PHN Extra: Getting It Wrong On Penguins’ Playoff Promise

PITTSBURGH — I can admit when I got it wrong.

Since the end of Game 4 at PPG Paints Arena, I wrote about how the Capitals were primed for another collapse and how the Penguins were just hitting their playoff stride.

Hopefully we’re playing by baseball rules and I get a third swing at this thing.

First of all, full marks to Washington, because obviously I didn’t think Barry Trotz’s boys had it in them to pull it out, especially after Nicklas Bäckström was ruled out of Game 6. 

However — and maybe it’s because of where I live and the team I cover — but I found myself wondering throughout Monday night how the Penguins could’ve been so disjointed as the team with the vastly superior Stanley Cup playoff experience.