Expecting the Penguins power play to struggle for more than one or two games of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals seems pretty foolish now, no?
That group converted at a 26.2-percent clip during the regular season, the best full-season mark in the NHL since the Calgary Flames (27.7) in 1989-90.
With the ridiculous amount of talent the Penguins possess, there’s simply no way this series was going to be defined by the power play’s inability to convert.
“You want to get momentum and you want to feel good about it,” Sidney Crosby said after Sunday’s 5-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 3 at Wells Fargo Center.