• Who: Penguins (32-17-14) vs. Hurricanes (40-17-6) • What: NHL regular season, Game 64 • When: 7:08 p.m. • Where: Lenovo Center • Goaltenders: Stuart Skinner (19-13-7, .890 SV%) vs. Frederik Andersen (9-11-5, .873 SV%) • TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh • Stream: SNP360 (local), ESPN+ (out-of-market) • Radio: Penguins Radio Network • Satellite:SiriusXM 201 • Boxscore: NHL.com • Medianotes: Penguins | Hurricanes
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Mantha backhander stopped. Another shootout loss.
• Blake scores.
• Chinakhov misses.
• Svechnikov scores.
• Kindel scores
• Jarvis stopped.
• Power play killed. Carolina two-on-none stopped. That’s it. Shootout. … Oh, no.
• Awful power play. Not a single setup yet. 1:46 to go.
• Slavin’s off for slashing Mantha on a golden chance. Power play for most of the final 2:29.
• No dives yet from Carolina in OT.
• Heading to OT.
• GOAL. Rust. Wow. 35 left. Tied, 4-4
• GOAL. Rust looks like he’ll get it. Maybe Acciari. Whatever. Extra attacker. 2:09 left. Hurricanes, 4-3
• GOAL. Nikishin one-timer. Set play. One second left on the two-man. Hurricanes, 4-2
• Ehlers dives right in front of the ref. And I mean DIVES. Canes get the call. Up two men for 29 ticks. The Penguins' bench is really giving it to McIsaac. Rust has words for Ehlers himself.
• Shea's going off for a cross-check. He's not going to like it. Hall's been taking spills all night, and that was another. 10:39 left.
• GOAL. Jarvis. Makes a partial break look really, really easy. Including beating Skinner. Assist: Svechnikov. Time: 3:48, third period. Hurricanes, 3-2
• GOAL. Jankowski, but only after Dewar kinda lost the puck in his skates. Just a complete gimme. That's too bad. Assists: Carrier, Nikishin. Time: 2:49, third period. Tie, 2-2
• Linesmen just missed Carolina entering the Pittsburgh zone five feet offside.
• Third period's underway, and never has a player more deserved a third-period goal than Soderblom.
• End second period. Lots and lots and lots more at Andersen. He's actually been good.
• More OUTSTANDING work from Soderblom. What a surprise all this has been tonight.
• The one referee, Jon McIsaac, has spent a big chunk of this period bantering back and forth with Brind'Amour. Because, you know, Brind'Amour's been around for a lot of years.
• Super-dangerous power play for the Canes. Skinner's up to it.
• Rakell's giveaway leads into Wotherspoon taking down Svechnikov. Power play.
• Chinakhov's forecheck nearly gets Andersen to cough up what would've been the easiest goal of his life.
• Scramble around the Pittsburgh crease, followed by what's as close to a line brawl as one gets in 2026. Headlined by Acciari and Nikishin getting into their own prolonged tilt. All even.
• GOAL. Rust. Peanut butter. Good look-off pass from Chinakhov at left point. Time: 11:45, second period. Penguins, 2-1
• Hardly ever see closing the hand on the puck get called, but Carrier gave no choice. Might as well have taken the puck out to dinner. Yet another power play. Need to make these count.
• Skinner with quick reflexes on three saves in fairly rapid succession. Giveaways galore. And look, I get that this is the Hurricanes' thing, but that should only further ensure greater caution.
• Kindel giveaway hands the Hurricanes a two-on-one, but Letang does really well to bail him out by blocking Aho's shot attempt.
• Shots are even now, 13-13.
• Second's underway. Really just a continuation. So much stronger on the puck.
• Odd period. Hard to figure. Remains to be seen, but it's possible the kids turned the whole bleeping thing around with that one shift.
• End period. Kids might've flipped the script on the game.
• Best part of that Koivunen assist was how he instinctively drifted back to cover for a pinching Shea. One of many benefits of having the same system deployed at the NHL/AHL levels.
• GOAL. Mantha skates right down through the circles and whips a wrister past Andersen's blocker. Assist: Koivunen. Time: 19:04, first period. Tie, 1-1
• Ehlers hurt on a really routine contact sequence with Karlsson. Has a looooooooooong history of being hurt in Winnipeg, for what it's worth.
• Another huge chance for the kids. Hayes nearly bangs in the rebound.
• No goal on the power play, but a lot of life. Maybe it'll make a difference.
• Tremendous shift for the Kindel line. Wow. Seemingly out of nowhere. Soderblom break. Turning shot. Semi-break for Hayes. Power play coming ... and earned.
