In the grand scheme of things, this may well be remembered as the weekend the current NHL season slipped away from our Penguins. Smack in the middle of a critical five-game homestand dripping with make-or-break implications, we came up a cropper in back-to-back games.
Although yesterday’s 5-2 defeat at the hands of the Lightning bore scant resemblance to our wild ‘n’ whacky shutout loss to the Senators the previous day, it may hurt worse. That’s because we got off to a forceful start, dominating the visitors to the tune of a 14-2 first-period edge in shots on goal.