If the Penguins’ loss on Saturday felt strangely familiar, well, it probably should.
It’s a script they’ve followed far too frequently through the first 22 games of the season.
Take too many penalties. Don’t kill enough of the opposing teams’ power-play opportunities. Fail to convert your chances.
Add it up, and you get a 2-1 defeat at PPG Paints Arena, the Penguins’ first on home ice this season, an outcome that’s not the least bit surprising given the ingredients contained therein.
The Penguins (11-8-3) generated plenty of chances against the Blackhawks, who’ve now won five of their past eight, but could only push a single, solitary puck past Chicago goaltender Corey Crawford.