PITTSBURGH -- Jared Coreau gave himself an early confidence booster but his teammates couldn’t stay on top of the defending Stanley Cup champions.
The Detroit Red Wings squandered a two-goal lead en route to a 5-3 loss Saturday at PPG Paints Arena to the Pittsburgh Penguins, undone by a porous third period that ended a five-game points streak.
“It can’t happen,” Frans Nielsen said. “We have to be better playing with the lead. Lately we’ve been very good defensively, so it’s disappointing we go out and do this. I thought we were over that.
“You can’t just give points away like this.