After all the visitors were well-rested while our Pens were coming off a hard-fought shootout loss to the Rangers at MSG just 24 hours earlier.
I’m pleased to say, my trepidation was unfounded. Our guys soon found their legs and went about the business of methodically grinding the Golden Knights to a fine golden powder, or at the very least stripping them down to their chain mail.
Ben Kindel lit the fuse on the Pens’ powder keg at 14:56 of the opening frame. “Kid Kinde” scooped up a loose puck just over the blue line, skated into a nest of three Golden Knights and whipped the puck past Adin Hill from the slot for his 15th goal of the season.