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PITTSBURGH — There is only one way to describe the Penguins' 5-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks Tuesday night at PPG Paints Arena:

DETROIT — Mike Sullivan said Saturday morning that the Penguins, with no more margin for error, must treat every game from here on out as a must-win.

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It was a little of the best of Evgeni Malkin. He had two assists — the second a tremendous pass — in what amounted to a season-sustaining 4-2 win for the Penguins on Sunday night against the Philadelphia Flyers. That gave him 80 points for the season, a number he…

DETROIT — Luck was on Casey DeSmith’s side for the first eight minutes. He would’ve needed a four-leaf clover pinned to his uniform to keep Detroit’s David Perron and company in check.

PITTSBURGH — In a matchup that’s been billed as Sidney Crosby versus Alex Ovechkin for the better part of the last two decades, naturally it was Evgeni Malkin who seized the spotlight.

PITTSBURGH — The Penguins went to bed Monday night out of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

There will be tougher games ahead, for sure. I can think of two later this week, Thursday night and Saturday night against these same New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. Then, of course, there will be a difficult first-round playoff series against Boston, Carolina or New Jersey.

It doesn't matter that the Philadelphia Flyers are one horrendous hockey club. That they will miss the playoffs for the third consecutive year. That they have just one postseason series win in the past 10 years. That they haven't won a Stanley Cup in 17,455 days.

PITTSBURGH — Coach Mike Sullivan’s willingness to switch up his lines in light of an unwelcome absence was rewarded against the Penguins’ hapless intrastate rivals to the east.

PITTSBURGH — The New York Islanders again had the Penguins right where they wanted them.