Another day, another defenseman down.
The Penguins placed Marcus Pettersson on the NHL's Long-Term Injured Reserve list Monday morning, just after their skate at PPG Paints Arena to prepare for the evening's game against the Senators. He thus joined Jan Rutta and Dmitry Kulikov on LTIR, and Jeff Petry's also hurt, meaning two-thirds of the team's expected starting six defensemen aren't available.
Even as the team's clinging to a Stanley Cup playoff berth by a solitary point.
I asked Mike Sullivan after the skate if this might be the type of situation that actually galvanize his group to focus on preventing goals, a season-long shortcoming.