It was not, in any shape or form, a game plan that should be copied and implemented at the youth level.
Spend the better part of the first period making careless decisions with the puck.
Take three penalties.
And eventually play so poorly it causes your starting goaltender to watch the rest of the game from the bench.
What the Penguins did at the start of Sunday's game against the Sabres at PPG Paints Arena could not have been worse, but they rebounded in a big way to snatch a 4-3 win.
Evgeni Malkin was terrific, a force for much of the night, and finished with a goal and an assist.