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Penguins open season with 3-1 win against Flyers
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Penguins players celebrate a goal by Tyler Kennedy during the first period. -
Philadelphia Flyers goalie Ilya Bryzgalov watches as the Penguins' Sidney Crosby (87) tries to control the puck during the first period. -
The Penguins' Craig Adams controls the puck in front of the Flyers' Andrej Meszaros. -
The Penguins' Evgeni Malkin tries to control the puck between Ruslan Fedotenko and Zac Rinaldo.
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PHILADELPHIA -- The Penguins opened their regular season today with a 3-1 victory against Philadelphia at the Wells Fargo Center.
The victory was the 227th for goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, a franchise record.
Tyler Kennedy gave the Penguins a 1-0 lead at 4:40 of the opening period, when he deflected a Paul Martin shot past Flyers goalie Ilya Bryzgalov for a power-play goal.
James Neal made it 2-0 at 7:20, as he whipped a shot past Bryzgalov from the top of the left circle after Evgeni Malkin controlled a faceoff.
Claude Giroux of the Flyers cut the Penguins' advantage in half 23 seconds into the second period, as he steered a Scott Hartnell pass between Fleury's legs.
Chris Kunitz sealed the victory with an empty-net goal with 11.2 seconds left in regulation.
The Penguins will visit the New York Rangers tomorrow at 7:08 and play their home opener against Toronto Wednesday at Consol Energy Center.
First Published January 19, 2013 6:12 pm
