leafs came out strong and seemed to control play for most of the opening period. The aggressive forecheck and strong defense of Toronto was apparent early on to Deryk Engelland, who decided to drop the gloves with Colton Orr 5:58 into the first. The fight lasted well over a m...
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Steel City Sports Report:
PLAYERS:
Deryk Engelland,
Colton Orr,
Evgeni Malkin,
Kris Letang,
Sidney Crosby,
James Reimer,
Simon Despres,
Phil Kessel,
Tyler Bozak,
Marc-Andre Fleury,
Nikolai Kulemin,
Pascal Dupuis,
Matt Cooke
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Penguins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers, New York Rangers
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Penguins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers, New York Rangers
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