Avs Spot Penguins the Lead, Then Blow ‘Em Away for Easy 5-2 Win

For one brief, shining moment, the Penguins resembled the team we’d all hoped they’d be last night. Taking full advantage of a sluggish Avalanche squad that was playing its third game in four nights, the Pens popped two goals past Mackenzie Blackwood during a glorious 19-second span of the first period. Better still, it was the big boys who did the honors. At 8:28, Evgeni Malkin took a short pass from Ville Koivunen, knifed through the slot with a ballistic move that would’ve done Jaromir Jagr p

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