Florida Panthers at Pittsburgh Penguins

· National Hockey League

Florida Panthers

37-37-3

Final
2 - 5

Pittsburgh Penguins

40-22-16

Rakell scores twice, Crosby has a goal and two assists as the Penguins beat the Panthers 5-2

The teams faced off Saturday night and the Penguins beat them 9-4, eliminating the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions from playoff contention.

Rakell scored his first goal for the Penguins with 48 seconds left in the first period on the power play, assisted on by Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. His second came with 1:52 left in the second period.

Bryan Rust and Elmer Soderblom also scored for the Penguins. Carter Verhaeghe and Cole Schwindt each scored for the Panthers.

Pittsburgh's Arturs Silovs stopped 29 shots after tandem mate Stuart Skinner was ruled out with an upper-body injury. Daniil Tarasov allowed five goals on 23 shots in defeat.

Up next Penguins: Visit the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night.

Panthers: Visit the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.

Regular Season Series

PIT wins series 3-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 11:00	Elmer Soderblom Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal	1st Period 16:15	Cole Schwindt Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Vinnie Hinostroza (10), Gustav Forsling (25)
Goal	1st Period 16:50	Sidney Crosby Goal (29) Snap Shot, assists: Egor Chinakhov (18), Bryan Rust (36)
Goal	1st Period 19:12	Rickard Rakell Goal (23) Snap Shot, assists: Sidney Crosby (42), Evgeni Malkin (40)
Goal	2nd Period 18:08	Rickard Rakell Goal (24) Wrist Shot, assists: Evgeni Malkin (41), Thomas Novak (25)
Goal	3rd Period 3:48	Bryan Rust Goal (28) Backhand, assists: Sidney Crosby (43), Egor Chinakhov (19)
Goal	3rd Period 14:15	Carter Verhaeghe Goal (24) Wrist Shot, assists: Seth Jones (24)

Statistics

FLA		PIT
9	Blocked Shots	16
28	Hits	7
4	Takeaways	4
31	Shots	23
1	Power Play Goals	1
6	Power Play Opportunities	7
16.7	Power Play Percentage	14.3
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
29	Faceoffs Won	21
58.0	Faceoff Win Percent	42.0
16	Giveaways	13
9	Total Penalties	9
23	Penalty Minutes	21

Pittsburgh Penguins Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Justin Brazeau, RW	Out	Oct 28
Elmer Soderblom, LW	Injured Reserve	Oct 28
Bryan Rust, RW	Injured Reserve	Oct 22
Trevor van Riemsdyk, D	Injured Reserve	Oct 12
Ryan Graves, D	Injured Reserve	Sep 27

Florida Panthers Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Brad Marchand, LW	Injured Reserve	Oct 29
Aleksander Barkov, C	Injured Reserve	Oct 29
Jacob Markstrom, G	Injured Reserve	Oct 20
Jonah Gadjovich, LW	Injured Reserve	Sep 17