Overview
- Team officials said Rakell had successful left-hand surgery Sunday at UPMC Mercy performed by Dr. John Fowler with head team physician Dr. Dharmesh Vyas, setting a recovery window of six to eight weeks.
- Rakell exited Saturday’s game against Columbus after a puck struck his hand and did not return.
- He posted three goals and five assists in nine games and held key roles on both the power play and penalty kill.
- The Penguins recalled winger Ville Koivunen from AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton; the 22-year-old has 11 points in six AHL games after opening the season with Pittsburgh.
- The timeline rules Rakell out of the mid-November NHL Global Series in Sweden, with Pittsburgh already shorthanded after defenseman Caleb Jones’s eight-week injury during a 6-2-1 start under first-year coach Dan Muse.