The next five games, recent results and the full 2026-27 season on the Pittsburgh Penguins schedule, with start times and the Canadian TV channel, plus the roster, injuries, stats and odds.
| Market | Odds | Implied chance |
|---|---|---|
| Penguins Stanley Cup oddsFull odds | +10000 | 1.0% |
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The Pittsburgh Penguins schedule for 2026-27 has 84 regular-season games, 42 at PPG Paints Arena and 42 on the road, starting on Wednesday 30 September away to the Philadelphia Flyers. The last is on Saturday 10 April, and the page is checked against the NHL’s own data twice a day, so times, TV listings and results stay current. 19+ (18+ in AB, MB and QC).
Pittsburgh Penguins team details
| Pittsburgh Penguins | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1967, as one of six expansion teams that doubled the NHL to 12 clubs |
| In the NHL since | 1967-68 |
| City | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Arena | PPG Paints Arena, opened August 2010, 18,387 seats for hockey |
| Previous homes | Civic Arena, 1967-2010 |
| Owner | Hoffmann Family of Companies, which bought control from Fenway Sports Group in June 2026, with Geoff Hoffmann as chairman and governor |
| General manager | Kyle Dubas, general manager since June 2023, when he was hired as president of hockey operations |
| Head coach | Dan Muse, in his second season, hired on 4 June 2025 and a Jack Adams Award finalist in 2025-26 |
| Captain | Sidney Crosby |
| Most famous player | Mario Lemieux, the club’s career goals leader and a six-time NHL scoring champion |
| AHL affiliate | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, who reached the AHL’s Eastern Conference Final in 2026 for the first time since 2014 |
| Division | Metropolitan Division, Eastern Conference |
| Stanley Cups | 5, the last in 2017 |
| Retired numbers | 3 |
| 2025-26 | 98 points, 2nd in the Metropolitan, made the playoffs |
| 2026-27 record | Starts Wednesday 30 September |
| Schedule | 84 games: 42 home, 42 away, 30 September to 10 April 2027 |
Pittsburgh Penguins 2026-27 season outlook
Written 28 September 2026. Pittsburgh open 2026-27 at Philadelphia on 30 September, a rematch of the first-round series the Flyers won in April. The veteran core is still the story. Captain Sidney Crosby, 39, from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, is in the last season of his contract and in talks on a new one. Evgeni Malkin, 40, re-signed for one more year, and with Kris Letang they begin a 21st season together, the longest-tenured trio of teammates in North American major professional sports.
Last season beat expectations. The Penguins went 41-25-16 for 98 points, finished second in the Metropolitan Division and made the playoffs for the first time since 2022, then lost to Philadelphia in six games after falling 3-0 behind. Crosby led them with 74 points in 68 games, his 21st straight season averaging at least a point per game, an NHL record, and defenceman Erik Karlsson had 66.
Anthony Mantha, who led the team with 33 goals, signed with New Jersey. Noel Acciari left for Philadelphia, and defenceman Parker Wotherspoon was traded to Vegas for Kaedan Korczak. In came Andrei Kuzmenko on a one-year deal, Nick Robertson from Toronto for a 2028 fourth-round pick and defenceman Trevor van Riemsdyk, a free agent from Washington. Ville Koivunen signed for eight years. At the draft the Penguins took Liam Ruck 22nd overall and his twin brother, Markus, 39th.
Arturs Silovs, who took over in goal at 3-0 down against Philadelphia and saved .939 in the series, is projected as the starter, with 22-year-old Sergei Murashov as his partner after a .931 Calder Cup playoff run. Tristan Jarry was traded to Edmonton in December in the deal that brought Stuart Skinner, who signed with Winnipeg in July. Ben Kindel, Blake Lizotte, Justin Brazeau and defenceman Ryan Graves went on injured reserve on 27 September, Bryan Rust is day-to-day after leaving the final preseason game, and Andrei Kuzmenko is on leave after the death of his father.
