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Pens send three to AHL, four to IR as roster comes into focus
The Penguins reduced their roster by seven more players on Sunday. Bill Zonnon, Harrison Brunicke and Joel Blomqvist have been assigned to the AHL. Four players were placed on IR as they deal with injuries. Bryan Rust and Tristan Broz did not practice and is being evaluated from their injuries from last night. Forwards (16): […]
Penguins roster status as opening rosters loom
The Penguins trimmed their NHL roster by six players yesterday. Defensemen Owen Pickering, Caleb Jones and Jake Livanavage were among players being sent away. That leaves the roster looking like this. Opening day rosters are due tomorrow, which means players must go on waivers today to clear in time to be re-assigned down. The Pens […]
Penguins/Sabres preseason Recap: Pens lose Rust, win game
Pregame The Penguins have an opening night looking lineup, sans Connor Dewar and Elmer Soderblom who have already played two preseason games. The Sabres have a pretty fair roster themselves for this the last day of NHL preseason action. First period Egor Chinakhov takes the first penalty of the game, Pittsburgh kills it off and […]
Preseason Gamethread: Penguins @ Sabres
Talk about the last preseason game with Pens fans here! The game will be broadcast locally on Sportsnet Pittsburgh+ and MSG-B in the respective local areas for Pittsburgh and Buffalo. Nationally, it will be carried on NHL Network. It will be available via audio on the internet/radio from 105.9 The X.
Penguins roster for final preseason tuneup today in Buffalo
The Penguins have announced their roster for this afternoon (3:00pm start) against Buffalo. FORWARDS 2 – Rutger McGroarty11 – Filip Hallander14 – Nick Robertson17 – Bryan Rust18 – Tommy Novak22 – Hendrix Lapierre23 – Bill Zonnon26 – Tristan Broz41 – Ville Koivunen59 – Egor Chinakhov67 – Rickard Rakell71 – Evgeni Malkin87 – Sidney Crosby DEFENSE […]
Penguins have a practice with lines looking ready, cut eight players including Avery Hayes
The Penguins made another round of roster cuts on Friday, including one of the first notable ones for players on the edge of making the team. Avery Hayes was among eight players trimmed from the NHL roster. 2026 draft picks Markus and Liam Ruck will return to their WHL junior team and five more are […]
Penguins depth being put to the test before regular season even begins
The one thing that can be said about the 2026-27 Pittsburgh Penguins roster is that it has a lot of NHL-caliber forward options. There may not be any superstar-level players in their prime. The core might be the oldest in the league. And a lot of the players lower in the lineup might be of […]
Pens Points: Blue Jackets top Penguins in penultimate preseason game
Here are your Pens Points for this Friday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins played the Columbus Blue Jackets in preseason game three of four on Thursday night. Pittsburgh iced what ultimately represented a B-squad and took home a 4-0 loss to the Blue Jackets. The final preseason game is set for Saturday. [Recap] Penguins forward Andrei […]
Penguins cut 12 more players
The Pens made some more cuts on Thursday, sending down 12 players and formalizing the movement of goalie Taylor Gauthier to AHL Wilkes-Barre after he cleared waivers. WBS has a preseason game on Friday and they needed some more players to help fill out the team, no real surprises in the mix. All the big […]
Penguins/Blue Jackets preseason game wrap up
If you’re like me, the geo restrictions on the stream from Columbus wasn’t co-operating, but all things considered this wasn’t a bad game to miss out on. Therefore, I don’t have a lot of impressions to make out of the Penguins’ 4-0 loss to the Blue Jackets. Pittsburgh brought a bare bones roster, saving most […]
Preseason Gamethread: Penguins @ Blue Jackets
Talk about the preseason game with Pens fans here! It doesn’t look like this game will be broadcast for TV/streaming at all. It will be available via audio on the internet/radio from 105.9 The X.
