The view from Pittsburgh

Just as they did last season, the Kings and Penguins played a low-scoring game that went beyond regulation. The Penguins won 2-1 in overtime last season and 3-2 in a shootout last night. The Penguins know all about close games, as nine of their 15 games this season have been one-goal games. Here’s how the Pittsburgh media covered last night’s game, followed by some additional postgame quotes from the Penguins’ locker room.

Kunitz rallies Penguins to SO win (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Pens don’t play `perfect game,’ but win nonetheless (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

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COACH DAN BYLSMA
(on the game…) “Tonight was an entertaining game. We kind of allowed them an opportunity to get in the game at that point with a 1-1 tie. It was certainly entertaining at that point. And then we had a huge effort at the end there at the last five minutes.’’

(on Kunitz’s shootout goal…) “He’s done that move quite a bit. It’s his go-to and it seems to get goalies to open up and he scored and had success there. I don’t know if Quick remembered that one.’’

(on the Penguins’ last two games…) “(It’s been) tough with injuries and a lot of different things. You know, tough games on the West Coast against good teams. To be able to scratch out three points, I am real pleased with that.’’

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CHRIS KUNITZ
(on the game-tying goal…) “Really good forecheck by Duper [Pascal Dupuis]. He kind of jumped the guy and the puck. I think the people lost it, it was kind of up in the glass. He took it behind to make the play out to (Jordan Staal) coming out to the net and hit his skate, then he made a pass back and I just took it around the net and put it in.’’

(on the game…) “I think this one is a little more satisfying, just after our letdown in San Jose. You know, to let them come back in a game that we thought maybe we started really good and didn’t finish that way. So tonight, to be able to do that to someone else, gives it a little more satisfaction.’’

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MARC-ANDRE FLEURY
(on the game…) “It was a tight game from start to finish, but it was nice to finally get those two points at the end. I think that power play gave them some momentum with coming a little more to the net and having more shots. But once again, I think our D did a good job out in front, helping me out a lot and getting the puck out of the zone.’’