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  10.    <published>2025-04-11T21:33:33-04:00</published>
  11.    <updated>2025-04-11T21:33:33-04:00</updated>
  12.    <title>Penguins/Devils Recap: Malkin and Crosby team up to down New Jersey</title>
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  16.      &lt;img alt="NHL: APR 11 Penguins at Devils" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/7qFuKVqpncU5CL5_LZFjktck-ik=/0x0:2549x1699/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74018969/2209161643.0.jpg" /&gt;
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  20.  &lt;p&gt;It’s Malkin early and Crosby late for the Penguins to take a 4-2 win in New Jersey&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3 id="Qj7r8t"&gt;Pregame             &lt;/h3&gt;
  21. &lt;p id="QP92u7"&gt;It’s a new look lineup for the Penguins in many ways with players shuttling in and out due to injuries.&lt;/p&gt;
  22. &lt;div id="2dOqUb"&gt;
  23. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  24. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Hockey  ! &lt;a href="https://t.co/mMFBghtQhE"&gt;pic.twitter.com/mMFBghtQhE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/penguins/status/1910824736243830797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 11, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
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  29. &lt;p id="l3rmok"&gt;The Devils roll out with the following groups, with interestingly enough 1B/backup goalie Jake Allen getting the call in net.&lt;/p&gt;
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  31. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  32. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Friday night with the fellas. &lt;a href="https://t.co/sHIaoNUt3l"&gt;pic.twitter.com/sHIaoNUt3l&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— x – New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/NJDevils/status/1910825401351586167?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 11, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
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  37. &lt;h3 id="UsJBW7"&gt;First period  &lt;/h3&gt;
  38. &lt;p id="8bF9Ny"&gt;Seconds into the game for reasons only known to him, Connor Timmins makes one of the dumbest pinch attempts at the blueline that you will ever see. If you can even see it, being as he takes himself so far out of the play. The Devils jump out the other way and Erik Haula is haulin’ serious ass up the ice. He beats Jarry on the first shot, but what can ya do as a goalie on this?&lt;/p&gt;
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  40. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  41. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Got the whole crowd Haulain' just 14 seconds in! &lt;a href="https://t.co/mnQpE2p3fZ"&gt;pic.twitter.com/mnQpE2p3fZ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— x – New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/NJDevils/status/1910834367229809103?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 11, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
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  46. &lt;p id="g1JtsB"&gt;Pittsburgh is on the ropes early, Kevin Hayes has to take the first penalty of the game to try and slow New Jersey down. The Devils get zone time but the Pens escape the power play. They don’t get out completely though, seconds after the penalty expires Cody Glass’s shot clicks off Ondrej Palat and jumps into the net. 2-0 NJD.&lt;/p&gt;
  47. &lt;div id="3Zc5AS"&gt;
  48. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  49. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Perfect play, Pally. &lt;a href="https://t.co/cw0BC6JuS1"&gt;pic.twitter.com/cw0BC6JuS1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— x – New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/NJDevils/status/1910836402218303922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 11, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
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  54. &lt;p id="e6UJ11"&gt;Jarry makes a big save a little later to keep it at 2-0. Evgeni Malkin gets taken down and the Penguins get their first power play. It’s not that great but seconds after it ends they also get a goal. Malkin jams the puck over Allen’s leg, Luke Hughes can’t rescue it from danger and pretty much drags it into his own net. Very strange there. 2-1.&lt;/p&gt;
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  57. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;GENO MACHINO PUTTING IN WORK   &lt;a href="https://t.co/qmsgHTHgaR"&gt;pic.twitter.com/qmsgHTHgaR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/penguins/status/1910842061550412014?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 11, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
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  62. &lt;p id="XgEDa0"&gt;All things considered, the Penguins are probably lucky to only be one shot away from tying the game after 20 minutes. Not a great period for them.&lt;/p&gt;
  63. &lt;h3 id="qYXJUu"&gt;Second period &lt;/h3&gt;
  64. &lt;p id="kU0dcj"&gt;The Pens get another power play early and this time they score four seconds into it. Malkin unleashes a big shot, the rebound bounces off of Valtteri Puustinen and into the net. 2-2 game. Fortunate bounce, second one of the game that Malkin’s been involved in. Funny how the best players always tend to make the best luck too, isn’t it?&lt;/p&gt;
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  66. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  67. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;PUUSTY JUST BOUGHT EVERYBODY BIG MACS!   &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Here's how to cash in your &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/McDonalds?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@McDonalds&lt;/a&gt; offer: &lt;a href="https://t.co/QH7j1DPz1i"&gt;https://t.co/QH7j1DPz1i&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/87fDmcZ5WE"&gt;pic.twitter.com/87fDmcZ5WE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/penguins/status/1910849499246821479?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 12, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
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  72. &lt;p id="GErdVV"&gt;Matt Grzlecyk takes a Devil down, so NJ gets back to a power play of their own. Pittsburgh kills it off.&lt;/p&gt;
  73. &lt;p id="cCrQKL"&gt;Timmins’ no good night continues with a tripping penalty of his own once the puck and player got behind him but his teammates rise to the occasion again with another successful PK.&lt;/p&gt;
  74. &lt;p id="RCSHwZ"&gt;Bryan Rust gets his stick slashed out of his hands in the last sequence of play to send Pittsburgh to a power play at the start of the third period.&lt;/p&gt;
