TAMPA, Fla. — It always comes back to this.
No matter what transpires in an 82-game season or the weeks of playoff hockey that follow, Chris Kunitz simply always ends up back on Sidney Crosby’s left wing.
It’s just short of a fixture and, sure enough, has re-emerged as the Penguins head into Game 4 of the Eastern Conference final tonight with a 2-1 series lead over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
“Yeah, we feel pretty comfortable playing together,” Crosby said Thursday after an optional team practice at Amalie Arena. “I think time is a big reason for that.