The Pittsburgh Penguins picked up two lopsided wins over the Florida Panthers to sweep the weekend back-to-back.
Pittsburgh beat Florida 9-4 on Saturday before winning 5-2 on Sunday. It was a great game from the Penguins, but captain Sidney Crosby credited the fans for giving the team energy all weekend long.
“We felt the energy here this weekend,” Crosby said postgame on Sunday. “We had two big ones here (Saturday and Sunday) to finish off the week. You can tell that there’s a lot of energy in the building. We fed off of that at different points. We got some goals and we got them in bunches. You can tell that’s a big factor.”
With the wins, the Penguins are firmly in a playoff spot and are inching closer to clinching a playoff berth.
Pittsburgh was led by Crosby, who had a goal and two assists, while Bryan Rust also had a goal and an assist, and five players had a multi-point game.
Penguins forward Rickard Rakell, meanwhile, said the team had confidence they were better than people expected and are glad they are proving it.
“We all believed in it,” Rakell said. “Everybody felt in training camp that we felt really good, and we knew it was gonna take all of us to get here. And that’s exactly what happened. It’s just not one line or two lines, it’s everybody. And everybody knows they have a very important job to do every night.”
Pittsburgh has four games left in the season and will return to the ice on Thursday against the New Jersey Devils on the road.
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