The teams face off on Sunday in Game 3 in Columbus on Sunday.
Almost halfway through the period, Conor Sheary made a great chase for the puck in the offensive zone, beating Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky to the puck.
While goals were scarce in New York's 2-0 victory in Game 1, there were three in the first period alone Friday. So Sullivan put the best player in the game alongside a couple of 20-somethings who make up for in energy and intelligence what they lack in pedigree.
Sidney Crosby was asked late in the season whether he liked the nickname that had been catching on for his new but cohesive line combination - the Sid and the Kids Line.
Jake Guentzel added a goal and an assist for the defending Stanley Cup champions.
The Penguins again took care of business on their home ice Friday, defeating the Blue Jackets 4-1 at PPG Paints Arena to take a 2-0 lead in their first round playoff series.
"I mean, I'm trying to keep up with them for the most part", Crosby said. The Blues and Wild will clash for game 3 on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m.in St. Louis. "That's still tough. They've still got a lot of players over there, and the way they throw pucks at the net, it's challenging". "I think we can get better moving forward at controlling territory a little bit better and spending a little less time there by hanging onto pucks in the offensive zone". "They did a good job of keeping pucks in tonight and that's where we got hurt. It was good to see some go in".
Crosby had a goal and two assists and Marc-Andre Fleury made 39 saves in Game 2. Pittsburgh blocked 23 shots before they even got to Fleury.
Brandon Saad scored for Columbus, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 shots but the Blue Jackets continued to have issues offensively.
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But Soumya Sarkar (29) and Sabbir Rahman (16) led a recovery, adding 57 runs for the second wicket with more than 10 runs an over. Bangladesh lost another wicket without addition to the score when Sarkar was caught by Thisara Perera off seamer Vikum Sanjaya.
But Calvert's clean suspension record facored into the length of the ban, though some observers felt a more severe multi-game punishment was neccessary.
His club-record 102nd playoff appearance looked an bad lot like his 101st, when he held the Blue Jackets in check during an early push then waited for NHL's best offense to find its footing.
"I just thought he didn't have many options; their [defensemen] were kind of slow getting back and he had his back turned to me", Sheary said after he had stormed Bobrovsky's garden to start the play that earned the Penguins a goal on their first shot. "He eventually just held onto it and I was able to create a turnover".
Guentzel restored the Penguins' lead at 2-1 just 51 seconds later. But the Penguins answered quickly, scoring less than a minute after a two-on-one, with Guentzel sending it in off a Sidney Crosby pass.
For theater's sake, there probably was no more compelling way for this particular Penguins team to start its postseason than with a foundational injury.
Tom Kuhnhackl is present for the Penguins at practice after taking a vicious cross-check from Matt Calvert at the end of Game 2. Boone Jenner and Scott Harrington received misconduct penalties after the final horn.
Despite the deficit, Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella likes the aggressive play and is eager to get home to Columbus.
"I want our guys to play within the whistles", Tortorella said.
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