Mike Sullivan and the Pittsburgh Penguins deserve a ton of credit for navigating a brutal injury situation at the start of the season.
Half of the forward lineup is out, they continue to carry the bare minimum number of forwards in favor of nine defenders which has twice now forced Jusso Rikkola to play forward, and through it all they have managed to win six of their first nine games and give a rested Vegas team everything it could handle on Saturday night. It has been impressive, at times unexpected (this lineup handing Colorado its only loss of the season), and very surprising given the way they started the season and the current makeup of the roster.