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The Pittsburgh Penguins handed the Colorado Avalanche their first loss of the season with a dominant 4-0 victory. Reilly Smith scored two goals in the first period, while Bryan Rust and Sidney Crosby added to the lead. The Penguins applied strong forechecking pressure and capitalized on power play opportunities. The Avalanche struggled to generate offense and were frustrated by the Penguins' defensive play. Tristan Jarry made several key saves to secure the shutout. The loss ended the Avalanche's NHL-record road winning streak at 15 games.
Augustana strikes right back to with two in a row to tie up the game at 4 #GoPios @TheRinkColorado
a 2v2 feed from Sean Behrens up to Jack Devine and then a cross crease pass to Kieran Cebrian to make it 4-2 Pios #GoPios @TheRinkColorado
2nd period impressions: no goals from either side in the period. Denver tightened it up in the neutral zone A LOT to reduce the chances for the Vikings. Hold the lead no need to get fancy now #GoPios @TheRinkColorado
Back and forth so far with 9:50 left in the 2nd, both teams have tightened things up a lot #GoPios @TheRinkColorado
1st period impressions: Pios are playing with some flare but need to stop getting cute with the puck. Augustana came out to play and are fighting back hard. The Pios D needs to help Davis down low since hes struggling w control #GoPios @TheRinkColorado
Arnaud Vachon pushes a puck sitting on the crease past the goal line after it hits Davis and flies in the air behind him. 3-2 Pios #GoPios @TheRinkColorado
Owen Bohn gets a very lucky bounce off a stick in front of Matt Davis to get the first goal for Augustana. 3-1 Pios #GoPios @TheRinkColorado
Rieger Lorenz taps it into a nearly open net to make it 2-0 for DU #GoPios @TheRinkColorado
Boston Buckberger corrals a loose puck in the slot and snaps it to the back of the net for his first goal in Magness Arena. #GoPios @TheRinkColorado
The #Avs have been one of the most dominant teams in the league lately and got blown out in their first loss of the year. Read what went wrong here. #GoAvsGo #NHL #LetsGoPens #HockeyTwitter @TheRinkColorado @TheRinkOfficial https://t.co/AzWRCJ6Tz7
The #Avs have been one of the most dominant teams in the league lately and got blown out in their first loss of the year. What went wrong? Read what went here. #GoAvsGo #NHL #LetsGoPens #HockeyTwitter @TheRinkColorado @TheRinkOfficial https://t.co/AzWRCJ6Tz7
Tristan Jarry, Penguins snap Avs' record road win streak https://t.co/3YEVNEpLxB https://t.co/igDkK1wvOq
Smith scores twice, Penguins end Colorado's NHL-record road winning streak at 15 in 4-0 win (from @AP) https://t.co/a2scrq5DDS
Who Saw This Coming? Penguins Overwhelm Avalanche, 4-0 https://t.co/3NmHBIwkY2
After three straight losses, the Penguins responded with a tremendous performance against the red-hot Avalanche, handing Colorado their first setback of the season. Can't say enough about Pittsburgh's effort and attention to detail in this game. https://t.co/uOQrQYl5Wy
Crosby gets his fourth goal of the year with a snapper in the slot through traffic to put the Pens up 4-0 #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
3:35 of PP time to end the second, but no goals for the #Avs. Rantanen wound up to slam his stick twice before thinking better of it. Probably safe to say they're a little frustrated right now. 3-0 Pens after 40 minutes.
Old Malkin high sticks young Malkin. 4 minute PP for the Avs..
Evgeni Malkin gets a double-minor for highsticking Mikko Rantanen. If the #Avs are going to mount a rally in this one ... seems like a good time to get it started.
Evgeni Malkin gets a double minor for high sticking with 3:35 left in the middle frame. Gut check time for the Penguins penalty kill.
Former Avs forward Lars Eller taps it in from the top of the crease to give the Pens a 3-0 lead #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
1st period impressions #Avs kind of look a little tired. Pens are pushing the forecheck hard tonight to force unnecessary errors by the Avs. Avs need to take a breath here and push harder going thru the neutral zone to create chances. #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado https://t.co/zJ6czC0n42
Pens are applying a heck of a forecheck to put the pressure on the Avs in their own zone #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
I wish he was still with the @GoldenKnights but so happy to see Reilly Smith playing so well for the @penguins. He has two tonight versus the Avs.
Two Reilly Smith goals have the Pens up 2-0 over the unbeaten Avalanche. It's the first time all season the Avs have trailed by more than one goal
Bryan Rust blew up a zone entry along the wall with his hind quarters, got the puck to Evgeni Malkin for a 2-on-1, and Reilly Smith is on a hat trick watch after less than 17 minutes. 2-0 Penguins
REILLY SMITH AGAIN! The Penguins take a 2-0 lead on his second of the night with 3:09 left in the opening frame!
The former Golden Knight Reilly Smith strickes first from the mid slot just after the PP expires to to put the Pens up 1-0 #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
Second time this season Nathan MacKinnon has come out of the penalty box and the #Avs have allowed a goal before he could get to the blue line. Reilly Smith with a bullet from b/w the hashmarks after a near-perfect PK from the Avs. 1-0 Penguins
Right as Colorado went back to full strength after Malkin drew an early penalty on MacKinnon, Reilly Smith absolutely snipes one from the slot to give Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead.
Scratches for the #Avs and the #LetsGoPens tonight. #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado https://t.co/1Hm3lkQ7cv
The Eagles are struggling on the road and have yet to win one away from Blue Arena. Read about the blow out here and other events that happend. #Avs #GoAvsGo #EaglesCountry #HockeyTwitter #AHL @TheRinkColorado @TheRinkOfficial https://t.co/JpUy8QiyeE