The club changed hands in June, when the NHL approved the Hoffmann Family of Companies’ purchase of control from Fenway Sports Group, and former captain Ron Francis returned as a special adviser. Marc-André Fleury, Larry Murphy, Jim Rutherford and the late founding president Jack McGregor, the Penguins Hall of Fame’s class of 2026, will be honoured before the home game against Ottawa on 14 November. On Bet99’s July board the Penguins were +10000 for the Stanley Cup, joint 22nd of 32.
Pittsburgh Penguins schedule 2026-27
The next five Penguins games, the last five results and the full 84-game regular season, updated twice a day. Use the tabs to switch between them. Times are Eastern, TV is the Canadian broadcaster listed by the NHL, and “2nd night” marks the second game of a back-to-back. The Penguins play 15 back-to-backs this season, and March is the busiest stretch with 15 games.
Where to watch Penguins games in Canada
Counting the NHL’s own listings for the 84 regular-season games, 33 on TVA Sports, 22 on Sportsnet, 10 on Sportsnet+, 4 on Sportsnet One, 3 on Sportsnet 360 and 1 on TVA Sports 2. Regional listings add 4 on Sportsnet East, 3 on Sportsnet West, 2 on TSN5, 2 on RDS2, 2 on Sportsnet Pacific, 1 on TSN3 and 1 on TSN4. 29 games have no Canadian network in the NHL’s listings. A game can appear on more than one channel, so the counts overlap, and listings change through the season.
Of the 29 games without a Canadian network, 24 are the Penguins’ US regional broadcasts and five are US national games. In Canada, Rogers holds the out-of-market rights, so those games stream on Sportsnet+ Premium, which is sold on its own rather than through a TV package, and NHL Centre Ice through a TV provider is the other route. Blackouts apply.
Pittsburgh Penguins roster 2026-27
The current Penguins roster has 23 players, eight of them born in Canada. Until opening night this is the club’s training-camp list, so it shrinks as players are sent down before the season starts. The status column shows any player on the injury report.
Forwards
| No. | Player | Pos | Shoots | Age | Height | Weight | Birthplace | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Nick Robertson | LW | L | 25 | 5’9″ | 180 lb | Pasadena, CA | |
| 16 | Justin Brazeau | RW | R | 28 | 6’7″ | 236 lb | New Liskeard, ON | IR |
| 17 | Bryan Rust | RW | R | 34 | 5’11” | 206 lb | Pontiac, MI | Day-to-day |
| 18 | Tommy Novak | C | L | 29 | 6’1″ | 188 lb | St. Paul, MN | |
| 19 | Connor Dewar | C | L | 27 | 5’10” | 187 lb | The Pas, MB | |
| 22 | Hendrix Lapierre | C | L | 24 | 6’0″ | 191 lb | Gatineau, QC | |
| 25 | Elmer Soderblom | LW | L | 25 | 6’8″ | 254 lb | Gothenburg, Sweden | |
| 41 | Ville Koivunen | RW | L | 23 | 6’0″ | 186 lb | Oulu, Finland | |
| 46 | Blake Lizotte | C | L | 28 | 5’9″ | 176 lb | Lindstrom, MN | IR |
| 59 | Egor Chinakhov | RW | L | 25 | 6’1″ | 206 lb | Omsk, Russia | |
| 62 | Andrei Kuzmenko | LW | R | 30 | 6’0″ | 186 lb | Yakutsk, Russia | Day-to-day |
| 67 | Rickard Rakell | RW | R | 33 | 6’1″ | 190 lb | Sundbyberg, Sweden | |
| 71 | Evgeni Malkin | C | L | 40 | 6’5″ | 211 lb | Magnitogorsk, Russia | |
| 81 | Ben Kindel | C | R | 19 | 5’11” | 183 lb | Coquitlam, BC | IR |
| 87 | Sidney Crosby | C | L | 39 | 5’11” | 206 lb | Cole Harbour, NS |
Defence
| No. | Player | Pos | Shoots | Age | Height | Weight | Birthplace | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Kaedan Korczak | D | R | 25 | 6’3″ | 206 lb | Yorkton, SK | |
