This article originally appeared on PGHHockeyNOW.com.
Seven games into the season, and the Pittsburgh Penguins are still searching for consistency and battling big-time breakdowns. Those noisy mistakes fed an already energetic Chicago Blackhawks, who were lifted by the season debut of star center Connor Bedard.
The Penguins did enough to keep the game close, but did more to keep Chicago ahead, until the third period when Sidney Crosby scored his second goal of the game and season by burying a rebound to tie the game, 3-3.
But Sergei Murashov was fooled by Teuvo Teravainen and allowed a long, sharp angle goal at 15:42 of the third period. Chicago took the lead, and the Penguins got the fate they probably deserved, losing 5-3 at the United Center Tuesday.
Crosby had two goals and Erik Karlsson had two assists, but Chicago’s Roman Kansterov and Teuvo Teravainen each had a pair of goals.
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