It is only the NHL preseason, but for the Pittsburgh Penguins the Saturday matinee against Metro Division foe, the Columbus Blue Jackets, looked a lot like last season. And, seasons before that.
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Last season the Penguins won just 9 of 30 games played with the Metropolitan Division. Yesterday was more of the same as the Penguins staked the Blue Jackets a 4-0 lead, before losing 4-2 based largely on poor defensive play and being overpowered by the larger Blue Jackets.
The highlights on the Penguins website begin with a Blue Jackets rush created by Pens wingers Sergei Plotnikov and Bryan Rust losing an offensive zone puck battle to much heavier Jackets top liners, Ryan Johansen and Fedor Tyutin.