For all we know, this post could look really silly in mere minutes, or at least in the scope of Wednesday.
That’s the danger of in-game articles, but sheesh, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ power-less power play kind of forced the issue during the first period of tonight’s game against the Washington Capitals.
The low point was probably an ineffectual 5-on-3 power play - a lengthy opportunity at that - which produced more critiques than scoring chances.
Everything about that 5 on 3 PP was horrible. The execution. The failure to collapse down low. The missed nets. Everything.
— Josh Yohe (@JoshYohe_PGH) October 29, 2015
Pittsburgh's power play is hot, hot garbage
— Mike Halford (@MikeHalford604) October 29, 2015
Keep in mind that the Penguins’ power play came into this game with the least efficient power play in the league with an NHL-worst 7.1 percent success rate. Going 0-for-3 early on won’t help.
Moments like these should be beneficial for the Penguins, as some questioned the call:
Instead, it just shined an unfriendly spotlight on their struggles.
What would you do to fix things up? Many are blaming coaching:
And then Old man Johnston put Tocchet in charge of the power play #Scary #HockeyHalloween
— Pittsburgh Maulers superfan (@pghguyinva) October 28, 2015
Naturally, we’ll keep an eye on the Penguins as the night goes along. We could see more penalties at this rate, by the way: