Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Sullivan pushing all the right buttons for Penguins (Yahoo Sports)

Pittsburgh Penguins' Evgeni Malkin, left, moves the puck past San Jose Sharks' Brenden Dillon during the second period of Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals, Monday, June 6, 2016, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

There is no magic button, even if the correlation between Mike Sullivan's deft attempts to a get player's attention and that player almost immediately elevating his game is unmistakable. The Pittsburgh Penguins coach insists he's just doing his job, one that has brought the underachieving team to within three periods of a Stanley Cup that seems as inevitable now as it seemed unlikely when he took over in mid-December. Pittsburgh headed home Tuesday with a firm 3-1 lead over the San Jose Sharks in the tightly contested but ultimately one-sided best-of-seven after Evgeni Malkin picked up a goal and an assist in a 3-1 victory on Monday night.


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