This is a huge weekend of games for the Penguins

Maybe it was because of the matchup between Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid. Maybe it was because the Pittsburgh Penguins put on a show in the first period with four goals and brought some excitement to the ice against a really good team that had been one of the hottest in the NHL entering play on Thursday night.

Maybe it was a combination of the two things.

Whatever the case, there seemed to be some real juice in PPG Paints Arena on Thursday night for the Penguins’ 5-3 win over the Oilers, which has not always been the case this season.

Or over the past season-and-a-half.

It is understandable. The team has mostly descended into mediocrity and the games just do not have the same level of…