• Solovyov with an ambitious rush. That's something.
• This is getting gross, you guys. Shots are 10-1, and my eyes are strained from having to watch everything at the far end. Like, everything.
• Giveaway by Kindel at center red. Already a minus-1. The struggle's real.
• Good shift for the top line. First one all game for any line. Worked low. Shot puck.
• GOAL: Stankoven had way too many white sweaters around him to have remained vertical long enough to score so easily on a scramble. Hurricanes, 1-0
• Past five minutes not going great. Everything's in the far end. Turnovers galore, including at the Carolina line. This won't hold up well. It'll either get deep, or it's a long, long night ahead.
• That's a kill. Skinner with two saves. Well done.
• Canes come crazy-close to scoring on a tip by Carrier. Clifton whacks it out of the air and into the crowd. That's a minor, but it's also a GREAT play.
• Faceoff: Rakell vs. Staal, 7:08 p.m.
• Funny how much the crowd composition's changed here. Overwhelming majority are now here to cheer the home team. Feels odd.
• Top line will start vs. Staal.
• Lineups are now official for both teams. Same as below.
• Warmups underway. No surprises.
• Dan Muse's expected lines and pairings, minus Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Justin Brazeau andnow Sam Girard:
Egor Chinakhov-Rickard Rakell-Bryan Rust Anthony Mantha-Tommy Novak-Ville Koivunen Elmer Soderblom-Ben Kindel-Avery Hayes Connor Dewar-Blake Lizotte-Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon-Erik Karlsson Ryan Shea-Kris Letang Ilya Solovyov-Connor Clifton
• Rod Brind'Amour's expected lines and pairings:
Andrei Svechnikov-Sebastian Aho-Seth Jarvis Taylor Hall-Logan Stankoven-Jackson Blake Nikolaj Ehlers-Jordan Staal-Jordan Martinook William Carrier-Mark Jankowski-Eric Robinson
Jaccob Slavin-Jalen Chatfield K'Andre Miller-Sean Walker Mike Reilly-Alexander Nikishin
• Both teams have morning skates here today, the Hurricanes first at 10:30 and the Penguins an hour after that. The latter's expected to be a full session since yesterday was a travel day. Taylor Haase will have the coverage.
THE ASYLUM
Final: Hurricanes 5, Penguins 4, shootout
• Who: Penguins (32-17-14) vs. Hurricanes (40-17-6)
• What: NHL regular season, Game 64
• When: 7:08 p.m.
• Where: Lenovo Center
• Goaltenders: Stuart Skinner (19-13-7, .890 SV%) vs. Frederik Andersen (9-11-5, .873 SV%)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Stream: SNP360 (local), ESPN+ (out-of-market)
• Radio: Penguins Radio Network
• Satellite: SiriusXM 201
• Boxscore: NHL.com
• Media notes: Penguins | Hurricanes
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Mantha backhander stopped. Another shootout loss.
• Blake scores.
• Chinakhov misses.
• Svechnikov scores.
• Kindel scores
• Jarvis stopped.
• Power play killed. Carolina two-on-none stopped. That’s it. Shootout. … Oh, no.
• Awful power play. Not a single setup yet. 1:46 to go.
• Slavin’s off for slashing Mantha on a golden chance. Power play for most of the final 2:29.
• No dives yet from Carolina in OT.
• Heading to OT.
• GOAL. Rust. Wow. 35 left. Tied, 4-4
• GOAL. Rust looks like he’ll get it. Maybe Acciari. Whatever. Extra attacker. 2:09 left. Hurricanes, 4-3
• GOAL. Nikishin one-timer. Set play. One second left on the two-man. Hurricanes, 4-2
• Ehlers dives right in front of the ref. And I mean DIVES. Canes get the call. Up two men for 29 ticks. The Penguins' bench is really giving it to McIsaac. Rust has words for Ehlers himself.
• Shea's going off for a cross-check. He's not going to like it. Hall's been taking spills all night, and that was another. 10:39 left.
• GOAL. Jarvis. Makes a partial break look really, really easy. Including beating Skinner. Assist: Svechnikov. Time: 3:48, third period. Hurricanes, 3-2
• GOAL. Jankowski, but only after Dewar kinda lost the puck in his skates. Just a complete gimme. That's too bad. Assists: Carrier, Nikishin. Time: 2:49, third period. Tie, 2-2
• Linesmen just missed Carolina entering the Pittsburgh zone five feet offside.
• Third period's underway, and never has a player more deserved a third-period goal than Soderblom.
