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Pens Points: Rust celebrates 20-goal milestone

Here are your Pens Points for this Tuesday morning…. The NHL trade deadline is this Friday, March 6. While general manager Kyle Dubas and the Penguins could hedge their bets on the current roster to withstand Sidney Crosby’s absence or answer any lingering defensive questions, Dubas may yet have a trick or two up his […]

7 days ago | 3 reads

NHL Trade deadline: Penguins primer

The NHL trade deadline is approaching this Friday afternoon, March 6th at 3pm Eastern time. The Penguins find themselves in an interesting spot, tied for third currently in points percentage in the Eastern Conference. They have been the most active team at trading this season, having added Egor Chinakhov, Stuart Skinner and Sam Girard during […]

8 days ago | 2 reads

Friedman: Penguins and Malkin discussing contract extension

It appears that the Penguins and Evgeni Malkin’s party are once again going to be discussing a contract extension — something that recently seemed like it might not happen until the end of the season. Following Sunday’s 5-0 win vs. the Vegas Golden Knights, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman was on TNT’s NHL Postgame and said that […]

8 days ago | 1 read

Pens Points: A split weekend

Here are your Pens Points for this Monday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins wrapped up another back-to-back set on Sunday, returning home to host the Vegas Golden Knights. The day before, they let the game get away from them in New York, escaping with a loser point, but the team, led by Bryan Rust, Ben Kindel, […]

8 days ago | 2 reads

Game Preview: Vegas Golden Knights @ Pittsburgh Penguins 3/1/2026

Who: Vegas Golden Knights (28-17-14, 70 points, 1st place Pacific Division) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (30-15-13, 73 points, 2nd place Metropolitan Division) When: 1:00 p.m. eastern How to Watch: National game on TNT, streaming on HBO Max Pens’ Path Ahead: The march of the Penguins will be a staggering one, today’s game kicks off 17 games in the […]

9 days ago | 2 reads

Game Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins @ New York Rangers 2/28/2026

Who: Pittsburgh Penguins (30-15-12, 72 points, 2nd place Metropolitan Division) @ New York Rangers (22-29-7, 51 points, 8th place Metropolitan Division) When: 12:30 p.m. ET How to Watch: National broadcast on ABC Pens’ Path Ahead: Things are about to get busy for the Pens, who are back home for a 1 p.m. ET matchup with the Vegas […]

10 days ago | 2 reads

Ben Kindel keeps getting better

The injury to Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby is obviously not ideal. The time of the year, the playoff race, the fact he is going to miss a couple of weeks and just the simple fact he is Sidney Crosby and there is not really an easy way to replace him all add up into […]

11 days ago | 0 reads

NHL Trade Rumors: Is Stuart Skinner going to be the next to go?

Kyle Dubas operates on his own timeline for making trades, often culminating deals out of nowhere and sending out players in surprising ways and with trade partners that were unexpected. That almost colors recent reports that Stuart Skinner’s name is in the trade rumors. Other teams might be a little looser with information and the […]

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11 days ago | 0 reads

Pens Points: Back in action

Here are your Pens Points for this Friday morning… Thursday night was the return to action for the Pittsburgh Penguins after the Olympic break, playing host to the New Jersey Devils. Playing against a team lower than them in the standings, Pittsburgh took care of its business and defeated the Devils by pulling away with […]

11 days ago | 2 reads

Penguins/Devils Recap: Pens pull away in third period to beat New Jersey

Pregame The first Crosby-less lineup of the season for the Penguins serves as the first Samuel Girard appearance in the lineup. Arturs Silovs gets the nod in net. The visiting New Jersey Devils bring this lineup to the proceedings. First period Both teams trade some chances early, the Penguins are the better team early with […]

11 days ago | 4 reads

Game Preview: New Jersey Devils @ Pittsburgh Penguins 2/26/2026

Who: New Jersey Devils (28-28-2, 58 points, 7th place Metropolitan Division) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (29-15-12, 70 points, 2nd place Metropolitan Division) When: 7:00 p.m. eastern How to Watch: Locally broadcast on Sportsnet Pittsburgh and MSG, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: Well, hopefully everyone enjoyed the time off because the schedule goes bonkers from here. This is […]

12 days ago | 4 reads

Pens Points: Sid to the Sidelines

Three weeks removed from their last game in Buffalo, the Pittsburgh Penguins return to action this evening at PPG Paints Arena against the New Jersey Devils. They have 26 games left on their 2025-26 schedule and currently sit second in the Metropolitan division in playoff positioning. On the downside, they will have to play the […]

12 days ago | 6 reads

Sidney Crosby placed on IR, expected to miss minimum of four weeks

The Penguins provided a Sidney Crosby update, and it wasn’t a good one. The Pens captain has been placed on injured reserve, with the team adding he will be out for a “minimum” of four weeks. Crosby was injured in the Olympics, and reportedly was searching for a brace for his knee while taking an […]

13 days ago | 1 read

Samuel Girard the latest to get an opportunity in Pittsburgh

The latest trade made yesterday by the Penguins to acquire Samuel Girard for Brett Kulak was right up the wheelhouse of what Kyle Dubas has been doing for a while now. It’s another move at incremental improvement, flipping a player recently acquired for a younger replacement, while adding another second round draft pick to the […]

13 days ago | 2 reads

Wilkes Weekly: Koivunen shining in a perfect week for the team

It was all systems go for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins this past week, victors in all three of their recent games. Even the weekend snowstorm in New York couldn’t stop WBS from getting in and out of Bridgeport with a shutout win. A concise look of the games from WBSPenguins.com: Wednesday, Feb. 18 – PENGUINS 7 at […]

13 days ago | 5 reads

Pens Points: Dubas makes another interesting trade

Here are your Pens Points for this Wednesday morning… Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas made yet another intriguing trade on Tuesday, as the March 6 trading deadline draws nearer. The Penguins have traded defenseman Brett Kulak to the Colorado Avalanche for defenseman Samuel Girard and a second-round pick in the 2028 draft. [PensBurgh] Ryder […]

13 days ago | 1 read

Weighing the cost of some potential trade deadline targets

The Penguins find themselves in an interesting and surprising position coming out of the Olympic break. They’ve banked 70 points in the standings after 56 games and are firmly in the hunt for a playoff position, currently sitting fourth in the Eastern Conference in points percentage. Perhaps more importantly, the Pens are second in the […]

14 days ago | 1 read