Avalanche Bury Fragile Penguins in OT

Back in the 1970s, the theme song to the movie Love Story (ironically about a hockey player) began with the lyric, “Where Do I Begin?”

Well that’s where I am now. Where do I begin to tell the story of the Penguins’ 5-4 come-from-in-front crumble of an overtime loss to the Avalanche yesterday afternoon?

Perhaps how do I begin is more appropriate.

For 30 minutes or so the Pens skated circles around the Central Division leading Avs while piling up a seemingly insurmountable 4-0 lead. Then they proceeded to give it right back, in a collapse so thorough and stunning that it almost defies description.

How complete was our meltdown?

In the first period, the Pens piled up huge advantages in shot attempts (30-13), shots on goal (15-4), scoring chances (15-7) and high-danger chances (7-0). Talk about total domination!

Then the script flipped. Completely.

Over the last two periods and overtime, the Avs controlled the shot attempts (52-35), shots on goal (26-19), scoring chances (28-11) and high-danger chances (13-2). It was as if the Pens literally melted into the ice.

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