The Pittsburgh Penguins (15-13-3) enter Monday's game winless under new coach Mike Sullivan, with their offensive struggles at the forefront. They have dropped five straight overall, the most recent a home loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night.
This most recent swoon comes after the Penguins made a mid-season coaching change — replacing Mike Johnston with Sullivan, a longtime assistant of Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella. Sullivan was elevated from his position of head coach with the team's AHL club in Wilkes-Barre, where the "Baby Pens" were 18-5-0 before the change.
The team also made hockey headlines this week with the season's first player-for-player trade in the NHL.