from Sam Werner of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,

Before the Penguins faced off against the Blackhawks, Mike Sullivan said his primary goal when assessing the team at this early stage of the season is just making sure they're getting better on a daily basis.

That should be pretty easy moving forward. On Thursday night, the Penguins didn’t look like they could get any worse.

They gave up five unanswered first-period goals en route to a 10-1 loss in Chicago that was every bit as ugly and uncompetitive as the scoreline indicates.

When asked where things went wrong, Sidney Crosby struggled to come up with just one answer.

“It’s a 10-1 game,” he said. “Do we have enough time? It’s embarrassing.”

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