from Ron Cook of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,

Anything can happen in a Game 7. The Penguins won Games 1 and 2 in Washington so they won’t be afraid of the Verizon Center Wednesday night. They also have the Capitals’ history of failure against them in eight of their nine previous postseason matchups on their side.

But it’s hard to like the Penguins’ chances, isn’t it?

A team with Crosby, Malkin and Phil Kessel managed just 18 shots on Holtby. The Penguins’ first shot on goal didn’t come until 12:17 into the first period, and that one was from 136 feet when Brian Dumoulin happened to direct his clearing attempt on a Washington power play right at Holtby.

The reuniting of the HBK Line — Carl Hagelin, Nick Bonino and Kessel — didn’t help. That group had seven goals and 18 points in the Penguins’ six-game series win against the Capitals last season. They produced nothing Wednesday night.

Not the three power plays were productive for the Penguins. They produced just two shots. It’s no wonder people were angry and booing. How can a team with so much offensive skill look so bad?

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