The team that failed to win any of its final four games before the all-star break is the same one, basically, that won 17 of its previous 19.
Which was the same one, basically, that segued from a 3-0-2 start directly into a 2-6-2 stretch before running off five victories in a row.
Fact is, the only real constant for the Penguins to this point of the 2021-22 season has been their inability to dress their lineup of choice, as they've lost 168 man-games -- that's an average of 3.65 per game -- to injury and illness.