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Watch: Kessel scores in Game 5, as Malkin predicted

Don Wright-USA TODAY Sports / USA TODAY Sports

Evgeni Malkin knows all.

Ahead of Game 5, the Pittsburgh Penguins center told reporters that linemate Phil Kessel would score Thursday after the 29-year-old had gone six straight games without a tally.

As fate would have it, the Penguins sniper did just that, snapping his eighth of the postseason past Juuse Saros midway through the second period to give the Penguins a 5-0 lead.

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