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Of all Penguins’ rallies, this ranks right at top

The Penguins have done this sort of thing before, you know.

Six other times this season, actually.

That's about twice per month, on average.

But none of their previous six rallies when they won games after trailing at the end of two periods were quite like the one that earned them a 4-3 victory against Boston at PPG Paints Arena Sunday.

Perhaps because their prospects for simply avoiding embarrassment, let alone actually picking up points, looked so bleak when the Bruins had a two-goal lead just 122 seconds after the opening faceoff.

Or maybe because, when David Pastrnak -- OK, Penguins defenseman Jack Johnson, if you want to get precise about it -- put Boston up by three at 15:07 of the first period, the Penguins barely had as many shots as the Bruins did goals.