Really, really, really don't like doing predictions.

Really, really, really didn't do one yesterday.

What I laid out instead was what I'd like to see from this team in the immediate future as it continues on these parallel paths of

one, persistent development, and two, playoffs.

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Penguins 5, Flyers won. Domination, really. Not just because of the score.

Not just even because of the special teams.

Power play went three for four.

P.K. was strong.

Only goal it gave up was on a five on three.

Tap in.

And for once, I'll even casually bypassed that Tristan Jari again was the best player on the

rink.

28 saves, a ton of huge ones early, gave his team a chance to do what it felt all along

that they would do.

And at the risk of repeating yesterday's episode,

the reason they were that effective at five on five,

when rolling the lines,

going back to that opener at Madison Square Garden,

was that they were able to do it up and down the depth chart.

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