"Fittingly, as the capper to a four-day stretch over which he constantly unveiled a personality worthy of attention, Penguins center Evgeni Malkin delivered a wicked one-liner about his own teammate after the NHL All-Star Game on Sunday.

Of course, defenseman Kris Letang was not a teammate of Malkin's at Scotiabank Place.

"Kris plays sometimes in (the) offensive zone, not defensive zone," Malkin said, referring to his set-up of Calgary Flames right winger Jarome Iginla's goal with Letang unsuccessfully defending on the sequence.

"(Letang) gives me a chance to score, you know — so I say thank you to him.""