Rust put Pittsburgh up 3-2 with a power-play goal at 1:24 of the third period. Chinakhov's pass from below the goal line deflected off Utah defenseman MacKenzie Weegar to Rickard Rakell in front. Rakell knocked the puck to Rust in the right circle, where he buried a snap shot to the short side.

Noel Acciari scored the go-ahead goal at the 8:03 mark of the third period to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins past the Utah Mammoth 4-3.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tommy Novak scored 17 seconds into overtime to complete a wild comeback in the Pittsburgh Penguins' 5-4 victory over the Boston Bruins on Sunday. Anthony Mantha scored two third-period goals to help Pittsburgh — playing without franchise cornerstones Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin — snap a three-game losing streak.

Arturs Silovs made 28 saves, and Tommy Novak, Connor Clifton, Egor Chinakhov and Blake Lizotte scored for the Penguins (30-15-12), who are 9-1-3 since Jan. 13. It was their first game out of the break for the Olympics.

The record books will say it was another loss for the Penguins in Raleigh, which is nothing new. They’ve now lost nine straight games here dating back to Dec.

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia(AP) — Rookie Ben Kindel scored twice in the second period to lead the Penguins to a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday and a sweep of Pittsburgh's four-game western Canada trip. Kindel, from nearby Coquitlam, British ...

The Pittsburgh Penguins sit second in penalty-kill percentage, sixth in goals against, and 10th in shot suppression, so — even missing key players like Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin — they’re positioned well to cause the Bruins problems and get a win.