In the ice hockey NHL, the Pittsburgh Penguins lost to the Winnipeg Jets with 3-6 goals. Pittsburgh’s Jesse Puljujärvi extended his scoring streak to five games in the match.
Jesse Puljujärvi fed Pittsburgh by Kevin Hayes scored the opening goal.
The Finn has 1+4 results from the six early season matches he has played. Pittsburgh’s second Finnish forward Valtteri Puustinen got the opening minutes of the season in the match. Puustinen got almost 10 minutes of playing time in the foursome.
of Winnipeg Rasmus Kupari was not in the lineup for the match.
Pittsburgh’s goalkeeper played Alex Nedeljkovicfor whom the match was the first of the season. Nedeljkovic was injured before the start of the season and opened up a chance for a Finnish defenseman For Joel Blomqvistwho has used his seam perfectly.
In the near future, Pittsburgh’s coaching staff will probably have a hard time thinking about what to do with their goaltenders. Designed to be the number one guard Tristan Jarry has not assured during the early season. In the match against Winnipeg, Jarry was on the side of the stand when Nedeljkovic saved the goal and Blomqvist was the backup goalkeeper.
Winnipeg continues convincingly
Winnipeg continued their impressive early season against Pittsburgh. The team has played five matches and won all of them. It is the only one of the NHL’s 32 teams still without a season opening loss.
The opening set of the match against Pittsburgh was scoreless. In the second period, Pittsburgh jumped out to a 2-0 lead before Winnipeg rallied to take a 3-2 lead at the end of the period.
Pittsburgh evened the score at 3-3 at the beginning of the final set, but Winnipeg finally pressed for a convincing 6-3 victory.
Follow-up of the NHL round (text TV) here