2012
04.13
04.13
about the following for a second:
In his last 15 regular-season games, Evgeni Malkin recorded at least one point in 14 of them. He was heading into Game 1 against the Philadelphia Flyers with an eight-game point streak.
From those 14 games, 10 of them were multi-point games.
He essentially did all he could to lock up the Hart Trophy for himself as league MVP.
So one would expect that in the most important game of the season, Malkin would shine and at least contribute on the score sheet for the Pittsburgh Penguins, right?
Wrong.
Malkin laid a goose egg and only had three shots in the Penguins' stunning 4-3 loss to the Flyers.
The Penguins had an unbelievable first period, getting goals ...
Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - Pittsburgh Penguins
In his last 15 regular-season games, Evgeni Malkin recorded at least one point in 14 of them. He was heading into Game 1 against the Philadelphia Flyers with an eight-game point streak.
From those 14 games, 10 of them were multi-point games.
He essentially did all he could to lock up the Hart Trophy for himself as league MVP.
So one would expect that in the most important game of the season, Malkin would shine and at least contribute on the score sheet for the Pittsburgh Penguins, right?
Wrong.
Malkin laid a goose egg and only had three shots in the Penguins' stunning 4-3 loss to the Flyers.
The Penguins had an unbelievable first period, getting goals ...
Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - Pittsburgh Penguins