WASHINGTON, D.C. -- There's one thing about this Penguins team that has remained fairly consistent throughout the start of the season: Inconsistency with their starts.
Whether it's a goal within the first minute or two or a real stinker of a whole period, the Penguins are due every several games for a performance in the first period that puts them behind the eight ball to start, and those starts often prove to be costly.
The Penguins had a pretty disaster first period in Thursday's 3-2 shootout loss to the Capitals here at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.