The performance of Brian Dumoulin is one of the biggest question marks surrounding the outlook of the Penguins’ season.
After a rocky 2021-22 season that ended with a grade 3 MCL tear in the postseason, the Penguins banked on Dumoulin returning to form as a steadying defensive presence on the top defense pairing with Kris Letang.
The two were an increasing mess together, so much to the point that there was a stretch of eight games in which Dumoulin was on the ice for at least one even-strength goal against in seven of them.