Pens Points: Mid-March Madness in Montreal

Here are your Pens Points for this Friday morning...

The Penguins traveled north of the border to Montreal to round out the second half of a back-to-back with the Canadiens. After going down 2-0 early, the Penguins fought back to the tune of a 5-3 win. [Recap]

The Penguins have no problem going back to college. [Post-Gazette]

The early returns on Derick Brassard have been... underwhelming, to say the least. Hooks looked at some of the best ways to properly utilize Big-Game Brass. [Pensburgh]

News and notes from around the league...

It’s not out of the realm of possibility: Alex Ovechkin could surpass Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goals record. [Washington Post]

A big hearing in the NHL’s concussion lawsuit will be held today. [TSN]

More and more noise is being made of the league’s current playoff format and why it needs changed. [Puck Prose]

Here are some tips on how to fix the NHL, a league that is quite broken. [VICE Sports]