I'm back, at least to start the new season. We'll see how long I can last for the first 82-game campaign since 2018-19, but I'll give it my best shot. We begin the year with two games, the first of which is...
The Tampa Bay Lightning welcoming the Pittsburgh Penguins. Tristan Jarry and Andrei Vasilevskiy are the masked men. Pittsburgh got going in the second period with a Danton Heinen goal, via Jeff Carter. The Penguins added on with a Brian Boyle goal, assisted by Sam Lafferty and Drew O'Connor. Pittsburgh extended the lead in the third period as Dominik Simon scored, thanks to Kris Letang and Brock McGinn. Tampa Bay got on the board with an Anthony Cirelli goal, courtesy of Victor Hedman and Steven Stamkos. The Penguins shot back with a Teddy Blueger empty net goal, going in unassisted. The Lightning replied with an Alex Killorn goal, fueled by Stamkos and Cirelli. Pittsburgh countered with an Evan Rodrigues empty goal, helped along by John Marino. The Penguins continued with a Bryan Rust empty net goal, an unassisted goal. The final was 6-2, and the three stars went to Stamkos, Cirelli, and Blueger.
The other game sees the Vegas Golden Knights bring in the brand new Seattle Kraken. Philipp Grubauer and Robin Lehner tend the twines. Vegas opened in the first period with a Max Pacioretty goal, assisted by Mark Stone and Chandler Stephenson. The Golden Knights added on with a Jonathan Marchessault goal, coming off of William Karlsson. Vegas extended the lead in the second period as Pacioretty scored his second goal of the game, thanks to Nicolas Hague and Stone. Seattle got on the board with a Ryan Donato goal, guided in by Vince Dunn and Joonas Donskoi. The Kraken got closer with a Jared McCann goal, via Jordan Eberle and Jaden Schwartz. Seattle tied it in the third period as Morgan Geekie scored, with the help of Jeremy Lauzon. The Golden Knights retook the lead with a Stephenson goal, fueled by Stone and Pacioretty. The final stood at 4-3, with the three stars given to Pacioretty, Stone, and Stephenson.
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