During his post-game interview, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan described his team’s effort during last night’s 4-2 loss to the Rangers as “in-between.” Which is another way of saying we were lukewarm or even tepid.
Feisty winger Jason Zucker, one of the few Pens who didn’t fit that description, was far less charitable. “I thought we made it a pretty easy game.”
Ouch…but true. Especially during a somnambulant first period that saw our hosts outshoot us, 12-7, while attempting nearly twice as many shots (26-14).
While hardly anything good can come out of a largely uninspired loss to a divisional foe in March, I can report one positive.