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Pens putting Crosby, Malkin on same line

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08:48 AM ET 10.18 | Playing Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin together is Michel Therrien's nuclear option, the one he breaks out only in the most dire of circumstances. He puts his two best players on the same line only when the Penguins are desperate for offense, usually because they're in imminent danger of losing a game. That's not the case now. Not exactly, anyway. The danger now is that if the Penguins (2-2-1) don't begin to generate some even-strength goals, they might lose lots of games. They enter the game tonight against Toronto at 7:08 at Mellon Arena with just one five-on-five goal -- courtesy of fourth-line center Mike Zigomanis -- in their past four games, during which time they are 1-2-1. So Therrien has opted to unite Crosby, Malkin and left winger Pascal Dupuis while reconfiguring the rest of his forward combinations in the process.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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