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Who: Pittsburgh Penguins (21-13-9, 51 points, 5th place Metropolitan Division) @ Boston Bruins (24-19-2, 50 points, 5th place Atlantic Division) When: 5:00 p.m. eastern How to Watch: Broadcast locally Sportsnet Pittsburgh and NESN, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: The Pens return home next week for games at PPG Paints Arena against Tampa (Tuesday), Philadelphia (Thursday) and […]
Pregame Bryan Rust is out injured so the Penguins have to shake the lineup up a bit. Tommy Novak bumps up to Rust’s spot on the first line, Kevin Hayes gets back into the game lineup in Novak’s old spot. First period Calgary opens the scoring in the early going. Ryan Shea hesitates on making […]
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The Penguins have announced that Bryan Rust won’t play today against Calgary to an undisclosed lower-body injury that has deemed him day-to-day. In response, Pittsburgh has recalled forward Rafael-Harvey Pinard from Wilkes-Barre. Harvey-Pinard won’t play today, coach Dan Muse has said that Kevin Hayes will get back into the lineup. As we mentioned last week, […]
Who: Calgary Flames (18-22-4, 40 points, 7th place Pacific Division) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (21-12-9, 51 points, 4th place Metropolitan Division) When: 3:30 p.m. eastern How to Watch: Broadcast locally Sportsnet Pittsburgh and SN/TVAS, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: The busy stretch continues tomorrow with a 5 p.m. ET game in Boston. Then it’s back to Pittsburgh for three […]
There are a lot of things to like about the way the Pittsburgh Penguins are playing right now. They are on a six-game winning streak that has put them right back into the thick of the Eastern Conference playoff race, they are getting key players back and there is not much to suggest the recent […]
The Pittsburgh Penguins have emerged red hot from the Christmas break, winning all six of their games in regulation and outscoring their opposition by a combined score of 29-13. When a team gets on that kind of roll, the reasons for success are almost unlimited. 15 different players have recorded at least three points during […]
Here are your Pens Points for this Friday morning… Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin returned from a 15-game absence on Thursday, giving even more depth to a Pittsburgh team that has recently found its stride. Malkin, 39, scored a power-play goal as the Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 4-1 on Thursday night for their […]
Pregame The Penguins have a very happy return from IR in Evgeni Malkin coming back after being out for the last 15 games with a shoulder injury. Stuart Skinner is in the net. The visiting New Jersey Devils are going with the following personnel: First period The Penguins strike first, it’s Erik Karlsson on the […]
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The Jake Guentzel trade was one of the first major moves of the Kyle Dubas era. Not only because it involved a core player that won a championship with the Pittsburgh Penguins, but also because it signaled a shift into a more long-term outlook. It was the unofficial beginning of the current rebuild, or re-tooling, […]
Who: New Jersey Devils (22-19-2, 46 points, 7th place Metropolitan Division) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (20-12-9, 49 points, 5th place Metropolitan Division) When: 7:00 p.m. eastern How to Watch: Broadcast locally Sportsnet Pittsburgh and MSGSN, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: Today kicks off another heavy stretch of games for the Pens, starting with three in four days over […]
After three days off, the Pittsburgh Penguins are back in action this evening to kick off a six game stretch over the next two weeks that will see them play five of those six games on home ice before heading on their annual Western Canada road trip. To kick things off, the Penguins welcome the […]
The Penguins have reached the halfway point of the season, the top part of their leading scorers looks like this via hockeydb. Let’s look at which players can pick it up, and who will might taper off in the second half. For these purposes, we’re simply looking at the player had in the first half […]
The Pittsburgh Penguins are going to be getting center Evgeni Malkin back in the lineup very soon, and perhaps as soon as Thursday night against the New Jersey Devils. That is objectively good news for the Penguins. It is also a really good addition for a team that is playing well, having now won five […]
Here are your Pens Points for this Wednesday morning… Goaltender Arturs Silovs will represent Team Latvia at the 2026 Olympic Games in Italy, it was announced on Tuesday. [Penguins] Rookie forward Rutger McGroarty left a practice session on Tuesday due to an apparent injury. [Trib Live] But here is some good news on the injury […]
Harrison Brunicke’s time with Team Canada for the World Junior Championship is now completed. The Canadians won the bronze medal game yesterday against Finland after getting upset by Czechia on Sunday night. Brunicke played in all seven games, recording no goals and two assists. At times he was alright, but it was hardly a smashing […]
Longtime NHL defenseman Jack Johnson has retired from playing hockey and has joined the Vancouver Canucks organization as a professional scout. Johnson, 38, played for 19 NHL seasons, including a two-year stint in Pittsburgh for the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons. The Penguins signed Jack Johnson to a five-year, $16.25 million contract during the 2018 offseason, […]
The Philip Tomasino trade could ultimately amount to a salary dump for the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Penguins placed defenseman Egor Zamula on unconditional waivers Monday for purposes of contract termination, according to PuckPedia. Pittsburgh will be left with 47 roster players and three open spots when Zamula clears waivers, per PuckPedia. If Zamula clears waivers, […]
A frustrating December ended on a high note for the Pittsburgh Penguins which they then turned into a perfect start to January to pull themselves right back into the playoff conversation as they reach the midpoint of the 2025-26 season. Winners of five straight, the Penguins are the hottest team in the Metro division and […]
Sidney Crosby has been named the NHL’s second star of the week after scoring 4 goals and 4 assists for the Penguins in 4 games — all wins for Pittsburgh. Crosby was joined on the NHL’s stars of the week list with Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov (3 goals and 7 assists in 3 games) and […]
In the last Sunday Standings just after Christmas, the situation wasn’t looking so rosy for the Penguins. A 1-5-4 stretch had completely given up all the early-season work the team did to position themselves near the top of the standings and throw them towards the bottom end of the shuffle. With a mind towards Buffalo’s […]
What a weird season this has been for the Pittsburgh Penguins. It began with low expectations. Then they went 8-2-2 through their first 12 games. That was followed by a stretch where they won just one out of six games that made it seem like the hot start had come to a close. Then they […]
Here are your Pens Points for this Monday morning… Sidney Crosby wasn’t about to let the Pittsburgh Penguins falter after he and his team clawed their way back from a 4-1 deficit on Sunday against the Columbus Blue Jackets. The captain assisted on Ricard Rakell’s tying goal with 13.7 seconds left in regulation before he […]
Pregame The Penguins get Ville Koivunen back in the lineup for Rutger McGroarty and rotate their goalies. The Blue Jackets are opting to use the same lineup from their victory yesterday over Buffalo, including keeping Jet Greaves in the net for a second day in a row. First period The decision to get Koivunen back […]