I confess. I was beginning to wonder if our Penguins were ever going to win another game. Especially given the unending succession of stinko efforts they produced over the past two weeks. So forgive me if there were times during last night’s 7-3 thrashing of Ottawa that I rubbed my eyes a time or two in disbelief, thinking the ol’ lamps were playing tricks on me.
After all, it had been a fortnight since the Pens resembled anything close to a playoff hockey team.
Turns out, what we needed the most was what we were all hoping for…the healthy returns of defensemen Brian Dumoulin and John Marino.