| 49 | Samuel Girard | D | L | 28 | 5’10” | 184 lb | Roberval, QC | |
| 57 | Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | R | 35 | 6’3″ | 209 lb | Middletown, NJ | |
| 58 | Kris Letang | D | R | 39 | 6’0″ | 199 lb | Montréal, QC | |
| 65 | Erik Karlsson | D | R | 36 | 6’0″ | 185 lb | Landsbro, Sweden | |
| 72 | Declan Carlile | D | L | 26 | 6’3″ | 192 lb | Hartland, MI |
Goalies
| No. | Player | Pos | Catches | Age | Height | Weight | Birthplace | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergei Murashov | G | R | 22 | 6’2″ | 186 lb | Yaroslavl, Russia | |
| 37 | Arturs Silovs | G | L | 25 | 6’4″ | 219 lb | Riga, Latvia |
Pittsburgh Penguins injuries
| Player | Pos | Status | Reason | Est. return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Kindel | C | IR | Lower Body | 7 Oct |
| Blake Lizotte | C | IR | Upper Body | 5 Oct |
| Justin Brazeau | RW | IR | Lower Body | 7 Oct |
| Ryan Graves | D | IR | Knee | 24 Oct |
| Tristan Broz | C | Day-to-day | Lower Body | 30 Sep |
| Bryan Rust | RW | Day-to-day | Upper Body | 30 Sep |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | LW | Day-to-day | Personal | 30 Sep |
| Oliver Okuliar | LW | IR | Lower Body | 13 Oct |
| Gabriel D’Aigle | G | IR | Undisclosed | 29 Oct |
| Melvin Fernström | RW | IR | Undisclosed | 13 Oct |
Estimated returns are ESPN’s projections from club guidance. The full league list is on our NHL injury report.
Pittsburgh Penguins stats
The 2026-27 season has not started, so these are the final 2025-26 numbers for everyone who played for Pittsburgh Penguins, including players who have since left. The tables switch to this season after the first games.
Top scorers
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PPG | S% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney Crosby | C | 68 | 29 | 45 | 74 | +0 | 10 | 18.1 |
| Erik Karlsson | D | 75 | 15 | 51 | 66 | +8 | 4 | 8.5 |
| Bryan Rust | RW | 72 | 29 | 36 | 65 | +0 | 8 | 15.8 |
| Anthony Mantha | RW | 81 | 33 | 31 | 64 | +10 | 7 | 21.7 |
| Evgeni Malkin | C | 56 | 19 | 42 | 61 | +13 | 4 | 12.8 |
| Rickard Rakell | RW | 60 | 24 | 24 | 48 | -2 | 7 | 14.5 |
| Tommy Novak | C | 82 | 16 | 26 | 42 | +1 | 5 | 12.3 |
| Egor Chinakhov | RW | 43 | 18 | 18 | 36 | +4 | 2 | 17.3 |
| Ben Kindel | C | 77 | 17 | 18 | 35 | -5 | 4 | 11.3 |
| Ryan Shea | D | 80 | 6 | 29 | 35 | +30 | 0 | 8.3 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | GP | W | L | OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arturs Silovs | 39 | 19 | 12 | 8 | .888 | 3.07 | 2 |
| Stuart Skinner | 27 | 12 | 9 | 5 | .885 | 2.99 | 0 |
| Tristan Jarry | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .909 | 2.66 | 1 |
| Sergei Murashov | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .897 | 2.56 | 1 |
League-wide races are on our NHL scoring leaders page.
Pittsburgh Penguins odds and how the market sees them
The Penguins markets with the most depth are the season-long futures: the Stanley Cup, the Eastern Conference, the Metropolitan Division, a regular-season points total and a yes-or-no price on making the playoffs. On Bet99’s board on 30 July 2026 the Penguins were +10000 to win the Stanley Cup, joint 22nd of the 32 teams on the board, level with Boston, despite a second-place finish in the Metropolitan Division. Our Stanley Cup odds page carries the current prices for all 32 teams.
