The Penguins’ roller coaster of a season plummeted to a new low last night with an embarrassing 6-0 loss to the Rangers at Madison Square Garden. A defeat that, in many ways, was a microcosm of a season (and team) in disarray.
Based on the final score, you’d think the New Yorkers ran us out of the building. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Pens displayed plenty of jump and controlled “the process,” as they so often do. They also buried themselves beneath an avalanche of blown coverages and breakdowns galore.
Indeed, the Rangers simply waited for us to self-destruct and capitalized when we handed them opportunities.