TAMPA, Fla. -- Kris Letang is tough. That's nothing new.
It was only the day after his stroke earlier in the season that he was asking Ron Hextall when he could get back on the ice, prompting Hextall to call him "one tough S.O.B." Two days after that stroke, Mike Sullivan said that it was a challenge keeping Letang off the ice.
Still, Letang will occasionally manage to amaze with his ability to battle through anything. His comeback after being struck by two pucks in the same play -- the latter leaving a trail of blood on the ice -- in the Penguins' 5-4 overtime win over the Lightning here in Tampa on Thursday was one of those moments that just makes you shake your head in amazement.