Sat 4/14/12 11:24 AM

The Philadelphia Flyers, remarkably, have a 2-0 lead over the favored Pittsburgh Penguins in their opening-round playoff series, and it's largely because of the two-way play of usually unheralded forward Sean Couturier. Couturier scored three goals in the Flyers' stunning 8-5 win in Pittsburgh Friday night. Even more impressive is the fact that he is leading the Pens' Evgeni Malkin, the National Hockey League's top scorer, in points. Couturier has been shadowing Malkin in the series. "If he wouldn't score any goals, I would say he would have a great game," future Hall of Famer Jaromir Jagr said of the Flyers' rookie. "He played great defense and also scored three goals (Friday night). I don't know if I could find the words to describe his game. Awesome, maybe, but he was something better than that."