Penguins down Flyers, improve wild-card position

Rickard Rakell scored twice Sunday to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins past the visiting Philadelphia Flyers 4-2.

The Penguins (38-29-10, 86 points) leapfrogged Florida (85 points) to move into the Eastern Conference's second wild-card spot by one point and climbed within one point of the New York Islanders, who hold the first wild-card spot.

Bryan Rust and Ryan Poehling also scored, and Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby and Bri