Jesper Bratt scored on a third-period penalty shot to spoil Sidney Crosby's season debut and help the New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 on Saturday night.
Crosby pulled down Bratt in the slot with three minutes left, leading to the deciding penalty shot. Bratt skated to the right and beat goalie Tristan Jarry with a backhander.
"It's always an interesting dynamic when you bring players back into the lineup," Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said."Everyone has to think of making a positive impact on the game. I didn't think we did that as a team tonight." "We came from a game we weren't happy with," Johnsson said."I feel like, from the start, you could see every guy was prepared to do the job."
Heinen opened the scoring for Pittsburgh at 12:23 of the first period. Defenseman Juuso Riikola, playing his first NHL game in nine months, helped set up the goal with a secondary assist. It was his first point since Jan. 12, 2020, at Arizona. Heinen has four goals in eight games for Pittsburgh after scoring seven times in 43 games last season in Anaheim.The Penguins' captain was a minus-3, after finishing with two shots in 19:16.
"We all have high expectations of him," Sullivan said."It's not easy to jump into a regular season NHL game when you go through what he went through. He expects a lot out of himself. I think he's going to get better with each game he plays." Carter will anchor the second line with Evgeni Malkin out of the lineup until at least December while recovering from knee surgery in June. Carter filled in on the Penguins' top line for the first four games of the season in Crosby's absence. He's one game from 1,100 in the NHL.
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