Lighting the Lamp with Rick Ackerman
As they are in St. Louis, expectations in Pittsburgh are high concerning their under-performing hockey team, struggling to get and then somehow stay above the line that separates playoff contenders from playoff pretenders. The Penguins are currently below that line. Despite the presence of big guns Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Phil Kessel and Kris Letang, the Penguins' offense, currently ranked 22nd of 30 in the NHL with 2.43 goals per game has been in a funk since day one. The exhausted, worn-out roller coaster Blues are not much better, ranked 21st with 2.