RALEIGH, N.C. — The Pittsburgh Penguins played their 41st game of the season on Sunday against the Carolina Hurricanes, which means it’s time to grade some midterms. This season has been particularly volatile, even by the Penguins’ standards. The organization that is never boring has been all over the place. Let’s break it down.

Bryan Rust hit a pair of impressive milestones to begin the new year. First, he reached 600 career games when the puck dropped on Friday in Florida, which have all come with the Penguins. “One, it means I'm getting old.