  75. &lt;p id="heh6oU"&gt;Despite the early goal, nothing in the last almost 19 minutes of the second. Tie 2-2 game.&lt;/p&gt;
  76. &lt;h3 id="QZDpT1"&gt;Third period&lt;/h3&gt;
  77. &lt;p id="DotAz1"&gt;The Pens don’t score on the power play. Malkin nearly banks a puck in off the back of the goalie from behind the goal line but for once it doesn’t go his way.&lt;/p&gt;
  78. &lt;p id="od3UU5"&gt;Cody Glass high-sticked his former teammate and the Pens got another power play. Bryan Rust worked the puck down to Sidney Crosby on one knee at the front of the net and you already know the ending. 3-2 Pens.&lt;/p&gt;
  79. &lt;div id="2Ljh3B"&gt;
  80. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  81. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;"SIDNEY FROM ONE KNEE, IT'S A GUARANTEE!" &lt;a href="https://t.co/k1CBJtuZu5"&gt;pic.twitter.com/k1CBJtuZu5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/penguins/status/1910866501604983274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 12, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
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  86. &lt;p id="KMPVNi"&gt;Rust and Crosby combined to salt the game away with an empty netter, this time via a slick pass from the captain to set Rust up for the open look. 4-2.&lt;/p&gt;
  87. &lt;p id="MJIl7J"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  88. &lt;h3 id="5DumUJ"&gt;Some thoughts &lt;/h3&gt;
  89. &lt;ul&gt;
  90. &lt;li id="bpLogR"&gt;As mentioned in the preview, the Devils had reason to be mad and focused after scuffing things up in their last game to the tune of losing 7-2 to suddenly lowly Boston. That passed the smell check right from the bat NJ was buzzin’ big time. They were up 2-0 by the time the game was six minutes old and it felt like this one was about to rock out of control, maybe to one of those big blowout losses for the Pens. Pittsburgh was able to get steady and found a way to keep going, fortunately for them the Devs’ hot start melted away just about as quick as it began.&lt;/li&gt;
  91. &lt;li id="VKuGh9"&gt;And while Jarry gave up another first shot goal, not an honest soul and criticize him too much on that one. Looking back in retrospect, Jarry made a sick save when it was 2-0 in the first period. If that goal goes in, the rout might have been on for NJ to skate away with an easy one. But Jarry stopped it and everything else after the first six minutes. Stuff like that will get lost in the shuffle, but that’s playing to give the team a chance. Early in the season (or even a couple weeks ago) Jarry had plenty of games where he wasn’t making that save very often to keep the team somewhat close. These days, he’s making them more frequently.&lt;/li&gt;
  92. &lt;li id="8lzo6i"&gt;Erik Haula only has three goals in 23 career games against the Penguins, I looked it up. Felt like a lot more. Haula was involved in the collision that jammed up Crosby’s wrist earlier in the season against the Pens, so maybe it’s just one of those things where he’s very active and noticeable in games against Pittsburgh in one way or another.&lt;/li&gt;
  93. &lt;li id="Ia1vuc"&gt;Still can’t get over how dumb the decision by Timmins was at the very start of the game. That’s not a result of being on the left side, or of coaching, that’s just a terrible read and decision. It’s one play and defense is a game of mistakes but my goodness. The reputation on Timmins coming in was that he will make some costly boneheaded plays now and then, he’s certainly lived up (down?) to that.&lt;/li&gt;
  94. &lt;li id="BwZM13"&gt;Speaking of defenders making mistakes, Luke Hughes isn’t going to have the Malkin goal on his personal highlight reel. Very easy to Monday Morning QB it from slow motion but he’s gotta just smack that puck forward. That in mind, gotta give Malkin a sly tip of the cap too — he wasn’t trying to power the puck through the goalie, he put a little lift and touch on it to get it up above the skate/pad area and put it in danger. &lt;/li&gt;
  95. &lt;li id="3kPdyC"&gt;Nice to see Puustinen get a goal in his first NHL game since November 15th. Nothing fancy but going to the goal generates rewards sometimes. Puustinen is signed for next year but is sort of in a no man’s land as far as role and expectations go. Does he play 10 NHL games next year? More? Less? It’ll be interesting to see if he gets the chance to find his way into a place with the squad next year after getting shuffled over for most of this one.&lt;/li&gt;
  96. &lt;li id="m2vNwD"&gt;Malkin with points on the first two, he was probably the Pens’ best or at least most standout performer early. Then with it close at the end, Crosby stepped up and does what he does to nail down the GWG and grab another point on a slick pass on the ENG. Pittsburgh’s older players remain formidable even at the end of the season.&lt;/li&gt;
  97. &lt;/ul&gt;
  98. &lt;p id="WYp8ZN"&gt;The Pens get back at it with a home afternoon game on Sunday against the Bruins.&lt;/p&gt;
  99.  
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  103.    <author>
  104.      <name>Hooks Orpik</name>
  105.    </author>
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  107.  <entry>
  108.    <published>2025-04-11T18:45:00-04:00</published>
  109.    <updated>2025-04-11T18:45:00-04:00</updated>
  110.    <title>Gamethread: Penguins @ Devils</title>
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  114.      &lt;img alt="Pittsburgh Penguins v New Jersey Devils" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/SvrCb1xNr0mqxPKOHQ5NkPojhRY=/0x0:4000x2667/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74018614/2191411976.0.jpg" /&gt;
  115.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Rich Graessle/NHLI via Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
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  117.  
  118.  &lt;p&gt;Join us for the last road game of the 2024-25 season&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="ZiJzg4"&gt;Talk about the game with Pens fans here!&lt;/p&gt;
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  124.      <name>Hooks Orpik</name>
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  128.    <published>2025-04-11T11:24:00-04:00</published>
  129.    <updated>2025-04-11T11:24:00-04:00</updated>
  130.    <title>Random Penguins thoughts: Young player impact, lottery odds and Tristan Jarry</title>
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  132.  
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  134.      &lt;img alt="Ottawa Senators v Pittsburgh Penguins" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/FW0qB2PF2KvqTIDGIJnVmK4KOhk=/0x16:3000x2016/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74017785/2208406436.0.jpg" /&gt;
  135.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Joe Sargent/NHLI via Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
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  137.  
