Looking to break a three game losing streak on the road against an inferior opponent, the Penguins stumbled out of the gates and then were snakebit down the stretch by the goaltending of Cal Peterson.
“It was hard to get any flow in the 1st period because of the special teams,” coach Mike Sullivan said. “I thought we had a pretty solid team game - we just didn’t score.”
Scoring is important in hockey and only mustering one goal isn’t going to cut it. Worse, as Sullivan mentioned, the Pens got behind the eight-ball when Kris Letang took a penalty just one minute into the game.