The second period took a turn for the worse for the Canucks. Vancouver only managed to test Šilovs twice before the tie was broken by the Penguins.

Pittsburgh Steelers from the past and present made a special appearance at the Penguins-Canucks game on Tuesday night, including Aaron Rodgers.

A group of Pittsburgh Steelers — including quarterback Aaron Rodgers — showed up to support their fellow Black and Gold. At the Tuesday night Penguins game, the group of guys from the team attended and were shown on video.

Lastly, the Calder Cup line of Arshdeep Bains, Max Sasson and Linus Karlsson had a strong game. The trio played 8:19 and finished with an xGF% of 58.42. Ultimately, this line stepped up as they won the scoring chances battle 9-6 and finished with a high-danger scoring chances advantage of 4-3.

The Vancouver Canucks were on the wrong end of a 5-1 shellacking at the hands of the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night at the PPG Paints Arena.

The Vancouver Canucks are off to a strong start on their first extended road stretch of the season. Meanwhile, the Pittsburgh Penguins aim to carry over some recent away success when they return home.

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As the Canucks get injured players back into the lineup, having Hayes around would give the team a solid fourth-line option. The team is much deeper when running at full strength. In the meantime, Vancouver will need to find a stopgap solution given their current lack of depth down the middle.

Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Arturs Silovs is scheduled to start Tuesday’s game against his former team, the Vancouver Canucks, at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Dan Muse announced Silovs’ status following an optional morning skate in Cranberry.

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