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DeSmith 'competed hard,' but lacking as Penguins' skid hits six

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- There's no shortage of problems plaguing the Penguins on this six-game skid.

It's a streak that now includes consecutive games of squandered multi-goal leads, following the Penguins' 6-3 loss to the Sabres here in Buffalo on Wednesday night.

No one player can shoulder the blame for any one of those losses. Everyone needs to be better. Defensive breakdowns, high-risk hockey, an inability to score goals, poor discipline, incomplete efforts have all been an issue at one point or another in this losing streak.

Goaltending probably wouldn't even crack the top-5 faults that have led to this current hole the Penguins find themselves in.