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Freeze Frame: Rust exploits Laine's transition defense

Hockey's a funny sport, isn't it?

In a matter of days -- or even shifts, in some cases -- it can go from feeling like the sky is falling, to then having everything you touch turn to gold.

The latter is the case for Bryan Rust right now, who has two goals and six points over his last two games after posting two points in his previous 14 games.

It's not his second-period goal in the Penguins' 4-1 victory over the Blue Jackets at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday that we'll focus on here, though.