FORWARDS - Grade: D-
The Penguins started the game knowing that they wouldn’t have Patric Hornqvist or Bryan Rust, both of whom are injured. They presumably didn’t realize until the first period began how many of their other forwards also would be virtual no-shows, at least while the outcome was still in doubt. Sidney Crosby scored the Penguins’ only goal, but hasn’t looked the same since being concussed in Game 3 of Round 2, and he obviously is a guy who can be a difference-maker in this series. The Chris Kunitz-Evgeni Malkin-Phil Kessel line acquitted itself reasonably well, but that bar was set pretty low on this night.