Yohe’s 10 observations: The Penguins roll to fourth straight win – The Athletic

Hockey teams historically have issues in their first home game after a lengthy road trip. Its essentially just another road game, especially in the case of the Penguins, who hit the road again on Thanksgiving night for a game on Friday in New York.

Mike Sullivan, in fact, acknowledged that the Penguins coaching staff was concerned about the home game on Wednesday against the Canucks.

Turns out, there was nothing to worry about.

The Penguins produced one of their most energetic efforts of the season, dictating the tempo from the beginning in an impressive 4-1 victory against the Canucks to extend Pittsburghs winning streak to four.

I thought our effort was good, Sullivan said. We came out with a lot of energy. As a coaching staff, we were a little concerned about this one after a tough travel day. The guys played with a lot of energy. We werent as tight defensively as weve been. I think thats something weve got to take from this and just make sure that were making better decisions with the puck.

Bryan Rust, Evan Rodrigues, Zach Aston-Reese and Brock McGinn scored for the Penguins.

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