Bonino’s absence was noticed, as Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin failed to get a shot on net and the Penguins received nothing from their third line. But with Nashville’s top four defencemen keying in on Crosby and Malkin, depth scoring has been an X-factor. After Saturday night’s loss to the Preds, Malkin was openly critical of the Penguins power play and said he thought changes were necessary. It hasn’t gone in the net for him,” Sullivan said of Kessel, who has one goal in his last eight games. I don’t think that’s always reflective in the statistics that you guys look at.

Source: National Post June 04, 2017 22:41 UTC