It seems we’ve seen this scenario play out before, haven’t we? Our Penguins take a lead, then score what appears to be a decisive goal to give them complete command. Then we promptly turn around and hand the game right back to our foe.
Indeed, last night’s soul-crushing (and playoff hope snuffing) 4-3 shootout loss was virtually a carbon copy replay of our overtime loss to Colorado the previous Saturday night. Bookending our modest two-game winning streak.
To digress for a moment, in the 1981 hit movie Arthur, Dudley Moore’s wealthy, inebriated character famously warbled, “I wish I had a dime for every dime I have.