DK'S GRIND

Kovacevic: When Penguins tune out, so can we all

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Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby after the Sharks' short-handed goal Thursday night. - MATT SUNDAY / DKPS

Two fans clapped.

I distinctly heard them off to the left of the PPG Paints Arena press box, a few sections over and way down below. And given that there were no more than smatterings of teal through the place, it's plenty likely they were fans of the local team.

Good for them. Hey, if being down by three goals at the first intermission and being dominated across the board draws anyone's applause ... free country.

Two fans left.

As I was walking the main concourse, two fans, one wearing a No. 66 sweater and the other brandishing car keys about to be used, exited by the Mario Lemieux statue. Arena policy is, once you leave, you can't re-enter.

Good for them, too. Turned out they'd miss next to nothing by tuning out the final two-thirds of the Penguins' dreadful, almost deathly 4-0 loss to Sharks on this Thursday night.

I've got next to nothing to add myself, to be honest.

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