BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "I believe."
This was Evgeni Malkin late Wednesday night in a largely empty locker room at KeyBank Center, minutes after the Penguins' most recent mind-blowing, multiple-goal-lead-blowing collapse, a 6-3 loss to the Sabres that ... I mean, I'm not even sure I've processed it yet on its own merit, let alone when combined with what I'd witnessed less than 24 hours earlier.
This was one saw a 3-1 lead staked on Jake Guentzel's stirring strike eight ticks into the third period:
Only to segue into the Sabres scoring .