Step into the WABAC machine with me, if you will. Actually, not all that way back. To April 11, 2015, to be precise.
The chase for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference had come down to the last day of the regular season. Fighting for their very playoff lives, the Penguins were taking on the Buffalo Sabres at First Niagara Center. A very bad Sabres team…one that finished dead last in the overall standings with 54 points.
Yet a victory was anything but a gimme. In the throes of a prolonged skid, the Pens were 3-9-2 over their previous 14 games.