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On a team full of early season surprises, there might not be a bigger individual surprise than the play of Pittsburgh Penguins forward Justin Brazeau. Entering play on Thursday, the Penguins’ 12th game of the season, Brazeau is second on the team with six goals, third with 12 total points, and along with fellow free […]
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Who: Pittsburgh Penguins (7-2-2, 16 points, 2nd place Metropolitan Division) @ Minnesota Wild (3-5-3, 9 points, 7th place Central Division) When: 8:00 p.m. ET How to Watch: Broadcast in the local markets on Sportsnet Pittsburgh and FanDuel Sportsnet North, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: It’s on to Winnipeg (note the 3:00pm eastern start time) and then the […]
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With points in seven straight and wins in five of those games, the Pittsburgh Penguins head into Minnesota looking to put the cherry on top of an already successful October. Awaiting them is a Wild team who has struggled out of the gate this season, but they still possess enough talent to cause any team […]
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The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins kept on rolling last week, lining up and knocking down three more wins to push their record to a perfect 7-0-0-0. Nick Hart at WBS Penguins with the succinct recap: Wednesday, Oct. 22 – PENGUINS 4 vs. Lehigh Valley 1In their second meeting of the season, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton earned its second 4-1 triumph over […]
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Here are your Pens Points for this Wednesday morning… No rest for the weary. The Penguins hit the road to Philadelphia on Tuesday, one night after defeating the St. Louis Blues, as the Penguins kicked off a four-game road trip. Pittsburgh looked like a tired team in the second half of a back-to-back, but managed […]
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Pregame Owen Pickering makes his season debut and Arturs Silovs is in net for the Penguins on the back-half of their back-to-back. First period The Flyers start out marginally better, but it’s the Penguins who find the first goal. Justin Brazeau dips a shoulder and puts a power move to the net, the right shot […]
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The Pittsburgh Penguins played their 10th game of the season on Monday night, beating the St. Louis Blues by a 6-3 margin. It was not the prettiest game, and they had some sloppy moments, but they carried the play for most of it (a nice reversal from the previous two games) and beat a playoff […]
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From the recap last night: And this isn’t the usual platform or time/place for big picture thoughts, but for cryin’ out loud, this team is going to have to find a third LD just for the sake of being functional. Dumba on the left side and a 19-year old Brunicke isn’t going to be the […]
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Who: Pittsburgh Penguins (7-2-1, 15 points, 2nd place Metropolitan Division) @ Philadelphia Flyers (4-3-1, 9 points, 6th place Metropolitan Division) When: 6:00 p.m. ET How to Watch: Nationally broadcast on ESPN (SN1 and TVAS in Canada) Pens’ Path Ahead: After playing the second half of a back-to-back set tonight, the Pens will get just a single day off […]
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It was a big night for Sidney Crosby and his fellow Piittsburgh Penguins superstars on Monday evening against the St. Louis Blues at PPG Paints Arena. Crosby notched two goals and an assist to pass 1,700 points for his career, Bryant Rust posted the same score line himself, and Evgeni Malkin added and goal and […]
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A fan was seriously injured Monday night after falling from the upper bowl during the Penguins’ game against the Blues at PPG Paints Arena. The team said in a statement that the fan fell to the lower bowl and was immediately attended to by medics and arena personnel. The fan was then taken to the […]
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Pregame A few changes for the Penguins, Harrison Brunicke is in for Connor Clifton, Tristan Jarry gets his turn in the rotation in net. Big changes up front, Filip Hallander is up to the first line and Ville Koivunen is back from the AHL as the Pens look to replace the injured Rickard Rakell. The […]
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The first two weeks of the 2025-26 Pittsburgh Penguins season have gone way better than anybody expected, and this past week was no exception. I looked at the three games they were facing a week ago and realistically expected three or maybe four points out of it. They ended up getting five. The games against […]
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Who: St. Louis Blues (3-4-1, 7 points, 7th place Central Division) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (6-2-1, 13 points, 2nd place Metropolitan Division) When: 7:00 p.m. ET How to Watch: Broadcast in the local markets on Sportsnet Pittsburgh and FanDuel Sportsnet Midwest, national game on NHL Network Pens’ Path Ahead: It’s a quick turn to head to Philadelphia to play […]
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Here are your Pens Points for this Monday morning… Not the news the Pittsburgh Penguins wanted to hear coming out of a wild 5-4 shootout loss on Saturday: forward Rickard Rakell will miss six to eight weeks after undergoing surgery on his left hand. [PensBurgh] With Rakell out for an extended period, the Penguins recalled […]
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The IR list for the Penguins is growing. A few days after Caleb Jones was lost for eight weeks with a lower body injury, Rickard Rakell will now be on the shelf for 6-8 weeks after undergoing surgery on his left hand. Rakell was struck in the hand in last night’s loss to Columbus. He […]
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It’s the last October Sunday of the year, and just like that we have teams approaching double-digit games played in the NHL. The season is still young, but more data and games are rolling in. Let’s go around the circuit to check on all the teams in the Metropolitan Division and check on the week […]
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Pregame The Penguins give Ben Kindel the night off, which gets Philip Tomasino back into the lineup. Caleb Jones’s injury pulls Matt Dumba back into action, Harrison Brunicke remains watching. The even goalie rotation doesn’t break now, it’s Arturs Silovs’s night. First period Hot start for the Penguins, Ryan Shea shoots high on Elvis Merlikins […]
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Who: Columbus Blue Jackets (3-4-0, 6 points, 8th place Metropolitan Division) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (6-2-0, 12 points, 3rd place Metropolitan Division) When: 7:00 p.m. ET How to Watch: Broadcast in the local markets on Sportsnet Pittsburgh and FanDuel Sportsnet Ohio, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: The Pens are looking at a busy next week mostly spent on […]
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With their 5-3 win over the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers on Thursday night the Pittsburgh Penguins improved to 6-2-0 on the young season, making them easily one of the biggest surprises in the NHL through the first two-plus weeks of the season. Nobody expected this, even with a relatively soft early season schedule. […]
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Here are your Pens Points for this Friday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins traveled to South Florida on Thursday to fight the back-to-back Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers. Pittsburgh, led largely by its captain, Sidney Crosby, and Tristan Jarry, had an answer for everything the Panthers did on Thursday night, leading to an impressive 5-3 win. […]
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Pregame The Penguins stick with the familiar forward groups and rotate Harrison Brunicke out in favor of Connor Clifton getting into his second game of the season. The even goalie rotation continues which makes it Tristan Jarry’s night. Their opponents on the night, the Florida Panthers, are going with this lineup: First period Pittsburgh starts […]
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