Kasperi Kapanen, Bryan Rust highlight big week for the Penguins

When the week began I looked at the current home stand as a bit of a challenge because they were going to be tested against — theoretically — some upper level NHL teams.

Carolina and Vegas? Legitimate contenders.

St. Louis? Should be at least a playoff team, even if they are wildly inconsistent and flawed.

Given the Penguins’ recent turnaround I looked at three out of a possible six points as a bare minimum requirement with the hope that they could maybe get four points out of those games.

They ended up getting five and continued to climb the Eastern Conference standings thanks to their recent surge.

The most encouraging part of the week is not just the fact that they won games and collected…