Penguins Marooned by Islanders, Streak Halted at Four

With sincere apologies to our faithful PenguinPoop readers, due to the fact that I’ll be indisposed tomorrow, this recap will be brief.

The heretofore smoking-hot Penguins jumped to a 2-0 lead over Islanders at PPG Paints Arena, then completely dissolved in the third period and lost 4-2.

It was truly all my fault. With us still holding that two-goal edge entering the second intermission, Wright’s Gym member Dan Mazur opined, “We’ll find a way to blow it,” as he departed. “No way we lose this game,” I replied with confidence.

Yep, I said it…and we lost it.

As for the particulars, less than five minutes into his first game of the season with the big boys, even bigger winger Joona Koppanen—working…