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Phil Kessel has a playful smirk on his face, the kind of look that says: “You really expect me to know that?”
The Vegas Golden Knights forward, sitting in his stall at City National Arena after practice Friday, has just been asked if he remembers the last time he missed an NHL game. Given the fact that he is on the verge of becoming the all-time ironman in the NHL, you’d expect him to know. Most players would.
But Kessel is not most players.
“No idea,” the 35-year-old forward said. “You’ll have to look that up.”