  138.  &lt;p&gt;Some random thoughts on the Pittsburgh Penguins. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="spYGlB"&gt;Checking in with some random thoughts on the Pittsburgh Penguins with three games to play this season. &lt;/p&gt;
  139. &lt;h4 id="xrVJG6"&gt;Young players bringing new energy&lt;/h4&gt;
  140. &lt;p id="4MOSEh"&gt;I was not really sure what to expect from forwards Rutger McGroarty and Ville Koivunen when they were called up to the NHL, but it was at least going to give us something different to watch as the Penguins played out the remainder of the regular season schedule. Now that they are actually on the ice and playing in Pittsburgh, it is really easy to start dreaming on what their potential can be in the very near future.&lt;/p&gt;
  141. &lt;p id="9w4Hzn"&gt;They look like legitimate prospects, and players that could potentially make a significant impact as soon as next season.&lt;/p&gt;
  142. &lt;p id="5cJTwq"&gt;That duo has brought some new life and energy to the team, with the Penguins going 3-1-1 in their first five games and dramatically outplaying pretty much every team they have faced along the way — including three very good playoff teams in Ottawa, Dallas and St. Louis. &lt;/p&gt;
  143. &lt;p id="JpYCjy"&gt;In Koivunen’s case, he just looks like a skilled playmaker that sees the ice well, moves the puck well and has a some creative flare to his game. It has not produced a goal for himself yet, but it is not for a lack of chances and he is also finding the scoresheet by setting up his teammates. He looks like the real deal. &lt;/p&gt;
  144. &lt;p id="mPCNWB"&gt;McGroarty simply looks like somebody that is going to find a home on Sidney Crosby’s wing for the foreseeable future, while also giving the captain the exact type of winger that seems to excel next to him. &lt;/p&gt;
  145. &lt;p id="2Tfkn4"&gt;They have both been given big ice time, big roles, and they have mostly excelled in them.&lt;/p&gt;
  146. &lt;p id="wyWjmK"&gt;Small sample sizes, yes, but it is still a very good first impression for both players. If the Penguins are going to turn this thing around relatively quickly they need prospects like them to pan out. &lt;/p&gt;
  147. &lt;p id="yBmxpc"&gt;The only downside to all of this is McGroarty’s injury that is going to sideline him for the remainder of the regular season. That takes away one of the key things to watch over the next few games. But Koivunen is still there, and he has a chance to finish off what has been a strong season between the AHL and NHL by really establishing himself as a potential top-six player going into next season. &lt;/p&gt;
  148. &lt;h4 id="AjwPRo"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What to make of Tristan Jarry’s finish to the season&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
  149. &lt;p id="RSMCns"&gt;Tristan Jarry has been back in the Penguins lineup for exactly a month now, and they have no more answers on him than they did before he was sent down to the American Hockey League.&lt;/p&gt;
  150. &lt;p id="b3TJ0z"&gt;The good news: He has two shutouts since returning, and four of his best save percentage performances have come since his recall.&lt;/p&gt;
  151. &lt;p id="Xxbeus"&gt;The bad news: He has also posted three of his four &lt;em&gt;worst &lt;/em&gt;save percentage games since his recall while also being benched twice in 12 starts. &lt;/p&gt;
  152. &lt;p id="J9U4Lo"&gt;The highs and lows are still dramatic, and you still never really know what you are going to get from him on any given night.&lt;/p&gt;
  153. &lt;p id="tJ5mBb"&gt;The overall news: His .902 save percentage since his recall is about league average, and 12th out of 24 goalies that have appeared in at least 10 games over that stretch. It is also a nice step up from the .886 mark he had prior to being sent down. &lt;/p&gt;
  154. &lt;p id="E52LTj"&gt;The question is what does that mean for the offseason and his future?&lt;/p&gt;
  155. &lt;p id="yuTNA5"&gt;As exciting as Sergei Murashov is as a prospect, I can not really envision a scenario where he is a realistic option to start next season in the NHL. He might very well make his debut at some point next season, he might get real playing time later in the season, but I do not think the Penguins are going to rush him into anything when he has, to this point, played just 40 games of pro hockey in North America and only 14 games —  as of this publication — in the American Hockey League.&lt;/p&gt;
  156. &lt;p id="naXi7c"&gt;Beyond him, Jarry, Alex Nedeljkovic and Joel Blomqvist are all under team control for next season so they still have NHL options without having to rush anybody (Murashov) or dip into the free agency or trade market. The options for both are especially grim for teams that need a goalie upgrade. Which makes me wonder if his late-season improvement could spark some sort of trade interest in Jarry. The free agent market is AWFUL for goalies, and unless somebody wants to gamble on John Gibson, or somebody totally unexpected becomes available, I do not see much in terms of hypothetical trades on the horizon this offseason. &lt;/p&gt;
  157. &lt;p id="qWOcFd"&gt;It is bad out there for goalie-needy teams.  &lt;/p&gt;
  158. &lt;p id="6B21MG"&gt;Do you try to find a salary dump-for-salary dump move in the offseason? Do you try and see if he can sustain some of this late-season play and maybe increase his value during the first half of the season?&lt;/p&gt;
  159. &lt;h4 id="Q2oSJJ"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Draft lottery watch&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
  160. &lt;p id="A4Nj6w"&gt;The Penguins enter play on Friday in the No. 7 spot in the 2025 &lt;a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nhl-draft"&gt;NHL Draft&lt;/a&gt; Lottery with a 6.5 percent chance of getting the No. 1 overall pick.&lt;/p&gt;
  161. &lt;p id="wUYHtw"&gt;The New York Rangers are currently in the No. 12 spot and owning a top-13 protected pick, with currently zero chance of the No. 1 overall pick. &lt;/p&gt;
  162. &lt;p id="841ttv"&gt;I wonder how high the pick would have to be for the Rangers to exercise their option to protect it this season? If it is, say, No. 10, 11 or 12 ... would they just take the hit and send it to Pittsburgh to keep a potential Gavin McKenna pick in their back pocket for next season?&lt;/p&gt;
  163. &lt;p id="2wEvrY"&gt;Or do the Rangers say, “we are going to be better next season, we will keep the top-12 pick this season and take our chances on the 2026 pick?”&lt;/p&gt;
  164. &lt;p id="Q6phR6"&gt;I know which way I would be leaning and hoping if I am the Penguins. &lt;/p&gt;
  165. &lt;p id="KacczB"&gt;(It is that the Rangers keep this year’s pick, because I have little faith the Rangers are going to fix their mess this offseason and two potential lottery picks in the McKenna draft would be something to watch.)&lt;/p&gt;
  166. &lt;h4 id="qEXZnG"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Big milestones to watch &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
  167. &lt;ul&gt;
  168. &lt;li id="85P8mB"&gt;Sidney Crosby needs three points in the next three games to record another 90-point season. It would be his ninth 90-point season, with three of those coming after his age 35 season. Bonkers numbers. Injuries are the only thing that has kept him from having even more in his career, but the continued production into his late 30s is the stuff of legends.&lt;/li&gt;
  169. &lt;li id="oSYZMU"&gt;Bryan Rust needs one more goal for a new career-high (29) and two more goals for his first ever 30-goal season.&lt;/li&gt;
  170. &lt;li id="wwQj4C"&gt;Rickard Rakell needs one more goal for a new career-high (35).&lt;/li&gt;
  171. &lt;/ul&gt;
  172. &lt;p id="BsZGYm"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  173.  
  174. </content>
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  176.    <id>https://www.pensburgh.com/2025/4/11/24406160/random-penguins-thoughts-young-player-impact-lottery-odds-and-tristan-jarry</id>
  177.    <author>
  178.      <name>Gretz</name>
  179.    </author>
  180.  </entry>
  181.  <entry>
  182.    <published>2025-04-11T07:00:00-04:00</published>
  183.    <updated>2025-04-11T07:00:00-04:00</updated>
  184.    <title>Game Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins @ New Jersey Devils 4/11/2025 </title>
  185.    <content type="html">  
  186.  
  187.    &lt;figure&gt;
  188.      &lt;img alt="Pittsburgh Penguins v New Jersey Devils" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/aFAbOa4dtjmbTPC1D02EDnS9cA8=/0x0:4000x2667/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74017257/2191411963.0.jpg" /&gt;
  189.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Rich Graessle/NHLI via Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  190.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  191.  
