PITTSBURGH — This article originally appeared on PGHHockeyNOW.com.
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ performance against Tampa Bay Sunday was a lot better than it had been when they played Ottawa a day earlier.
The result wasn’t, though.
Sure, the Penguins acquitted themselves fairly well against the Lightning, as evidenced by their 33-18 advantage in shots, but their 5-2 loss to Tampa Bay at PPG Paints Arena did no more for them in the Eastern Conference playoff race than a 5-0 humbling by the Senators Saturday had.
Which is to say, none at all.
The loss dropped the Penguins’ record to 18-19-8 and again prevented them from claiming at least a temporary share of the second wild-card berth in the Eastern playoff field.
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