Jake Guentzel #59 and Sidney Crosby #87 of the Pittsburgh Penguins. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
Despite an admirable two-goal comeback, a couple of broken sticks doomed the Pittsburgh Penguins in a 5-2 loss to the Washington Capitals Thursday night
With third period goals from Brandon Tanev and Jake Guentzel to even the score after falling behind 2-0, the Penguins seemed primed for yet another late-game comeback against the Capitals.
Then Kris Letang’s stick broke on a late third period penalty kill, no one passed him their stick, and Capitals forward Tom Wilson scored an easy deflection goal past Letang and Tristan Jarry to push the score to 3-2.