Rakell

After a brief audit, officials awarded Rakell his second goal of the season.

After a scoreless second period, the Penguins finally figured out Ferguson when forward Rickard Rakell registered his 25th goal at 14:39 of the third period.

Appearing in every game of the season, Rakell was the team’s fourth-leading scorer while primarily flipping between the first and second lines and establishing a role on the top power-play unit.

Rakell acknowledged he could have collected some bigger checks elsewhere, but the Penguins offered him something profound.

Rickard Rakell and Drew O'Connor also scored for the Penguins.

Rickard Rakell and Jason Zucker both scored for Pittsburgh within 5:35 to make it 3-1, prompting Islanders coach Lane Lambert to call his timeout.

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin, left, celebrates with teammates Rickard Rakell, center, and Erik Karlsson, right, after scoring a power-play goal during the second period of their game against the Ducks on Monday night in Pittsburgh.

Rakell added two assists.

Rickard Rakell scored twice and Valtteri Puustinen got his first power-play goal for the Penguins.

Surrounded by four Montreal players in the slot, Silfverberg got his stick on Rickard Rakell’s pass from behind the net and roofed a shot on Price.

Jakob Silfverberg had a goal and an assist and Rickard Rakell also scored for the Ducks.

Sam Steel slipped the puck to an unmarked Rakell in front of Stalock.

Stalock, who earned the start over struggling starter Devan Dubnyk, stopped the Ducks’ Rickard Rakell on a shot from the slot and in tight in the waning minutes of the third period.

The move paid dividends with Carrick setting up Rakell’s first-period goal by firing a hard, low shot on goal.

This has been a tough year for many of the Ducks, including Rickard Rakell.

Corey Perry, Rickard Rakell and Ondrej Kase also scored for the Ducks, who ended an 0-2-1 slide.