The Penguins defeated the St. Louis Blues by a narrow margin, 5-3, for their third consecutive win against a pretty formidable Western opponent. St. Louis came into this game 7-1-2 in their last 10 games and just two points out of the final wild card spot in the Western Conference.

In the aftermath of deconstructing his flawed roster, Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas laid out Saturday the base level of expectations of what he demands over the remainder of the regular season from a team that will miss the playoffs for the third consecutive season.

On Thursday night, we saw the Pittsburgh Penguins match up with the St. Louis Blues, who are right in the thick of the Western Conference wild-card playoff race sitting two points back of the Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks for the final playoff spot.