Letang Scores, Beats Calgary in Shootout

The surging Pittsburgh Penguins won their 3rd straight game in a road shootout win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night. The win, Pittsburgh's 6th in their last 7 games, came off the stick of rookie defenseman Kris Letang who scored the deciding goal in the 4th round of the shootout. Playing their 5th game in just 7-nights, the Penguins have finally found the groove that they have been searching for. After an inconsistent and slow start to the season, the Penguins suddenly find themselves just 2-points behind the Atlantic Division leading Flyers. However, it is crowded at the top of the Atlantic with 4-teams (Flyers, Rangers, Devils and Penguins) just 2-points apart with roughly a third of the season complete. Of those teams, the Penguins have scored the most goals at 84. They have also given up the most goals at 79. The Penguins came out on fire in the first period, outshooting the Flames 14-8, but missed on a power play opportunity and gave up a late goal to leave the period down by a goal. Early in the period, Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury fell akwardly and caught ....click the link nelow for the rest of the article....