PITTSBURGH -- Mike Sullivan is prominently featured on a mural at PPG Paints Arena.

It stretches from the Pittsburgh Penguins’ locker room, across the wall to a set of double doors. On the other end is a tight hallway with a small office tucked into its right side.

When here, that space now belongs to Sullivan, in his first season as coach of the New York Rangers, as it does to any other opposing coach. It starts with his return Saturday with Sullivan’s Rangers facing the Penguins (7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, MSG).

“It’s a lot different, obviously, being on the opposite side,” Sullivan said. “It’s not something that I’ve given a whole lot of thought to, quite honestly. But obviously, I’m so grateful for the opportunity that I had here and to coach the Penguins for the amount of time that I was

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