“When things aren’t going your way or you’re not playing (well), you worry about hurting the team,” he said.
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But considering that it was his sixth point in two games - an outburst than came in the immediate wake of a stretch during which he went six games without a point and had just one goal in 14 games - he didn’t have much reason to be unhappy. 2014-15: Registered first multi-point game of pro career with 2G-1A on 10/24/14 vs. Rust had to settle for an assist on that goal. I missed. I probably should have made the pass to Teddy, just to begin with.” “I saw their goalie was out of the net,” Rust said. Merzlikins scrambled back toward the crease and Rust’s shot went wide, but Blueger collected the rebound off the back boards and tossed it into the net before Merzlikins got there. He intercepted a Patrik Laine pass near the Pittsburgh Penguins’ blue line and carried the puck to center ice before launching a shot toward the net Merzlikins had tried to vacate in favor of an extra attacker. Rust was struck on the left hand by a shot, and had to adjourn to the locker room to have it looked at, forcing him to miss several minutes before the intermission. The Penguins were reminded of the merits of that cautious approach while killing a high-sticking minor to Jake Guentzel late in the first period Tuesday. Oh, and there’s one other thing that Sullivan didn’t mention: Penalty-killing is dangerous work - there’s a lot of shot-blocking involved - so coaches generally try to avoid putting key players (like, oh, top-six forwards) in such high-risk situations. We choose not to sometimes because we’re trying to manage his workload.” Quite honestly, he’s one of our best, when we utilize him. He’s killed penalties here for most of his career here. “He’s a really good penalty-killer,” Sullivan said.
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That would explain why Rust was on the ice for five full minutes of penalty-kills, just one second shy of Brian Dumoulin’s team-leading total, as the Penguins prevented Columbus from scoring on any of its five chances with the man-advantage. Sullivan could have given that assignment to, say, Kasperi Kapanen, but obviously liked what he saw from Rust. So Rust, who had quality penalty-killing as one of the early entries on his NHL resume, was added to the Pittsburgh Penguins’ shorthanded rotation against the Blue Jackets, joining Teddy Blueger, Jeff Carter and Josh Archibald.
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