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Sunday, September 27, 2026
Penguins roster status as opening rosters loom

The Penguins trimmed their NHL roster by six players yesterday. Defensemen Owen Pickering, Caleb Jones and Jake Livanavage were among players being sent away. That leaves the roster looking like...

Saturday, September 26, 2026
8 takeaways as the Penguins end the preseason with a win in Buffalo
Penguins/Sabres preseason Recap:

Pregame The Penguins have an opening night looking lineup, sans Connor Dewar and Elmer Soderblom who have already played two preseason games. The Sabres have a pretty fair roster themselves for...

Preseason Gamethread: Penguins @ Sabres

Talk about the last preseason game with Pens fans here! The game will be broadcast locally on Sportsnet Pittsburgh+ and MSG-B in the respective local areas for Pittsburgh and Buffalo. Nationally,...

Waivers: 9/26/26

A listing of players placed on NHL waivers for September 26, 2026.

Graves Being Evaluated For Lower-Body Injury

Notes from the Metropolitan Division including injury news from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, the Capitals recall four, and more.

Training Camp Cuts: 9/26/26

A listing of training camp cuts for September 26, 2026.

Penguins roster for final preseason tuneup today in Buffalo

The Penguins have announced their roster for this afternoon (3:30pm start) against Buffalo. FORWARDS 2 – Rutger McGroarty11 – Filip Hallander14 – Nick Robertson17 – Bryan Rust18 – Tommy Novak22 –...

Friday, September 25, 2026
Eastern Conference Injury Updates: Capitals, Red Wings, Sabres, Penguins

The Capitals’ captain and NHL all-time leading goal scorer will miss the final two Caps preseason games against Boston and Philadelphia, as reported by Tom Gulitti at NHL.com. However, the...

Training Camp Cuts: 9/25/26

Final rosters for the 2026-27 season will have to be decided on within the next few days. With preseason action in full swing, teams are in the middle of lineup planning and tough decisions. Here...

The Penguins send Avery Hayes to Wilkes-Barre and the Rucks to their junior team in roster cuts
Penguins cut eight players, including Avery Hayes

The Penguins made another round of roster cuts on Friday, including one of the first notable ones for players on the edge of making the team. Avery Hayes was among eight players trimmed from the...

Penguins depth being put to the test before regular season even begins

The one thing that can be said about the 2026-27 Pittsburgh Penguins roster is that it has a lot of NHL-caliber forward options. There may not be any superstar-level players in their prime. The...

Pens Points: Blue Jackets top Penguins in penultimate preseason game

Here are your Pens Points for this Friday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins played the Columbus Blue Jackets in preseason game three of four on Thursday night. Pittsburgh iced what ultimately...

Thursday, September 24, 2026
5 takeaways from the Penguins' preseason loss in Columbus
Penguins cut 12 more players

The Pens made some more cuts on Thursday, sending down 12 players and formalizing the movement of goalie Taylor Gauthier to AHL Wilkes-Barre after he cleared waivers. WBS has a preseason game on...

Penguins/Blue Jackets preseason game wrap up

If you’re like me, the geo restrictions on the stream from Columbus wasn’t co-operating, but all things considered this wasn’t a bad game to miss out on. Therefore, I don’t have a lot of...

Penguins' Kuzmenko taking leave after father killed by bear on fishing trip

Penguins' forward Andrei Kuzmenko is taking a leave of absence from the team after his father, Alexander, was killed by a bear while fishing in Russia on Tuesday.

Preseason Gamethread: Penguins @ Blue Jackets

Talk about the preseason game with Pens fans here! It doesn’t look like this game will be broadcast for TV/streaming at all. It will be available via audio on the internet/radio from 105.9 The X.

Projecting Erik Karlsson’s Future With The Penguins

Taylor Haase of DK Pittsburgh Sports wrote last week about the uncertainty surrounding Pittsburgh Penguins superstar defenseman Erik Karlsson. The three-time Norris Trophy winner is in the final...

Training Camp Cuts: 9/24/26

Final rosters for the 2026-27 season will have to be decided on within the next four days. With preseason action in full swing, teams are in the middle of lineup planning and tough decisions. Here...

Penguins’ Ben Kindel’s lower-body injury ‘looking more week-to-week’

Kindel had left Monday’s preseason game with the injury and did not return.

Penguins’ Andrei Kuzmenko To Take Leave Of Absence

Pittsburgh Penguins winger Andrei Kuzmenko will take a personal leave of absence following the death of his father, per King Jemison of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Kuzmenko skated with the team...

Penguins Downgrade Benjamin Kindel To Week-To-Week

The Pittsburgh Penguins could be without an important energy piece to begin the 2026-27 season. The team expects center Benjamin Kindel to be out week-to-week, director of minor league operations...

Andrei Kuzmenko’s father suffers fatal bear attack, reports say

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Andrei Kuzmenko will be away from the team after his father was killed in a bear attack, according to a report from a Russian media outlet. Sport24 reported that...

