This comeback was months in the making.
Following Pittsburgh's 5-4 victory over the visiting Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday, the Penguins' Twitter account scored another win with a pretty savage burn.
First, here's a look at what Vegas tweeted out back in the summer when Vadim Shipachyov decided to wear No. 87, same as best-player-in-the-world Sidney Crosby:
Now that our jersey numbers are in, our updated No. 87 power rankings:
— Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) August 30, 2017
1. Shipachyov
2. @RobGronkowski
3. Can't think of any others
The Penguins were sitting on that one for a while, and used Tuesday's win as a springboard to quote that tweet with the following response, even playing on Vegas' propensity to post in haiku form:
Our 87
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) February 7, 2018
Had double the points tonight
Than yours did all year
¯\_(ツ)_/¯#HockeyHaikus https://t.co/W6ddnZOqVB
Crosby recorded two assists in the win, while Shipachyov scored a single goal in only three games for Vegas before being released from a two-year, $4.5-million contract signed last summer.
Boom. Roasted.
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