There are two ways of looking at the past week for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
On hand, they earned four out of a possible six points on the road and won the most important game of the week outright in regulation. And they did all of that while being without three of their top-four defenders and having to play what is a patchwork blue line where everybody has to play above their heads. Tough circumstances for everyone.
From that perspective, it does not look horrible.
On the other hand, there is no excuse for them to have not won all three games because the two games they lost in overtime (Saturday’s Stadium Series game in Philadelphia, Friday’s game in Buffalo) should have been wins.