Ben Kindel “now more week to week” as opening night nears

The Penguins didn’t have a good injury update today regarding forward Ben Kindel. After the injury he suffered in the first period of the preseason game on Monday night Kindel has been downgraded...

Andrei Kuzmenko will be away from the Penguins following his father’s death
Father of Penguins’ Andrei Kuzmenko killed in bear attack

Kuzmenko has taken a leave of absence from the club to return home to Russia.

Ben Kindel, player development and line usage: Treat your third-line like another scoring line

During his team’s run to the Stanley Cup back in 2015-16, then-Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan was asked a question about the play of his third line. At the time it consisted of Phil...

Pens Points: Columbus Calling

Game three of the Pittsburgh Penguins preseason slate is scheduled for later this evening as they head west to take on the Columbus Blue Jackets. This will be the first of two road preseason...

Inside the unique workouts that have Penguins goalie Sergei Murashov eyeing a breakout
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Penguins announce roster for preseason game against Columbus

Here are the players the Penguins are bringing to Columbus for their preseason game tomorrow night. From the team: Below is the Penguins’ lineup for Thursday night’s preseason game against the...

Waiver Wire: 9/23/26

As the start of the NHL regular season inches closer, teams across the league are trimming their rosters in order to get closer to a final set of players for opening night. Nobody was claimed from...

Training Camp Cuts: 9/23/26

We are less than a week away from the opening puck drop of the 2026-27 season. Every team is now in preseason action, and with that comes roster moves for players who won’t have a spot on the...

Penguins cut nine players, including Tomas Galvas

The Penguins made some roster cuts today during their off day, trimming away nine players. Besides Gauthier, the fourth goalie in the organization, only Tomas Galvas is on an NHL contract from...

Rutger McGroarty believes he’s ready for the NHL, but he isn’t feeling pressure to get there now
Penguins’ lineup battle temperature check

A lot can change quickly for the picture of building the NHL roster. Take a look at the last 48 hours, where Blake Lizotte was announced as being out on a week-to-week basis, and Ben Kindel got...

Pens Points: Penguins drop second preseason game

Here are your Pens Points for this Wednesday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins fell 7-4 to the Detroit Red Wings in Pittsburgh’s second preseason game on Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena. Nick Robertson...

Tuesday, September 22, 2026
7 takeaways from the Penguins' preseason loss to Detroit as Arturs Silovs struggles
Penguins/Red Wings (preseason) Impressions: Pens lose 7-4 to Detroit

Lineups The Penguins bring out a lot of their big guns and mix in a bunch of players making preseason debuts in Bill Zonnon, Tomas Galvas with Markus and Liam Ruck getting in the lineup too....

Preseason Gamethread: Red Wings @ Penguins

Talk about the preseason game with Pens fans here! Game will be broadcast on SportsNet Pittsburgh locally (and ESPN+ out of market) and is available via audio on the internet/radio from 105.9 The X.

Metropolitan Notes: Cristall, Koivunen, Brazeau, Kindel

According to NHL Player Safety, Capitals forward Andrew Cristall has been fined $2,250.86, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for cross-checking Hunter Mcdonald in their preseason game against...

Injury update: Kindel, Brazeau, Koivunen all day-to-day

The injury bug is in mid-season form. One day after announcing Blake Lizotte is out on a week-to-week basis, the Penguins have a trio of new forward injuries. All of Ville Koivunen, Justin Brazeau...

Penguins announce Crosby, Malkin return for Tuesday preseason game

Some more notable starters are seeing preseason action tonight for the Penguins after Bryan Rust and Kris Letang took the ice in Monday night’s win over the Buffalo Sabres. Sidney Crosby and...

Pens Points: Preseason Positives

Back on PPG Paints Arena ice for the first time since April, the Pittsburgh Penguins opened their preseason slate with a 4-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres. Sergei Murashov got the nod in goal...

Monday, September 21, 2026
8 things we learned from the Penguins' preseason opening win as Ben Kindel leaves with an injury
Penguins/Sabres (preseason) recap: Impressions on the opener

Lineup The Penguins have a decent enough lineup for the first preseason game. Bryan Rust, Ben Kindel and Kris Letang are among the skaters dressed. Sergei Mursahov gets the start, with the plan to...

Penguins’ Ben Kindel leaves preseason game with lower-body injury

Kindel left after the first period of Monday’s exhibition match against the Sabres.

Evening Notes: Kindel, Sykora, Fabbro, Koivunen

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Benjamin Kindel left the team’s Monday preseason game early with a lower-body injury, per a team announcement. Kindel played on a line with veteran wingers Andrei...

Preseason Gamethread: Sabres @ Penguins

Talk about the preseason game with Pens fans here! Game will be broadcast on SportsNet Pittsburgh locally (and ESPN+ out of market) and is available via audio on the internet/radio from 105.9 The X.

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