PHILADELPHIA -- There are no easy goals in the NHL.
Consume, if you will, a double-dosage of that thought from Evgeni Malkin after he twice collected pucks at the beach and twice cast them into the ocean, including the decisive goal of the Penguins' 5-4 deflating of the reviled Flyers Saturday night at Wells Fargo Center.
"There are no easy goals in the NHL," he'd tell me afterward. "No easy goals."
No easy goals. Got it.
So, this rocket pass from Phil Kessel in the second period that resulted in a 4-2 lead?
Chris Kunitz's
super-duper-uber
Olli Maatta
Brandon Manning
Michal Neuvirth
Mike Sullivan's
Nick Bonino
Carl Hagelin
happy
DK'S THREE THOUGHTS
1. Hey, this Sid fella can snipe, too.
Marc-Andre Fleury
Steve Mason
2. Persistence can be really productive.
Matt Cullen
3. Suit up already, Ron!
Ron Hextall
Robbie Brown
Dave Hakstol
Ilya Bryzgalov
THE LOCKER ROOM
THE INJURY UPDATE
Kris Letang
THE OTHER SIDE
Claude Giroux
Wayne Simmonds
THREE NUMBERS OF NOTE
4:02
35
300
Rick Kehoe
THE NEXT GAME
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