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The Penguins haven’t given the home fans at PPG Paints Arena a lot to cheer about over the last several years. With losses to the Flyers in Games and 2 of the team’s playoff series, there’s no guarantee that the fans will get to see another home hockey game in Pittsburgh this season unless the […]
This has been a wildly disappointing return to the playoffs for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Not only are they down 2-0 to the Philadelphia Flyers after Monday night’s 3-0 loss, they have lost both games at home, now have to go on the road, and seem to be the team that is not ready for the […]
After generating just 18 shots on goal (and only one goal before resorting from pulling their goalie in desperation time to find a second goal) in Game 1, the Pittsburgh Penguins were unable to get much of anything going as a counter to that slow start in Game 2. In fact, the opposite happened for […]
The Penguins are in trouble. They’re heading to Philadelphia this week down two games in their first-round series and, barring some immediate changes, could be staring down a 3-0 hole by Wednesday night. Dan Muse and the Penguins have a few changes available to them before Wednesday, including some potential personnel changes. Here’s some possibilities: […]
Monday night was a chance for the Pittsburgh Penguins to make things right after a lackluster showing in Game 1 and tie up this first round series before heading to the road for Games 3 and 4. That was not at all how Game 2 went for the Penguins as they turned in another letdown […]
Pregame No lineup changes for the Penguins from Game 1, including going back to Stuart Skinner as the starting goalie. The Flyers have one change from Game 1, Noah Juulsen is in and Emil Andrae is out on the blueline. First period Penalties are the story of the first period, the teams combine for eight […]
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It would be an understatement to say that things did not go well for the Pittsburgh Penguins in their Game 1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night. Despite the close 3-2 final score, as well as the fact they had a prime scoring chance to potentially tie the game in the closing seconds, […]
Who: Philadelphia Flyers (1-0) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (0-1) in Game 2 of the best of seven series When: 7:00 p.m. ET How to Watch: Locally broadcast on Sportsnet Pittsburgh and NBC Sports Philadelphia, national on ESPN, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: Game 3 will be on Wednesday night in Philadelphia, then the series takes an extra day’s […]
Here are your Pens Points for this Monday morning… Anthony Mantha’s strong regular season has made him a very intriguing free agent target this summer, but other teams are now watching to see whether he can produce in the playoffs. His past postseason struggles and Game 1 performance, which included some physicality but also two […]
The Pittsburgh Penguins played a disjointed opening game against the Flyers and ended up falling 3-2 to their instate rivals to kick off their 2026 playoff series. Where’d it all go wrong (aside from just about everything in the first 20-55 minutes?) Let’s take a look. They weren’t alone in it, but the Sam Girard […]
There was a fun nugget in Elliotte Friedman’s recent 32 Thoughts The Penguins are one of the league’s great stories and they are fun to watch. One scout said Anthony Mantha may be the most-watched player by other teams in Round 1 Mantha had a career-best season, exploding for 33 goals and 64 points, while […]
Pregame The Penguins get both Connor Dewar and Blake Lizotte back from injury, forcing Justin Brazeau out of the lineup. Stuart Skinner gets the call to get the first start. First period The Flyers make the first mistake when Rasmus Ristolainen hits Elmer Soderblom way after a whistle stops play. Philadelphia to the penalty box […]
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Who: Philadelphia Flyers (43-27-12, 98 points, 3rd place Metropolitan Division) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (41-25-16, 98 points, 2nd place Metropolitan Division) When: 8:00 p.m. ET How to Watch: Local on Sportsnet Pittsburgh and TVAS, national on ESPN, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: The series continues Monday with Game 2 at PPG Paints Arena on Monday night. Then the […]
After two years of non-stop trade rumors and stagnant development, the Anaheim Ducks finally made the decision to trade forward Trevor Zegras this past offseason. In exchange for sending Zegras to the Philadelphia Flyers, the Ducks received second-and fourth-round picks as well as veteran forward (and former Pittsburgh Penguins forward) Ryan Poehling. At the time, […]
Spring is in the air and it’s that time of year again: the best part of the season for hockey fans. The first round of the NHL playoffs is one of the top parts of the whole calendar with eight series all simultaneously providing the highs and lows of playoff hockey. Let’s take a stab […]
The full schedule has been announced for the upcoming playoff series between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers. It had previously been announced that Game 1 of the series will be held Saturday at 8 p.m. in Pittsburgh and we now know when the rest of the games will be played. Game 1 and Game […]
Here are your Pens Points for this Friday morning… In an alternate universe, Egor Chinakhov might be wearing blue and white and playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Leafs reportedly tried to trade for Chinakhov from the Columbus Blue Jackets, including discussions around a swap involving Nick Robertson. They couldn’t finalize a deal before […]
The full schedule for the Penguins’ return to the postseason has yet to be released, but we do know when their series against the Philadelphia Flyers will get underway. The 2026 version of the Battle of Pennsylvania will commence on Saturday night with an 8 pm puck drop at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins will […]
The Athletic had a tremendous piece about the dreadful season that Toronto endured off the ice this year and the organizational problems from top to bottom that have turned the top team that Kyle Dubas built into one of chaos and dysfunction. The whole thing is wildly entertaining as an outside observers to watch the […]
A young power forward with swagger drafted early in the first round can be an amazing thing for an NHL team. And unlike Cutter Gauthier, this one actually was willing to sign a contract with the Philadelphia Flyers! Porter Martone joined up with the Flyers after his 2025-26 season at Michigan State wrapped up and […]
Every year here at PensBurgh we set some over/under predictions for individual Pittsburgh Penguins players, and at the end of every regular season we like to revisit those predictions and see how everybody did. It is time to revisit those predictions. Let’s go back to the start of the 2025-26 NHL season and see what […]
With the regular season over for the Pittsburgh Penguins, all there is to do is sit and wait for everyone else to wrap up their schedules, which will be Thursday for a few select teams. What helps the Penguins at the moment is they already know who their first round opponent will be so preparations […]
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins accomplished the task of clinching second place in the Atlantic Division. It comes with a nice bonus of sitting out the best-of-three first round playoffs that tripped them up the prior two seasons. They’ll await the highest seed that emerges from the 3/6 and 4/5 series, with the lowest seeded team playing […]