The Penguins haven't scored many goals this season, but even when they do, things still go wrong.
Oft-injured forward Beau Bennett has been sidelined for the past five games and as it turns out, he injured himself while celebrating a goal in a meeting with the Canadiens on Oct. 13. The club lost the game, 3-2, to the still unbeaten Canadiens, and it also lost Bennett.
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"I hurt myself celebrating a goal, unfortunately," Bennett told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "That's just unlucky. But I've learned to keep my arms down and celebrate less, I guess."
It's understandable why Bennett would celebrate so hard, after all he beat the NHL's reigning Hart and Vezina Trophy winner Carey Price to score his lone goal of the season. On top of those accolades, Price is leading the NHL with seven wins and two shutouts this season, while boasting a stingy 1.29 goals-against average and a .961 save percentage.
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Bennett, 23, beat Price for the goal and then bumped his chest against the glass, but with this being the NHL, the specifics of the ailment are unknown and it's labeled as an undisclosed injury.
The right wing is often hurt and has only suited up in 73 of Pittsburgh's 172 games since the beginning of the 2013-14 campaign. Bennett was a first round (20th overall) selection of the Penguins in the 2010 NHL Draft.
Bennett is expected to return Wednesday when the club plays the division rival Capitals in what would be his 100th career NHL game.
Penguins coach Mike Johnston labeled the situation of Bennett's injury as "very unique," but that's the way things have gone for the club this season. Despite winning three of its past four games, Pittsburgh is 29th in the NHL and dead last in the Eastern Conference with an average of 1.63 goals per game.
Captain Sidney Crosby has been a big part of the malaise, only notching one tally and three points through his first eight games. The struggles became so rampant, that offseason trade import Phil Kessel (3-1--4) was taken off of Crosby's top line.
Expected to be an offensive juggernaut, the Penguins have scored just 13 goals through their first eight games. And even when they do manage to light the lamp, someone gets hurt.
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