Where have all the goals gone? A fair question. Especially in the wake of a wildly prolific stretch fueled by the incendiary production of superstars Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang.
Until recently the Penguins’ offense was really humming under Mike Sullivan. Then the injury bug bit hard. Eric Fehr went down during a wild 6-5 victory over Ottawa. All-Star Evgeni Malkin followed. He’s missed the past six games while nursing a lower-body injury.
Combined with earlier injuries to Nick Bonino and Beau Bennett, the maladies have taken an abrupt toll on the Pens’ production and exposed an old weakness—a lack of scoring depth.