Mike Sullivan would like all of his players to adopt what he calls a "shooter's mentality." Few have embraced that philosophy more than Phil Kessel of late.
Over the last five games, Kessel has fired a team-high 20 shots on goal. That doesn't even take into account the 14 others that missed their mark, hit a post or were blocked. It's also 13 more shots on goal than he had the five games before that. Unfortunately for Kessel, he has nothing to show for it.
Saturday night's win at Montreal made it 15 games without a goal for Kessel, matching a career-worst drought that he set a dozen years ago as a 19-year-old rookie with the Bruins. Kessel's last goal, his 21st of the season, came in the first period of the Penguins' 4-2 win over the Lightning on Jan. 30.
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