Sources say that Pittsburgh Penguins coach Sullivan will “100 percent” return behind the bench for the 2021-22 season.

The coach still has three years remaining on a contract extension he signed in July of 2019, and he has the full support of new general manager Ron Hextall and president of hockey operations Brian Burke.

Sullivan, 53, won the Stanley Cup twice within his first 18 months on the job in Pittsburgh in 2016 and 2017. But in the years since, he’s been tested by injuries to key players, changes to the coaching staff and disappointing postseason performances.

This year in particular, Sullivan held the team together during a pandemic season full of unexpected turns. Former general manager Jim Rutherford resigned, seemingly out of nowhere, just days into the season. Evgeni Malkin got off to a slow start and then missed more than 20 games due to injury. At one point, the Penguins played without five of their top-nine forwards.