The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-3 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh on Thursday. The Penguins' Sidney Crosby had one goal and two assists, placing him in ninth place on the NHL's scoring list.

Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby offered his perspective on Connor McDavid’s three-game suspension for cross-checking Conor Garland during Saturday’s Edmonton-Vancouver clash. Speaking to The Athletic on Monday, Crosby acknowledged McDavid’s actions but framed them within the physical nature of hockey.

The Washington Capitals open a five-game road trip when they visit the Connor McDavid-less Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. The Capitals have won four games in a row and earned points in 10 straight (7-0-3),

Second Period_6, Pittsburgh, Crosby 12 (Bunting, Karlsson), 5:42 (pp). 7, Edmonton, Draisaitl 31 (McDavid, Ekholm), 10:58. 8, Edmonton, Nugent-Hopkins 11 (Bouchard, McDavid), 19:15 (pp).

The Penguins won’t be facing the NHL’s most efficient power play when Edmonton visits PPG Paints Arena Thursday evening. Not even close, really.

Defenseman Mattias Ekholm shared his thoughts following the Edmonton Oilers' 5-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday.

Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists to move into ninth on the NHL’s career scoring list as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers 5-3.

The Edmonton Oilers reached the exact midpoint of their 2024-25 NHL schedule on Thursday (Jan. 9), losing 5-3 to the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena.

This in from Tony Brar of Oilers TV, the line-up for the Edmonton Oilers in tonight’s game against the Pittsburgh Penguins, with news that d-man Troy Stecher is checking back in for Josh Brown, who played against Boston on Monday.

This in from two NHL insiders former GM and player agent Brian Lawton and writer Josh Yoshe of the The Athletic, Lawton’s opinion that the Edmonton Oilers still need a Top 4 dman, and Yoshe’s take that Marcus Pettersson of the Pittsburgh Penguins is on Edmonton’s radar.

Well, one of those occasions was the first period Thursday evening in Pittsburgh, which the Edmonton Oilers turned into Bizarro World — doing the exact opposite of everything that had been working so well for them on that 15-3-1 charge.

Two of the National Hockey League’s top teams will tangle at Rogers Center in Edmonton, Alberta, on Tuesday night. The Washington Capitols, which top all NHL teams with 67 points, will open a five-game road trip against the Oilers (29-14-3, in the Pacific Division), one of six teams with at least 60 points.