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Who: Detroit Red Wings (39-26-8, 86 points, 6th place Atlantic Division) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (37-21-16, 90 points, 2nd place Metropolitan Division) When: 7:00 p.m. eastern How to Watch: Locally broadcast on Sportsnet Pittsburgh and FanDuel Sportsnet Detroit, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: The Pens are headed to Tampa Bay to pay the Lightning on Thursday before returning […]
The Penguins got a big boost last night towards earning a playoff spot with a massive win against the New York Islanders. Headed into the Penguins’ game against the Islanders, second place was up for grabs in the NHL’s Metropolitan Division and Pittsburgh took full advantage with an 8-3 road win over the Islanders. With […]
Trailing 3-1 in the second period and looking as if the wheels were coming loose, the Pittsburgh Penguins found their game at the perfect moment and stormed back with seven unanswered goals to secure a crucial two points over the New York Islanders on Monday night with a 8-3 victory on Long Island. [Pensburgh] Now […]
The New York Islanders continue to surprise us. “Lose a critical home game to the Penguins” was definitely in our probability set, but “have the tables flipped in an 8-goal second period of an 8-3 blowout” was not. That 8-3 final looks like a 5-3 game with three Patrick Roy empty netters, but it wasn’t […]
Pregame There are lots of moving parts for the Penguins, who are using three different lines for tonight. The happiest change is that Sidney Crosby is able to return and Bryan Rust shrugs off his maintenance day yesterday to play too. Rickard Rakell stays at center for the second game in a row, this time […]
It’s (for the moment) 2nd vs. 3rd in the Metro tonight in Elmont, as the Islanders host the Penguins for their final(??) meeting of the regular season, at least. If things stay as they are — they never do — these two teams would meet in the first round of the postseason and both would […]
Winnipeg Jets forward Cole Perfetti will be an interesting player to watch during the summer. The 24-year-old forward is a pending restricted free agent and has been the subject of trade rumors in the past. If the Jets end up making Perfetti available during the offseason, these three teams would make sense as landing spots for the 2020 first-round pick. Pittsburgh Penguins Perfetti could be a strong fit on a team on the rise like the Penguins. With the Penguins focused on the futu...
The Penguins could be getting a big boost ahead of their pivotal game against the New York Islanders that has heavy playoff implications. Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, who each missed Saturday’s game against the Dallas Stars with injuries, returned to practice yesterday and Crosby will be traveling with the team for tonight’s game. Malkin’s […]
Who: Pittsburgh Penguins (36-21-16, 88 points, 3rd place Metropolitan Division) @ New York Islanders (42-27-5, 89 points, 2nd place Metropolitan Division) When: 7:00 p.m. eastern How to Watch: Locally broadcast on Sportsnet Pittsburgh and MSGSN, nationally broadcast on NHL Network Pens’ Path Ahead: Another big one tomorrow back in the ’Burgh against the Red Wings. The games […]
The Pittsburgh Penguins have had tougher stretches of games during the 2025-26 season in terms of their opponents. They may not have had a more important stretch of games than the one they are facing this week. They have five games between Monday and next Sunday, and those games will go a long way toward […]
The Islanders close out their five-game homestand tonight, with all the stakes on the line. It’s part of a critical back-to-back — they’re all “critical” right now — that finishes tomorrow in Buffalo. But tonight they can inflict direct damage on a fellow playoff spot contender and potential first-round opponent. The Pittsburgh Penguins arrive having […]
Here are your Pens Points for this Monday morning… With the regular season nearing its end, the Eastern Conference playoff race remains tightly contested, with about 10 teams battling for eight spots as momentum swings nightly. For the Pittsburgh Penguins, a crucial upcoming stretch—starting Monday night with a back-to-back set against the New York Islanders […]
It has been rare for the Laval Rocket under Pascal Vincent to have sustained losing streaks, especially when the pressure is at its highest. However, riding a two-game skid entering Saturday ramped up the pressure for Laval as they tried to pare down their magic number just a little bit more against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. It was a first Rocket start for Hunter Shepard, who was acquired at the AHL trade deadline, while Vincent Arseneau rejoined the lineup in place of Will Dine...
The Pittsburgh Penguins lost 6-3 against the Dallas Stars on Saturday. Erik Karlsson recorded a goal and two assists but it wasn’t enough after Dallas hit two empty nets to extend the final result. Check out the highlights here:
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Flyers winger Tyson Foerster wasn’t expected to return to the lineup this season but after a somewhat new development at morning skate Saturday, that might be wrong. All the way back on December 1, Foerster wound up and attempted a big one-timer slap shot against the Penguins and went down in excruciating pain. It was a bad scene that then got worse, as he was declared out for two to three months almost immediately, and then that timeline got extended to the entire season after undergoing...
The Penguins have had their struggles this season with the shootout, though the worm has turned in the past week with two straight victories in the game deciding gimmick. The problem has been two-fold in that their goalies can’t keep the puck out of the net (opponents are scoring a dreadful 54.2% this season) and […]
Defenseman Erik Karlsson is getting most of the attention right now for the Pittsburgh Penguins, and deservedly so given the way he is playing. He is not only playing the best hockey he has ever played as a member of the Penguins, he is playing some of the best hockey that he has ever played […]
The Penguins got a bit of a boost Thursday night when it comes to their chances of making the NHL’s postseason for the first time since 2022. With a shootout win against the Ottawa Senators, the Penguins got a significant boost in their playoff chances. Going into Thursday night’s game, HockeyViz had listed the Penguins […]
Here are your Pens Points for this Friday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins traveled up to Canada’s capital city on Thursday night to fight the Senators, another team jockeying for position in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Pittsburgh lost Sidney Crosby to injury early in the second period, but others stepped up, leading to the second […]
Almost Sens'd 'em!
Pregame The Penguins had called up forwards Avery Hayes and Joona Koppanen during the day, but Anthony Mantha is able to play so the lineup of skaters remains the same with Stuart Skinner in net. First period Not the best of starts, Erik Karlsson is quick to the penalty box for tripping. With Karlsson unavailable […]
He'd only been back for five games, but Pittsburgh Penguins legend Sidney Crosby is back on the shelf, it appears. Crosby suffered an injury late in the first period of their game Thursday night against the Ottawa Senators. According to Dan Kingerski of Pittsburgh Hockey Now , Crosby left the Penguins bench with three minutes to go in the first, but didn't appear to be limping or laboring in any way. He will not return to the game. Forward Sidney Crosby will not return to to...
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The goals against numbers are starting to pile up, and there are not many cards left for the Pittsburgh Penguins to play in an effort to fix it. The trade deadline has come and gone, so there is no move to be made to add outside defensive help. There is also no immediate help available […]