Forum | Penguins Off to Good Start

In what is sure to be a challenging season, the Penguins have shown no signs of a Stanley Cup hangover in the early going.  Quite the contrary, they came out and dominated the first game of the season, and then came from behind to upset the New York Islanders in a shootout on the road in the 2nd night of back-to-back games.  Indeed, the Penguins have given themselves a good start to the new season.  Sidney Crosby has notched regulation goals in each of the first two games and also netted last night's shootout winner.  He leads the team with 3-points (2G, 1A) and a +2 rating.  Ruslan Fedotenko and Evgeni Malkin each have 2-points (1G, 1A) and a +1 rating.  Tyler Kennedy (1G), Bill Guerin (1A) and Jordan Staal (1A) have also gotten on the scoresheet in the first two outings.   Marc-Andre Fleury is looking good early having already provided …

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