The Pittsburgh Penguins are in trouble. They lost four of the five games on their crucial homestand despite holding their last two opponents to only two shots each in the first period.

Pittsburgh has lost eight of 10 since the holiday break and begins a 15-day road swing Friday night in Buffalo

The Pittsburgh Penguins are continuing to battle for a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, but likely will be sellers at the deadline.

The Penguins suffered a brutal second period and still notched a point but fell in overtime to Carolina 4-3 on Sunday.

Pittsburgh has now lost eight of its 10 games since the holiday break and has fallen to seventh in the wild card race

The Penguins blew yet another third-period lead, falling to Seattle 4-2 to finish off a terrible 1-3-1 homestand.

"At this point, we just feel it's best in the long run for the team and for Tristan to allow Joel [Blomqvist] to come up here," Dubas said. "We think over the past year and a half

The Pittsburgh Penguins are embroiled in frustration leading to a lack of commitment in the most important parts of the game. They’ve played well enough

Dubas has his hands full to improve a Penguins team that looks an awful lot like it did during the last two seasons.

#LetsGoPens forward Cody Glass is okay after an injury that occurred Tuesday, when 6-foot-7, 252-pound Seattle Kraken defenseman Jamie Oleksiak landed on his head. "Head kind of hit the ice, [Oleksiak] fell on top of my head... not ideal," Glass said. "But... it's hockey."

Michael Bunting's absence against Tampa Bay was noticeable after a car accident near the arena Sunday. Sacco said Bunting was uninjured.

The Pittsburgh Penguins placed center Evgeni Malkin on injured reserve with an upper-body injury. Malkin missed his fourth consecutive game against Tampa Bay.