“We have a good team, we have a good group. We believe in ourselves, that’s the key. One shift is going to turn the season around for us. And that’s going to happen here in Ottawa”. — Patric Hornqvist, pre-game.
Warmups showed that probably wasn’t going to be the case.
“Not so fast my friend!” - Lee Corso - Hockey Gods
From there, it was somehow only downhill once Kris Letang scored on the power play to make it 1-0 Penguins.
Brady Tkachuk tied it up after, what else, but the first of many total team breakdowns
Not sure what was worse there, the Kessel turnover, that rebound from Murray, or the defensive coverage that left Tkachuk unmarked.