FINAL - Bryan Rust scored 1:07 into OT and the Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the Nashville Predators, 5-4. Crosby had 4 points (1G+3A).

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Number of games out of 14 that Tristan Jarry allowed a goal on one of the first five shots
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Number of consecutive games played by Sidney Crosby, the current Pens’ Iron Man
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Number of consecutive games Drew O’Connor has gone without scoring
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The number of consecutive games Matt Grzelcyk has registered a point (1G-4A)

4th in Metro Division – 9th in Eastern Conference – 19th in NHL

(15-14-5 = 35 points)

Pittsburgh Hockey History Made on December 21st...

1981 - Penguins player Shane Endicott was born.
1988 - Mario Lemieux notched his 15th career hat trick in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Future Penguins goalie Ken Wregget was in goal.
1990 - The Penguins obtained Scott Young from the Hartford Whalers for Rob Brown.
1999 - Peter Skudra stopped 21 shots from the New York Islanders for his fourth shutout.
2002 - Johan Hedberg secured his seventh shutout with the Pens when he turned away 23 shots from the Calgary Flames.
2005 - Pittsburgh-born player, George Parros of the Los Angeles Kings, played his first NHL game.
2009 - New Jersey goaltender Martin Brodeur earned his 104th career shutout by making 35 saves to beat the Penguins, 4-0, and became the NHL leader in shutouts, topping Terry Sawchuck's record established on February 1, 1970 also against the Penguins.
2015 - Penguins end a five-game losing streak, using four second-period goals to defeat the Columbus Blue Jackets, 5-2. Goaltender Matt Murray won his first NHL game and head coach Mike Sullivan earned his first win behind the bench.
2021 - A regular season game between the Penguins and the New Jersey Devils was canceled because of a COVID-19 outbreak. The NHL also announces that players won't participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics after surge of coronavirus cases and the schedule stoppage.
2024-25 Pittsburgh Penguins

2024-25 Pittsburgh Penguins

Skater Stats Regular Season
# NAME POS GP G A P PIM
87 Sidney Crosby C 34 9 26 35 17
71 Evgeni Malkin C 34 7 20 27 16
67 Rickard Rakell RW 34 15 11 26 4
17 Bryan Rust RW 27 14 11 25 10
65 Erik Karlsson D 34 3 19 22 10
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 34 1 16 17 6
8 Michael Bunting LW 33 7 9 16 20
58 Kris Letang D 31 7 8 15 17
28 Marcus Pettersson D 32 2 11 13 21
46 Blake Lizotte C 18 7 4 11 14
72 Anthony Beauvillier LW 34 8 3 11 8
10 Drew O'Connor LW 34 3 7 10 16
18 Jesse Puljujarvi RW 21 3 5 8 8
55 Noel Acciari C 34 3 4 7 10
19 Cody Glass C 21 1 6 7 4
13 Kevin Hayes RW 22 4 3 7 2
20 Lars Eller C 17 4 3 7 10
53 Philip Tomasino RW 10 3 1 4 0
48 Valtteri Puustinen RW 10 1 1 2 4
38 Owen Pickering D 13 1 1 2 2
3 Jack St. Ivany D 19 0 1 1 17
5 Ryan Shea D 15 0 1 1 6
83 Matt Nieto LW 13 1 0 1 0
22 Sam Poulin RW 6 0 1 1 2
2 Rutger McGroarty RW 3 0 0 0 0
27 Ryan Graves D 26 0 0 0 13
11 Vasily Ponomarev C 3 0 0 0 2
4 Nathan Clurman D
73 Pierre-Oliver Joseph D
Goalie Stats
# NAME GP W L T OTL SOL Min GA SO GAA G A P PIM
35 Tristan Jarry 14 7 4 2 0 796 48 0 3.62 0 0 0 2
39 Alex Nedeljkovic 14 5 5 3 -- 845 46 0 3.27 0 0 0 0
30 Joel Blomqvist 8 3 5 0 0 416 25 0 3.60 0 0 0 0

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Other Pittsburgh hockey teams:

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Yellow Jackets

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Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL)

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Pittsburgh Shamrocks

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Pittsburgh Hornets

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Pittsburgh Knights

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Pittsburgh Phantoms 

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College & High School

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