Rakell and Crosby’s success opens up options for Penguins

Photo by Joe Sargent/NHLI via Getty ImagesA funny thing happened this weekend with Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. They kept scoring goals with each other’s wingers. Saturday against Washington, an early line change by Crosby got Malkin onto the ice, and Malkin assisted on a goal for Bryan Rust.

The script was flipped on Sunday, when Crosby and Rickard Rakell found themselves on the ice together briefly and also spontaneously and combined for points on three goals, including two that Rakell helped set up for Crosby to score.

That included overtime, where Rakell’s brilliant play to pass it down made for an easy tap in for Crosby’s 1400th NHL point. More importantly it was a game winning goal…