Penguins Color St. Louis Blue, 4-2

It’s official.

The Penguins’ playoff push has begun.

Last night the locals, suddenly hot, turned back the Blues, 4-2, before a happy throng of 18,321 partisans at PPG Paints Arena. In the process running their record since December 12 to 6-1-1, good for an impressive points percentage of .813.

Best of all, it was a team effort. Indeed, everyone seemed to contribute, from our stars to our depth guys to goalie Tristan Jarry, who made a number of big stops to keep the Blues at bay.

Although they’d played the night before in St. Louis (a 2-1 loss to the Avs) the visitors had the better jump early, leading to several rushes and odd-man breaks. However, Jarry made key stops on Pavel Buchnevich and…