“It’s been one of the most consistent aspects of our game all year, game in and game out,” Mike Sullivan said.
In a way, it’s fitting that the Penguins’ power play scored three goals on the night the team clinched a playoff berth.
There's a chance the moment might not have happened without that unit.
In the early months of the season, when the Penguins were languishing in the middle of the standings and struggling to generate offense 5-on-5, the league’s best power play propped them up. And Saturday night, when the Penguins played a solid but certainly imperfect game against the Canadiens, the unit made sure there was no doubt, providing the winning margin in the 5-2 victory.