Three things move a Penguins price during the season. The starting goalie matters most, and the injury section above tracks him. The schedule is next: the Penguins play 15 back-to-backs, and second nights are where tired legs and backup goalies show up in the lines. Then there is form, which our power rankings measure each week, and the race itself in the playoff picture. Picks for the weekend slate are in our Saturday predictions column.
These are the NHL sportsbooks we rate for Canadians, listed by province, with the full comparison on our NHL betting sites page:
Pittsburgh Penguins history
State senator Jack McGregor led the local investors who brought the NHL back to Pittsburgh, and in February 1966 the league awarded the city one of the six teams that doubled it to 12 clubs for 1967-68. A fan contest produced the name Penguins, a nod to the Civic Arena’s nickname, the Igloo. The Penguins lost their first game 2-1 to Montréal there on 11 October 1967, and 10 days later they became the first expansion team to beat an Original Six club, 4-2 against Chicago. Rookie Michel Brière helped them reach the semifinals in 1970, their first playoff season, but he was badly hurt in a car crash that May and died a year later. Creditors forced the club into bankruptcy in 1975, and that spring the New York Islanders came back from 3-0 down to knock the Penguins out of the playoffs.
After finishing with the NHL’s worst record in 1983-84, the Penguins drafted Mario Lemieux first overall, and he scored on his first shift that October. With Jaromír Jágr, the fifth pick in 1990, and coach Bob Johnson, they beat the Minnesota North Stars in six games for their first Stanley Cup in 1991, and after Johnson died of cancer they swept Chicago under Scotty Bowman in 1992. The club went bankrupt again in 1998, and Lemieux, its largest individual creditor, took control in 1999. Sidney Crosby, the first pick in 2005, was named captain on 31 May 2007, at 19 the youngest in NHL history at the time. Detroit won the 2008 Final, but in the 2009 rematch Maxime Talbot scored both goals in a 2-1 win in Game 7 in Detroit. Under Mike Sullivan the Penguins beat San Jose in 2016 and Nashville in 2017, becoming the first team to repeat as champions in the salary cap era, and Crosby was playoff MVP both years.
Pittsburgh made the playoffs in 16 straight seasons through 2022, and Fenway Sports Group took control of the club at the end of 2021. Three straight misses followed. Kyle Dubas took over hockey operations in June 2023, and Sullivan’s 10-season tenure ended in April 2025, with Dan Muse hired that June. Crosby passed Lemieux as the club’s career points leader on 21 December 2025, and the Penguins went 41-25-16 for 98 points to finish second in the Metropolitan Division. Philadelphia won the first three games of their first-round series, Pittsburgh won the next two, and Cam York’s overtime goal gave the Flyers a 1-0 win in Game 6 on 29 April 2026.
Most famous player: Mario Lemieux
Lemieux, from Montréal, went first overall in 1984 and scored with his first NHL shot on his first shift, against Boston on 11 October 1984. He won the Calder Trophy that season, and in 1988-89 he scored 85 goals and 199 points, still the club’s single-season records. On 31 December 1988 he became the only player in NHL history to score in all five possible ways in one game. He won the Art Ross Trophy six times and the Hart Trophy three times, and he captained the Penguins to the Cup in 1991 and 1992, winning the Conn Smythe Trophy both years.
Hodgkin lymphoma interrupted his 1992-93 season, but he returned on the day of his last radiation treatment and still won the scoring title. He retired in 1997. The Hockey Hall of Fame waived its waiting period to induct him that year, and when the Penguins went bankrupt in 1998, he turned the salary they owed him into control of the club. On 27 December 2000 he came back as the NHL’s first player-owner. He retired for good in January 2006, midway through Crosby’s rookie season, and his 690 goals remain the club record even after Crosby passed his points total in December 2025.
