Penguins Grades: Murashov Brilliant; Team Struggling for Answers

Oct 10, 2026, 1:03 AM ET|Comments (0)

from Pittsburgh Hockey Now, by Dan Kingerski,

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Nothing was working for the Pittsburgh Penguins , and even after they found a spark, sloppy mistakes plagued their game against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

The Penguins had far fewer turnovers Friday than they did in the Wednesday faceplant against the Washington Capitals, but that’s akin to placing the bar on the ground, tripping over it and calling it an improvement. The Penguins’ best players are not playing like it. Their depth players are out of sync. And the defense is both playing soft in their own zone and reacting to plays instead of making them, whilst gifting the puck to opponents far too often.

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