The Penguins aren’t the best team in the NHL. Far from it. A quick glance at the standings would confirm that notion. That observation would also display that the Colorado Avalanche stand as the ...

The Avalanche are eighth in the league with 197 total goals (averaging 3.2 per game). Pittsburgh has gone 10-16-5 on the road and 24-29-10 overall. The Penguins have a -46 scoring differential ...

The Avalanche had won 15 straight away from Ball Arena dating back to March and came in as one of three teams in the league unbeaten on the young season.

Despite a four-point effort by forward Sidney Crosby, the Penguins collapsed Sunday as they surrendered a four-goal lead and fell to the Colorado Avalanche, 5-4, in overtime at Ball Arena in Denver.

It feels like the Pittsburgh Penguins deserved a much better fate than their 4-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday.. But fate wasn't on their side, and neither is time. In their final game ...

There were signs early that the Avalanche, winners of their previous six games and on a 14-3-2 surge, were going to get the best the Penguins had to offer — whatever that best could be, anyway.

Dec 10, 2024; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon (29) and Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby (87) in action during the first period at PPG Paints Arena.

The Avalanche remind me a bit of the Penguins of the 1990s. They might be a little top-heavy, but their great players are so, so great. MacKinnon is an all-timer, and so is Cale Makar.

Pittsburgh Penguins (34-26-10, fifth in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Colorado Avalanche (40-22-6, second in the Central Division) Denver; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh ...

The Colorado Avalanche (16-13) take the ice against the Pittsburgh Penguins (12-13-4) during Tuesday’s NHL slate, starting at 7:00 PM ET at PPG Paints Arena and broadcast on ESPN+. The Avalan… ...

Pittsburgh Penguins (24-29-10, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Colorado Avalanche (35-24-2, in the Central Division) Denver; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Penguins visit the ...