Let’s begin with this: The Pittsburgh Penguins are going to make the playoffs.
Do not let the three-game losing streak, made even more frustrating in the manner in which the past two games were lost, send you into a panic about their spot in the postseason. They are going to be there. If they only win three of their remaining eight games, which would be an absolutely brutal finish, Montreal, who currently sits in ninth place in the Eastern Conference, would still have to go 6-2-1 in its remaining 9 games to finish ahead of them and knock them out of the postseason.