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We go back out to that Fan Hotline, and that is where we find Jesse Marshall.

He covers the Penguins and the NHL for the Athletic after a 6-2 loss last night for the Penguins.

But fortunately...

The out-of-town scoreboard helping them out.

Three more games on this road trip.

They have one point through the first two games.

Jesse, what were your aspirations for the Penguins when they started this road trip?

Five games, it starts and ends against the Hurricanes.

If they came away with how many points, would you feel pretty good about the trip?

Yeah, we got him.

The Pens were in the game last night through the first 40 minutes, Vegas scoring three goals in the final period.

Artur Shilov's with just a rough outing, Jesse.

That felt like the equivalent to a starting pitcher going like three and allowing seven earned runs, what the Penguins got from him last night.

Was there a player that you circled once we knew there would be a five-game stretch without Crosby and Malkin that you wanted to see bring his game up?

And has that player done it?

The Penguins have not won a game in regulation since March 1st, that 5-0 win over Vegas.

Now they have been able to, they won the overtime game in the comeback against the Bruins.