For the second night in a row, the Pittsburgh Penguins struck for seven goals.
Their victims this time were the Winnipeg Jets in a 7/2 thrashing in Winnipeg.
Sam Lafferty, Jake Guentzel and Zach Aston-Reese each struck twice in the win.
“We’ve got different guys stepping up and we’ve got guys coming out of the lineup,” Guentzel said. “So it just kind of happens like that and when you lose star power like that you’ve just got to be simple and we’re getting better at it.”
The secondary scoring has been needed with the injury list not getting any smaller.
“It’s pretty sound evidence that it’s an effective way to win in this League regardless of who’s in your lineup,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. “We talk a lot about being hard to play against. I think this is the definition of it. It starts with your own puck possession, the decisions you make, the line changes.”
Tristan Jarry made 27 saves in the win.
“Feels pretty good, especially against this team after what happened last game, giving them an easy goal and then not being able to respond. Just being able to get those (two goals tonight) feels good,” Aston-Reese said after the win.
Mathieu Perreault and Mark Scheifele were the Jets’ goal scorers.
“There were some strange bounces, for sure,” Jets coach Paul Maurice said. “So this is what I’ll take from this game. I’ve had a number of guys I’ve run real hard. And while they were working, it was a tough night for them.”
Dominik Simon had a single maker for the Pens.
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Laurent Brossoit made 21 saves in the loss.
“I feel it’s just an outlier” Jets captain Blake Wheeler said. “I don’t feel it’s indicative of our team. We’ve obviously been behind a fair bit this year, but we’ve stayed in the battle. We’ve fought all year. Every once and a while it’s going to go like that.”
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