Mario Lemieux’s Penguins totals, from the NHL’s official statistics: 915 games, 690 goals, 1,033 assists and 1,723 points.
Stanley Cups
The Penguins have won five Stanley Cups: 1991, 1992, 2009, 2016, 2017. They have lost the Final once, in 2008.
Arenas
| Arena | Years | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Civic Arena | 1967-2010 | Known as the Igloo, it had the first retractable roof of any major sports venue and was renamed Mellon Arena in 1999. Montréal beat the Penguins in both their first and last games there. |
| PPG Paints Arena | 2010-present | A statue of Mario Lemieux has stood outside since March 2012, and Sidney Crosby passed Lemieux’s club points record here in December 2025. |
PPG Paints Arena holds 18,387 for hockey. It opened in August 2010 as Consol Energy Center and became PPG Paints Arena in October 2016.
Retired numbers
| Number | Player |
|---|---|
| 21 | Michel Brière |
| 66 | Mario Lemieux |
| 68 | Jaromír Jágr |
The Penguins have retired three numbers, most recently Jaromír Jágr’s No. 68 on 18 February 2024. Michel Brière’s No. 21 was kept out of use after he died in 1971 from injuries suffered in a car crash and formally retired in 2001, and Mario Lemieux’s No. 66, first retired in November 1997, was returned to him for his 2000 comeback and retired again in October 2006.
Franchise leaders
| Category | Player | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Points | Sidney Crosby | 1,761 |
| Goals | Mario Lemieux | 690 |
| Assists | Sidney Crosby | 1,107 |
| Games played | Sidney Crosby | 1,420 |
| Goalie wins | Marc-Andre Fleury | 375 |
| Shutouts | Marc-Andre Fleury | 44 |
Regular-season totals for the whole franchise, from the NHL’s official statistics, updated as the season goes on.
Every champion since 1927 is on our Stanley Cup winners page, and the other 31 clubs are on our NHL teams page.
Metropolitan Division rivals
| Rival | Meetings in 2026-27 | Next meeting |
|---|---|---|
| Carolina Hurricanes | 4 | Sat 26 Dec (away) |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 4 | Fri 9 Oct (away) |
| New Jersey Devils | 4 | Sat 5 Dec (home) |
| New York Islanders | 4 | Wed 13 Jan (away) |
| New York Rangers | 4 | Fri 29 Jan (home) |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 4 | Wed 30 Sep (away) |
| Washington Capitals | 4 | Wed 7 Oct (away) |
Pittsburgh Penguins FAQ
The next Penguins game is away to the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday 30 September at 7:30 PM ET, at Xfinity Mobile Arena. In Canada it is on Out of market: Sportsnet+ Premium.
National listings this season: 33 on TVA Sports, 22 on Sportsnet, 10 on Sportsnet+ and 4 on Sportsnet One. Regional listings: 4 on Sportsnet East, 3 on Sportsnet West and 2 on TSN5. Of the 29 games without a Canadian network, 24 are the Penguins’ US regional broadcasts and five are US national games. In Canada, Rogers holds the out-of-market rights, so those games stream on Sportsnet+ Premium, which is sold on its own rather than through a TV package, and NHL Centre Ice through a TV provider is the other route. Blackouts apply.
Sidney Crosby is the captain for the 2026-27 season.
Dan Muse, in his second season, hired on 4 June 2025 and a Jack Adams Award finalist in 2025-26.
Five, most recently in 2017.
Mario Lemieux. He holds the Penguins records for career goals (690) and for goals and points in a season (85 and 199 in 1988-89), captained the club to its first two Stanley Cups and later bought it out of bankruptcy, though Sidney Crosby passed his career points record in December 2025.
Kyle Dubas, general manager since June 2023, when he was hired as president of hockey operations.
PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, PA, which opened in August 2010 and holds 18,387 for hockey.
84 regular-season games, 42 at home and 42 on the road, from 30 September to 10 April 2027.
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Last updated 28 September 2026.