Notebook: The Penguins feel like they're playing fast right now

ANAHEIM, Calif. — One of the biggest reasons the Penguins have looked like the Penguins of the last two years — that is, the team that won back-to-back Stanley Cup titles — is the amount of speed they’ve been able to play with.

“We're just playing fast,” Sidney Crosby said. “We’re hungry. We’re winning battles for pucks. We’re not spending a lot of time in our own end, which is nice. You don’t want to be spending time in there, it’s way more fun to go the other way and create chances.”

Mike Sullivan pointed specifically to the Penguins’ defensive zone exits, which he said have gotten better over the recent stretch of games. That has allowed them to come through the neutral zone with speed…