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The Afternoon Narrative: Pens’ Lines and D, Mr. Game 6 and Past as Prologue

1. The Pens look to be shaking up their lines ahead of Game 6, and will be down a blueliner:

Back to those lines, here (via SuperWOWY) is how they performed during the regular season:

Obviously, this moves spreads the Pens’ top talent among three lines (as opposed to two), much like Barry Trotz did with the Caps’ lines prior to Game 5, but splitting Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel breaks up a duo that has been dangerous throughout the series. And while that “HBK” line was a revelation in last year’s playoffs (including against the Caps), they struggled mightily during the 2016-17 campaign.

Do these lines last the night? We’ll see.

As for the Caps…

2. Today’s Noon Number focused on Alex Ovechkin and Braden Holtby and how they’ve played pretty darn well when the chips are down. There was also a mention of Justin Williams’ tendency to do so, but here’s some more on Mr. Game Seven’s clutch-ness in Game Six as well:

Here’s how Williams’ last Game 6 ended:

We’ll take it.

3. You’ve got the last word, Coach Trotz:

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