Maybe it’s too much vitamin D. After all, our Penguins so rarely see the sun during our dreary Pittsburgh winters. Or perhaps they left their collective game on the beach. Whatever the reason, following a rousing victory over Washington on Sunday, our boys continued their skein of Sunshine State futility (winless in six games) last night in Tampa Bay.
Indeed, the Lightning took advantage of a sluggish start by the black and gold to snatch a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes. A hole that proved too deep to negotiate. Mimicking their Antarctic namesake, the Pens slipped, slid and belly-flopped to ho-hum 4-2 defeat, continuing a string of uneven performances dating back to a 4-1 loss to Boston on January 16.