ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The pass had been saucered, a guy in a green sweater was gliding toward it, a goal seemed to be gift-wrapped ... and Sidney Crosby came whisking back to cut it off.
The puck had been tangled in Marcus Pettersson's skates below his goal line, he was gangling around to find it, a guy in a green sweater knocked him down ... and Evgeni Malkin churned by, full speed and top-length stride, to begin a human breakout.
The puck had been dumped into the Pittsburgh zone, a guy in a green sweater might as well have grafted himself onto Kris Letang's back .