  192.  &lt;p&gt;The Pens hit the road one more time this season&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="dYnR4t"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who: Pittsburgh Penguins &lt;/strong&gt;(32-35-12, 76 points, 7th place Metropolitan Division) @ &lt;strong&gt;New Jersey Devils &lt;/strong&gt;(41-30-7, 89 points, 3rd place Metropolitan Division&lt;/p&gt;
  193. &lt;p id="JXCHl9"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When&lt;/strong&gt;: 7:00 p.m. ET&lt;/p&gt;
  194. &lt;p id="jSXdXx"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to Watch&lt;/strong&gt;: SportsNet Pittsburgh and MSGSN in the local markets, NHL Network to the national audience&lt;/p&gt;
  195. &lt;p id="0jd9hp"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pens’ Path Ahead&lt;/strong&gt;: The road ends here, at least literally speaking for the Pens’ last away game of the season. They return home to play Boston on Sunday afternoon (3:30 start) and then finish things out with Game 82 on Thursday April 17th against Washington&lt;/p&gt;
  196. &lt;p id="gmOkWQ"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Opponent Track&lt;/strong&gt;: The Diablos lost 7-2 to Boston on Tuesday, and wait that must be a typo because no one loses to the Bruins these days, let alone in a blowout. Yep, that’s right. NJ will be looking to buckle down and bounce-back from that embarrassing performance. Then again, it’s been locked in for weeks if not months that NJ will face Carolina in the first round of the playoffs, they haven’t had a lot to be motivated about. But you have to think responding from a terrible prior game is going to make for a concerted effort to take it to the Pens tonight.&lt;/p&gt;
  197. &lt;p id="FCWbnR"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Season Series:&lt;/strong&gt; New Jersey took round one back in December in a 3-0 shutout win. The Devils then outlasted the Penguins 3-2 in a shootout in early February and Pittsburgh won a 7-3 game in the last meeting between the teams on March 15th. This will be the fourth and final PIT/NJ game, a regulation win today would give Pittsburgh a 2-1-1 record and chance to came the slightly better end of the series (NJ entering with a 2-1-0 record).&lt;/p&gt;
  198. &lt;p id="FYefLe"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hidden Stat:&lt;/strong&gt; Per Pens PR: Dating back to Mar. 20, 2021, the Penguins have points in seven of its last 10 games on the road against the Devils (6-3-1). (I would have guessed it was a much worse record than that...)&lt;/p&gt;
  199. &lt;h3 id="VLJCBJ"&gt;Getting to know the Devils&lt;/h3&gt;
  200. &lt;p id="rGlkVK"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Projected lines &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  201. &lt;p id="T3sqQW"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FORWARDS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  202. &lt;p id="UJLX5h"&gt;Stefan Noesen - Nico Hischier - Jesper Bratt &lt;/p&gt;
  203. &lt;p id="75iR8I"&gt;Erik Haula - Dawson Mercer - Timo Meier  &lt;/p&gt;
  204. &lt;p id="5sLz7m"&gt;Ondrej Palat - Justin Dowling - Tomas Tatar&lt;/p&gt;
  205. &lt;p id="p4S6eb"&gt;Paul Cotter - Cody Glass - Daniel Sprong   &lt;/p&gt;
  206. &lt;p id="oOeMrD"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DEFENSEMEN&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  207. &lt;p id="1BWFcO"&gt;Luke Hughes -/Brett Pesce &lt;/p&gt;
  208. &lt;p id="G62u7j"&gt;Brian Dumoulin / Jonathan Kovacevic  &lt;/p&gt;
  209. &lt;p id="fzW113"&gt;Brendon Dillon /Seamus Casey  &lt;/p&gt;
  210. &lt;p id="XocOx3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Goalies:&lt;/strong&gt; Jacob Markstrom and Jake Allen&lt;/p&gt;
  211. &lt;p id="3hx7QL"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scratches&lt;/strong&gt;: Dougie Hamilton (injured, out for at least regular season), Nathan Bastian, Nolan Foote, Curtis Lazar, Kurtis MacDermid, Dennis Cholowski, Simon Nemec&lt;/p&gt;
  212. &lt;p id="I0w3jN"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IR: &lt;/strong&gt;Jack Hughes (shoulder surgery, out until fall), Jonas Sigenthaler&lt;/p&gt;
  213. &lt;p id="J9ntNX"&gt;—Elliotte Friedman said there’s a “&lt;a href="https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/32-thoughts-montreal-electrified-by-stud-prospect-ivan-demidov/"&gt;chance&lt;/a&gt;” Hamilton could return from injury during the first round but it didn’t sound like he’s ramping up and known to be ready to hit the ground running in time for Game 1. That’s a big development. It’s at least cleared the way for the youngster Casey to get some NHL time but all things considered you know the Devils would prefer having their top guy healthy at this part of the season.&lt;/p&gt;
  214. &lt;p id="CvWNqx"&gt;—NJD is team No. 8 for Daniel Sprong, picked up at the trade deadline. He had no points in his first seven games with Jersey but then got an assist in the 7-2 loss last game out. Averaging only 11:39 per game he’s a bit player for them.&lt;/p&gt;
  215. &lt;p id="6KT4cK"&gt;—Glass started out hot with the Devs by putting up 2G+3A in his first five games since the Pens sent him over in a trade deadline day move. Wouldn’t you know it, he’s cooled off with just 0G+1A in his last five games and his ice time has cratered in the last two. Was cool to see him get off to a great start but it looks like water has quickly found its level there.&lt;/p&gt;
  216. &lt;p id="Z7gpXv"&gt;—On the other hand it looks like Dumoulin has been used in a measured but effective way. He’s been bouncing around lately too, NJD is his third new team since leaving Pittsburgh at the end of the 2023 season. Due to injuries and his teams not qualifying Dumoulin has only played 1 playoff game since the end of the 2021 season (and that was in 2022), it’ll be nice to see him have the opportunity to get back at it.&lt;/p&gt;
  217. &lt;h3 id="sLE1aI"&gt;Player stats&lt;/h3&gt;
  218. &lt;p id="hleeBo"&gt;(via &lt;a href="https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0093322025.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;hockeydb&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
  219. &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
  220.        &lt;img alt=" " data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/8gGLUHGQRWYV_BoW1FKETiHgsbw=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25947431/pitnj.png"&gt;
  221.  &lt;/figure&gt;
  222. &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
  223.        &lt;img alt=" " data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/0DUHZsvmrY3-K6glJ_uqlEU7lIM=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25947432/nj2.png"&gt;
  224.  &lt;/figure&gt;
