By all accounts, our Penguins did a lot of good things last night. Stats-wise, we dominated our blood-rival Capitals, piling up a 79-52 edge in shot attempts and a 47-32 advantage in shots on goal. We had 19 high-danger chances to the Caps’ 12. We struck for three, count ‘em, three power play goals.
And we lost, 4-3, in overtime.
Following a blazing 17-2 run, I guess a bit of a course correction is to be expected. As the old saying goes, you can’t win ‘em all. And we did manage to squeeze a point out of the affair.
Still, we’re backing into the All-Star break on an 0-1-3 slide. Worse yet, there are some disturbing trends coach Mike Sullivan and his staff will need to correct moving forward.
At this stage I’m going to dispense with a traditional game summary and ramble. Bear with me if you will.
After playing like a well-oiled machine through the first half of the season with each player doing his part, the Pens increasingly have become a one-trick pony…in more ways than one. During our mini-skid, a staggering seven of our nine goals have come with the man advantage.
