CRANBERRY, Pa. -- Ron Hextall acknowledged during Sunday's press conference that the Penguins' bottom six forwards just haven't been strong enough for much of this season.
"I think it’s fair to say the chemistry there hasn’t been like we had hoped it would be," Hextall said of the bottom six. "There’s times where we’ve had some chemistry down there, but over the course of the year, the chemistry hasn’t been that great. Chemistry’s a tough thing to define when you’re talking about a line or a hockey team or a defense or forward group. But you can kind of feel it and see it when it’s there.