  225. &lt;p id="Y8YyTe"&gt;—Captain Nico Hischier has answered the call to step his game up since Jack Hughes (shoulder surgery) was lost for the balance of the season. Hischier leads the Devils with 9G+9A in the 15 games since Hughes was knocked out. Other big performers: Jesper Bratt (4G+14A) and brother Luke Hughes (2G+12A).&lt;/p&gt;
  226. &lt;p id="vphX5E"&gt;—The Devs really need to get Markstrom on track. He’s been up and down in his first season in New Jersey, an injury suffered on Jan 22nd didn’t help things. Right when it looked like Markstrom was rounding a corner with a 3-0 record and .950 save% in a stretch starting on March 29th he went out and laid an egg giving up seven goals to lowly Boston on just 23 shots. Time is running very short and the Hurricanes are looming.&lt;/p&gt;
  227. &lt;p id="lkBsBD"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  228. &lt;h3 id="w3hxde"&gt;And now for the Pens&lt;/h3&gt;
  229. &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
  230.        &lt;img alt=" " data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/pqFyCmwLg-sf9XVJ3H8wS2jZowU=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25947653/njdpens.jpg"&gt;
  231.  &lt;/figure&gt;
  232. &lt;p id="pwSCwX"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Projected lines&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  233. &lt;p id="uxgiAM"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FORWARDS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  234. &lt;p id="krfT9v"&gt;Ville Koivunen - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust&lt;/p&gt;
  235. &lt;p id="x2TNIv"&gt;Danton Heinen - Evgeni Malkin - Rickard Rakell&lt;/p&gt;
  236. &lt;p id="uPkxx9"&gt;Connor Dewar - Kevin Hayes - Valtteri Puustinen&lt;/p&gt;
  237. &lt;p id="T5Oke4"&gt;Joona Koppanen - Vasily Ponomarev - Emil Bemstrom&lt;/p&gt;
  238. &lt;p id="eHI33m"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DEFENSEMEN&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  239. &lt;p id="0ztQgM"&gt;Matt Grzelcyk / Kris Letang&lt;/p&gt;
  240. &lt;p id="HkfNu8"&gt;Erik Karlsson / Conor Timmins&lt;/p&gt;
  241. &lt;p id="L8Vuit"&gt;Ryan Graves / Ryan Shea&lt;/p&gt;
  242. &lt;p id="oyjexP"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Goalies: &lt;/strong&gt;Tristan Jarry and Alex Nedeljkovic&lt;/p&gt;
  243. &lt;p id="XsbGaE"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Potential Scratches: &lt;/strong&gt;Vladislav Kolyachonok, Tommy Novak (lower body, out for season), Boko Imama (bicep surgery, out for season), Philip Tomasino (concussion), Blake Lizotte (out for season), Noel Acciari (out for season), Rutger McGroarty (foot, out for NHL season)&lt;/p&gt;
  244. &lt;p id="Z7TA2w"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Injured Reserve: &lt;/strong&gt;P.O. Joseph (upper body)&lt;/p&gt;
  245. &lt;p id="AeqNTT"&gt;—With three more games to go on the season, the Pens are starting to limp towards the finish line a little bit. Their old war horse Noel Acciari will miss his first game of the season tonight and has been ruled out for the rest of the season. Nieto, McGroarty and Novak have also played their last NHL games for this year.&lt;/p&gt;
  246. &lt;p id="77ALqe"&gt;—After all these moves the Val/Vlad/Vil/Vas’s (Valtteri, Vladislav, Ville, Vasily) now outnumber the Con(n)ors (Timmins, Dewar) and Ryan’s on the NHL roster&lt;/p&gt;
  247. &lt;p id="CMJBXM"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  248. &lt;p id="2iZtXF"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  249. &lt;h3 id="2df1jh"&gt;Jarry’s shutouts&lt;/h3&gt;
  250. &lt;p id="cNgGxf"&gt;The Pens’ goalie is on a hot streak with two shutouts over his last four starts.&lt;/p&gt;
  251. &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
  252.        &lt;img alt=" " data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/k9kd7DymZXWJs8dievkF0f7lDpM=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25947660/unnamed__1_.jpg"&gt;
  253.  &lt;/figure&gt;
  254. &lt;p id="CDvl0i"&gt;They come from different eras in the sport but it’s wild to think Jarry is on the verge of tying Tom Barrasso for career shutouts with the Penguins. One more and Jarry will be at half of Marc-Andre Fleury’s totals! Who would have guessed that off-hand?&lt;/p&gt;
  255. &lt;h3 id="B1C04N"&gt;Sid aims to join the legends&lt;/h3&gt;
  256. &lt;p id="aczi01"&gt;With three games to go on the season, Crosby could be right in the sweet spot with Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux for some of the best age-37 seasons ever. Sid won’t get to Joe Sakic’s 100 but it’s impressive company to keep nonetheless.&lt;/p&gt;
  257. &lt;p id="G4PXX1"&gt;From Pens PR:&lt;/p&gt;
  258. &lt;blockquote&gt;
  259. &lt;p id="sMFTTX"&gt;Sidney Crosby is statistically having one of the best seasons in NHL history by a player in their age 37 season or older, as his 87 points are the sixth most in a single season in league history:  &lt;/p&gt;
  260. &lt;p id="Y8C6z0"&gt;Most Points in Single Season at Age 37 or Older, NHL History&lt;/p&gt;
  261. &lt;p id="kGJY8g"&gt;Player                        Age        Year                      Points&lt;/p&gt;
  262. &lt;p id="ruVKER"&gt;Gordie Howe             40          1968-69                103&lt;br&gt;Joe Sakic                   37          2006-07               100&lt;br&gt;Johnny Bucyk            37          1972-73                93&lt;br&gt;Mario Lemieux           37          2002-03                91&lt;br&gt;Wayne Gretzky          37          1997-98                90&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sidney Crosby           37          2024-25                87&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Jean Ratelle              37          1977-78                84&lt;br&gt;Johnny Bucyk            40          1975-76                83&lt;/p&gt;
  263. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  264. &lt;p id="XwjHHB"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  265.  
  266. </content>
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  268.    <id>https://www.pensburgh.com/2025/4/11/24405357/game-preview-pittsburgh-penguins-new-jersey-devils-4-11-2025</id>
  269.    <author>
  270.      <name>Hooks Orpik</name>
  271.    </author>
  272.  </entry>
  273.  <entry>
  274.    <published>2025-04-11T06:00:00-04:00</published>
  275.    <updated>2025-04-11T06:00:00-04:00</updated>
  276.    <title>Pens Points: End-of-season injury bug</title>
  277.    <content type="html">  
  278.  
  279.    &lt;figure&gt;
  280.      &lt;img alt="Pittsburgh Penguins v New Jersey Devils" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/iKzzHmmKwgAOeSVO9dl1eRzccDE=/0x0:4000x2667/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74017191/2191411967.0.jpg" /&gt;
  281.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Rich Graessle/NHLI via Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  282.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  283.  
