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Kyle Dubas is making moves again, and this is a pretty significant one for the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Penguins traded defenseman Brett Kulak to the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday afternoon in exchange for defenseman Samuel Girard and a 2028-second-round draft pick. There are a lot of layers to this move, but at first glance it […]
The NHL returns from the Olympic break this week, and with it, full attention shifts back to the March 6 trade deadline. The Colorado Avalanche and Pittsburgh Penguins wasted no time getting active. Former Edmonton Oiler Brett Kulak is headed back to the Western Conference, as the Avalanche acquired the veteran defenceman from Pittsburgh in…
The Penguins find themselves in an interesting and surprising position coming out of the Olympic break. They’ve banked 70 points in the standings after 56 games and are firmly in the hunt for a playoff position, currently sitting fourth in the Eastern Conference in points percentage. Perhaps more importantly, the Pens are second in the […]
It’s still not clear if Sidney Crosby will miss any time with the lower-body injury that sidelined him for the last two games of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. Penguins coach Dan Muse told reporters that Monday was a travel day for Crosby, who received his silver medal after Canada’s loss to Team USA on […]
Tuesday will be the final day of the NHL’s Olympic break, with the 2025-26 season starting back up on Wednesday with eight games on the schedule. It will be a slightly longer wait for the Pittsburgh Penguins who return to action on Thursday against gold medal hero Jack Hughes and the New Jersey Devils at […]
The Pittsburgh Penguins are set to join the buyers market these next couple of weeks, as Kyle Dubas is looking to add to his roster ahead of the trade deadline Mar.6. Yes, there's a lot riding on how long Sidney Crosby will be out, which doesn't appear to be significant time, however, expect to see the Penguins land a couple of additions ahead of the deadline. Dubas has been trying to add a top-six winger and top-four defenceman, both with term on their contracts, but to this point, has had no...
The Penguins skated a few days last week and have a few more days to get ready for the schedule to kick back up again starting Thursday for a home game against New Jersey. There’s a new face back, Avery Hayes has returned to the NHL roster from the AHL after the break. Hayes scored […]
With the 2026 Winter Olympics officially in the books, the 2025-26 NHL season is set to resume this week. That means the playoff push is officially on for the Pittsburgh Penguins. The big question on everybody’s mind: What is going to be the status of captain Sidney Crosby following his injury in the quarterfinals of […]
We’ll start with Sidney Crosby, unable to play today after picking up an injury in the quarterfinals. The picture sums it up, a gutting ending for his 2026 Olympics, and at 38-years old, stands at what very possibly ends up as his final moment on Olympic ice. That’s a tough ending to that chapter. He’ll […]
It's time to play for all the marbles. It's also the end of the NHL trade freeze.
The 2026 Men’s Olympic Hockey tournament concludes this weekend, which means the 2025-26 NHL season is getting closer to returning from its Olympic break. The Pittsburgh Penguins next game will be on Thursday, February, 26 against the New Jersey Devils. Overall, they have 26 regular season games remaining. So let’s talk about the four things […]
Back in August, we wrote about players who had the most on the line individually in the 2025-26 season by identifying some situations where there was a lot on the line. In the last days of the Olympics, let’s circle back and check out how some of the ups and downs have gone. Anthony Mantha — […]
Sidney Crosby’s status for Canada’s Olympic semifinal against Finland is up in the air, and while the hockey world holds its breath waiting for clarity, a genuinely compelling question has emerged: if the Pittsburgh Penguins captain can’t suit up, who steps in and wears the ‘C’ against the Finns? Under IIHF rules, every team must…
Here are your Pens Points for this Friday morning… Team Canada head coach Jon Cooper says captain Sidney Crosby has not been ruled out for the rest of the 2026 Winter Olympics due to his injury and will be evaluated daily with the hope he can play in the upcoming games. [PensBurgh] With Crosby’s injury […]
In the second period of Canada’s quarterfinal win over Czechia on Wednesday, the focus of Pittsburgh Penguins fans shifted from the gold medal pursuits of Sidney Crosby to whether or not he suffered a serious injury. After taking a big hit from defenseman Radko Gudas that saw the captain’s leg bend in an awkward manner, […]
The Pittsburgh Penguins have had a very strong season while expectations coming in were low. There were a lot of expected trade candidates for a team that will likely not be moving out any players for picks at the trade deadline, and only maybe moving players in a larger deal to bring someone more impactful in. There are three players in particular that have been brought up and questioned about their future. Josh Yohe said, "I think it's far more likely that the Penguins give (Justin Brazeau) ...
You could almost feel the rush start building up as soon as Sidney Crosby limped off the ice yesterday. Other players like Kevin Fiala (out for the season with a broken leg), Josh Morrissey (currently injured to an unknown degree) and Brad Marchand (who missed two Olympic games but has since returned) have picked up […]
You may not be able to make the playoffs in October, but you can certainly miss them. The Pittsburgh Penguins were able to at least avoid that with their 8-2-2 start through the first month of the season, building up a nice cushion in the standings and giving themselves some wiggle room for the rest […]
It was an uncharacteristic week for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins coming out of the AHL All-Star break. The Pens phoned in a 5-0 loss to Syracuse on Saturday before battling back to force OT before falling to Cleveland on Sunday. From Nick Hart at WBSPenguins: Saturday, Feb. 14 – PENGUINS 0 vs. Syracuse 5Wilkes-Barre/Scranton saw its five-game […]
Here are your Pens Points for this Wednesday morning… Pittsburgh Penguins forward Noel Acciari, a native of Rhode Island, expressed his sadness after a mass shooting at a rink in Pawtucket that left three people dead, including the suspect, and several others wounded during a high school hockey game. [Trib Live] Filip Hallander is close […]
Today was the first day back for the non-Olympian Pittsburgh Penguins who will take part in some practices to knock the rust off and get ready for the NHL’s return on February 26th. The Pens had two faces back on the ice with Kris Letang and Filip Hallander out with their teammates. Letang suffered a […]
A goal against wasn’t the only thing Sidney Crosby gave Team France after Canada’s preliminary round win on Sunday at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. Crosby also gifted French goaltender Julian Junca one of his sticks in celebration of Junca’s birthday, according to Le Journal de Montréal. Junca turned 28 the day of Canada’s 10-2 […]
And Jeff Skinner terminating his contract.
The men’s Olympic hockey tournament continues — and concludes — this week with the knockout phase and medal rounds starting on Tuesday. So far, it has been a pretty good tournament for the Pittsburgh Penguins representatives, and there is a good chance that at least one of them returns with some sort of a medal. […]
Here are your Pens Points for this Monday morning… Canada cruised to a 10-2 victory over France in men’s Olympic hockey play on Sunday, with Sidney Crosby recording three points—one goal and two assists—in the win. The performance helped propel Canada through the preliminary round with a commanding goal differential, as a potential collision with […]