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Winging it: Penguins overwhelm Detroit, 6-3

By Dave Molinari: PittsburghHockeyNOW.com

Winging it: Penguins overwhelm Detroit, 6-3 Pittsburgh Penguins' Lars Eller (20) celebrates with Sidney Crosby (87) after scoring during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Detroit Red Wings in Pittsburgh, Sunday, March 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

By Dave Molinari: PittsburghHockeyNOW.com

PITTSBURGH — This article originally appeared on PittsburghHockeyNOW.com.

Losing this game would not have eliminated the Pittsburgh Penguins from contention for a spot in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Not mathematically, anyway.

For all practical purposes, though, nothing shy of divine intervention would have been enough to get them in if they’d been beaten by Detroit Sunday.

And even that probably wouldn’t have done it.

Their situation clearly was desperate, at best, and the Penguins’ performance in their 6-3 victory against the Red Wings showed that they realized it.

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