PITTSBURGH -- Matt Murray made 38 saves in his first start since Nov. 17, and Phil Kessel scored a power-play goal at 3:59 of overtime to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 4-3 win against the Los Angeles Kings at PPG Paints Arena on Saturday.

Thoughts, musings and observations from the Pens' 4-3 overtime win against the Los Angeles Kings at PPG Paints Arena…

* The biggest news of the day wasn't related to the game at all. It was the update on defenseman Kris Letang, who suffered an ugly lower-body injury against Boston on Friday night.

Letang is listed as day-to-day, a huge relief to the team. As head coach Mike Sullivan noted, "It could have been a lot worse. We'll take each day as it comes."

Andrew Slavonic, a 101-year-old World War II veteran from McMurray, says his secret to a long life is drinking a Coors Light every day at 4 p.m. 

Slavonic said in a recent interview with FOX News that he sometimes has multiple beers in a day, "but the one at 4 o'clock is the most important one." 

The Penguins saluted the Air Force veteran for his service by hosting Andrew and some of his family members at tonight's game against Los Angeles at PPG Paints Arena.

After Andrew received a personalized Penguins jersey from Iceburgh, former Penguins player Colby Armstrong hand-delivered a cold Coors Light during the first period, telling Andrew, "It's always 4 o'clock somewhere!"

Andrew and his son, Bob, watched the game from the "Coors Light Silver Seats." Coors Light is an official beer partner of the Penguins.

Thoughts, musings and observations from the Penguins' 5-3 win over the Boston Bruins on Friday at PPG Paints Arena.

Game Date
Saturday, December 15, 2018

Opponent
Los Angeles Kings

Game Time
7:00PM

Doors Open
5:30PM

IBEW Warm-Ups Begin
6:29PM

Game Presenting Partner
Saturday's game is proudly presented by 7UP.

Thoughts, musings and observations from the Pens' morning skate prior to hosting the Boston Bruins.

Game Date
Friday, December 14, 2018

Opponent
Boston Bruins

Jersey
Gold Third Jersey

Game Time
7:00 PM

Doors Open
6:00 PM

IBEW Warm-Ups Begin
6:29 PM

Promotional Item
Team Yearbook presented by Point Park University

Game Presenting Partner
Friday's game is proudly presented by the Original Pizza Logs

CHICAGO, Illinois - It would have been easy to lose hope. 

Bryan Rust went 21 consecutive games without scoring a goal, and only had one tally in the opening 29 games of the season for Pittsburgh. 

"Try to stay positive," he said of the slump. "Any time you don't play as well as you like or things don't go your way for a long period of time it can be frustrating. You just have to stick with it, and try to remain as positive as possible." 

Positive he remained. Persist he did. Results he earned. 

The Pittsburgh Penguins have activated forward Matt Cullen from injured reserve, it was announced today by executive vice president and general manager Jim Rutherford.

Forward Patric Hornqvist has been retroactively placed on injured reserve dating back to December 6.

Cullen, 42, has four points (2G-2A) in 18 games this season. He has missed the past 11 games due to a lower-body injury. In his most recent appearance, Cullen scored and was plus-2 at Ottawa back on November 17.

Tonight the Penguins visit the Chicago Blackhawks at 8:00 PM ET at the United Center in Chicago. The game will be nationally broadcast on NBC Sports Network. Fans can also listen on the team's official radio flagship, 105.9 The X. 

Pittsburgh enters tonight's game having earned points in four straight games (3-0-1), including a 2-1 shootout victory on Monday night against the New York Islanders in Long Island. This is the final game of the Penguins' 10th annual Dads' Trip.

Zach Aston-Reese joins Josh Getzoff, Sam Kasan, and Michelle Crechiolo on the sixth episode of The Scoop presented by Point Park University. 

Highlights include:

• Zach discussing his connection to Pittsburgh and growing up a Pens fan
• His decision to sign with the team
• Looking back on some of his NHL firsts
• What it was like recovering from his broken jaw
• His spontaneous trip to Europe with some teammates
• His experience playing junior hockey in Nebraska
• Why he chose to be a graphic design major in college
• The story behind his tattoos (and potentially designing one for Josh)
• How it's been adjusting to life as a pro hockey player

All episodes of The Scoop, which is presented by Point Park University, are available on SoundCloud, iTunes, and Google Play. 

For more information on Penguins Podcasts, visit our podcast page.