Overview
- Pittsburgh scored twice on the power play, added a goal seconds after a penalty expired, and went 2-for-2 on the kill.
- Arturs Silovs started for the Penguins and recorded the shutout in the nationally televised TNT game.
- A three-goal second period from Egor Chinakhov, Bryan Rust and Rickard Rakell broke the game open.
- Vegas captain Mark Stone exited in the first period with an injury and did not return.
- The meeting matched two top-10 special-teams clubs, following Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy’s call for faster starts and Pittsburgh’s back-to-back return from the Olympic break.