Rust adapts to a different kind of home game

Kelsey Rust figured that she'd be babysitting a puppy for about a week when the Penguins went on the road for games in New Jersey, Columbus and Carolina last month.

She couldn't have had any idea that she'd still be sheltering the dog -- and its owner -- nearly a month later.

But when her husband, Bryan Rust, returned from Columbus on March 12 after the Penguins' game there had been postponed, he was accompanied by Zach Aston-Reese, his teammate and owner of the aforementioned puppy.

Aston-Reese and his dog, who normally reside in an apartment Downtown, have been with the Rusts ever since. And with no end of the NHL shutdown in sight, they figure to remain houseguests for the foreseeable…