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In what will be the first of three meetings in an 11 day stretch, the Pittsburgh Penguins welcome the Montreal Canadiens to PPG Paints Arena later this evening in the second game of their current five game homestand. The Penguins are in need of a big bounce back game, coming off two straight games that […]
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The WBS Penguins enjoyed another successful week by earning victories over Pennsylvania rivals in Lehigh Valley and Hershey. Here’s Nick Hart from WBSPenguins.com on his weekly roundup of the action: Friday, Dec. 5 – PENGUINS 6 vs. Lehigh Valley 2Wilkes-Barre/Scranton improved to 4-0-0-0 in its season series against Lehigh Valley with a decisive home win. Six […]
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Sidney Crosby is up to 1,718 career points, five shy of Mario Lemieux’s Penguin franchise record of 1,723. Lemieux stands eighth all-time in NHL scoring. Putting up 1,723 points for a single team is a franchise record that many thought had a chance to stand indefinitely. Only two players have scored more points for a […]
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Here are your Pens Points for this Wednesday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins and Anaheim Ducks played a rather entertaining hockey game on Tuesday night, supposedly climaxing with the Penguins scoring the game-leading power-play goal with just under four minutes left in regulation. All seemed well until the clock had just 0.1 seconds left. What happened […]
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Pregame Blake Lizotte hits the IR, so Danton Heinen is back in Pittsburgh to fill in. Connor Clifton is back in the game lineup and Arturs Silovs gets his first start since November 29th. The visiting, but still very loudly orange Anaheim Ducks have this lineup for the night: First period The two teams have […]
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Just when it looked like the Pittsburgh Penguins were starting to get healthier and back to full strength, more injury news hit. The Penguins announced on Tuesday that forwards Evgeni Malkin and Blake Lizotte are being played on Injured Reserve. They are significant injuries. Both players are expected to be out on a “week-to-week” basis, […]
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Who: Anaheim Ducks (18-10-1, 37 points, 1st place Pacific Division) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (14-7-6, 34 points, 4th place Metropolitan Division) When: 7:00 p.m. ET How to Watch: Broadcast locally on Victory+, KCOP-13 and SN-PIT , streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: The homestand continues Thursday with a home game against the Montreal Canadiens. The Pens come back […]
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Coming off a successful three game road trip that saw the Pittsburgh Penguins capture five out of a possible six points, the team now returns to the friendly confines of PPG Paints Arena for a season high five game homestand beginning tonight against the Anaheim Ducks. This homestand will see the Penguins host four Western […]
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Harrison Brunicke has been named to Team Canada’s training camp roster. Brunicke has spent the last two weeks on a conditioning loan with Wilkes-Barre of the AHL. The 19-year old has not played an NHL game since November 3rd. World Juniors runs from December 26th through January 5th, Brunicke has still not appeared in his […]
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Overall you have to be pretty pleased with the past week if you are a Pittsburgh Penguins fan. They went on a three-game road trip through Philadelphia, Tampa Bay and Dallas and won the first two games in regulation, and then still collected a point in the latter game after mostly outplaying and shutting down […]
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Here are your Pens Points for this Monday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins were in the Lone Star State on Sunday night to battle the Dallas Stars. And for a while, it looked like the Penguins might eke out a close win against the Stars, but the team blew a late, third-period lead and, familiarly, lost […]
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Pregame Evgeni Malkin misses his first game of the season with an undisclosed upper body injury, the Penguins replace him with a different 6’5” center. Maybe no one will notice? Pittsburgh gets two happy returns from injury with Justin Brazeau and Noel Acciari back for the first time in a while. Matt Dumba rotates back […]
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Who: Pittsburgh Penguins (13-7-5, 31 points, 5th place Metropolitan Division) @ Dallas Stars (19-5-5, 43 points, 2nd place Central Division) When: 6:00 p.m. eastern How to Watch: Broadcast locally Sportsnet Pittsburgh and Victory+, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: Time to go back home, Pittsburgh gets a five-game homestand starting with Anaheim on Tuesday, Montreal on Thursday and […]
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Evgeni Malkin wasn’t on the ice for practice in Dallas ahead of tomorrow’s game with a maintenance day. Here were the lines. Not listed, forward Joona Koppanen, who officially cleared waivers this afternoon. Koppanen, with no goals and one assist in 10 NHL games should be heading back down to Wilkes-Barre in the near future. […]
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Icing a third line staffed by rookies comes with growing pains. The Penguins’ “kid line” of Rutger McGroarty, Ben Kindel and Ville Koivunen got pinned in their own zone Thursday on the Brandon Hagel goal that tied the game late for the Tampa Bay Lightning. The rookies were on the ice together at even strength […]
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It was not the prettiest win. It was probably not the way head coach Dan Muse would want to draw it up. But the Pittsburgh Penguins found a way to go on the road against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday and walk away with a baffling 4-3 regulation win. They let another three-goal lead […]
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Here are your Pens Points for this Friday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins met the Tampa Bay Lightning in Tampa on Thursday night. Led by Tristan Jarry, the power-play and a vintage performance from Evgeni Malkin, the Penguins withstood the aggressive play of the Lightning and escaped TB with two points. [Recap] It is time, at […]
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Pregame Same lineup for the Pens as last time out. The home Lightning are using this lineup for the night, with no Andrei Vasilevskiy available today. First period The Lightning get a few rushes early, Tristan Jarry is there. Boko Imama and 6’9” Curtis Douglas have an old school scrap at center ice. Imama knocks […]
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There are a lot of surprising developments about the 2025-26 Pittsburgh Penguins, but the most surprising of them all, and perhaps the most impactful of them all, is the resurgence of starting goalie Tristan Jarry. He enters play on Thursday with an 8-2-1 record and .911 save percentage in his first 11 appearances and has […]
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Who: Pittsburgh Penguins (12-7-5, 29 points, 5th place Metropolitan Division) @ Tampa Bay Lightning (16-8-2, 34 points, 1st place Atlantic Division) When: 7:00 p.m. eastern How to Watch: Broadcast locally Sportsnet Pittsburgh and The Spot, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: The Pens play next in Dallas on Saturday (6pm eastern start) then return home to Pittsburgh for […]
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As winter begins to set in up north, the Pittsburgh Penguins will get a bit of a reprieve from the cold weather as they head south for a pair of games to wrap up this early December road trip, beginning tonight in Tampa Bay where the Atlantic division leading Lightning await. The Penguins are coming […]
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Ville Koivunen is one of the Pittsburgh Penguins most talented young players and will hopefully be a long-term part of their future. In his brief time in the organization he has been a dynamic scorer at the AHL level, but has not yet been able to turn that into results or production in the NHL. […]
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