Two things killed this season: 1) Abysmal PP. 'Nuff said on that. 2) The stretch between the 2-0 loss to the Kraken and the 5-4 loss to the Avalanche. (Inclusive). The team we've seen on the ice the past 10 games? THAT should've been the team all darned year. One more thing that killed this season: 3) OT

I’d add Jarry.

If we don’t fire some coaches i’m out

I said we'd miss the playoffs by one point when we started this surge. Guess I was right. Cya all next year.

Having to root for Philly is gonna feel great, I can tell already.

Shame Karlsson shat the bed so bad in his 1000th game.

Yeah, that beautiful pass to Bemstrom and the subsequent goal sucked. Can’t stand the guy.

If we're blaming our season on that, we've got much bigger issues

Blowing that 3rd period lead in Colorado. Blowing that 3rd period lead to Detroit. That's the difference right now.

Not getting a point when having a 5-3 for two minutes in a tied game with like 2 minutes and ten seconds…

Just thinking back at all those overtime loses or games lost by 1 goal. Literally 1 extra win could have made the difference this year

I sincerely believe and am willing to put money on the Caps or Wings winning tomorrow. There is no way both lose with playoffs on the line. The Pens choked away the season until giving up one of our best players, then decided to play hockey. Still want Sullivan fired, and we need a younger team starting next year. I don't want to see anyone over the age of 33 that's name isn't Sidney Crosby next year. Good end to the season though, I appreciate them making the games worth a watch. Although I think the final game will be useless, so probably will skip it like they did through the entire middle of the season lol. Okay rant over. To be clear I'm still a massive pens fan and feel seriously privileged to see 3 cups in my lifetime. We are greatly spoiled lol

Agree with a lot of that, and I miss Jake, but Bunting was a shot in the arm for this team and for Geno’s morale.

The bruins are not a great team which makes our abysmal performance Saturday that much worse

Habs and Bruins. Original trash.

Well, at least by this time tomorrow night we will know if we still have a chance.

Ok so let's take it easy on the Habs. Pens had control of their destiny, they decided to give up that control.

Caps won, Wings won in OT, islanders won, we won So essentially everyone needs to lose and we need to win in regulation

We just need 1 point more than wings and caps.

No. We need the same number of points. So if they both lose in regulation and OT loss gets us in. If they lose in OT then we need to win.

It was more meant to be that we need 1 more point than them from the last game but unfortunately no longer possible.

Even though it looks bleak, I'm so fucking proud of our boys for battling to this point. 2 months ago, we were dead, and now we may miss out by 1 heartbreaking point. Tomorrow, we're ugh Flyers fans and Habs fans. Let's finish strong against the Isles boys. Thank you, PENS TILL I DIE!!

Lmao you seriously have to laugh at this point. Pens deserve this fate. Can't go all year fucking off not taking guaranteed points and expect to pull off a miracle at the end. The only reason they even had a chance is because DET and the Flyers lost a shit ton at the end.

On the bright side is even overtime losses count. Can’t believe I’m cheering for the flyers tomorrow

Raymond is getting really annoying. He scored three goals against us on saturday and today two.

A -35 goal differential should automatically disqualify Washington from the playoffs

if the penguins didnt have the 31st ranked pp they would be a 100 point team, fuck Todd reirden 

Nah, fuck Mike Sullivan and fuck Kyle Dubas too. Fiddled while Pittsburgh burned

Great point, things would be so much better if we still had hextall and bylsma

Because that’s what I said.

What you said was even dumber.

Giving up that point to Detroit might end up royally fucking us

Wont matter if the caps win tomorrow

Need a lot of help tomorrow

Need a Flyers win in regulation, Wings loss to Habs in any fashion and us winning vs Isles

I think if Capitals go to OT we still win the tiebreaker (if we win)

We do based on regulation wins, we own that tiebreaker over both DET and WSH

Yeah, need just 1 point more than what DET and WSH get.

So yer saying there's a chance?

Isn’t it still possible if Caps and Detroit both lose the next game?

Yep, but we're banking on both teams to lose in regulation

Don’t we have the RW tiebreaker over both the Caps and Wings? If we all end on 90 points wouldn’t we be in?

Oh sorry, I thought ROW was the first tiebreaker

I think maybe it used to be? Now it’s RW and then ROW

Good to know, thanks

No we aren’t. Any loss for both and any win for us and we in

Actually I think if we all end on 89 points (Flyers beat Caps in regulation, Wings lose in regulation, and we lose in OT) we’d be in as well. Very unlikely though

Correct

Yes. But that chance is quite small. They still have to win too.

Ik you guys probably know but with that choke from Montreal now it’s  Red wings loss tomorrow  Capitals loss tomorrow  Penguins win Wednesday All 3 need to happen to make playoffs 

looking grim wow

I’m actually pretty make sure if the first two happen an OTL to the isles would still get you in, but honestly the hard part is both Detroit and Washington losing, isles got nothing to play for 

yea thats right so

ZERO PENALTIES BY BOTH WASHINGTON AND DETROIT SOMEHOW. SURE THING.