• End second period. Lots and lots and lots more at Andersen. He's actually been good.
• More OUTSTANDING work from Soderblom. What a surprise all this has been tonight.
• The one referee, Jon McIsaac, has spent a big chunk of this period bantering back and forth with Brind'Amour. Because, you know, Brind'Amour's been around for a lot of years.
• Super-dangerous power play for the Canes. Skinner's up to it.
• Rakell's giveaway leads into Wotherspoon taking down Svechnikov. Power play.
• Chinakhov's forecheck nearly gets Andersen to cough up what would've been the easiest goal of his life.
• Scramble around the Pittsburgh crease, followed by what's as close to a line brawl as one gets in 2026. Headlined by Acciari and Nikishin getting into their own prolonged tilt. All even.
• GOAL. Rust. Peanut butter. Good look-off pass from Chinakhov at left point. Time: 11:45, second period. Penguins, 2-1
• Hardly ever see closing the hand on the puck get called, but Carrier gave no choice. Might as well have taken the puck out to dinner. Yet another power play. Need to make these count.
• Skinner with quick reflexes on three saves in fairly rapid succession. Giveaways galore. And look, I get that this is the Hurricanes' thing, but that should only further ensure greater caution.
• Kindel giveaway hands the Hurricanes a two-on-one, but Letang does really well to bail him out by blocking Aho's shot attempt.
• Shots are even now, 13-13.
• Second's underway. Really just a continuation. So much stronger on the puck.
• Odd period. Hard to figure. Remains to be seen, but it's possible the kids turned the whole bleeping thing around with that one shift.
• End period. Kids might've flipped the script on the game.
• Best part of that Koivunen assist was how he instinctively drifted back to cover for a pinching Shea. One of many benefits of having the same system deployed at the NHL/AHL levels.
• GOAL. Mantha skates right down through the circles and whips a wrister past Andersen's blocker. Assist: Koivunen. Time: 19:04, first period. Tie, 1-1
• Ehlers hurt on a really routine contact sequence with Karlsson. Has a looooooooooong history of being hurt in Winnipeg, for what it's worth.
• Another huge chance for the kids. Hayes nearly bangs in the rebound.
• No goal on the power play, but a lot of life. Maybe it'll make a difference.
• Tremendous shift for the Kindel line. Wow. Seemingly out of nowhere. Soderblom break. Turning shot. Semi-break for Hayes. Power play coming ... and earned.
• Solovyov with an ambitious rush. That's something.
• This is getting gross, you guys. Shots are 10-1, and my eyes are strained from having to watch everything at the far end. Like, everything.
• Giveaway by Kindel at center red. Already a minus-1. The struggle's real.
• Good shift for the top line. First one all game for any line. Worked low. Shot puck.
• GOAL: Stankoven had way too many white sweaters around him to have remained vertical long enough to score so easily on a scramble. Hurricanes, 1-0
• Past five minutes not going great. Everything's in the far end. Turnovers galore, including at the Carolina line. This won't hold up well. It'll either get deep, or it's a long, long night ahead.
• That's a kill. Skinner with two saves. Well done.
• Canes come crazy-close to scoring on a tip by Carrier. Clifton whacks it out of the air and into the crowd. That's a minor, but it's also a GREAT play.
• Faceoff: Rakell vs. Staal, 7:08 p.m.
• Funny how much the crowd composition's changed here. Overwhelming majority are now here to cheer the home team. Feels odd.
• Top line will start vs. Staal.
• Lineups are now official for both teams. Same as below.
• Warmups underway. No surprises.
• Dan Muse's expected lines and pairings, minus Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Justin Brazeau and now Sam Girard:
Egor Chinakhov-Rickard Rakell-Bryan Rust
Anthony Mantha-Tommy Novak-Ville Koivunen
Elmer Soderblom-Ben Kindel-Avery Hayes
Connor Dewar-Blake Lizotte-Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon-Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea-Kris Letang
Ilya Solovyov-Connor Clifton
• Rod Brind'Amour's expected lines and pairings:
Andrei Svechnikov-Sebastian Aho-Seth Jarvis
Taylor Hall-Logan Stankoven-Jackson Blake
Nikolaj Ehlers-Jordan Staal-Jordan Martinook
William Carrier-Mark Jankowski-Eric Robinson
Jaccob Slavin-Jalen Chatfield
K'Andre Miller-Sean Walker
Mike Reilly-Alexander Nikishin
• Both teams have morning skates here today, the Hurricanes first at 10:30 and the Penguins an hour after that. The latter's expected to be a full session since yesterday was a travel day. Taylor Haase will have the coverage.
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