NEW YORK -- Mikael Granlund hadn't played much center in recent years.
He has pretty extensive experience at all three forward positions in his NHL career, but had been used primarily as a wing during his time in Nashville before being acquired by the Penguins in a deal ahead of the NHL's trade deadline earlier this month.
Granlund started out as a wing with the Penguins too, but has switched to center as of late after Nick Bonino's kidney laceration created an opening -- and a need -- for a center.
Granlund has acquitted himself well at center so far.