The Pittsburgh Penguins and perhaps Rickard Rakell got some good news since Sunday. Rakell left the team sometime after the loss on Saturday to the Washington Capitals to return to Pittsburgh and tend to a family matter.

Kevin Hayes, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Cody Glass and Anthony Beauvillier scored for the Penguins. Alex Nedeljkovic, fresh off making history by becoming the first goalie in NHL history to score a goal and record an assist in the same game on Friday in Buffalo, stopped 25 of 26 shots to earn the victory.

The teams battle on the in second, the Pens have the puck a lot but the Caps keep them almost entirely to fighting for space around the outside. Rickard Rakell heads to the penalty box and Pittsburgh kills it off before surrendering a goal soon after.

The Pens keep building and find another goal, Philip Tomasino swoops around Edmundson and sends a pass over for Evgeni Malkin. Malkin shoots quickly and beats the goalie five-hole with the lateral movement.

In a way, you might say that Rickard Rakell won the Jake Guentzel trade. It didn’t take very long for Rakell to fill the opening for Sidney Crosbys

Pittsburgh will be without their top goal-scoring forward when they take on Los Angeles, who will play their first home game since the onset of the wildfires

There aren’t many untouchables in Pittsburgh and quite frankly it does not seem like Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas cares all that much. According to Josh Yohe of the Athletic, other than legacy players Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin,

The Ducks have lost seven of their last eight, accruing just four of a possible 16 points, while Pittsburgh just hammered the Kings on Monday

Even though the Pittsburgh Penguins are still on the fringes of playoff contention it still seems to be a foregone conclusion on what they are going to do in advance of the March 7 NHL trade deadline.

Not just pending free agents, but all big name players in play.

Pittsburgh played its most complete, four-line effort of the season against a stingy defensive team in Los Angeles

I t was a late night for those of us fans of the Pittsburgh Penguins who reside on the east coast, many of whom surely did not make it to see the conclusion of the Pittsburgh Peng