Brock McGinn the Unlikely Hero for Penguins with Two Straight Game Winning Goals

As a team through the first five games of the season, the Pittsburgh Penguins stood out across the NHL as one of the most complete squads.

The Penguins were getting contributions from all over the lineup and winning games by big margins.

Despite the wins and production, there was one player that was having a tougher start to the season than he would have liked.

Brock McGinn struggled to help contribute the way his teammates were as the Penguins got off to a red hot start.

While the Penguins put together a 4-0-1 start, McGinn couldn’t find the score sheet, not scoring his first point until the fifth game of the year.

After his first goal of the year, McGinn would go another four more games without a point giving one point through nine games of the 2022-23 season.

It wasn’t pretty for the bottom six forward, but things have turned around for McGinn recently.

In his last five games, McGinn has posted five points, including game winning goals in back-to-back contests.

McGinn was credited with the game winning goal to snap the Penguins seven-game losing streak with a short handed tally against the Washington Capitals.