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There are two main takeaways I have from the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2-0 start going into Thursday’s game against the Florida Panthers. The first is that, along with the record, they have been an objectively good hockey team over these first seven games. The results are good, and there is good process behind the results. They […]
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Who: Pittsburgh Penguins (5-2-0, 10 points, 3rd place Metropolitan Division) @ Florida Panthers (4-4-0, 8 points, 3rd place Atlantic Division) When: 7:00 p.m. ET How to Watch: Broadcast in the local markets on Sportsnet Pittsburgh and Scripps Net, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: The Pens are in a very busy stretch to squeeze games in before […]
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After a brief stop back in Pittsburgh, the Penguins return to the road this evening to take on the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers. Sitting at 5-2-0 on the season, the Penguins have thus far exceeded expectations but tonight’s contest will serve as an early measuring stick as they go up against the […]
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When Kyle Dubas talks about his timeline for the Pittsburgh Penguins, he almost always uses the word “urgent” to emphasize short-term focus on improvement, even as the main focus managerially has been to trade away quality players when their contracts are running out and stockpile future draft picks. Dubas has reason to pay lip service […]
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Sidney Crosby has set a new Penguins record for the most combined regular season and playoff points in franchise history. Crosby set the new record on Tuesday night with a goal during the Penguins’ 5-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins captain now has 1,896 points in regular season and […]
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Here are your Pens Points for this Wednesday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins returned home on Tuesday night to welcome the Vancouver Canucks to PPG Paints Arena. A slow start turned into a second-period explosion, where Pittsburgh got out to a 4-1 lead after 40 minutes en route to a milestone-filled 5-1 win. [Recap] Many an […]
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Pregame The Penguins keep the same 18 skaters for two games in a row for the first time all season, but continue to rotate goalies and give Arturs Silovs the game against his former team. The Vancouver Petterssons Canucks bring a banged up lineup at this point of their road trip. First period The Canucks […]
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It has been a long time since the Pittsburgh Penguins have had a couple of legitimate, young NHL prospects that are worth getting excited about. The start of the 2025-26 season has brought two of them to Pittsburgh in 19-year-old defenseman Harrison Brunicke and 18-year-old forward Ben Kindel (the No. 11 overall pick in this […]
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Who: Vancouver Canucks (4-2-0, 8 points, 3rd place Pacific Division) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (4-2-0, 8 points, 3rd place Metropolitan Division) When: 7:00 p.m. ET How to Watch: Locally broadcast on SN-PIT and SNP, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: The Penguins are back on the road later this week for a Thursday matchup with the defending champion […]
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After a long, but successful, trip to California, the Pittsburgh Penguins return home this evening for a quick pit stop before heading back on the road. Tonight the Penguins play host to the Vancouver Canucks who will be making their annual visit to the city of Pittsburgh and the team will welcome back Marcus Pettersson […]
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They’re cookin’ with gas up towards the northeastern corner of the state. The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins secured another two victories this past week to move their overall season record to a perfect 4-0-0. WBS started the week off with a 5-2 victory over Hartford on Friday night. Atley Calvert scored twice and prospects Tristan Broz and […]
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We are two weeks into the 2025-26 NHL regular season and the Pittsburgh Penguins have probably produced better results than most people expected so far. They return from their west coast road trip having won two out of three games on the trip and have won four of their first six games overall. Not only […]
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Here are your Pens Points for this Monday morning… Defenseman Matt Dumba, a veteran of 738 NHL games, has played only once for the Penguins so far this season, serving as a healthy scratch in five of the team’s first six contests. Coming over from the Dallas Stars in an off-season trade, the right-handed blueliner […]
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The 2025-26 season is upon us. Most teams have played about and at least five games at this point, giving a first look. Overreactions or over-emphasizing the early games can be a struggle — who could forget the Penguins last year started 3-2-0 before hitting a skid — but for now we only have so […]
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Pregame There’s minimal changes for the Penguins compared to the norm this season; Ben Kindel gets back into the lineup at the expense of Philip Tomasino and Tristan Jarry rotates back in the cage. The hometown Sharks are going with this lineup: First period The first period is definitely something that happened. Free flowing, end […]
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Who: Pittsburgh Penguins (3-2-0, 6 points, 4th place Metropolitan Division) @ San Jose Sharks (0-2-2, 2 points, 7th place Pacific Division) When: 10:00 p.m. ET How to Watch: Locally broadcast on SN-PIT and NBC Sports California, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: The Penguins return home next Tuesday for a 7 p.m. ET home game against the […]
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Optimism is growing and interest is raising for the players the Pittsburgh Penguins have in their organization who aren’t playing with their professional teams this season. The Pens made a bevy of draft picks this past June and have plenty other young players acquired that are worth tracking all across Europe and North America. Now […]
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It has been seven years since the Pittsburgh Penguins selected Filip Hallander in the second-round of the 2018 NHL Draft. On Thursday, he finally scored his first NHL goal as part of their 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings. It’s been a long journey for Hallander to get here in his NHL career, especially […]
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Here are your Pens Points for this Friday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins visited the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night as the West Coast swing rolls on. It was anything but pretty for the Penguins early on, but goals on the power-play and penalty kill lifted the team to a 4-2 win over the Kings. […]
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Pregame The rotations continue for the Penguins, tonight Noel Acciari, Harrison Brunicke and Caleb Jones are back in the lineup and Ben Kindel, Matt Dumba and Connor Clifton take a seat. Arturs Silovs gets the net. First period Dreadful start for the Pens, they don’t record a shot on goal before Los Angeles is able […]
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In terms of on-ice results it is pretty fair to say that preseason expectations for the 2025-26 Pittsburgh Penguins were as low as they have been in two decades. I do not know of anybody, nor did I see anybody, anticipating a playoff team or any sort of a contender. Everybody knows the deal here. […]
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