There are not many positive things to say about the Pittsburgh Penguins performance from the past week.
On paper, it looked like an opportunity for them to potentially stack some points against some of the league’s worst teams, while hopefully avoiding another embarrassing lost to one of the league’s best teams (Dallas).
In the end, none of that happened.
They were absolutely humiliated on home-ice against Dallas by giving up six first period goals on their way to a 7-1 loss, and then managed to collect just three of a possible six points against the trio of Detroit, Columbus and San Jose, needing a shootout to beat the latter after losing a 3-0 lead .