Playing for the first time in a month, Niemi survived a shaky first period and then shut down the high-powered Pittsburgh Penguins en route to a 4-3 shootout win. Malkin slowed to crawl, waiting for Niemi to make the first move, but the goalie stood his ground and smothered a weak shot. “We didn’t have a good start and we were able to get things going int the second period,” Tatar said. “We talk between every period,” Julien said. “He played a good game, competed hard.

Source: National Post October 14, 2018 03:56 UTC