  284.  &lt;p&gt;Many Penguins will miss the final three games of the regular season.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2 id="618znF"&gt;Here are your Pens Points for this Friday morning...&lt;/h2&gt;
  285. &lt;p id="b6TfvT"&gt;The injury bug is appearing at the tail end of the season to give the &lt;a href="https://www.pensburgh.com"&gt;Pittsburgh Penguins&lt;/a&gt; some unwanted news. Noel Acciari, Blake Lizotte, Rutger McGroarty, Matt Nieto, and Tommy Novak will all miss the remainder of the regular season with injuries, prompting the Penguins to make several emergency recalls and shuffle the forward lines around. [&lt;a href="https://www.pensburgh.com/2025/4/10/24405476/injuries-strike-penguins-3-emergency-recalls-made-different-forward-lines-in-use"&gt;PensBurgh&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  286. &lt;p id="DIMZNq"&gt;Valtteri Puustinen and Vasily Ponomarev, two of those emergency recalls, are getting a quick taste of NHL action before returning to the AHL Penguins for the Calder Cup playoffs, something they are excited for. [&lt;a href="https://triblive.com/sports/penguins-valtteri-puustinen-vasily-ponomarev-excited-for-call-up-ahead-of-calder-cup-playoffs/"&gt;Trib Live&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  287. &lt;p id="UFI7FJ"&gt;Kyle Dubas will once again oversee an international roster as the general manager for Team Canada at the 2025 IIHF World Championships. [&lt;a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/kyle-dubas-team-canada-world-championships/"&gt;KDKA&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  288. &lt;p id="vpzHt4"&gt;Former Penguins general manager Ray Shero’s sudden death on Wednesday prompted an outpouring of condolences from many around the hockey world, including from our own Gretz, who penned a personal story detailing how Ray Shero’s guidance in the early years of the Crosby-Malkin era was crucial to steering the Penguins into championship glory with an aggressive mindset that helped define how the Penguins’ front office operated for the better part of 20 years. [&lt;a href="https://www.pensburgh.com/2025/4/10/24405352/ray-shero-was-the-right-gm-at-the-right-time-for-pittsburgh-penguins"&gt;PensBurgh&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  289. &lt;p id="BnhQjx"&gt;ICYMI: The Pittsburgh stars were out at PPG Paints Arena on Wednesday night for Plum native Pat McAfee’s ‘Big Night Aht’ event, which included appearances from Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Kris Letang, among many others. [&lt;a href="https://www.pensburgh.com/2025/4/10/24405329/crosby-malkin-and-letang-among-star-studded-crew-at-pat-mcafees-big-night-aht"&gt;PensBurgh&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  290. &lt;h2 id="EorhJU"&gt;News and notes from around the NHL...&lt;/h2&gt;
  291. &lt;p id="kIsQVY"&gt;FUTURE PENGUIN? (I say, only kidding... maybe?) Brock Boeser said he doesn’t expect to return to the &lt;a href="https://www.nucksmisconduct.com"&gt;Vancouver Canucks&lt;/a&gt; next season. [&lt;a href="https://www.nhl.com/news/brock-boeser-doesnt-expect-to-return-to-vancouver"&gt;NHL&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  292. &lt;p id="ftVuZH"&gt;Will any player be able to challenge Wayne Gretzky—err—Alex Ovechkin’s goals record? [&lt;a href="https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/will-any-player-be-able-to-challenge-alex-ovechkins-goals-record/"&gt;Sportsnet&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
  293.  
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  296.    <id>https://www.pensburgh.com/2025/4/11/24405669/pens-points-end-of-season-injury-bug-penguins-ray-shero-crosby-malkin-dubas-nhl-boeser-canucks</id>
  297.    <author>
  298.      <name>Garrett Behanna</name>
  299.    </author>
  300.  </entry>
  301.  <entry>
  302.    <published>2025-04-10T12:36:30-04:00</published>
  303.    <updated>2025-04-10T12:36:30-04:00</updated>
  304.    <title>Injuries strike Penguins, 3 emergency recalls made, different forward lines in use</title>
  305.    <content type="html">  
  306.  
  307.    &lt;figure&gt;
  308.      &lt;img alt="Pittsburgh Penguins v Columbus Blue Jackets" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/AGrAOD263taO4u5hdnaD7UXyfrs=/0x0:8640x5760/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74016060/2185029656.0.jpg" /&gt;
  309.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Jason Mowry/Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  310.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  311.  
  312.  &lt;p&gt;A slew of reinforcements from the AHL arrive&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="oa8zZK"&gt;Mike Sullivan has mentioned recently the Penguins have some players banged up. That wasn’t for show, three forwards were recalled this morning from the AHL under emergency conditions.&lt;/p&gt;
  313. &lt;div id="WkuENT"&gt;
  314. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  315. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;The Penguins have recalled forwards Emil Bemstrom, Vasily Ponomarev and Valtteri Puustinen from the &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/WBSPenguins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@WBSPenguins&lt;/a&gt; (AHL) on an emergency basis. &lt;a href="https://t.co/3xQNaAwxwV"&gt;pic.twitter.com/3xQNaAwxwV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/penguins/status/1910331755195773139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 10, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
  316. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  317. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  318.  
  319. &lt;/div&gt;
  320. &lt;p id="uWB5HK"&gt;According to &lt;a href="https://x.com/OtherNHLCrosby/status/1910347998179057689"&gt;Wes Crosby&lt;/a&gt;, all of Rutger McGroarty, Blake Lizotte, Noel Acciari and Matt Nieto were not on the ice this morning for practice. Lizotte missed the previous game but the other three played. McGroarty left injured after blocking a shot with his foot. GM Kyle Dubas said the team was awaiting scans of the foot to reveal how &lt;a href="https://www.pensburgh.com/2025/4/9/24405005/kyle-dubas-penguins-plans-2025-offseason-erik-karlsson-rutger-mcgroarty-ville-koivunen-pens"&gt;much damage was done&lt;/a&gt;. Unfortunately the news wasn’t good, McGroarty will join the others as being out for the season. Tommy Novak also got the plug pulled.&lt;/p&gt;
  321. &lt;div id="JX1qPz"&gt;
  322. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  323. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;The following &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/penguins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@penguins&lt;/a&gt; players are out for the remainder of the season per Head Coach Mike Sullivan:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;•Noel Acciari&lt;br&gt;•Blake Lizotte&lt;br&gt;•Rutger McGroarty&lt;br&gt;•Matt Nieto&lt;br&gt;•Tommy Novak&lt;/p&gt;— Penguins PR (@PenguinsPR) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/PenguinsPR/status/1910371225521512714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 10, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
  324. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  325. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  326.  
