23-year-old Jake Guentzel is only two years into the NHL, yet he’s proving in back-to-back seasons that his game gets amplified to such a degree when it comes to the postseason, the only appropriate nickname for the sophomore stud is “Playoff Jake.”
It wasn't just his unbelievable performance in Game 6 of this Penguins-Flyers series Sunday afternoon, where he recorded not only a hat trick, but four goals to bury Philadelphia for good, that got everyone’s attention. In 31 playoff games played in his short career so far, Guentzel has 34 points to his credit, in which he’s netted a whopping 19 goals.