The Pittsburgh Penguins have announced that center Ben Kindel has left Monday’s preseason game against the Buffalo Sabres due to a lower-body injury. Kindel left after the first period of Monday’s game. It’s unclear what was the cause of the injury, but he did crash into the net earlier in the period, and was somewhat slow to get up. That said, he did play out the rest of the period, so it’s possible it was a different injury that removed him from the game. At this point in time, there’s no wo...
Lineup The Penguins have a decent enough lineup for the first preseason game. Bryan Rust, Ben Kindel and Kris Letang are among the skaters dressed. Sergei Mursahov gets the start, with the plan to sub him out about halfway through to get Joel Blomqvist some game minutes too. Not much to say about the visiting […]
By Gabriel Foley | at September 21, 2026 7:43 pm Pittsburgh Penguins forward Benjamin Kindel left the team’s Monday preseason game early with a lower-body injury, per a team announcement. Kindel played on a line with veteran wingers Andrei Kuzmenko and Bryan Rust throughout the first period. The trio combined for two shots in six shifts before Kindel’s exit. The Penguins elevated Connor Dewar and Tristan Broz in Kindel’s absence. His injury will be one to monitor as Pittsburgh’s 2026-27 campai...
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ star sophomore had his pre-season debut cut short. Ben Kindel exited Monday’s exhibition game against the Buffalo Sabres prior to the second period with a lower-body injury, the team announced. It’s unclear when Kindel suffered the injury. The 19-year-old is entering his second year with the Penguins after breaking into the league last season as an 18-year-old rookie. In 77 regular-season games, the Coquitlam, B.C. native had 17 goals and 35 points, tied for eighth amo...
Kindel left after the first period of Monday’s exhibition match against the Sabres.
Kevin Hayes was a first-round pick of the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2010 NHL Draft. He would spend time with multiple franchises in his NHL career, playing the past two seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Penguins announced at the end of last season that they would not re-sign Hayes. Now Hayes, who spent five […]
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Buffalo Sabres assistant coach Seth Appert spoke to the media ahead of a preseason game on September 21, 2026 against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Appert talked about his coaching type and what he wants to see out of his players during a shortened preseason. He also talked about the team’s power play last season and what his goals are going into the new season. Subscribe to the Buffalo Sabres YT Channel: https://bit.ly/2G1G8eT For More Sabres Action: https://bufsabres.co/2XAYg5m #BuffaloSabres #Sa...
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The first batch of injuries in the 2026-27 season are in for the Penguins. Forwards Blake Lizotte and Oliver Okuliar practiced on Sunday and now both are out on a week-to-week basis. Of course, this time of year injury designations can be fluid. Take Bryan Rust, who was said to be out a “minimum of […]
BUFFALO – Sabres coach Lindy Ruff will miss tonight’s preseason opener in Pittsburgh to attend a Celebration of Life ceremony for his former teammate, Brent Peterson, in Nashville.
Sabres assistant coach Seth Appert will run the bench against the Penguins in Ruff’s absence.
Peterson, who played four seasons with the Sabres in the 1980s, died Sept. 11 after a long battle with Parkinson’s. He was 68.
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The Penguins’ preseason roster for their first of just four games has an intentional element to it. There are some veterans getting into the action – you wouldn’t see Bryan Rust or Kris Letang play the first preseason game in the past – but the key area is a level below for all the candidates […]
Erik Karlsson is entering the final year of his contract, and according to fresh reporting from The Athletic's Josh Yohe , Pittsburgh hasn't had a single conversation with him about what comes next. No Talks Yet, But No Alarm Either Assistant general manager Jason Spezza addressed the situation after the first day of training camp: "We've communicated with Erik where we're at as a team, and we want to continue to see growth. And I think he wants to see that as well," Spezza said. "So there's b...
A programming note for all those interested in Penguins hockey: the team begins preseason action tonight at PPG Paints Arena against the Buffalo Sabres. Puck drop on the first of four preseason games is set for 7 p.m. And with that… Here are your Pens Points for this Monday morning… Evgeni Malkin is entering his […]
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The Penguins listed the players who will take part in the first preseason game on Monday night against Buffalo. Below is the Penguins’ lineup for Monday night’s preseason game against the Buffalo Sabres at PPG Paints Arena. Puck drop is set for 7:00 PM ET, and fans can watch the game on SportsNet Pittsburgh, or […]
In recent times, teams across the National Hockey League have been signing young, high-potential players with limited action to long-term deals. Back in early August, the Pittsburgh Penguins signed Ville Koivunen to an eight-year deal with a cap hit worth $4 million. Following that, Zeev Buium, Noah Östlund, Ryan Leonard, and Justin Sourdif signed eight-year…
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Evgeni Malkin entered this offseason framing 2026-27 as likely his last NHL season, in Pittsburgh or wherever else he ended up. At training camp this week, that tone shifted. One More Season Turns Into Maybe More
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The Penguins had three practices this week to open up training camp before today’s mandated off day. Nick Robertson has lined up as Sidney Crosby’s winger in all three practices, stacking up all the drills and groundwork for the future. Robertson has seemed to make the most of the opportunity. Robertson offers the pure finishing […]