BOTTOM LINE: The Ottawa Senators aim to break a four-game skid with a victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Pittsburgh is 18-17-8 overall and 12-7-3 at home. The Penguins have a -23 scoring differential, with 132 total goals scored and 155 allowed.
The Penguins got the best of the Oilers through sheer hard work and smart defensive strategy — and a little star power from both teams.
The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Edmonton Oilers after Rickard Rakell's two-goal game against the Columbus Blue Jackets in the Penguins' 4-3 shootout loss.
The Pittsburgh Penguins picked up their first win of 2025 by defeating Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers Thursday night at PPG Paints Arena.
The Pittsburgh Penguins had lost seven consecutive games to Edmonton before Thursday evening. They had been outscored in those games, 37-9, and might have been outplayed even more than those numbers suggest.
Leon Draisaitl scores twice to reach 31 goals this season, but Alex Nedeljkovic makes 40 saves for Pittsburgh in a 5-3 defeat for the Oilers on Thursday that snapped their four-game win streak
Forward Michael Bunting became part of history Sunday when he scored ... The primary assist was recorded by forward Sidney Crosby, allowing him to become the Pittsburgh Penguins’ all-time leader in assists, surpassing Mario Lemieux’s figure of 1,033.
PITTSBURGH -- Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists, passing Joe Sakic for ninth all-time in points in a 5-3 win for the Pittsburgh Penguins against the Edmonton Oilers at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday. Crosby reached 1,643 points (604 goals, 1,039 assists), ahead of Sakic (1,641) and behind Mario Lemieux (1,723) in eighth.
The Pittsburgh Penguins witnessed history in ... Crosby was the primary assist on Michael Bunting’s team-leading seventh power play goal. Bunting signed the stick he used to score the goal ...
Forward Michael Bunting - acquired from the Carolina Hurricanes as part of the Jake Guentzel trade last spring - is on a tear after starting the season off slow. After registering just one point in his first 12 games, he was even a healthy scratch at one point.
Up 3-1 in the third period, at home, against a Columbus Blue Jackets team that has been making a move in the standings, the Penguins collapsed and ultimately fell in a shootout, 4-3.
Kirill Marchenko and Kent Johnson scored in the shootout and the Blue Jackets rallied to beat the Penguins 4-3 on Tuesday night.