Maybe Filip Zadina is learning the importance of playing around the net.
Zadina has been noticeable in that prime real estate the last several games, and it led to points in three of four contests and led coach Jeff Blashill to shift Zadina to the first line with Dylan Larkin and Lucas Raymond.
Zadina appears to be playing with a bit more confidence as the second half of the season began Wednesday in Philadelphia. Playing with Larkin and Raymond should be inspiring, also, although Blashill wants Zadina to remember where the opposing net is.
"That’s an area he didn’t grow up doing," Blashill said of the hard-nosed area.