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Monday afternoon optimism; looking back on history of Game 5's

A look at where the Pittsburgh Penguins have sat historically when they win, and lose Game 5's of NHL playoff series that were tied 2-2 after four games. They may be down, but history says the Pens aren't dead yet.

What happened to the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1991 or 2001 or even 2014 doesn't really apply to tomorrow night's game against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

At this point you can find a million pixels all over the internet about the many problems, controversies and issues surrounding the team. So we'll take a different route and to try and freshen things up let's look at the situation at hand, instead of barking up the same tree yet again.