“He’ll score,” Malkin said of Kessel, who has 30 goals and 63 points in 69 career playoff games. During last year’s playoffs, he was the team’s most productive player, scoring 10 goals and 22 points in 24 games. Heading into Game 5 of the Stanley Cup final, he is tied for third in scoring with seven goals and 20 points in 23 games. A third Cup for Crosby and Malkin would give them as many as Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane. As Kessel said, a second Cup “would be pretty sweet, wouldn’t it?”“I played here two years, and to win two?

Source: National Post June 07, 2017 19:52 UTC