PITTSBURGH – After three difficult wins over two time zones in less than 72 hours, the Vancouver Canucks hit the igloo wall Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

But the crash didn’t happen until the second period, and had they gotten more out of an impressive first, the Canucks might have been riding a four-game road winning streak into Thursday’s game in Nashville. Instead, the Penguins scored three times in a little more than three minutes with the Canucks running on empty in the middle frame and won 5-1 at PPG Paints Arena.

“We could have been up three or four nothing in the first 10 minutes, but it didn’t happen,” Canucks coach Adam Foote said. “I think you run out of a little bit of gas, you put yourself in a situation where you take some penalties. . . you probably, most likely

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