Penguins Crunch Blue Jackets in Finale

As I watched our Penguins close out a topsy-turvy season on a high note with a 5-3 victory over Columbus last night, I couldn’t help but feel wistful and even a little sad.

The reason? While nothing’s set in stone, in all likelihood it’s the last time our big three of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang will play together in the regular season. With Geno and Tanger pending UFAs and the team struggling to keep pace with younger, faster, fresher opponents, change is most definitely in the wind. Perhaps signaling the end of a glorious era in Penguins hockey.

If, indeed, this was their last regular-season game together, they went out in a blaze of glory. Seizing the moment not to mention the game’s No. 2 star, Malkin was vintage Geno…fast, forceful, straight-line and at times…devastating. As he has done so many times throughout his storied black-and-gold career, the big Russian got us off and running, streaking down the slot at 3:51 of the opening frame to beat Blue Jackets goalie J-F Berube for his 20th goal of the campaign.

Less than three minutes later, No.

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