Letang apologizes to Murray, Niemi after 10-1 loss

There is a lot of blame to go around in the Pittsburgh Penguins' dressing room after the club dropped a 10-1 decision to the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night.

Following the whipping, defenseman Kris Letang took some personal responsibility for the loss, offering his apologies to goaltenders Antti Niemi and Matt Murray.

"I would say I'm sorry." Letang said, according to Sam Kasan of the team's website. "They deserve better than that."

Meanwhile, head coach Mike Sullivan, who was undoubtedly embarrassed by the loss, also shouldered a lot of the blame.

"Everything went wrong. We just didn’t play the game the right way," Sullivan said. "It’s disturbing. We have to do some soul searching.

"The responsibility falls on me," he added.

After also giving up five goals on Wednesday night to the St. Louis Blues, it's evident the reigning Cup champs are not playing like themselves to open the season.