"I'm at a loss. Honestly."
That was Olli Maatta. And the most amazing aspect of that assessment was that it didn't follow an actual loss.
The Penguins were absolutely abysmal.
They were held without a shot for 37 minutes, nine seconds, including a full period of hockey for the first time in the 50-year franchise history, regular season or playoffs.
They gave up the opening goal, rescued only by a review that showed the opponent entering the zone offside by a millimeter.
They had spaghetti legs from the start.
They had an early five-on-three for two full minutes and, for most of that, moved the puck as if it were a manhole cover.
They abandoned the primary focus of their strategy.
They blew a three-goal lead.
They were on the bad end of inconsistent-beyond-the-norm officiating.
And ... um, they won?
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