They’re 8-2 in the playoffs. Three-and-oh against our Penguins during the regular season, including a 5-4 overtime victory on January 15. Fifteen goals for in those three wins.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are for real. And they figure to present a most formidable obstacle in the upcoming Eastern Conference Finals.
To back up a step, the Penguins endured a “test” series on the way to each of their three Stanley Cups. They faced elimination against New Jersey in 1991. Washington in ‘92. And the Caps again in ‘09, before prevailing against Detroit in another nerve-jangling seven-game set.