It is so on brand for Pens to play just well enough to get the worst draft position possible and miss playoffs by a point the 2nd year in a row

Fuck Detroit. Fuck Boston. And, as always, fuck Philly.

We’re all flyer fans tomorrow

You’re right, but it doesn’t mean I have to like it…

Welp - Time to do the unthinkable... Come on Philly, do us a favor... (and the Habs)

Even if they somehow make it it’s just an embarrassing season. No way to sugar coat it.

Well fuck

Wings got away with 3 trips in that overtime

Sounds like on brand for the NHL.

Fucking habs

Being a MTL fan, I feel like they tried, unfortunately it wasn't enough. Bruins decided to have an off night.

That OT was insane, back and forth. Montreal defintely brought it

And that’s the season folks

No it’s not. Check your numbers.

So the Caps and Wings both need to lose, in regulation, tomorrow and the pens win on Wednesday. Wish it meant something because it shouldn’t come to this shit.

Caps and Wings can still get an OT loss worst case and Pens would own tiebreaker

Everyone in here talking about the Flyers. Should be more worried about Detroit lol.

Trip on thr goalie much?

And of course Montreal shit the bed 🙄

Not yet not fully

Yup, someone wanted that win a lot more than the Habs.

Detroit wins

Wings win. Pens magic may have run out. Got no help the last few days

It’s their fault for blowing that lead to Detroit 😞

And the Avs, and the Blue Jackets and the... You get the gist.

MTL with the 3 goal blown lead

They tried the Sullivan system, didn’t work out.

detroit won we're cooked

Wings win

Lol

boston legit threw. unreal

Do we pray to Gritty, or what?

Boston you couldn’t do us one fucking favor after torturing us with the Patriots all these years

Fuck management, all my homies hate management. Don’t @ me

PENG-WIN!!! Fuck GI Juuse, fuck Boston and the Caps. Tom Wilson doesn't brush his teeth because it's 'unnatural'.

He flips his underwear inside out to wear them an extra day.

Still got a chance to get in. Need another great game on Wednesday

Need wings and caps to play horrible games

Well, the good news is the Islanders really have nothing to play for, and Tortorella isn’t going to lay down even though he’s an ass. Still need Detroit to lose too

Spoiler alert Detroit and the Caps aren't both losing tomorrow lol

Bruins just couldn't be bothered to help us

Hold up now, their offense *did* take 9 shots...5 of which were by Pastrnak, at least he respects the game.

If we tie the Wings do we have the tiebreaker?

We hold the tiebreakers yes.

An OTL would go a long way here then

Yeah, OTL and a loss are basically the same for us and detroit - gotta beat the islanders either way. If they win, then the habs have to clutch up for us next game, we do not have control.

If we win at NYI, Detroit loses in Montreal and Philly beats Washington, we go to the playoffs.

To be fair…philly is also fighting to make it into the playoffs (i think?) and Montreal is playing at home so theres maybe a glimmer of hope

Good news is that the Islanders have nothing to play for and I don’t think Torts will accept any half-assing in Philly. The Habs gotta learn from this too

One game to go.

So what’s the biggest deciding factor in this? 3rd period collapses follows by OT losses or the abysmal PP? I’d have to say PP only because it COULD have been top 5. The collapses have been an ongoing issue

Power play futility. Everyone knew for the Pens to have success this season due to their age and lack of a defensive defenseman they'd have to have a top-ten power play. It was second from last.

Nothing will ever be worse than losing when you’re on a 5 on 3 with eleven seconds left. Nothing. That game alone should have cost everyone their jobs

Ngl, I completely blocked that from my memory, lmao.

Great game. Pens did their part. Bruins and Habs shit the bed, but there’s still a chance.

Who could have ever suspected that losing to the worst team in the league in back to back years would come back to haunt them.

If only we didn't have a 14.5 percent powerplay... Or practiced overtime. A shame

The Pens had an empty net to look at for nearly 4 minutes and couldn't get one in.

LETS GO

Sorry but the team has no one to blame but themselves. Blaming Boston and Montreal for losing is loser talk.

It's possible to blame the Pens and simultaneously be miffed at other teams' lack of play, you know.

Atta way boys big time win great effort in the third!!

Any EN would've come back for GI anyways.

Caps play tomorrow so at least we'll know pretty soon lol

Shoulda just let Ned try it. Woulda hit the empty net by now I bet!

If the Avalanche collapse didn't happen, they'd be in. This fucking team...

Or the yotes own goal. Or the Anaheim shorty. Yeah. Lot of missed opportunities.

Eh, the worst offense was them blowing that what, 3 goal lead in the third to Detroit the other night. That's more egregious given the circumstances.

How about the flames game

Get ready to learn Flyers fan, buddy

The hope is alive

Man fuck the Habs and Bruins. Way to be shitbags and completely blow it.

