"We fought," Marcus Pettersson was telling me, "and we found a way."
And just as my jaw lowered to follow up, he interjected, "Again."
Yeah, again.
Maybe this is a perfect time to appreciate that singular sentiment, you know?
Seriously, step back and breathe a bit: Here we are, nearly halfway through this NHL season, and these resilient -- no, relentless -- Penguins are now 19-10-4 following the 5-4 shootout victory over the Kings on this Saturday night at PPG Paints Arena, one in which Bryan Rust popped two more goals in regulation, then the prodigious winner on the penalty shot before the standing, raucous crowd of 18,581.