The thought that I keep having after the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 overtime loss to the New Jersey Devils on Sunday is that I loved the process and I hate the result. For most of the third period that is exactly the vibe I kept getting from watching it.
The Penguins were on their game.
They played probably their best 60-minute regulation game in weeks and absolutely deserved a couple of points in the standings given that play.
But the longer it went without another goal, and especially after Ryan Poehling missed on that wide open look in the third period, it just had the feel that something stupid was going to prevent them from getting a second point.