  327. &lt;/div&gt;
  328. &lt;p id="kzX2eN"&gt;As a result, here were the lines on the ice in PA today before the Pens set off to New Jersey for their final road game of the 2024-25 season against the Devils tomorrow night.&lt;/p&gt;
  329. &lt;div id="e89tvt"&gt;
  330. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  331. &lt;p lang="fi" dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pens?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#Pens&lt;/a&gt; lines: &lt;br&gt;Koivunen--Crosby--Rust &lt;br&gt;Heinen--Malkin--Rakell &lt;br&gt;Dewar--Hayes--Puustinen &lt;br&gt;Koppanen--Ponomarev--Bemstrom  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;D: &lt;br&gt;Grzelcyk--Letang &lt;br&gt;Timmins--Karlsson&lt;br&gt;Graves--Shea&lt;/p&gt;— Wes Crosby (@OtherNHLCrosby) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/OtherNHLCrosby/status/1910352363975594447?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 10, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
  332. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  333. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  334.  
  335. &lt;/div&gt;
  336. &lt;p id="uRrVmd"&gt;It’s  tough luck for Acciari, who recently blocked his team-leading 100th shot and has managed to play in all 79 of the games this season so far. Acciari has found a way to answer the bell through a myriad of bumps and bruises throughout the season but he won’t quite make it to the finish line for appearing in every game. That leaves Pittsburgh with only two players looking to maintain perfect attendance this season, defensemen Matt Grzelcyk and Erik Karlsson.&lt;/p&gt;
  337.  
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  341.    <author>
  342.      <name>Hooks Orpik</name>
  343.    </author>
  344.  </entry>
  345.  <entry>
  346.    <published>2025-04-10T10:08:00-04:00</published>
  347.    <updated>2025-04-10T10:08:00-04:00</updated>
  348.    <title>Ray Shero was the right GM at the right time for Pittsburgh Penguins</title>
  349.    <content type="html">  
  350.  
  351.    &lt;figure&gt;
  352.      &lt;img alt="2017 NHL Draft - Round One" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/NU09FLhOi5PUErxD3OMqLpZX3iY=/0x214:2220x1694/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74015781/800234364.0.jpg" /&gt;
  353.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Dave Sandford/NHLI via Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  354.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  355.  
  356.  &lt;p&gt;Ray Shero will always be a prominent figure for the Pittsburgh Penguins.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="EAsyKq"&gt;The news of Ray Shero’s sudden passing on Wednesday sent shockwaves throughout the NHL, and immediately produced a lot of thoughts from me.&lt;/p&gt;
  357. &lt;p id="Lx0B3B"&gt;Some personal. Some relating to the &lt;a href="https://www.pensburgh.com"&gt;Pittsburgh Penguins&lt;/a&gt; themselves.&lt;/p&gt;
  358. &lt;p id="KUV2zf"&gt;On a personal level, I started writing full-time around the 2008 NHL season. My main gig was with the old AOL FanHouse and it had afforded me the opportunity to get credentialed to some Penguins games and really get moving in the profession. Shortly after the Penguins won the 2009 &lt;a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nhl-playoffs"&gt;Stanley Cup&lt;/a&gt;, I took a shot in the dark and reached out to the Penguins asking if I could get a phone interview with Shero. I didn’t expect a response, and certainly not a positive one. The Penguins have always been notoriously tough on interview requests, and at that point I was an even bigger nobody that I am now. I was literally just a dude from an upstart sports blog asking to speak to the Stanley Cup winning general manager.&lt;/p&gt;
  359. &lt;p id="gf6iHa"&gt;They said yes.&lt;/p&gt;
  360. &lt;p id="NOfikR"&gt;About a week later Shero called, told him I wouldn’t take too much of his time, and laid out the things I wanted to talk about it. The interview itself ended up taking about an hour. Then he talked for like an additional hour after that just bullshitting about hockey and the team. &lt;/p&gt;
  361. &lt;p id="Pcf1Ih"&gt;Because pretty much everything from FanHouse was scrubbed from the Internet I figured those articles were permantly gone. But some folks on social media on Wednesday found them in the archives of the Internet. While it is absolutely horrifying to look back on things you wrote 15 years ago and see what your style looked like then, I am going to share them anyway because this was my first huge interview score and I remain proud of them.&lt;/p&gt;
  362. &lt;p id="6ZMTxt"&gt;&lt;a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090908015450/http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2009/09/02/ray-shero-discusses-his-fathers-hall-of-fame-chances/"&gt;Part 1&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090923015721/http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2009/09/16/anatomy-of-a-trade-bill-guerin-goes-to-the-penguins/"&gt;Part 2.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091008134708/http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2009/09/30/ray-shero-talks-about-building-the-penguins-defending-the-cup/"&gt;Part 3&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  363. &lt;p id="mykI65"&gt;The second part on the Bill Guerin trade was always one of my favorites. &lt;/p&gt;
  364. &lt;p id="P13Xj2"&gt;Before every Penguins season after that, right up until Shero was no longer the general manager of the Penguins, we would always have a preseason interview, and it was always tremendous. He was not quite as candid and forthcoming as, say, Jim Rutherford would be, but he could get pretty close sometimes. &lt;/p&gt;
  365. &lt;p id="CawfND"&gt;As for the Penguins thoughts, even though Shero’s tenure with the team fizzled out at the end, you can not take away what he accomplished here, how significant his time as GM was, and how much he helped change the Penguins franchise for the better.&lt;/p&gt;
  366. &lt;p id="CSj4ha"&gt;When he was hired by the Penguins prior to the 2006-07 season it was a very chaotic time period. There was obvious hope with the arrivals of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Marc-Andre Fleury. That trio helped put the franchise back on the map from a hockey standpoint, and it was not hard to start dreaming about what the future could look like. &lt;/p&gt;
  367. &lt;p id="yYf54H"&gt;As exciting as things were on the ice, there was uncertainty following the franchise around off the ice as nobody really knew how much longer they would remain in Pittsburgh. &lt;/p&gt;
  368. &lt;p id="DOnsUN"&gt;It was not going to be an easy situation to navigate.&lt;/p&gt;
  369. &lt;p id="kjG2hR"&gt;From an operations standpoint, as good as the young core was, there were still some very big flaws left over from the end of the Craig Patrick era. Things needed updated. Modernized. They needed more of a direction and a plan. &lt;/p&gt;
  370. &lt;p id="7wcKPH"&gt;Shero helped implement that, and was the right GM to help bring a young core together and perfectly complement it.&lt;/p&gt;
  371. &lt;p id="sEgWur"&gt;Which brings me to what I still believe was not only the most significant move of his tenure, but also one of the most significant moves in the history of the Pittsburgh Penguins franchise.&lt;/p&gt;
  372. &lt;p id="ufayaZ"&gt;The Marian Hossa trade.&lt;/p&gt;
  373. &lt;p id="KpWZdT"&gt;I know Hossa only spent a handful of games here.&lt;/p&gt;
  374. &lt;p id="BPhL8H"&gt;I know they did not win the Stanley Cup, and they ended up beating him the next season when he signed with Detroit.&lt;/p&gt;
  375. &lt;p id="J0UC7L"&gt;I understand a lot of Penguins fans held an extended grude with Hossa, and some probably still do. &lt;/p&gt;
  376. &lt;p id="5NzGSf"&gt;But this was the trade. This was the moment. &lt;/p&gt;
