Making his return after a four-game absence due to an upper-body injury, Malkin wasted little time making an impact as he set up Sidney Crosby for the afternoon's first goal early in the first period.

The netminder was able to stymie every Dallas skater except Evgenii Dadonov, who recorded a hat trick with a goal in each period. Jarry got more than enough support from Sidney Crosby and company to ...