The Penguins switched up their forward lines for the first time this postseason Sunday, making some moves at right wing to try and bounce back from their Game 2 loss.
The moves, evidently, worked out, as they took Game 3, 5-1, and staked a 2-1 lead in their first-round series against the Flyers.
Patric Hornqvist moved back up to Sidney Crosby’s top line opposite Jake Guentzel, and Phil Kessel was reunited with Evgeni Malkin. Bryan Rust, who had been playing with Crosby, moved down to the third line with Conor Sheary and Derick Brassard. Only the fourth line of Zach Aston-Reese, Riley Sheahan and Tom Kuhnhackl remained the same as Games 1 and 2.