In the grind of the season, playing a third game in four days and looking to break a four game losing streak, the Penguins were required to dig deep on Sunday afternoon against the visiting Nashville Predators.
Captain Sidney Crosby was leading the way early, taking a very nice pass from Rickard Rakell and finishing 4:58 into the game to give Pittsburgh the game’s first goal.
With it baseball season beginning again, the Pens looked liked they were honoring Derek Bell with an Operation Shutdown of their own, albeit inadvertent and unintended.