The Penguins welcome the Carolina Hurricanes to town for the first time this season.
Here are your Pens Points for this Friday morning…
The Pittsburgh Penguins appear to have a Tristan Jarry problem in the net that’s come over from last season. What options does the team have to solve this ongoing issue? [PensBurgh]
One of the options the Penguins have at their disposal to fix the above problem may come in the form of a healthy Alex Nedeljkovic, who was active off injured reserve and sent to the AHL for a conditioning assignment on Thursday. [Trib Live]
Evgeni Malkin’s 500th NHL goal, featuring an assist from his longtime friend, Sidney Crosby, could not have been scripted by any Hollywood writer with the way the unforgettable sequence played out. [Trib Live]
News and notes from around the NHL…
Dallas Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger signed an eight-year, $66 million contract extension with the Dallas Stars that will pay him $8.25 million per season. How will this extension impact Igor Shesterkin’s ongoing negotiations with the New York Rangers? [The Hockey News]
The Ontario Hockey League says it will cooperate with any police investigation into sexual assault allegations made by a woman who claimed eight OHL players sexually assaulted her in November 2014. [TSN]
The Florida Panthers may get the injured Aleksander Barkov back sooner than expected. [ESPN]