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 who spent parts of seven seasons with the Penguins before being traded to Vancouver last season. The Canucks, like the Penguins, currently hold a 4-2-0 record on the season.
Puck drop is scheduled for 7:00 PM EST and will be broadcast on Sportsnet Pittsburgh.
Pens Points…
It’s another three-game week for the Penguins as they return home from their California road trip sitting at 4-2-0 on the season. As mentioned above, the game week begins back home tonight with the Canucks before heading south to face the Panthers then back home for a date with the Blue Jackets. [Pensburgh]
It took a crazy comeback from 3-0 down on Saturday, but the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins swept their weekend set against Hartford and Bridgeport to remain undefeated on the young season and lead the entire AHL at the moment with a 4-0-0 record. [Pensburgh]
Next Monday, the Penguins will induct the newest class into its previously dormant franchise Hall of Fame. Leading the way will be franchise icon Eddie Johnston, the man who played a pivotal role in building multiple Stanley Cup champions. [Penguins]
Pittsburgh is a long way from Ventspils, Latvia, 4,300 miles to be exact, but Arturs Silovs never forgets where he came from no matter where he is playing. With his hometown’s coat of arms painted on his helmet, Silovs fondly remembers life in his home country of Latvia. [Penguins]
With Harrison Brunicke and Ben Kindel both sitting on five games played, the Penguins will soon have to make a decision about what to do with the two youngsters. Do they keep them around or send them back to juniors? Certainly starting to sound like they may be here to stay. [The Athletic $$]
Through six games, Arturs Silovs has played three and Tristan Jarry has played three. Both goalies are 2-1-0 and both have a shutout to their name. The consistent goalie rotation doesn’t seem to be going away as Dan Muse wants to give each plenty of playing time. [PPG]
Promising Penguins defensive prospect Emil Pieniniemi has been suspended by the Penguins organization for failing to report to the Wheeling Nailers after being reassigned to the ECHL. [Trib Live]
There is nothing flashy about the Penguins fourth line and that’s alright by them as they seek to simply step on the ice when their number is called and do their job as asked. Nothing fancy, just play hockey. [The Hockey News]
NHL News and Notes…
As expected, Penn State forward Gavin McKenna lands as the top rated prospect for the upcoming 2026 NHL Draft in NHL Central Scouting’s first rankings of the season. McKenna is one of 27 skaters to receive and ‘A’ ranking who will be draft eligible. [NHL]
Dylan Larkin posted over a two point per game pace last week and was rewarded by the NHL with First Star of the Week honors. Larkin had goals and nine points in four games played. He was joined on the podium by Jack Eichel and Scott Wedgewood. [NHL]
