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Penguins roast Golden Knights on Twitter following on-ice victory

Charles LeClaire / USA Today Sports

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:

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:

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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