Pens can’t shake the Stars, lose 3-0 in Dallas

DALLAS, Texas – After back-to-back wins against Montreal and the NY Islanders, the Penguins ran out of gas Saturday night in Dallas.

It was the Stars that were hitting full throttle and dominated the Penguins in a 3-0 victory at American Airlines Center.

“We didn’t execute well,” captain Sidney Crosby said. “They came pretty hard and we didn’t find a way to execute and create chances ourselves. There’s no real excuse for it. We just didn’t do it.”

The Penguins did not look like themselves. They couldn’t find any rhythm or flow, and were losing many of the puck battles. When they did generate some scoring chances they were thwarted by some nice netminding by Kari Lehtonen, who stopped all 24 shots against.

“They outworked us,” forward Tanner Glass said. “A lot of times they were first on pucks. They were more physical on the puck battles. When they’re first and physical it makes it tough to recover pucks.” >> Continue Reading <<

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