Game Preview: 10.23.25 at Florida Panthers

The Penguins head down to Sunrise to take on the reigning Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena. Puck drop is set for 7 PM.

This game will be available to watch on SportsNet Pittsburgh. Fans can listen to the game on 105.9 the X and on the Penguins app.

Team Records: PIT (5-2-0), FLA (4-4-0)

The Penguins have points in 23 of their last 30 meetings versus the Panthers (16-7-7 record) dating back to December 20, 2014. Pittsburgh has points in five of its last seven games here at Amerant Bank Arena. Dating back further, they have points in 12 of their last 16 games here overall (6-4-6). Tomorrow's game begins a stretch where Pittsburgh will play five of its next seven games on the road.

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QUICK HITS

Rickard Rakell is riding an active four-game point streak (1G-3A). A point tomorrow would give him his first five-game point streak since Jan 29-Feb. 22, 2025 (6GP, 2G-5A).

Blake Lizotte has six points (1G-5A) in 10 career games versus Florida. His teams are 7-0-3 against the Panthers when he dresses.

Bryan Rust has an active five-game point streak (4G-4A) against the Panthers and has 16 points (8G-8A) in 25 career games versus them.

No team in the NHL has allowed fewer goals against in the third period than Pittsburgh (3).

Only the Boston Bruins (143) and the Seattle Kraken (133) have blocked more shots this season than Pittsburgh (130).

WE’RE GOING STREAKIN’

The Penguins enter tomorrow's game having won three-consecutive games for the first time this season. A win tomorrow would give Pittsburgh its first four-game winning streak since going 4-0-0 from Mar. 9-15 last season. Below is a look at the Penguins team ranks since their win streak began on Oct. 16.

Fourteen different skaters have recorded a point, and 10 players have notched multiple points during Pittsburgh’s three-game win streak. Sidney Crosby’s three goals during the Penguins win streak is tied for sixth in the NHL in that span.

THE BIG BOY LINE

Pittsburgh’s second line of Justin Brazeau, Evgeni Malkin and Anthony Mantha have been huge contributors (literally and figuratively) for the Penguins this season. The line features the Penguins’ goal (Brazeau, 5), assist (Malkin, 8) and point (10) leaders, and the trio have combined for a total of 10 goals and 24 points at all strengths.

PILING UP THE POINTS

On Tuesday, Sidney Crosby surpassed Mario Lemieux for the most total points (regular season + players) in franchise history, and the seventh most points (regular season + playoffs) in NHL history. Crosby is now just four points from becoming the seventh player in league history to 1,900 total points.

BIG DAWGS GOTTA EAT

Justin Brazeau’s tenure with the Penguins is off to a red hot start. After establishing a new single-game career high in points on Tuesday night (1G-2A), Brazeau now leads the Penguins in goals (5) and is tied for second in points (5G-3A). His five goals through his first seven games with Pittsburgh are the fourth most goals scored by a player in their first seven games with the team in franchise history (Evgeni Malkin – 7, Pete Mahovlich – 7, Andy Bathgate – 6). With a goal tomorrow, Brazeau can become just the fifth player in franchise history with six or more goals through their first eight games with the team.

Brazeau, who was signed to a two-year deal this past offseason, has the most goals in the NHL among all offseason acquisitions.

MULTI-POINT MADNESS

Sidney Crosby enters tomorrow's game with the seventh-most multi-point games in NHL history and is one such performances away from tying Mario Lemieux for the team record.

CLIMBING THE RANKS

Evgeni Malkin is on the cusp of moving up the ranks of multiple NHL all-time lists.

NETMINDER’S NIGHTMARE

Sidney Crosby has scored on 161 different goaltenders in the regular season throughout his 21-year career. Included in those 161 netminders is Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, who Crosby has tallied seven of his 629 career goals against. Jake Allen is the only active goalies that Crosby has scored more goals against than Bobrovsky.

Only four players in NHL history have scored on more individual goaltenders than Crosby.

CAT CALLIN’

Pittsburgh’s duo of Sidney Crosby (30G-38A-68PTS) and Evgeni Malkin (19G-33A-52PTS) rank third and fourth among all active skaters in points against the Panthers, respectively. The Penguins have four of the top-13 point scorers against Florida among active players.

Erik Karlsson (11G-26A) and Kris Letang (12G-24A) are third and fourth (tied) in points among defensemen against the Panthers all-time.