Even with Monday’s 4-2 win over the Nashville Predators, the Pittsburgh Penguins are going to have to watch and hope on Tuesday night to keep any playoff hope for their regular season finale on Wednesday night. They need to hope Montreal and Philadelphia can win their games, and while that is certainly possible, there is no guarantee that either team wins, let alone both.
They certainly did not get any help over the past couple of days.
And that is simply a reality the Penguins are going to have to accept. Because this brutal position they find themselves in is not the result of not getting enough outside help.