The Daily: Penguins Fan Takes Puck from Boy, Other Fans React

A younger teen-age boy thought he had himself a nice souvenir when he shook a puck free after it became caught in the netting at a Pittsburgh Penguins game. But an adult fan immediately snatched the puck.

The scene didn’t play well with other Penguins fans. Even though play was going on, they began to chant for the older fan to give the puck to the minor. This went on for 10 minutes.

Eventually, the wife of a Penguins player, setting nearby, went and secured an autographed puck to give the kid. The puck grabber never relented.

Ushers were involved. Security showed up. Tempers were running hot. Dan Kingerski of Pittsburgh Hockey Now captured the entire story. Read it here. 

Red Wings In Case You Missed It

Marco Kasper, with back-to-back multiple point games, seems to be getting comfortable on Detroit’s top line.

Bob Duff writes that coach Todd McLellan’s team is passing the early test, but there is a major examination coming soon.

How would you compare McLellan’s Red Wings to Derek Lalonde’s Red Wings? Patrick Kane has some thoughts.

Red Wings Extra

In Detroit’s current seven-game winning streak, the team has scored 31 goals. That’s an average 4.42 goals per game. Coach Todd McLellan’s team has yielded 17 goals (2.42 per game) in those seven wins. Kane extended his point streak to seven-straight games (5-8-13), logging five multi-point games in that span. Patrick Kane is the first Red Wings player age 36 or older to record a seven-game point streak since Henrik Zetterberg did it from Feb. 18-March 7, 2017 (1-11-12 in seven games). Kane has five multi-point games during the streak.

NHL scoring since Dec 29th:

1. Patrick Kane – 7GP, 13pts (5+8)
2. Lucas Raymond – 7GP, 12pts (3+9)
3. Alex DeBrincat – 7GP, 11pts (6+5)

4. Jason Robertson – 7GP, 11pts
5. Leon Draisatl – 7GP, 10pts
6. Dylan Larkin – 7GP, 10pts#LGRW pic.twitter.com/zH6KwQejqN

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