I don’t know about you. But for the first time in a long (long) while I felt like I was watching the real Pittsburgh Penguins last night. Our 6-3 playoff-clinching conquest of the Islanders featured some old, familiar story lines.
Great skating, determined forechecking, clutch goaltending and opportunistic scoring. And yes, a nagging inability to play with and protect a lead.
Still, as they say, a win is a win is a win. And we’ll gladly take the two points and run.
We got the jump on those pesky Islanders 4:59 into the first period.