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Capitals punishment: Washington embarrasses Penguins, 6-0

Pittsburgh Penguins Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin, center, celebrates after assisting on a goal by teammate Hendrix Lapierre (not shown) as Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby (87) and Valtteri Puustinen skate back to their bench during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Thursday, March 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

PITTSBURGH — This article originally appeared on pittsburghhockeynow.com.

The Pittsburgh Penguins didn’t hold any players out of their game against Washington Thursday night at PPG Paints Arena for “trade-related reasons,” as a number of clubs have done lately.

That doesn’t mean that everyone in their lineup actually was involved in the game, though. Truth be told, there have been cruise ships with fewer passengers.

The Penguins looked very much like a team that is resigned to sitting out the Stanley Cup playoffs, and that is bracing for some personnel changes before the NHL trade deadline Friday at 3 p.m.

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