VANCOUVER, British Columbia – The Pittsburgh Penguins’ early-season funk continued on Friday with a 5-1 loss to the lowly Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena.
They dropped all three games in Western Canada, typically a place they thrive.
The Penguins lost the previous two games on this season-long road trip by a combined 10-4 margin, done in by an abysmal period in Edmonton and Calgary. But the Oilers and Flames are two of the top teams in the West. The Canucks? They are decidedly not that. They finally won their first game Thursday in Seattle.