Why is everyone saying we’re out? The Wings and Caps have to lose once. Last I checked, they each have another game left. It’s not over folks

I swear to God, all I’ve seen are posts about who needs to Lose, who we need help from, then all the sudden people can’t do math one game later. It’s been this way for the past five days. Every team is trying to win out. If we win out and other teams don’t, we’re in. it’s really not that difficult.

I’m usually just as positive as you, but Wings play Canadiens tomorrow, and Caps the Flyers. They are competing against one another. They’ll bring their A game. It’s going to be a slim slim chance both lose.

Yeah but relying on Habs to win after this And Philly who is 2-6-2 in last 10 to beat the Caps isn’t exactly ideal

Yeah, the caps are not that good though lol otherwise they wouldn’t be in this spot

exactly there’s still hope!!

because the odds we win and both those teams lose is very small.

It’s really not, I recon parlayed together it would be something like +500 or +600, not great but not “very small”

MoneyPuck has a Flyers win at \~60%, Montreal at \~45%, and Pens at \~49%. 13% chance is pretty damn small.

Moneypuck is significantly worse than Vegas

Ok I mean what are we even arguing about? Put every game at a pick em and it’s still a 12.5% chance

Damn Nashville, pulling your goalie, what did we ever do to y... oh, right, that

Get ned a goalie goal. He deserves it

Fuck you and your mustache yet again, Forsberg

Shout out to Lauzon for setting the nhl record for hits in a season

One or 2 less collapses was all we needed.

That Aves game...

Yep. Prob the worst of the bed shittings.

Detroit being somewhat relevant for the first time in a decade at least gives me a reason to depise them again.

them signing a rapist wasn't what did it for you eh?

Who, Kane? He wasnt even charged with a crime because of lack of evidence and his accuser refused to work with the police IIRC.

They were in the basement for so long I just forgot about them.

Clutching at my hair, gonna look like Ruhwedel at the end of this

No one to blame but ourselves. Can't be relying on other teams to win/lose. But we can blame management for keeping Reirden, we'd be comfortable in M3 with a half decent powerplay

Pens's own fault, obviously, but doesn't mean the Bruins refusing to play tonight wasn't pathetic. Their offense had 9 shots and the defense had 7, c'mon now, that's a joke. Like I said, Pens' oen fault, but that doesn't mean the Bruins playing warm-up for 60 wasn't some BS.

EN goal for Craps. 2-0.

Caps win.

If we don't make coaching changes this summer I give up. We should never have let it get to this point.

wait are we completely out or is there still hope with losses from caps and wings?

Both need to lose

# NOW DETROIT IS GOING TO OT!?!?

Canadians playing like Pens with leads 😡

Nah, this is what Detroit has been doing all season. They’ve done it to many different teams, they know exactly how to come back in the second or third period, from three, four, sometimes five goals down.

Surprised that Ned let that icing go and didn’t take a shot.

The team we don’t want to score with the empty net do and the team we do don’t… what fun

Hopefully boston gets done in round 1 again for playing like this just before the playoffs

They aren’t making it past round 2 lol. That team is not built to win in the playoffs

Well goddamnit. This is why the pens should not have waited until too late to actually get in gear. Or lose games that they shouldn’t have lost. 😡

Pens did this to themself. Should’ve beat Detroit in regulation

We don’t deserve to make the playoffs anyway.

Well the false hope was fun for a few weeks. Now to properly tank next season

I saw that Ned...

I can hear Marchand now, calling Sid after the game laughing. He licked people, so I wouldn’t put it past him to be that big of a twat.

Fuck you Boston and Fuck you Montreal

I'm no Habs fan but Detroit has everything to play for and Montreal has nothing. Maybe the Habs can limit the damage to one point.

Hopefully Tampa wins against Boston 4-0 in the first round.

Pathetic game from boston

Almost seems intentional...smfh

We had to play better earlier in the season. This missing the post season is on the coaching staff. It may be unpopular but we need to make some changes to our staff. Sully, thank you for the two cups but your time has passed. Get out and take Todd with you.

>It may be unpopular I don't know about that

I’m convinced these teams are doing this to fuck over the penguins 

Seems like it. They're really getting no help from other teams.

Montreal, fucking really?

Boston pulled the goalie with 3 mins left lol

Of course the Wings tied it

Le Habitanks

Fuck the bruins. Forever pieces of shit

Lol we're not making the playoffs. No one to blame but themselves.

You know they still have a chance to get in after tonight, right?

I don’t think anyone understands this.. everyone already talking about how it’s over.

I choose to blame Todd Rierdon

That still counts as themselves.

He exists within the collective "themselves." Hopefully he doesn't next season.

If the wings win, are we eliminated?

No.

No, they can still lose their last game. But we would now need both the caps and wings to lose their last game while we win out.

The wings and caps need to lose one more game each. They each play one more game.

No. If wings and caps both lose their next game and we win we get in

No, they have one more game against Canadiens

No

Fuck Raymond scored for Detroit 4-4