Penguins forward Rickard Rakell sidelined following left hand surgery
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Rickard Rakell will be sidelined approximately six to eight weeks after undergoing surgery on his left hand Sunday.
Rakell was struck on the hand by a shot in the third period of a 5-4 home shootout loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Typically deployed on the left wing of the top line as well as on the top power-play unit, Rakell is the team’s fourth-leading scorer with eight points (three goals, five assists) in nine games while averaging 17:44 of ice time per contest.
Rakell has the team’s second-longest active consecutive games played streak with 42 games. Defenseman Erik Karlsson paces the team at 173 games.
With Rakell sidelined, the team recalled forward Ville Koivunen from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton earlier in the day.
Seth Rorabaugh is a TribLive reporter covering the Pittsburgh Penguins. A North Huntingdon native, he joined the Trib in 2019 and has covered the Penguins since 2007. He can be reached at srorabaugh@triblive.com.
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