Game Recap: Penguins vs. Blue Jackets , Welcome to Pittsburgh, Rickard Rakell

The trade deadline came and went on March 21, and the Penguins biggest acquisition, Rickard Rakell, made his debut. Meanwhile, the Penguins were looking to extend their win streak to three games against divisional opponent Columbus Blue Jackets. Columbus got the lone goal of the opening period, with Nyquist tallying on the power play. In the 2nd period, the Penguins took the momentum back all of the momentum. Radim Zohorna, who changed his number to 63 so Rakell could wear his customary 67, got things rolling for Pittsburgh. Jake Guentzel scored just 36 seconds later, giving the Penguins a lead they would not relinquish. This goal was Guentzels 30th of the season. Per Penguins PR, with that goal, Jake Guentzel became the only Penguins player besides Sidney Crosby (9) and Evgeni Malkin (6) to score multiple 30goal seasons since Bryan Rust kept things going with his 21st of the year shortly after that, and Guentzel scored once more by deflecting a Sidney Crosby shot into the cage to finish off the s