Pittsburgh Penguins Season Update 2

21 games into the season, you would think the first place Pittsburgh Penguins would be happy with their performance a quarter of the way through the season.  The reality, it is not all that impressive.  Their record is 13-8, which is good enough for 1st place in the newly constructed (and poorly named) Metropolitan Division and 2nd in the Eastern Conference.  While all of these are great achievements, it's early in the season and anything could happen.  The truth is, as of late the Pens have been playing well below standards.  Recently they lost 3 straight games, 2 of which are were division opponents in the Rangers and Flyers, who as of now aren't even contending to take the top spot in the division.  The problem is, that in the month of November, the Penguins are 3-4, and only scoring just 2.25 goals a game and giving up 2.125,  the only bright spot coming in a 3-0 shutout of the average at best Columbus Blue Jackets.  A loss to the Flyers, being shutout by the Rangers, and getting played off the ice by a very good St. Louis Blues team should have made the Pens want to work harder.  Evgeni Malkin has not hit the back of the net in 14 straight games, Pascal Dupuis has been removed from the first line, and the Fleury's play hasn't been all that spectacular.  The Penguins better get their act together before things get too out of hand.