Pens beat Carolina 4-2

The Penguins win tonight at home to take their record to 21-11-4 with 46 points.  Tonight was a night with more milestones for Pittsburgh.  Jordan Staal became the seventh youngest player since NHL expansion in 1967 to play in 400 games at 23 years and 108 days.  Dan Bylsma won his 135th game putting him in a second place tie with Michele Therien for 2 all-time in wins for the Penguins.  The game started off with early chances by Malkin and a rocket by Staal hitting the crossbar.  The Canes then took a 1-0 lead off of a bad clearing attempt by Zybnek Michalek was interecpted by Tim Gleason, who shot it on net, while Tim Brent in front chopped home the rebound to give Carolina the lead at 9:37 of the period.  The period ended with Carolina up 1-0.  It stayed that way until about mid way through the second period at 11:50 when Chris Kunitz split Gleason and Allen at center ice and attacked the net, flipping a backhander from from the right circle at Peters.  James Neal crashed the net, and the puck went off of the shaft of Neal's stick giving him his 21st goal of the season from Kunitz (13) and Malkin (26).  A great play by Kunitz who did not quit on the play, and another point for one of the league's hottest lines.  The goal also puts Neal only one goal behind league leader Marion Gaborik.  The period ended in a 1-1  deadlock, and it was anyone's game.  But just like the other night against Winnipeg, a third period explosion by the Pens put this one away.  At 18:42 of the third, Steve Sullivan scored a power play goal, his 7th goal of the year, assisted by Malkin (27) and Neal (15) to give the Penguins a 2-1 lead.  Just a little over a minute later at the 17:32 mark, Super Duper gets his 11th goal of the year off of a two on play from Tyler Kennedy (12), assisted also by Zybnek Michalek (4).  This would prove to be the gamewinner as it put the Penguins up 3-1.   Fittingly, Jordan Staal closed out the scoring for the Penguins at the 11:55 mark for his 14th goal of the season, assisted by Tyler Kennedy (13).  The Canes kept coming, and at 5:07, Tuomo Ruutuu made it 4-2 after a misplay behind the net by Fleury.  The game would end that way, 4-2 Penguins.  The win ran Marc Andre Fleury's record to 19-7-2 on the year.  Neal had two points with a goal and an assist, and both Kennedy and Malkin recorded two assists.  For Kennedy, he now has 5 points in his past 4 games, and Geno not only extended his scoring streak to 8 games, but with 287 assists he passed Jean Pronovost for 9th place all time in assists for the Penguins.  The Penguins outshot the Canes 52-18 tonight, the power play was 1 for 3, and the penalty kill a perfect 2 for 2.  The Penguins have held 3 of their past 4 opponents to under 20 shots, despite having both Letang and Martin on the shelf for all of those games, and Engelland out for the past two.  Pretty impressive number given the holes on the blue line due to injury.  Up next two big Atlantic division tilts coming up, with Philadelphia in here Thursday night with Mullet boy and STD making their respective returns to Pittsburgh, and a road game against New Jersey on Saturday.  Four big division points on the table, Lets Go Pens!