The Penguins’ down bound train continued to roll unabated yesterday afternoon with a 4-0 loss to the Oilers at PPG Paints Arena. Our third loss in a row and sixth in our last seven.
It didn’t take long for the Oilers to get the jump on our guys…68 seconds to be exact. Kris Letang, who appears to be pressing of late, sent a risky diagonal pass right onto the stick of Connor McDavid at center point. Handed the keys to the kingdom, the Oilers, superstar zipped down Main Street and beat Tristan Jarry blocker side.
Next up on the Pens’ cavalcade of blunders, rookie defenseman John Ludvig. After successfully moving Zach Hyman out of the crease, Ludvig inadvertently stepped in front of his goalie and blocked Jarry’s vision if not Mattias Ekholm’s long-range shot. Patric Hornqvist couldn’t have set a better screen.
Two-zip, Oilers before the game was nine minutes old.
Looking for moral victories, which are the only kind we get these days, Jarry and his teammates did hunker down and staunch the bleeding through a competitive second period.
