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Here are your Pens Points for this Monday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins closed out another back-to-back set on Sunday, playing against the Carolina Hurricanes for the third time in 13 days. If we’re being honest with ourselves, the Penguins didn’t really deserve the two points they got against the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday, getting outhustled […]
Pregame Ryan Shea isn’t able to play so the Penguins turn to Ryan Graves to make a rare NHL lineup appearance. Stuart Skinner gets the start in net. The visiting Carolina Hurricanes bring the following lineup for today’s game. First period Carolina chose to put the Jordan Staal line out for the opening faceoff, in […]
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Who: Carolina Hurricanes (44-19-6, 94 points, 1st place Metropolitan Division) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (35-18-16, 86 points, 2nd place Metropolitan Division) When: 3:00 p.m. eastern How to Watch: Locally broadcast on Sportsnet Pittsburgh and FDSN South, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: Quality opponents await in the next week; the Pens host Colorado on Tuesday, an Avs team […]
Pregame The Penguins get Sam Girard from injury and are about as healthy as they’re going to get this season with the only unavailable player of note being Blake Lizotte. First period The Penguins score on the second shift of the game on a sensational effort by Egor Chinakhov. Chinakhov takes a pass that Evgeni […]
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Who: Winnipeg Jets (28-29-11, 67 points, 6th place Central Division) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (34-18-16, 84 points, 2nd place Metropolitan Division) When: 1 p.m. ET How to Watch: Locally broadcast on Sportsnet Pittsburgh and TSN3, national feed on NHL Network Pens’ Path Ahead: The Penguins have two brutal rematches coming up during this three-game homestand, starting with meeting the […]
Ryan Shea is such an unassuming player on the ice that in a way it’s sadly fitting that his breakout season has been overshadowed by multiple teammates taking up more of the spotlight. The Penguins have gotten plenty of positive surprises this season, starting with 18-year old Ben Kindel’s steady amazing play. Add in a […]
The Pittsburgh Penguins have certainly changed the expectations for themselves this season. When the 2025-26 season began, most people were anticipating a bad team, going through a long season that was going to put them closer to the top of the NHL Draft Lottery than the top of the NHL standings. But as we enter […]
Here are your Pens Points for this Friday morning… Kris Letang’s declining performance has become a hot-button topic for Pittsburgh Penguins fans, and for good reason. Despite the workout/exercise regimen and career accomplishments, he is not the player he was five or 10 years ago. Poor decision-making and defensive struggles have made him a liability […]
The Pittsburgh Penguins haven’t even qualified for the playoffs yet, with no guarantee that they will. However, after being picked as a last place team by just about every publication everywhere, the team already has more points in 68 games this season (84 and counting) than they managed in the entire 2024-25 season (80). There’s […]
There are a lot of things to like about the Pittsburgh Penguins right now, and even with Wednesday’s overtime loss to the Carolina Hurricanes they just completed a mostly successful five-game road trip against some of the best teams in the NHL. You would have liked to have seen them hold on to that late […]
A long five game road trip that began in Raleigh, North Carolina eight days prior and featured stops in Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, and Denver came to a close last night right back where is started with a familiar result that has become all too routine for the Pittsburgh Penguins this season. Trailing on […]
Pregame Sidney Crosby makes his return to the lineup from injury. Stuart Skinner plays in net. The Carolina Hurricanes are using this lineup for today’s game. First period Pretty good start for the Penguins, their fourth line gets a few chances with Noel Acciari trying to muscle a puck in from in close. No dice. […]
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The Penguins received some welcome news today, Sidney Crosby took the morning skate in Raleigh alongside his normal wingers. He did work with the top power play. After practice, coach Dan Muse confirmed that Crosby would return tonight after missing the last 11 NHL games following an injury suffered in the Olympics. Crosby spoke briefly […]
The Wilkes-Barre Penguins endured a season-long losing streak of five games, which they finally put to an end by defeating Lehigh Valley last Saturday. Rutger McGroarty scored the opening goal in the 3-1 win to set the tone. McGroarty has produced five points in the five games during month of the March. Sunday’s win was […]
Who: Pittsburgh Penguins (34-18-15, 83 points, 2nd place Metropolitan Division) @ Carolina Hurricanes (42-19-6, 90 points, 1st place Metropolitan Division) When: 7 p.m. ET How to Watch: Locally broadcast on Sportsnet Pittsburgh and FanDuel Sports Network South, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: The Penguins are coming back to Pittsburgh for a three-game homestand, starting with a weekend back-to-back […]
Here are your Pens Points for this Wednesday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins have fared surprisingly well in the absence of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. One of the main forces behind this recent run of form is coming from defenseman Erik Karlsson, who has been playing his best hockey to date in a Pittsburgh sweater. […]
The Penguins will have their depth tested, celebrated fourth line center Blake Lizotte will be out of the lineup for a while, reportedly to be re-evaluated in four weeks due to an undisclosed upper body injury. Should Lizotte stick to that timeline, he would miss the rest of the regular season that ends on April […]
Evgeni Malkin returned from his five-game suspension Monday night with a stellar game against the Colorado Avalanche and after the game, the veteran Penguins center said he and Penguins president of hockey operations and general manager Kyle Dubas are expected to talk this summer about his contract situation. Earlier this month, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman said […]
When the Pittsburgh Penguins traded for defenseman Erik Karlsson prior to the start of the 2023-24 season, it seemed like a slam-dunk move. They were getting a Hall of Fame defenseman and three-time Norris Trophy winner for a first-round pick and a bunch of bad contracts they did not want. It was also an attempt […]
Evgeni Malkin returned to the Pittsburgh Penguins lineup for the first time since being suspended five games for slashing earlier this month and he made his presence known early and often in a 7-2 Penguins victory over the NHL leading Colorado Avalanche. Malkin was hardly the only Penguins player to show out in a big […]
Apologies in advance, a power outage has put a damper on the night at Pensburgh HQ but nothing could slow the Penguins on this night. Pittsburgh went into the NHL’s best team’s barn and took a monster 7-2 win. There were a couple changes in the lineup; Evgeni Malkin returned from suspension, as expected. Less […]
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