The Penguins were defeated 4-0 by the Hurricanes...

from Sam Werner of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,

“We haven’t put games together,” Crosby said. “We’ve had one good game, [one bad game], exactly the way our record shows. If we knew the reason, I think we’d find a way to put them together. I think the main thing is just our compete level and finding that nightly, we haven’t been able to do that.”

When asked if the Penguins’ emotion was where it needed to be Thursday night, Crosby responded with a flat “no.”

That’s a bit surprising, given how relatively big the standings implications were for a game in early January.

With the loss, the Penguins are now three points behind the Hurricanes for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

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