Name: Rakell on Staying Alive: "It Wasn't Pretty, But We Stuck With It" · Apr. 25, 2026
Uploaded: 2026-04-26T10:07:52.000000Z
Duration: 186 s

With Pittsburgh staring down elimination on the road in Philadelphia, Rickard Rakell was one of the driving forces in the Penguins' 4-2 Game 4 win — scoring on a second-effort backhand after pressuring Vladar into a turnover behind the net, then helping set up the Letang go-ahead goal. Postgame, Rakell didn't sugarcoat how difficult the night was: the Penguins didn't look clean, but they found a way. "It wasn't pretty a lot of times today," he said. "But we stuck with it." With the series heading back to Pittsburgh at 3-1, the Penguins' survival instinct is now firmly in Rakell's hands alongside Crosby.