2nd PERIOD - The St. Louis Blues lead the Pittsburgh Penguins, 3-2. Rust (27) & Dewar (4) scored for the Pens.

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7th in Metro Division – 13th in Eastern Conference – 25th in NHL

(30-34-11 = 71 points)

Pittsburgh Hockey History Made on April 3rd...

1933 - Pittsburgh Penguins center Billy Dea was born.
1947 - The Pittsburgh Hornets evened the Calder Cup Finals with the Hershey Bears at one game apiece with a 3-2 win.
1951 - The Hornets won, 2-1, in Hershey to take a 2-0 series lead.
1955 - A 4-3 win gave the Hornets a 2-1 series lead against the Buffalo Bisons in the Calder Cup Finals.
1956 - The Hornets were eliminated from the playoffs by the Cleveland Barons with their third straight overtime loss, this time by a 3-2 score. The team would be inactive for the next five years while the Civic Arena was built.
1961 - Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Neil Belland was born.
1965 - The Buffalo Bisons shutout the Hornets, 2-0, and grabbed a two-games-to-none lead in their opening round series.
1982 - Penguins defenseman Deryk Engelland was born.
1993 - The Penguins won their first-ever President's Trophy after a 5-3 win against the Quebec Nordiques.
1996 - The Penguins played their last game against the Hartford Whalers and skated to a 5-5 tie. Pittsburgh's overall record against the Whalers: 30-27-7
2009 - Christian Hanson, from Upper St. Clair, made his debut with the Toronto Maple Leafs to become the 12th Western Pennsylvania player to play in the NHL. - Evgeni Malkin was stopped on a penalty shot by Carolina's Cam Ward.
2013 - Pens acquire Jussi Jokinen from Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for a conditional draft pick in 2013.

Pens sent goalie Patrick Killeen to Columbus for future considerations.

2014 - The Penguins defeat the Winnipeg Jets, 4-2, and Dan Bylsma becomes the fastest coach in NHL history to reach 250 career regular-season victories. Pittsburgh wins the first Metropolitan Division title.
2024-25 Pittsburgh Penguins

2024-25 Pittsburgh Penguins

Skater Stats Regular Season
# NAME POS GP G A P PIM
87 Sidney Crosby C 74 27 54 81 29
67 Rickard Rakell RW 75 32 33 65 12
65 Erik Karlsson D 76 10 40 59 18
17 Bryan Rust RW 65 27 30 57 18
71 Evgeni Malkin C 62 15 31 46 40
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 76 1 34 35 12
8 Michael Bunting LW 58 14 15 29 48
58 Kris Letang D 69 8 20 28 42
13 Kevin Hayes RW 59 11 10 21 6
53 Philip Tomasino RW 47 10 10 20 8
72 Anthony Beauvillier LW 63 13 7 20 14
46 Blake Lizotte C 57 10 9 19 26
28 Marcus Pettersson D 47 3 15 18 25
10 Drew O'Connor LW 53 6 10 16 16
19 Cody Glass C 51 4 11 15 12
55 Noel Acciari C 76 5 6 11 16
18 Jesse Puljujarvi RW 26 3 6 9 10
43 Danton Heinen LW 22 2 5 7 0
20 Lars Eller C 17 4 3 7 10
20 Conor Timmins D 11 1 5 6 4
19 Connor Dewar C 11 4 1 5 9
5 Ryan Shea D 33 2 3 5 8
27 Ryan Graves D 55 1 3 4 27
83 Matt Nieto LW 31 1 2 3 2
38 Owen Pickering D 25 1 2 3 6
48 Valtteri Puustinen RW 10 1 1 2 4
23 Vladislav Kolyachonok D 11 0 1 2 8
22 Sam Poulin RW 6 0 1 1 2
73 Pierre-Oliver Joseph D 24 0 1 1 22
14 Bokondji Imama RW 16 1 0 1 30
52 Emil Bemstrom C 13 0 1 1 0
2 Rutger McGroarty RW 5 0 1 1 0
3 Jack St. Ivany D 19 0 1 1 17
15 Joona Koppanen LW 6 0 0 1 0
11 Vasily Ponomarev C 4 0 0 0 2
4 Nathan Clurman D 1 0 0 0 2
7 Vincent Desharnais D 10 0 0 0 4
18 Thomas Novak C 2 0 0 0 0
41 Ville Koivunen RW 2 0 0 0 2
Goalie Stats
# NAME GP W L T OTL SOL Min GA SO GAA G A P PIM
35 Tristan Jarry 32 13 11 5 0 1719 92 1 3.21 0 1 1 2
39 Alex Nedeljkovic 36 13 14 5 -- 2032 108 1 3.19 1 2 3 2
30 Joel Blomqvist 15 4 9 1 0 772 49 0 3.81 0 0 0 0

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