“When we have five or six guys injured, we play so much better. Everybody steps up. It’s like we understand we have to play better,” Malkin said.

“Now, everyone is back. Everyone is healthy. [Dumoulin] is back. [John] Marino is back. We think we have so much skill right now. Every game, like we [are going] to score every shift. No …

“We try to play easy. It’s not our game. It’s a little bit hard to understand right now.”

-Evgeni Malkin after a 5-2 loss to the Washington Capitals. Ron Cook of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has more on the Penguins.