When the world needed him most, he answered, as some late game heroics helped push the Carolina Hurricanes to a seventh-straight win and extend their point streak to 13 games.
Evgeni Malkin saw his nine-game scoring streak come to an end Thursday. But he gained something. A lesson, by his own words. The Pittsburgh Penguins forward took full responsibility for an ill-conceived forecheck in overtime that allowed the Carolina Hurricanes to claim a hard-fought 4-3 win at PPG Paints Arena.
The big boy for Pittsburgh and New York did not disappoint. Plenty of great chances, excellent saves and in the end it’s the Pens who get the win tonight