The Penguins kicked off a 3 game road stretch with a disappointing 4-3 loss in overtime to the New Jersey Devils. Jamie Langenbrunner scored with less than 40 seconds left in regulation to tie 3-3 then once more in OT to win 4-3.
Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin both had a goal and an assist each (Malkin's 100th career goal).
Max Talbot added a goal for the Pens.
This game should have been 3-2. The referees in the 3rd period right after the 10minute mark made possibly the worst call of the new year. They called Petr Sykora for hooking (then a 2 minute add-on for arguing), which he should have done more considering the result of the ensuing PowerPlay. Sykora was defending a Devil streaking up the middle and you could see clearly holding one hand on his stick reaching for the puck. The Devil actually grabbed the tip of Sykora's blade for a second, knocking him off balance, yet not off his skates, and continued on. There was no evident intent to hinder his progress, nor did he even lay both hands on his stick. Well, not 3 seconds after the next face-off, Brendan Shanahan rips a slap-shot past Fleury's glove hand.
Long story short, Langenbrunner scores on a wrap-around with 29 seconds left, the Devils absolutely dominate the overtime period and with exactly 1:00 left, Langenbrunner strikes again on a one-time pass from Travis Zajac, completely hopeless for Fleury to stop.
Again, irritating loss. Got out-played, but did well on our opportunities and really fell to an unfortunate circumstance where the game was forced out of their hands by the officials.
The NHL should apologize for ripping the Penguins off a point and handing the Devils 2 on a golden platter. Facists.
Bring on Toronto.
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