On a day when everyone else in the U.S.A. sprang forward, the Penguins turned back the clock yesterday afternoon at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
Playing a more disciplined, buttoned-down style, the Pens lost the analytics battle by a wide margin but won the war, defeating old friend Marc-André Fleury and the Wild by a 3-1 count. In the process snapping a four-game losing streak.
Powering the offense in a throw-back performance, our Two-Headed Monster of yore.
Following a scoreless 35 minutes and change, Evgeni Malkin struck on the power play at 15:22 of the second period, jamming the biscuit past Flower glove side, with assists to Kris Letang and Matt Grzelcyk.