Party on Fifth Ave.

[Captain Canada]

Can't seem to string together some W, hopefully this is the start of one

We're hanging tough so far. But, we're certainly in the position where a hot streak has us in first and a cold streak has our well outside of the playoff picture.

[Captain Canada]

Malkin slams home overtime winner, scores hat trick as Pens slide past Bolts
Regular Season, Game 21: November 19, 2024 - PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA

3 vs. 4



1ST PERIOD
3:51 - Evgeni Malkin (3) Assisted by: Danton Heinen
4:25 - Evgeni Malkin (4) Assisted by: Rickard Rakell & Kris Letang

2ND PERIOD
17:57 - Ryan McDonagh (3) Assisted by: Brayden Point

3RD PERIOD
0:27 - Brayden Point (6) Assisted by: Nikita Kucherov & Erik Cernak
2:48 - Bryan Rust (9) Assisted by: Sidney Crosby
4:04 - Nikita Kucherov (15) Assisted by: Jake Guentzel & Victor Hedman

OVERTIME
1:13 - Evgeni Malkin (5) Assisted by: Sidney Crosby

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Goaltending Matchup
vs.

Tampa Bay Lightning: Andrei Vasilevskiy - 33 saves on 37 shots | Pittsburgh Penguins: Alex Nedeljkovic - 29 saves on 32 shots

Record: 12-8-1

[Captain Canada]

Crosby scores twice, depth comes to life as Pens fly past Jets at home
Regular Season, Game 22: November 22, 2024 - PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA

3 vs. 5



1ST PERIOD
5:39 - Sidney Crosby (8) Assisted by: Erik Karlsson [PP]
8:00 - Ryan Graves (2) Assisted by: Evgeni Malkin
9:45 - Sidney Crosby (9) Assisted by: Rutger McGroarty

2ND PERIOD
13:02 - Kyle Connor (8) Assisted by: Nikolaj Ehlers & Haydn Fleury

3RD PERIOD
0:22 - Mark Scheifele (9) Assisted by: Nikolaj Ehlers & Josh Morissey
1:32 - Erik Karlsson (4) Assisted by: Bryan Rust & Alex Nedeljkovic
4:20 - Gabe Vilardi (5) Assisted by: Cole Perfetti & Nino Niederreiter [PP]
19:26 - Tommy Novak (4) Assisted by: Philip Tomasino & Emil Bemstrom [EN]

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Goaltending Matchup
vs.

Winnipeg Jets: Connor Hellebucyk - 24 saves on 28 shots | Pittsburgh Penguins: Alex Nedeljkovic - 23 saves on 26 shots

Record: 13-8-1

[Chillcavern]

Your old guys stepping up here the past couple of games, love to see it!

And getting a dub over Winnipeg isn’t easy - good job taking them down

[Captain Canada]

Your old guys stepping up here the past couple of games, love to see it!

And getting a dub over Winnipeg isn’t easy - good job taking them down

No old - vintage. Hellebucyk is one hell of a goalie, so our offense putting 5 on them was good to see. We continue.

[Captain Canada]

Pens sneak past Utah for fourth straight win, continue strong home stand
Regular Season, Game 23: November 23, 2024 - PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA

2 vs. 4



1ST PERIOD
16:49 - Clayton Keller (5) Assisted by: Logan Cooley & Dylan Guenther

2ND PERIOD
10:21 - Noel Acciari (3) Assisted by: Erik Karlsson

3RD PERIOD
12:26 - Clayton Keller (6) Assisted by: Dylan Guenther & Mikhail Sergachev [PP]
12:52 - Bryan Rust (10) Assisted by: Sidney Crosby & Rutger McGroarty
18:28 - Emil Bemstrom (3) Assisted by: Bryan Rust & Kris Letang
19:48 - Danton Heinen (7) Assisted by: None [EN]

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Goaltending Matchup
vs.

Utah Hockey Club: Karel Vejmelka - 28 saves on 31 shots | Pittsburgh Penguins: Alex Nedeljkovic - 16 saves on 18 shots

Record: 14-8-1

[Captain Canada]

Malkin’s hat trick powers Pens thumping of Vancouver, win streak stretches to 5
Regular Season, Game 24: November 27, 2024 - PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA

2 vs. 8



1ST PERIOD
8:48 - Evgeni Malkin (6) Assisted by: Danton Heinen & Erik Karlsson [PP]
15:11 - Ryan Johansen (5) Assisted by: Filip Hronek

2ND PERIOD
2:23 - Rutger McGroarty (4) Assisted by: Sidney Crosby
4:06 - Sidney Crosby (10) Assisted by: Danton Heinen & Evgeni Malkin [PP]
8:12 - Emil Bemstrom (4) Assisted by: Philip Tomasino & Ryan Graves
18:31 - Matt Grzelcyk (4) Assisted by: Kris Letang & Tommy Novak

3RD PERIOD
0:19 - Evgeni Malkin (7) Assisted by: Erik Karlsson & Danton Heinen
7:23 - Emil Bemstrom (5) Assisted by: Tommy Novak & Philip Tomasino
19:06 - Evgeni Malkin (8) Assisted by: Emil Emstrom & Sidney Crosby [PP]
19:42 - Conor Garland (6) Assisted by: Elias Pettersson & Jake DeBrusk

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Goaltending Matchup
vs.

