The Pittsburgh Penguins will conclude their three-game homestand with a matchup against the Boston Bruins at PPG Paints Arena. The game is scheduled to start at 4:30 PM, with doors opening to fans at 3 PM. Broadcast coverage will be available on TNT, and radio listeners can tune in to 105.9 The X or use the Penguins App.
Today’s event is presented by PPG, featuring an educational initiative for young fans called Sticks and S.T.E.M., organized in partnership with the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation. This program, located behind Section 112 until the end of the second intermission, integrates hockey activities with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
The team is also marking its annual Irish Heritage game. Fans can purchase St. Patrick’s Day merchandise at PensGear and try Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle’s Rueben Rolls at the 5th Ave Food Hall behind Section 116. Special souvenir cups for St. Patrick’s Day will be offered throughout the arena.
Entering this game, the Penguins have a record of 31-17-14 while the Bruins hold a record of 35-22-5.
Pittsburgh has earned points in eight of its last ten home games and has gone 9-3-3 over its past fifteen home contests since December 21. Rickard Rakell has recorded notable performances against Boston with four multi-point games among his 19 points in 24 matchups versus the Bruins. Anthony Mantha also has strong numbers against Boston, including a career-high five-point outing on March 31, 2019.
Pittsburgh’s fourth line—Noel Acciari, Connor Dewar, and Blake Lizotte—has allowed fewer goals than any other forward line (minimum of 250 minutes played together) at five-on-five play this season.
Evgeni Malkin was suspended for five games by the NHL Department of Player Safety following an incident involving Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin during Thursday’s game.
Since Christmas, Pittsburgh has picked up points in 21 out of their last 26 games with a record of 16-5-5.
On Friday, Pittsburgh acquired forward Elmer Soderblom from Detroit in exchange for a third-round draft pick originally belonging to San Jose. Soderblom is under contract through the end of the 2026-27 season with an average annual value of $1.125 million. He stands six-foot-eight and weighs 252 pounds and has appeared in parts of three NHL seasons—all with Detroit—totaling eleven goals and eleven assists over eighty-six regular-season games.
Forward Bryan Rust enters today’s contest on a five-game point streak (two goals and four assists), which ties him for eighth-longest active streak in the league currently.
Erik Karlsson reached his fortieth point of the season yesterday (six goals and thirty-four assists), making him only the tenth defenseman in NHL history to have thirteen or more forty-point seasons.
Rookie Ben Kindel recently notched his fifteenth goal this season—ranking fourth among NHL rookies—and remains one game-winning goal shy of tying the single-season record for an eighteen-year-old player.
Egor Chinakhov has contributed sixteen points (ten goals and six assists) across twenty-four games since joining Pittsburgh on January first; no Penguin has scored more goals during that span.
Rickard Rakell approaches his three-hundredth career assist—needing two more—and would become just the thirteenth active player from his draft class to reach that milestone. Sam Girard needs two assists to reach two hundred career assists as well.
Kris Letang is one point away from reaching eight hundred career points; if achieved tonight he would become only the twenty-first defenseman ever to reach that mark in NHL history—and only nine have done so entirely with one team. Letang leads all Penguins defensemen historically in every major statistical category including games played (1,217), goals (178), assists (621), and points (799).
Letang and Karlsson both rank among active leaders for defensive scoring against Boston; Letang shares second-most assists among defensemen versus Boston alongside Victor Hedman.
Tonight’s event includes a visit from National Aviary experts along with live penguin ambassadors as part of community engagement efforts at PPG Paints Arena—a venue known as home to Pittsburgh’s hockey franchise according to its official website. The National Aviary maintains ongoing conservation work focused on endangered African penguins, highlighted by permanent displays within PPG Paints Arena as part of broader outreach initiatives rooted in strong local sports traditions (source).
The Penguins are recognized for their playoff consistency and division titles over time (source). The organization features numerous Hall of Fame players, coaches, executives (source), while ownership resides with Fenway Sports Group (source).
