Phil Kessel scored for the first time in 17 games and Matt Murray earned the shutout as the Penguins topped the BlueJackets.
Phil Kessel scored for the first time in 17 games for the Penguins. Nick Bjugstad collected his ninth of the season for Pittsburgh. Sidney Crosby took a high stick from Columbus’ Boone Jenner in the third period but returned to add an empty-net goal and extend his goal streak to six consecutive games as the Penguins created a little bit of breathing room between themselves and the Blue Jackets in the race for a playoff spot in the crowded Eastern Conference.
Joonas Korpisalo received a surprise start and finished with 28 saves for Columbus, but his teammates couldn’t get anything by Murray. Coach John Tortorella tried to downplay the home-and-home with Pittsburgh, saying his team just needed to go and have fun. He made a curious decision to start Korpisalo — winless since Jan. 15 — over No. 1 goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, claiming the two-time Vezina Trophy winner needed to get some rest with the stretch looming.
Tortorella decided to challenge the goal, claiming goaltender’s interference, but the call stood and Tortorella burned his only timeout before most of his players had even broken a sweat.
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