The Pittsburgh Penguins Penguins can climb out of a 0-2 deficit with a Game 3 win on Wednesday over the Boston Bruins. The puck drops at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
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Pittsburgh led the NHL in regular season scoring, and they averaged an impressive 4.27 goals per game through the first two rounds of the playoffs, the Associated Press reports. Since then the Penguins have been in an offensive drought. In their last two games against Boston, Pittsburgh has managed only one goal. It's too early to suggest the Penguins will get swept, but the team is in a slump.
"Right now, we're not liking the picture, down 0-2. They're in control," Penguins coach dan Bylsma told reporters. "I don't think we're frustrated by the fact that we haven't scored as much as (the fact that) they're getting up leads, especially in Game 2."
Boston's offense has handled Pittsburgh, winning 3-0 in Game 1 and 6-1 in Game 2. The hot offense will have to continue on Wednesday as the intensity of the series ratchets up even more.
"We're going to have to play even better than we did because they're going to be desperate," Boston center David Krejci told reporters.
"It's about what we do in the next game," Boston defenseman Andrew Ference added, "not about patting ourselves on the back for what's already happened. ... I think with this team, whether it's coming back or having teams come back on us, we've all seen it together and we all know certain lessons that we've learned."
Pittsburgh boasts a high-scoring offense that has performed well up until this series. Penguins star Sidney Crosby isn't sure why the offense has gone cold.
"It felt like every time we had a puck that was bouncing, we ended up giving it away," Crosby told reporters. "We gave them the game. We didn't really do anything to give ourselves a chance to win.
... We know that we're looked upon to score and produce. We have to find ways to create chances and put the puck in the net. I'm not going to sit here and say it's (Tuukka) Rask or anything they're doing. We have to get better."
