In Newark, Colton Sceviour struck for two early goals to stake the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 2-0 lead over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday.
Tristan Jarry got the Sunday win for the Pittsburgh Penguins
“It kind of [stinks] but a part of the business you can’t necessarily control,” Sceviour said. “At the same time, you control what you can and that’s playing on the ice and that’s what I’m focused on. We’ve been winning hockey games and I’ve been contributing and helping the team.”
Tristan Jarry made 28 saves to get a 5-2 win over the Devils.
Miles Wood and P.K. Subban were the Devils’ strikers.
“I think the thing that hurt us the most was just our puck management,” Devils head coach Lindy Ruff said. “Our first two trips moving inside the zone, we didn’t get the puck deep. We kind of fueled their offense.”
Jake Guentzel potted two goals for Pittsburgh, including an empty-netter to ice the win.
“I think when you’re finding different ways to win when you’re not at your best shows real character,” Guentzel said. “It was a good road trip for us (4-2-0) and now we’ll get back home, and we’ll go from there.”
Bryan Rust added a single marker for the Pens.
“[Sceviour] is a guy that comes to the rink every day with a smile and works hard,” Guentzel said. “It’s always nice to see a guy like that get rewarded. I’m really happy for him and we’re definitely lucky to have him.”
The Devils are 1-4-2 in their last seven.
Mackenzie Blackwood made 19 saves in the loss.
“Pittsburgh came out really hard and that’s what we wanted to do, but they got the first couple of pucks behind us, did a good forecheck and we didn’t manage to get it out,” the Devils’ Andreas Johnsson said.
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