Penguins Blog: 5 (Bad) Thoughts From the Road Trip

Oct 21, 2026, 2:09 PM ET|Comments (0)

from Pittsburgh Hockey Now, by Dan Kingerski,

The Pittsburgh Penguins are in the thick of the struggle. After a rousing first five periods of the season, which led to a pair of wins, the team has been in absolute free fall.

Counting a shootout loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets, which was more like a theft of a point from the hockey gods, the team has lost seven of eight games. Their lone respite in the oasis of clean hockey was a 2-1 shootout win over the Dallas Stars.

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