Whenever Mike Sullivan gets asked about the importance of any individual win upcoming game this time of year, he always has a similar response.
Every game carries a heightened importance this time of year, just by nature of having fewer games left on the schedule.
The Penguins have 17 games left on their schedule following their 5-1 win over the Flyers on Saturday. Each game remaining is the new biggest game of the season because of the tight race that is the Eastern Conference standings.
"We know coming into this last stretch, every game is important," Rickard Rakell said Saturday.