Ryan Shea felt fortunate he didn’t break every stick he owns. Erik Karlsson, in his 17th NHL season, has enough perspective to find a silver lining — that the Penguins won’t have to stew on this one for long.

There’s another game Saturday, the Seattle Kraken arriving for the second half of a back-to-back, and it’s a good thing. Because the Penguins have plenty they’ll need to correct after Friday’s 5-0 loss to the Wild at PPG Paints Arena.

What went wrong?

“Everything, to be honest with you,” Shea said.

No arguments here. It was bad. Among the worst games the Penguins have played this season. Maybe the bottom of that list, honestly.

They looked slow, lethargic. Like they arrived home from Sweden Friday morning, not Monday.

It looked like they hadn’t practiced anything in days … yet t

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