Puck mismanagement? Blown leads? Allowing last-minute goals?
Check, check and check.
It’s a shame, because the Pens actually did enough good things in Calgary last night to garner two points. Instead, they departed Cowtown on the short end of a 4-3 shootout defeat with that old, familiar empty feeling in their guts.
Following our trademark rocky start, we actually took it to the upstart Flames, piling up an impressive 38-25 edge in shots on goal through 65 minutes.
After falling behind early, we tied the game on a second period power-play marker by Bryan Rust, thanks in no small part to some nice board work by Evgeni Malkin and a slick feed from Sidney Crosby.