FINAL - The Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the Montreal Canadiens, 6-3. Eller (1,2), Rakell (2), Hayes (2), Letang (2) & Malkin (1) scored for the Pens.

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The number of points in Sidney Crosby’s NHL career
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Number of consecutive games played by Crosby, the current Pens’ Iron Man
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Number of goals scored by Evgeni Malkin in his NHL career
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The number of consecutive seasons the Penguins have missed the playoffs

3rd in Metro Division – 6th in Eastern Conference – 14th in NHL

(2-2-0 = 4 points)

Pittsburgh Hockey History Made on October 15th...

1911 - Pittsburgh Hornets John Howard was born.
1934 - Pittsburgh Hornets Hank Ciesla was born.
1957 - Pittsburgh Penguins Rocky Saganiuk was born.
1961 - The Pittsburgh Hornets, wearing blue jerseys, played their first televised road game against the Buffalo Bisons.
1977 - Philadelphia's Orest Kindrachuk was stopped on a penalty shot against Dunc Wilson.
1987 - Dan Quinn scored his first hat trick and Mario Lemieux scored his eighth career hat trick against New York Rangers goaltender Bob Frose.
1988 - Mario Lemieux recorded six assists (and two goals) in a game against the St. Louis Blues. Lemieux' eight points in one game established a team record that he duplicated on December 31, 1988 against the New Jersey Devils. Ron Stackhouse, and Greg Malone are the only other players to record six assists.
1989 - Rob Brown scored his first hat trick, against the New York Rangers.
1991 - Lemieux recorded the 27th hat trick of his career by beating New York Islanders Glenn Healy.
2001 - Former Penguins player Rick Kehoe took over as Penguins' head coach.
2010 - Alex Goligoski scored 1:51 into overtime to defeat the New York Islanders, 3-2, for the first win at the CONSOL Energy Center. Eric Tangradi scored his first NHL goal.
2015 - Penguins winger Daniel Sprong scored his first NHL goal against the Ottawa Senators. Marc-Andre Fleury made 22 saves for his 39th career shutout.
2024-25 Pittsburgh Penguins

2024-25 Pittsburgh Penguins

Skater Stats Regular Season
# NAME POS GP G A P PIM
71 Evgeni Malkin C 4 1 6 7 0
28 Marcus Pettersson D 4 1 2 3 4
87 Sidney Crosby C 4 0 3 3 2
58 Kris Letang D 4 2 1 3 4
65 Erik Karlsson D 4 1 2 3
20 Lars Eller C 4 2 0 2 4
67 Rickard Rakell RW 4 2 0 2 0
18 Jesse Puljujarvi RW 3 0 2 2 2
13 Kevin Hayes RW 4 2 0 2 0
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 4 0 2 2 0
72 Anthony Beauvillier LW 4 2 0 2 0
8 Michael Bunting LW 4 0 1 1 0
10 Drew O'Connor LW 4 1 0 1 2
55 Noel Acciari C 4 0 1 1 2
19 Cody Glass C 4 0 1 1 2
27 Ryan Graves D 4 0 0 0 2
17 Bryan Rust RW 2 0 0 0 2
3 Jack St. Ivany D 3 0 0 0 2
2 Rutger McGroarty RW 3 0 0 0 0
83 Matt Nieto LW
46 Blake Lizotte C
5 Ryan Shea D 1
48 Valtteri Puustinen RW
Goalie Stats
# NAME GP W L T OTL SOL Min GA SO GAA G A P PIM
35 Tristan Jarry 2 1 1 0 0 120 9 0 4.50 0 0 0 0
39 Alex Nedeljkovic -- 0
30 Joel Blomqvist 2 1 1 0 0 119 6 0 3.03 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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