How Low Can They Go? Penguins Bow to Blackhawks, 5-3

Perhaps it’s a little too early to label a game “must-win.” Especially since most of our competition are struggling with consistency issues as well. However, with a troika of very challenging games dead ahead in Colorado, Vegas and Utah, the Penguins really needed to take advantage of last night’s match-up with the lowly Blackhawks. The fact that we didn’t, or couldn’t, doesn’t speak well of our chances for a successful season. Indeed, in many ways the 5-3 loss harkened back to a similar defeat

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