Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Alex Nedeljkovic was the unwilling recipient of lethargic team defense during the first half of Thursday’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers.

John Tortorella and Boko Imama had a different opinion regarding a questionable hit in the Penguins' 5-4 overtime victory.

The actions belied many of the words used by the Pittsburgh Penguins after getting skunked 4-0 by the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena.

With their fourth straight loss on Tuesday in the form of a 6-1 dud to the Philadelphia Flyers, the Pittsburgh Penguins are just two points out of the basement of the Eastern Conference.

Matt Boldy has points in back-to-back games and has been excellent since returning from the 4 Nations tournament, where he had a really good showing. The offense flows through Boldy without Kaprizov in the lineup and he's on pace to beat his career-best 69 points. Boldy has 54 points through 63 games and should be able to snag one more today.

Nedeljkovic is set to face the Avalanche on the road Tuesday, according to Matt Vensel of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Nedeljkovic turned aside 23 of 25 shots in a 3-2 loss to the Bruins on Saturday.

The Penguins have nearly lost every game since the 4 Nations Face-Off. They were playing fairly well before that two-week break and theoretically were alive in the playoff race, sitting just 6 points out of a postseason spot. A couple of weeks later, the Penguins are plummeting.