Penguins Blow Two-Goal Lead, Bow to CBJ in Shootout
In a game that in many ways was a microcosm of our season, the Penguins started the second half on the wrong foot with a come-from-in-front 4-3 shootout loss to the visiting Blue Jackets.
We slogged out of the starting gate and fell behind early before picking up the scent in the second period with a power-play goal by Michael Bunting to knot the score. Then we proceeded to snag a 3-1 third-period lead thanks to a pair of Rickard Rakell tallies.
A two-goal lead with less than 10 minutes to play. It’s in the bag, right?
WRONG.
The Blue Jackets’ Dmitri Voronkov scored his second of the night less than two minutes after Rakell put us up by two, at 12:05 to be exact, to pare our lead in half. Then Adam Fantilli tied it at 3-all on a power-play redirect with Blake Lizotte in the sin bin.
In overtime we did everything but score, with Bryan Rust coming the closest to converting. Unfortunately, close only counts in horse shoes.
On to the shootout, our den of horrors.