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Penguins notebook: Johnston shrugs off talk of more pressure

DENVER — The Penguins should be scoring at a higher rate, coach Mike Johnston said Wednesday. His criticism stopped there.

Johnston said he felt no more pressure than usual to win after general manager Jim Rutherford spoke candidly earlier this week about the Penguins underachieving and scrapped his plans to attend league meetings to stay close to the team.

“I don’t know if there’s any more pressure on one night than another night,” Johnston said at the club’s morning skate at Pepsi Center before facing Colorado. “I look at the last two games going into L.