Rangers Get Two-Point Conversion, Rout Penguins 8-4
On February 18 of last season the banged-up Penguins dumped Toronto, 5-2, to capture first place in the Metropolitan Division, a glorious achievement considering all the injuries to key personnel.
However, just as we reached our apex, we fell…hard…losing our next two games to Toronto and Buffalo by a combined score of 9-2 to trigger a six-game losing streak. Not to mention a subsequent fall from grace that extended through the qualifying round of the playoffs months down the road.
I remember marveling at how a team that had been playing so well could unravel so quickly.
Well, buckle your seat belts, folks. History seems set to repeat itself. Indeed, after climbing into a first-place tie in the MassMutual North on the heels of an extraordinary March, the Pens have been strafed in the past two contests by a combined score of 15-9.
It’s hard to find positives after yielding eight goals to the Rangers last night. And make no mistake, we were never really in the game. Not after leaking for three goals in the first 10 minutes of play. Although we tried to make a game of it as our four tallies will attest, we had no answers for the talented young Blueshirts, who are incredibly fast and skilled.