Vancouver Canucks: Kevin Lankinen - 20 saves on 27 shots, Thatcher Demko - 5 saves on 6 shots | Pittsburgh Penguins: Alex Nedeljkovic - 16 saves on 18 shots

Record: 15-8-1

[Captain Canada]

Can the red-hot Pittsburgh Penguins survive without their captain and number one defenseman?

Sidney Crosby, Erik Karlsson out with injuries, Pens call in reinforcements

PITTSBURGH, PA -- - The Pittsburgh Penguins are the hottest team in hockey at the moment, currently riding a seven-game winning streak after destroying the Vancouver Canucks last night, 8-2. The team, however, will be without two of their bright stars going forward. The team announced this afternoon that captain and superstar Sidney Crosby and number one defenseman Erik Karlsson will be out for the next few weeks with different lower-body injuries.

Head coach Mike Sullivan announced the injuries during the post-practice scrum with the media this afternoon. Crosby, having scored his team-leading 10th goal of the season last night while adding two more assists, finished the game but did not practice this afternoon. Sullivan mentioned that Crosby is nursing a "lower extremity" injury and he is more week-to-week than he is day-to-day.

"Sid takes extremely good care of his body, and he has an intuition unlike any other," Sullivan commented. "He'll be back when the time is right and it is our job as a team to weather the storm until he is back."

Karlsson, one of the newer addition to the Penguins' roster, has been dealing with some "bumps and bruises" the last few games according to Sullivan, but will be missing time with "a hamstring thing that's been bothering him the last little bit". Karlsson, the 34-year-old Swedish former captain of the Ottawa Senators and multi-winner of the Norris Trophy as the league's top defenseman, has opted for the safer route of sitting games now to rest up for the 4 Nations tournament that is looming.

In replacement, the team has called up defenseman Jack St. Ivany from their AHL affiliate, fhe Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. St. Ivany, a 25-year-old right handed defenseman that has split time between the NHL and AHL last season, has three goals and eight points through 14 games played for the Baby Penguins, skating an average of 22:44 per game.

The team is inserting forward Boko Imama into the lineup to replace Crosby, with the offensive production replacement expected to come from Evgeni Malkin, who has historically played some of his best hockey over the course of his career with Crosby out of the lineup.

The Penguins return to play tomorrow night as they ship up to Boston to face off against David Pastrnak and the Boston Bruins at TD Garden.

[Captain Canada]

Depth scoring makes up for Crosby absence as Pens power to sixth straight win
Regular Season, Game 25: November 29, 2024 - TD Garden, Boston, MA

5 vs. 1



1ST PERIOD
5:24 - Danton Heinen (8) Assisted by: Kevin Hayes & Jack St. Ivany

2ND PERIOD
2:45 - David Pastrnak (15) Assisted by: Pavel Zacha
19:59 - Philip Tomasino (3) Assisted by: Matt Grzelcyk

3RD PERIOD
7:10 - Tommy Novak (5) Assisted by: Matt Grzelcyk [PP]
19:06 - Rickard Rakell (5) Assisted by: Pierre-Olivier Joseph & Evgeni Malkin [EN]
19:35 - Tommy Novak (6) Assisted by: Philip Tomasino & Tristan Jarry [PP]

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Goaltending Matchup
vs.

Boston Bruins: Jeremy Swayman - 19 saves on 23 shots | Pittsburgh Penguins: Tristan Jarry - 22 saves on 23 shots

Record: 16-8-1

[Captain Canada]

Malkin brings forward superstar effort, Nedejlkovic pitches shutout against Flames
Regular Season, Game 26: November 30, 2024 - PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA

0 vs. 3



1ST PERIOD
NO SCORING

2ND PERIOD
4:24 - Ryan Graves (3) Assisted by: Jack St. Ivany & Philip Tomasino
17:00 - Evgeni Malkin (9) Assisted by: Rickard Rakell & Ryan Graves

3RD PERIOD
16:47 - Evgeni Malkin (10) Assisted by: Bryan Rust

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Goaltending Matchup
vs.

Calgary Flames: Dustin Wolf - 28 saves on 31 shots | Pittsburgh Penguins: Alex Nedeljkovic - 23 saves on 23 shots

Record: 17-8-1