Bungling Penguins Fall to Philly, 2-1, in OT
In my 13 years of writing for PenguinPoop, rarely have I been critical of Sidney Crosby. That’s because there’s rarely been a need. A testament to what a truly magnificent player he’s been and is.
However, during overtime of last night’s Metro Division tilt with the Flyers, whatever malaise has infested our team seemed to have infected our captain as well. In a rare case of blunderitis, Sid committed at least three outright bonehead plays.
On the first, he chased a Flyers puck carrier behind the Philly cage…a no-no in 3-on-3 overtime…and wound up trailing the play up ice. On the second, he attempted an awkward (and dangerous) cross-ice pass in our end that was promptly picked off by Travis Konecny, leading to extended zone time for the Flyers and two shots on goal.
On Sid’s final gaffe, he lost a faceoff in the Philly zone to Sean Couturier, then lurched forward in pursuit of Travis Sanheim along with sidekick Jake Guentzel to gift the Flyers with a 2-on-1. With virtually the entire sheet of ice to work with, Konecny set up Couturier for the overtime winner.