In Pittsburgh, the Chicago Blackhawks trailed the Penguins, 2-0, before rallying for a 4-2 win on Tuesday night.
Connor Bedard picked up an assist in the win.
“I think I’m always confident in myself,” Bedard said. “There’s going to be tough games. It’s obviously the best players in the world, best League in the world. I think, for me, it’s just trying to get better every shift, every game.”
Petr Mrazek made 38 saves in the Hawks win.
Trailing by two, Cole Guttman scored midway through the final frame to get the Hawks even at 2-2.
Jason Dickinson scored what would be the game-winner at 15:29 of the third.
“I’d like to believe we’re a better team than what we showed tonight,” Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan said. “It was a loose game. It was a high-event game on both sides. That’s not the type of game that’s conducive to winning.”
The Penguins took their lead on goals from Sidney Crosby and Bryan Rust, with Rust scoring in the opening frame for a `1-0 lead, and Crosby striking in the second.
“It’s Game 1, so you have to learn,” Crosby said. “It’s better when you can learn when you’ve won. … It’s just who can get to their game a little bit better. Obviously, they were able to get a couple there in the third.”
Chicago got on the board late in the middle frame when Ryan Donato trimmed the Pens lead to 2-1.
Nick Foligno added an empty-net goal at 18:33 to seal the win for Chicago.
“We worked the whole game,” Blackhawks coach Luke Richardson said. “I thought we had great scoring chances in all three periods. … We got some key execution in the third period, especially. I thought we played excellent after that. We played simple, fast.”
Tristan Jarry made 32 saves in the Pens loss.
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