What was already a crazy and unpredictable year for Pennsylvania’s two NHL teams got even crazier with the league’s COVID-19 shutdown, and now?
Now, the real craziness begins.
The Penguins are heavily favored in a best-of-five series that begins Saturday night against the Montreal Canadiens — on neutral ice in the Toronto “bubble” — to determine which will make it into the “normal” first round of Stanley Cup playoffs involving 16 teams.