The two-headed monster, as it became known, back in the late 2000s, was initially created by Dan Bilesman.

And it was not a very good idea, and it never went anywhere. And I thought

there was a reason for that. Good morning to you. Good Tuesday morning. I'm Dan Kovach of D.K.

Pittsburgh Sports. This is Daily Shot of Penguins. It comes your way bright and early every weekday

if you're into football and or baseball. I also offer daily shots of Steelers and Pirates that I hope you'll take the time to check out Penguins versus Islanders tonight.

7.38 p.m. faceoff in Elmont, New York.

And when that puck drops, the starting line for the visitors, almost certainly,

will continue to be Sydney Crosby at center,

Yvgeny Malkin at left wing, Ricard Raquel, at right wing.

Now, as part of the early, I guess you could call it the initial generation of hockey video games,

I can attest personally that one really, really fun thing to do and effective is to just take

three really good forwards and jam them all on the same line.

Chemistry doesn't matter.

They're all using the same brain.

They just rely on their skill from there. You get the benefits of all that speed and the shooting

accuracy and all that other good stuff. Well, life is not a video game, except in this sense,

because that's how these guys look right now.

It's been three games, meaning that two and one homestand.

But what we've seen from Sid, Gino, and Raquel is just relentless offense.

They've been responsible enough defensively, but where they've really made an impact, a visible, tangible impact is through the neutral zone and into the attacking zone.

I've been floored by how seamless they've been specifically between the blue lines, the speed with which they're attacking, the fluidity, the tracking back to get the puck to spring other guys.

All three of them have seemingly taken turns doing that but Rick Lowe more than anyone.

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