"The five-on-three was a huge point in the game," said head coach Todd Richards "It was a big credit to Penner and to our penalty killers, because we put ourselves in some sticky situations in the game, and those guys really stepped up."

"The five-on-three was huge for us, because it got us going," said Maxime Talbot. "We battled, we battled, we had some bad penalties, but we did the job."

Talbot has done the job for three straight games, netting the game-winning goal in each of the Penguins victories to pace the league. Not that either of the last two were pretty.

His tally on Saturday night came when he swept a shot from the goal line that appeared to deflect off an Albany skater and trickle behind goalie Justin Peters. That goal came just 38 seconds into the contest, and proved to be all the offense the Penguins would need.

"Yesterday I said I was lucky, you know, right place at right moment," cmmented Talbot. "But I guess I’m going to these places. That’s how I score my goals, I’m in the right place. I go to the net and just put it on the net. That’s what happened tonight again and it turned out to be the game-winner."

Wilkes-Barre got some insureance from Erik Christensen, whose one-timer off a Ryan Stone feed during an early third period power play gave the Penguins a slightly bigger cushion.

"I said before going out for the third period, our power play has got to really step up for all the hard work that the penalty killers and Penner had done," Richards stated. "Christensen responds, great pass from Stone…that was a huge goal."

Jonathan Filewich closed out the scoring with his third of the season at 15:32 of the third.

The game was the last on home ice for the Penguins until November 5. They will travel to Winnipeg to take on the Manitoba Moose this Thursday and Friday, and take on the Toronto Marlies on Saturday night before returning home.