Saturday night the Pens took the ice for the first time since returning from Sweden. This time they would be taking on the New Jersey Devils in the home opener. They seemed ready when they were announced one by one in front of a sold-out crowd of 17, 132, but that seemed to change somewhere in the second period.
The lone Penguin' goal was scored in the first period on the power play by Miroslav Satan at 11:52, Jordan Staal and Evgeni Malkin assisted.
Also in the first period Eric Godard finally found someone who was willing to drop the gloves with him in Mike Rupp. The fight took place even before the Penguins' goal and in the Devils' zone.
David Clarkson who stands at 6'1'' 200 lbs dropped the gloves with Penguins' Hal Gill who stands at 6'7'' 250lbs, Hal Gill won the fight along the boards in the neutral zone.
Although being out shoot 25-12 through two periods of play the Pens still held the lead thanks to Marc-Andre Fleury and some amazing saves.
With two and a half minutes left in the third period Patrick Elias banked a puck off Pens' defenseman Hal Gill's skate and in behind Fleury.
The game was headed to overtime and somehow even though they were out-shot 45-14 the Pens still seemed to be holding on.
Zach Parise who was drafted the same year as Fleury beat him to win the game for New Jersey with thirty-eight seconds remaining in overtime, Travis Zajac and Colin White assisted.
The three stars were 3. Patrick Elias, 2. Zach Parise, 1. Marc-Andre Fleury. Fleury stopped 47 of the 49 shots he faced.
Ryan Whitney (foot), Sergei Gonchar (shoulder), and Petr Sykora (groin) missed the game. Recently acquired Mike Zigomanis played causing Pittsburgh native Bill Thomas to be a healthy scratch.
The Pens take the ice on Tuesday night at 7:38 to take on cross state rival Philadelphia Flyers.
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