The Penguins came out strong, and got an advantage when a sequence of desperate defensive plays culminated in Luke Schenn sending the puck over the glass. Some great work on the power play by Erik Karlsson appeared to set the Penguins up for the game’s first goal, but Andrew Brunette challenged quickly and it was determined that Michael Bunting, the apparent goalscorer, had been standing on Juuse Saros’s stick at the time.
Outrage at the no-goal broke out in PPG Paints Arena, but was quelled when Sidney Crosby pounced on a rebound and got the goal right back, at 7:02 of the first.