Silovs Stops MacKinnon's Penalty Shot, but Pittsburgh Lose to Colorado
In the NHL, North America's top ice hockey league, the Pittsburgh Penguins lost 5-2 to the Colorado Avalanche after leading 2-0. Latvian goaltender Arturs Silovs made 27 saves and denied Nathan MacKinnon on a penalty shot.
The Pittsburgh Penguins fell 5-2 to the Colorado Avalanche in an NHL game on 17 October. The NHL is North America's top professional ice hockey league. Latvian goaltender Arturs Silovs, in net for Pittsburgh, stopped 27 of 32 shots (84.4%) and spent 57 minutes and 26 seconds on the ice. One of the five goals he allowed came while his team was short-handed.
Penalty shot at 2-2
Silovs also stopped a penalty shot from Colorado star Nathan MacKinnon with the score tied 2-2. Just 15 seconds later, Gabriel Landeskog put Colorado ahead from close range. MacKinnon directed nine shots at Silovs and finished the night with a goal and three assists.
How the game unfolded
Pittsburgh led 2-0 midway through the first period, as Evgeni Malkin and Bryan Rust beat Colorado goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood within 29 seconds of each other. A little over two minutes later, Artturi Lehkonen cut the gap, and he scored his second goal 25 seconds into the second period. Both of his goals were set up by MacKinnon and Martin Necas.
Landeskog made it 3-2 in the fifth minute of the second period, assisted by Brock Nelson and Nazem Kadri. Before the second intermission, J.T. Hughes scored his first goal of the season to make it 4-2. In the 16th minute of the third period, MacKinnon converted a power play to seal the home win. Blackwood stopped 29 of 31 shots.
Necas collected three assists, while Cale Makar assisted on two goals. MacKinnon now has six goals and ten assists this season, and Lehkonen has six goals.
