‘Guins Win-in-the-Peg

Sorry. Thought I’d have a little fun with the title.

In the cold, blustery prairie outpost known as “the Peg,” our Penguins may have officially turned their season around last night with a crisp 3-0 triumph over the Jets. No easy feat, given that our foe entered the game on an 8-2 tear thanks to the Vezina-esque twine tending of Connor Hellebuyck and a talented core of forwards paced by Mark Scheifele. But we shut ‘em down. Or more to the point, shut ‘em out.

It isn’t so much that we won as how we won. Indeed, the game fairly brimmed with black-and-gold positives. We played a patient, structured game, waited for our opportunities and capitalized when we got ‘em. Which, IMHO, is exactly the way we need to play in order to succeed.

Again, a shout out to Mike Sullivan and the coaching staff for making adjustments and righting a sinking ship. Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks?

Perhaps best of all, some players who’d been struggling contributed mightily to the victory. Out of the blue, Tristan Jarry flashed his all-star form, stopping 32 shots to register his first shutout since February 26.

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