PITTSBURGH — Jake Guentzel was surrounded. Boxed in, really.
Three Blue Jackets were within a stick’s reach of the Pittsburgh Penguins rookie as Guentzel stood just off to the side of the Columbus goal. It was overtime of Game 3 of a physical first-round series.
Guentzel did have one advantage: All three Blue Jackets had their eyes fixed on Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby behind the net. Like everyone else, Guentzel wasn’t sure where Crosby was going, but he had a hunch. So the 22-year-old with the shock of blonde hair and the uncanny ability to find space where none seems to exist drifted to his left.