  377. &lt;p id="005kgo"&gt;That was when Penguins fans should have known that this team meant business on the ice and was going to do everything in its power to try and win. After four really ugly years with the long-term future of the franchise in doubt, they were suddenly the buyers of the biggest trade deadline piece on the market. That was when you knew it was okay to believe in the team and fully buy in to what they were doing and what was ahead.&lt;/p&gt;
  378. &lt;p id="yB0AUC"&gt;What’s crazy about that trade now looking back on it, is that it was not a universally agreed upon move at the time. There was some pushback against it. There was some concern that the Penguins, a young-up-and-coming team, was giving up too many young assets. There was a concern that it was going to disrupt the chemistry the team was building. There was some discussion as to whether or not it was the right time to go all in. &lt;/p&gt;
  379. &lt;p id="rjGQT2"&gt;But Shero recognized something very important — every season that you have Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin in the prime of their careers is the right time to go all in. &lt;/p&gt;
  380. &lt;p id="zeYAAH"&gt;The future is now, and next year is this year. So go for it when you can. &lt;/p&gt;
  381. &lt;p id="wKHmiL"&gt;Even though the Penguins did not win the Cup that particular season, I will still argue about the importance of that postseason run with Hossa. It helped the city and the fan base recapture its love of the Penguins. It helped a young team get some serious and much-needed experience, while also providing them with the blue print they needed to actually beat Detroit the following season. &lt;/p&gt;
  382. &lt;p id="8DGvH3"&gt;It is still, do this day, one of the most impactful trades in the history of the franchise (and that does not even get into the fact that Pascal Dupuis was a “throw-in” with that trade and his presence alone made it all worth it).&lt;/p&gt;
  383. &lt;p id="VfjUSS"&gt;He did not always push the right buttons, and things did not always work out as planned in the second half of his tenure, but there was no denying where he stood with the team every season — they were contenders, and they were going to act like it. Hossa. Guerin. Jarome Iginla. It was great. It was exciting. It produced the first of three Stanley Cups in the Crosby-Malkin era. For all of that he always deserves a special place with the franchise. &lt;/p&gt;
  384.  
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  388.    <author>
  389.      <name>Gretz</name>
  390.    </author>
  391.  </entry>
  392.  <entry>
  393.    <published>2025-04-10T09:22:28-04:00</published>
  394.    <updated>2025-04-10T09:22:28-04:00</updated>
  395.    <title>Crosby, Malkin and Letang among star-studded crew at Pat McAfee’s Big Night Aht</title>
  396.    <content type="html">  
  397.  
  398.    &lt;figure&gt;
  399.      &lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/hiEDeTwuC6vRrabVZgDLkIfkojw=/18x0:462x296/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74015673/sidpat.0.png" /&gt;
  400.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  401.  
  402.  &lt;p&gt;The Pens’ captain came through in the clutch&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="QuziMG"&gt;Pat McAfee sold out the PPG Paints Arena and promised a Big Night Aht. Promises made and promises delivered with a star-studded crew of celebrities on hand. Coming back to his hometown and the home of the Pens, you had to know McAfee wouldn’t shy away from bringing the big guns and he came through with Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang taking part in the festivities, among many others.&lt;/p&gt;
  403. &lt;div id="dnfsMM"&gt;
  404. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  405. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Where else can you go AHT and see under one roof:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;*Jelly Roll&lt;br&gt;*Jey Uso&lt;br&gt;*Shane Gillis&lt;br&gt;* Michael Cole&lt;br&gt;*Legit Sumo wrestlers &lt;br&gt;* Oz the Mentalist &lt;br&gt;* Cody Sabol&lt;br&gt;* Ernest &lt;br&gt;*Wiz Khalifa&lt;br&gt;*Snoop Dogg&lt;br&gt;*Parker McCollum&lt;br&gt;*Ben Roethlisberger &lt;br&gt;*Sidney Crosby &lt;br&gt;*Kris Letang&lt;br&gt;*Geno Malkin&lt;br&gt;*Paul…&lt;/p&gt;— Mark Kaboly (@MarkKaboly) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/MarkKaboly/status/1910311355388752007?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 10, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
  406. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  407. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  408.  
  409. &lt;/div&gt;
  410. &lt;p id="wRTo4K"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  411. &lt;div id="AFS1lx"&gt;
  412. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  413. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;  CROSBY CROSBY CROSBY&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thank you for EVERYTHING that you've done for the city of Pittsburgh   &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BigNightAHT?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#BigNightAHT&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/JWPrQYOPDp"&gt;pic.twitter.com/JWPrQYOPDp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1910177529295483195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 10, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
  414. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  415. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  416.  
  417. &lt;/div&gt;
  418. &lt;p id="7wbhoG"&gt;To help set the totals of the money McAfee was giving away to the audience, he created a challenge for some of his stars. If they could pass a football through a ring, $1 million was added to the pot. Naturally, the Pens’ captain came through in the clutch, drilling his opportunity. There was some pressure involved since Pirates phenom Paul Skenes missed twice in row.&lt;/p&gt;
  419. &lt;div id="xv0zaX"&gt;
  420. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  421. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;FOR ONE MILLION DOLLARS   &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;OF COURSE SIDNEY CROSBY&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;WHAT A LEGEND &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BigNightAHT?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#BigNightAHT&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/m1sbNbD2NG"&gt;pic.twitter.com/m1sbNbD2NG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1910178645538202062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 10, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
  422. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  423. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  424.  
  425. &lt;/div&gt;
  426. &lt;p id="xxUNYm"&gt;Kris Letang summed it up, he’s Sidney Crosby, he’s good at everything.&lt;/p&gt;
  427. &lt;div id="dlJZPL"&gt;
  428. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  429. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;"Sidney Crosby is good at EVERYTHING"&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/Letang_58?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@Letang_58&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BigNightAHT?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#BigNightAHT&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/Tu8TYFGNkI"&gt;https://t.co/Tu8TYFGNkI&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/kz2AeNNXHD"&gt;pic.twitter.com/kz2AeNNXHD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1910178928146129171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 10, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
  430. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  431. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  432.  
  433. &lt;/div&gt;
  434. &lt;p id="wtqMpR"&gt;We got Eastern PA/Philly fan Shane Gillis &lt;a href="https://x.com/Drew__412/status/1910186967590895667"&gt;talking up Sheetz&lt;/a&gt; while officiating a sumo match (nsfw), what a time to be alive.&lt;/p&gt;
  435.  
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  439.    <author>
  440.      <name>Hooks Orpik</name>
  441.    </author>
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