Leaky Penguins Fall to Montreal

Exasperated former coach Bob Berry once labelled his Penguins team “circus performers.” Up one game and down the next.

I can’t think of a more apt description for our present black-and-gold squad. Just like a circus, we provide plenty of entertainment value for your buck. But to borrow from that noted movie sage, Forrest Gump, we’re like a box of chocolates, too. You never know which team you’re going to get. The one that beat the Rangers in thoroughly impressive fashion on Sunday. Or the one that lost, 6-4, to the lowly Canadiens last night at PPG Paints Arena in a totally confounding manner. A contest so bizarre and macabre, I fully expected Rod Serling to break in at some point of the telecast and announce, “You’ve just entered the Twilight Zone.”

How bizarre, you ask? According to Natural Stat Trick, our guys piled up obscene advantages in shot attempts (84-44), shots on goal (43-22), scoring chances (54-18) and high-danger chances (25-7).

Yet we lost.

We got off to such a promising start. Jake Guentzel slammed the puck past Habs goalie Sam Montembeault from point-blank range just 21 seconds in to get us off and running.

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