They're not the biggest team.

They're not the strongest team.

They're certainly not the snarliest team.

But don't underestimate the degree to which all three those traits are about to make a big, figuratively speaking, difference.

Good morning to you.

Good Friday morning.

I'm Dan Kovachvich of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports.

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Penguins 4 Devils 1 last night at PPG Paints Arena, the return of the NHL to Pittsburgh

following the Olympics.

Goals from Tommy Novak, Connor Clifton, Igor Chinikov with another beauty.

Blake Lazot with an empty net.

Evgeny Malkin with a couple assists.

Archer Shilovs with 28 saves.

None of which tells the tale of how this game unfolded. Because the truth is, the penguins were

getting goleed, and they were getting gollied by somebody who's gollied them in the past,

in Jacob Markstrom. Through two periods and change, they'd only gotten one puck past him

on 25 shots.

My goodness, half of those shots had to have been grade A's, half a dozen breakaways, partial breaks, point blanks from the low slot from the dots.

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