The Penguins did everything they needed to do Tuesday night against Ottawa to advance to the Stanley Cup final — except actually win the game.
They fired 46 shots on the Senators, they had fewer giveaways and they dominated faceoffs. They were the better team Tuesday in the 2-1 Game 6 loss and they clearly are the better team overall.
The Penguins ran into a hot goaltender in Craig Anderson and thus lost a game they should have won. Now they must regroup one more time and get ready for Game 7 Thursday.
This wasn’t a case of the Senators outplaying the Penguins.