Andrei Kuzmenko’s father suffers fatal bear attack
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Andrei Kuzmenko will be away from the team after his father was killed in a bear attack. The Penguins confirmed that Alexander Kuzmenko, 62, was on a fishing trip in southern Siberia when he was attacked by a bear, suffering injuries to his head and face. Sport24, a Russian media outlet, reported […]
Ben Kindel “now more week to week” as opening night nears
The Penguins didn’t have a good injury update today regarding forward Ben Kindel. After the injury he suffered in the first period of the preseason game on Monday night Kindel has been downgraded from day-to-day to week-to-week. Kindel only played the first period of the game. TV cameras caught him blocking a weak shot towards […]
Ben Kindel, player development and line usage: Treat your third-line like another scoring line
During his team’s run to the Stanley Cup back in 2015-16, then-Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan was asked a question about the play of his third line. At the time it consisted of Phil Kessel, Nick Bonino and Carl Hagelin to form the vaunted HBK line. I don’t remember who asked the question, or […]
Pens Points: Columbus Calling
Game three of the Pittsburgh Penguins preseason slate is scheduled for later this evening as they head west to take on the Columbus Blue Jackets. This will be the first of two road preseason games, with the second coming on Saturday in the preseason finale. Most importantly, the countdown to the regular season is now […]
Penguins announce roster for preseason game against Columbus
Here are the players the Penguins are bringing to Columbus for their preseason game tomorrow night. From the team: Below is the Penguins’ lineup for Thursday night’s preseason game against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena. Puck drop is set for 7:00 PM ET, and fans can tune in to the game on the […]
Penguins cut nine players, including Tomas Galvas
The Penguins made some roster cuts today during their off day, trimming away nine players. Besides Gauthier, the fourth goalie in the organization, only Tomas Galvas is on an NHL contract from this group. The Penguins stuck with the plan to loan the 20-year old 2026 second round pick back to his Czech team for […]
Penguins’ lineup battle temperature check
A lot can change quickly for the picture of building the NHL roster. Take a look at the last 48 hours, where Blake Lizotte was announced as being out on a week-to-week basis, and Ben Kindel got injured during the preseason game with a day-to-day designation. Add in more injuries to Ville Koivunen and Justin […]
Pens Points: Penguins drop second preseason game
Here are your Pens Points for this Wednesday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins fell 7-4 to the Detroit Red Wings in Pittsburgh’s second preseason game on Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena. Nick Robertson scored in his Penguins debut, while Kaeden Korczak and Rutger McGroarty also found the net in the loss. [Recap] Forward Nick Robertson is […]
Penguins/Red Wings (preseason) Impressions: Pens lose 7-4 to Detroit
Lineups The Penguins bring out a lot of their big guns and mix in a bunch of players making preseason debuts in Bill Zonnon, Tomas Galvas with Markus and Liam Ruck getting in the lineup too. Visiting Detroit brings a slightly better lineup tonight than Buffalo did last night, though it’s very much an early […]
Preseason Gamethread: Red Wings @ Penguins
Talk about the preseason game with Pens fans here! Game will be broadcast on SportsNet Pittsburgh locally (and ESPN+ out of market) and is available via audio on the internet/radio from 105.9 The X.
Injury update: Kindel, Brazeau, Koivunen all day-to-day
The injury bug is in mid-season form. One day after announcing Blake Lizotte is out on a week-to-week basis, the Penguins have a trio of new forward injuries. All of Ville Koivunen, Justin Brazeau and Ben Kindel are off the ice today and considered day-to-day. Koivunen suffered his injury yesterday in practice, getting struck by […]
Penguins announce Crosby, Malkin return for Tuesday preseason game
Some more notable starters are seeing preseason action tonight for the Penguins after Bryan Rust and Kris Letang took the ice in Monday night’s win over the Buffalo Sabres. Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin will both be playing Tuesday night against the Detroit Red Wings’ preseason squad, according to the Penguins. They’ll be joined by […]
Pens Points: Preseason Positives
Back on PPG Paints Arena ice for the first time since April, the Pittsburgh Penguins opened their preseason slate with a 4-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres. Sergei Murashov got the nod in goal and pitched a shutout, stopping 13 shots, in his 30 minutes of action before Joel Blomqvist took over. Connor Dewar, Bryan […]
Penguins/Sabres (preseason) recap: Impressions on the opener
Lineup The Penguins have a decent enough lineup for the first preseason game. Bryan Rust, Ben Kindel and Kris Letang are among the skaters dressed. Sergei Mursahov gets the start, with the plan to sub him out about halfway through to get Joel Blomqvist some game minutes too. Not much to say about the visiting […]
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