As our Penguins prepare to enter a stretch run that, hopefully, will lead to another glorious Stanley Cup triumph, I thought it would be a good time to reflect on the season thus far and how we got here. Kind of a zero-to-fifty (games) if you will.
October (8-5)
The Pens were a bit streaky through the first month of the season. After reeling off five wins in a row mid-month against Western Conference foes, they lost three straight before righting themselves with month-ending victories over Dallas and Philly.
The injury bug wasted no time in biting as Nick Bjugstad, Alex Galchenyuk, Evgeni Malkin and Bryan Rust missed chunks of time.