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Gamethread: Flyers @ Penguins
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Ben Kindel’s goal drought is common experience for young players
Entering their game on Thursday night, Pittsburgh Penguins rookie Ben Kindel will be riding a 14-game goal-less drought. Beyond that, he has just one goal in his past 19 games going back to early December. That does not necessarily mean he has not been playing well (because he still has been), but it is still […]
Game Preview: Philadelphia Flyers @ Pittsburgh Penguins 1/15/26
Who: Philadelphia Flyers (22-15-8, 52 points, 5th place Metropolitan Division) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (21-14-10, 52 points, 4th place Metropolitan Division) When: 7:00 p.m. eastern How to Watch: Nationally televised game on ESPN, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: The Pens get one more at home after this to see Columbus at PPG Paints on Saturday night. Then […]
Pens Points: Searching for Offense
Over the course of their three game losing streak, the Pittsburgh Penguins have registered just two goals as the offense has suddenly gone dry. While the goaltending and defense have been stellar over the same stretch, it’s going to be hard to win any games when the goal scoring completely evaporates the way it has […]
Predicting the Penguins in 2026-27
The Penguins took a step in setting their future lineup for next season and beyond by giving Blake Lizotte a three-year contract extension earlier this week. Kyle Dubas has been extremely active on the margins of the roster by making a constant stream of transactions that send players coming in and out of the team, […]
Wilkes Weekly: Murashov bounces back
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins played the same opponent at the same place, to even the same score in both games last week. WBS and Charlotte were on each side of a 5-1 game. Nick Hart at WBSPenguins.com fills us in on the details. Friday, Jan. 9 – PENGUINS 5 at Charlotte 1Four points by Tristan Broz helped […]
Pens Points: Karlsson goes down
Here are your Pens Points for this Wednesday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning were deadlocked at zero for almost 60 minutes Tuesday night before J.J. Moser broke the scoreless tie for the Lightning, followed by a dramatic equalizer by Evgeni Malkin. Both teams played a frantic five-minute overtime session, but Tampa Bay […]
Penguins/Lightning Recap: Malkin’s late goal earns a point, Pens fall in shootout
Pregame Mixed news in changes for the Penguins; the bad is Erik Karlsson being out of the lineup with injury to send the blueline into a myriad of changes. The good is Bryan Rust returning from an injury of his own to restore balance and order to the forward groups. Arturs Silovs gets his turn […]
Gamethread: Lightning @ Penguins
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Erik Karlsson to IR, Ryan Graves and Tristan Broz recalled from AHL
The Penguins made some roster moves ahead of their game tonight against Tampa. Veteran defenseman Erik Karlsson, who has played in all 208 possible games since being acquired, will now be out at least a week by virtue of being placed on the IR. There was no practice yesterday, Karlsson appeared to get through the […]
There is no downside to Blake Lizotte’s new contract
The Pittsburgh Penguins made some news on their day off on Monday by signing forward Blake Lizotte to a new three-year contract extension. It pays him $6.75 million over the duration of the contract, coming out to a salary cap number of $2.25 million per season. There had been talk the Penguins were interested in […]
Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning @ Pittsburgh Penguins 1/13/26
Who: Tampa Bay Lightning (28-13-3, 59 points, 2nd place Atlantic Division) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (21-14-9, 51 points, 5th place Metropolitan Division) When: 7:00 p.m. ET How to Watch: Broadcast locally Sportsnet Pittsburgh and The Spot, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: This is the first game of a three-game homestead for the Pens, who are back at PPG […]
Pens Points: Fully Charged
While the goaltending did its job over the weekend, allowing only three goals in two games, the offense did not hold up its end of the bargain and it cost the Penguins two winnable contests and saw their six game win streak come to a screeching halt. With a long, Western Canada/Seattle road trip on […]
Penguins re-sign Blake Lizotte for three years
The Penguins made a signing on Monday, extending the contract of center Blake Lizotte for three seasons. From the team: The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-signed forward Blake Lizotte to a three-year contract extension, it was announced today by President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Kyle Dubas. Lizotte is signed through the 2028-29 season and […]
The week ahead: Penguins need to bounce back after missed opportunity weekend
The Pittsburgh Penguins opened the past week with an impressive 4-1 win over the New Jersey Devils, extending their winning streak to six consecutive games and continuing to play their way back into playoff contention. It also set the stage for a potentially big weekend against two pretty mediocre teams — the Calgary Flames and […]
Pens Points: Quiet loss in Boston
Here are your Pens Points for this Monday morning… Boston Bruins goaltender Joonas Korpisalo earned a shutout on Sunday evening, as all the Bruins needed was a lone goal from Viktor Arvidsson to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 1-0. [Recap] Bryan Rust was labeled as “day-to-day” over the weekend, according to head coach Dan Muse. Rust […]
Penguins/Bruins Recap: Pens shutout in Boston
Pregame Dan Muse hasn’t reacted via lineup changes to losses very frequently this season, however today changes on that front. All three of the top lines are mixed up a bit, Anthony Mantha moves up to the top line, Ben Kindel and Tommy Novak join Justin Brazeau on a new-look line, and perhaps most inexplicably […]
Gamethread: Penguins @ Bruins
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Game Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins @ Boston Bruins 1/11/26
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 […]
Penguins/Flames Recap: Calgary ends Pittsburgh’s winning streak
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 […]
Gamethread: Flames @ Penguins
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Bryan Rust injured, out today; Rafael-Harvey Pinard called up
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, […]
Game Preview: Calgary Flames @ Pittsburgh Penguins 1/10/26
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 […]
The Penguins defensive play is improving
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 […]
Six of the biggest factors in the Penguins’ six-game winning streak
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 […]
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