The Flyers will enter the game Monday night at home against Carolina with a chance to do something they haven’t done the previous five seasons: make the playoffs.
A win of any kind will put Philadelphia safely into the third seed in the Metropolitan Division. And thus getting them ready for the Battle of Pennsylvania against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the opening round. It’s almost miraculous they find themselves here. But here they are. At home Monday night against Carolina with a chance...
Pregame The late-season roster shuffle continues. Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, Erik Karlsson, Bryan Rust and Parker Wotherspoon all dress for this game after sitting out yesterday. Noel Acciari, Anthony Mantha, Ryan Shea and Connor Clifton all rotate out with official ‘undisclosed day-to-day injuries’. The home Capitals celebrate their final home game of the […]
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On March 26th in 1996, the Vancouver Canucks acquired Markus Naslund from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Alex Stojanov resulting in each team trading their first round selection from the 1991 NHL Entry Draft (16th for 7th, respectively).
Stojanov skated in 45 games for Pittsburgh over the next two seasons amassing six points (2G, 4A) in the process. He spent the remainder of his career
As the 2025-26 NHL regular season and the Eastern Conference playoff push winds down, there are teams that have seized the moment and strung wins together like the Penguins, Flyers and Senators, and there are teams that have spiraled out of previously promising positions to leave an empty feeling like the Red Wings and Islanders. […]
Who: Pittsburgh Penguins (41-23-16, 98 points, 2nd place Metropolitan Division) @ Washington Capitals (41-30-9, 91 points, 5th place Metropolitan Division) When: 3:00 p.m. ET How to Watch: Nationally televised game on TNT, streaming on HBO Max Pens’ Path Ahead: Only one more to go in the regular season after this! The Penguins jet over to St. Louis to […]
The Penguins went into full coast mode after clinching a playoff berth and their place as second seed in the division by resting several players. All of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Bryan Rust, Erik Karlsson, Kris Letang, Ben Kindel and Parker Witherspoon were held out with “day-to-day injuries” in the meaningless game. The skeleton crew […]
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It’s happening again. The Philadelphia Flyers are relying on Claude Giroux to work some magic and give them a whole lot of a better chance to get into the playoffs. The only thing is that this time, Giroux isn’t actually playing for the Flyers.
As the Flyers continue to push and push into the playoffs during these final few remaining games of the regular season, every single point matters — and that job only got harder after the disheartening 6-3 loss to Detroit earlier in the week. They ...
Last Devils Game This week, the Devils had back to back games against the two NHL team from Pennsylvania, the Penguins and Flyers. In their usual 2025-2026 fashion, the Devils came up short in both games. On Thursday night, the Devils lost to the playoff bound Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2. It was the second game in […]
Who: Washington Capitals (40-30-9, 89 points, 6th place Metropolitan Division) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (41-22-16, 98 points, 2nd place Metropolitan Division) When: 3:00 p.m. ET How to Watch: National broadcast on ABC, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: Today is the final home game of the regular season (but not the last home game of the season, now […]
The Pittsburgh Penguins have added to their burgeoning young talent pool, with the signing of a top NCAA free agent, offensive defenseman Jake Livanavage. The Penguins have signed NCAA free agent defenseman Jake Livanavage to a two-year, Entry-Level Contract. Details: https://t.co/yi0lSHXYCp pic.twitter.com/hEZyzSqeaA — x - Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) April 10, 2026 It's a two-year entry-level deal for the 21-year-old. The contract begins immediately, and he'll report to Pittsburgh. ...
The quest to get better never stops, the Penguins clinched a playoff berth today but are remaining active in trying to dig up diamonds in the rough. Reportedly, they will sign North Dakota defenseman Jake Livanavage now that his junior season is over. Livanavage was recently ranked 10th on the top college/European free agents by […]
The Pittsburgh Penguins are back in the playoffs, officially clinching their spot on Thursday night with a 5-2 win over the New Jersey Devils. It ends a three-year playoff drought and gets them back into the playoffs far sooner than anybody expected when Kyle Dubas was hired as general manager to start rebuilding the organization. […]
The Pittsburgh Penguins completed a double whammy yesterday, not only did they clinch a playoff spot for the 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs as a result of their victory, they also clinched second place in the Metropolitan Division courtesy of the Philadelphia Flyers loss. That makes for the best of days. What’s next for the Pens? […]
Here are your links for today: Devils Links Sigh. The Devils dropped a 5-2 loss to the Penguins Thursday night. [Devils NHL] “…It would stand to reason that teams with front office openings would want to emulate the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers. There would be curiosity as to how the sausage is […]
Here are your Pens Points for this Friday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Thursday night, capitalizing on quick-strike offense and pulling away in the third period against a New Jersey team already thinking about summer plans. The win officially gave Pittsburgh a playoff berth for the first time in […]
Pregame The Penguins are without the services of Connor Dewar (undisclosed lower body injury, day-to-day) so Avery Hayes slots back into the lineup. The Penguins do get Stuart Skinner back from his eye injury and he starts. Their opponents, the Devils, are working with these players and lines for the night, sans Luke Hughes who […]
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The Matchup: New Jersey Devils (40-35-3) versus the Pittsburgh Penguins (40-22-16) The Time: 7:00 PM EST The Broadcast: TV — MSGSN; Radio — Devils Hockey Network The Game Preview: Matt had it here. The Rules: If you have been a reader here, you already know the rules. But for the rest, a reminder: please do not swear […]
Checking in with some random Pittsburgh Penguins thoughts ahead of Thursday’s win-and-in game against the New Jersey Devils. 1. The math is very simple Win and in. Just two points. That is it. It could be two points on Thursday. It could be two points on Saturday. It could be two points on Sunday. It […]
Last Devils Game After Tom Fitzgerald deservedly lost his job on Monday, fans wondered if the team might come out with some new found pep in their step for their Tuesday night game against the Philadelphia Flyers. After all, as of Tuesday afternoon, the Devils still mathematically had a chance to possibly make the playoffs […]
Who: Pittsburgh Penguins (40-22-16, 96 points, 2nd place Metropolitan Division) @ New Jersey Devils (40-34-3, 83 points, 7th place Metropolitan Division) When: 7:00 p.m. ET How to Watch: Locally broadcast on Sportsnet Pittsburgh and MSGSN, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: The home stretch of the regular season is here! The Pens kick off four-games-in-six days to wrap […]
A win tonight against the New Jersey Devils and the Pittsburgh Penguins will qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 2022. There are other clinching scenarios for the Penguins should they not be able to defeat the Devils later this evening, but if they can take care of business themselves in […]
Anthony Mantha got recognized for his monster season by earning the Penguins’ nomination for the NHL’s Masterton Trophy. The award goes to the NHL player “who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to ice hockey”. After signing an incentive-laden contract after suffering a major knee injury in 2024-25, Mantha has set career-highs in […]