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Kovacevic: Malkin's triple-OT winner seals statement performance by franchise's foundational players

NEW YORK -- A spacey, self-centered superstar doesn't go where Evgeni Malkin did.

As Kasperi Kapanen backpedals his way up the half-wall in surveying the scene, before sliding the puck up to the right point for John Marino, the spacey, self-centered superstar in this scenario would commonly gravitate toward open ice nearby. He'd make himself available as an alternative, present a prominent target, put himself in position to make the next high-level touch.

And that's doubly the case when the spacey, self-centered superstar's sharing the rink with a grit guy up front, like, oh, say, Brock McGinn.