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Ending goal-scoring drought 'a relief' for Rust

It's not as if this was a new feeling for Bryan Rust.

Not when he's done it 101 times since entering the NHL.

But when he scored the Penguins' first goal in their 4-1 victory agains the Canucks Wednesday night, Rust didn't react like a guy who's accustomed to burying pucks behind opposing goaltenders.

And understandably so.

For when he took a feed from Kris Letang and, while dropping to his right knee, drove a shot past Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko from inside the left circle 49 seconds into the second period, Rust pulled out of a drought that had stretched over 10 games -- a total that doesn't include the seven he missed because of an injury sustained in the second game of the season.