Kasperi Kapanen started the game last night on a line with Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel.
He didn’t finish it there.
Kapanen didn’t play in the last 13:37 of the Penguins close win against the Islanders on Saturday. He only had one shift in the third period, for a mere 17 seconds.
“I was trying to find guys that were bringing it tonight,” coach Mike Sullivan said after the game. “That were competing hard, and were going to give us the best chance to win.”
For a hockey player were pride is taken for being hard-working and energetic, that is about the worst thing a coach can say about a player to bench him for not “bringing it” to the table.