2026 Pittsburgh Penguins Preseason Game 3

The Pittsburgh Penguins head on the road for their penultimate match of the 2026 NHL preseason as they face off against the Columbus Blue Jackets. This time for their first away game they are taking along 23 players: 14 forwards, 7 defensemen, and 2 goaltenders. They will have to scratch two forwards and a D before the puck drops, although one of the players on the roster is currently day-to-day so that may be why they took along 14 forwards rather than the 13 they dressed for the past two games, just in case he is not good to go. But this allows the team to get used to the normal regular season away game experience, their Emergency Backup Goaltender should be traveling along as well. Below we will go over the lineup for the game and speculate lines and D pairs based upon what they have been using in practice as well as using the post as an open game thread with updates during the game itself.

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2026 Pittsburgh Penguins Preseason Game 2

The Pittsburgh Penguins stay at home for the second of their back-to-back exhibition games, facing off against the Detroit Red Wings. Once again they have a list of 22 players who are suiting up for the game: 13 forwards, 7 defensemen, and 2 goaltenders. They will have to scratch 1 F and 1 D before puck drop, so it emulates the way they normally handle the regular season with bringing along a full lineup and making the final decisions on who plays right before puck drops. Below we will go over the lineup for the game and speculate lines and D pairs based upon what they have been using in practice as well as using the post as an open game thread with updates during the game itself.

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2026 Pittsburgh Penguins Preseason Game 1

The Pittsburgh Penguins open their 2026 NHL Preseason with an exhibition game at home versus the Buffalo Sabres. They have a list of 22 players who are suiting up for the game: 13 forwards, 7 defensemen, and 2 goaltenders. They will have to scratch 1 F and 1 D before puck drop, so it emulates the way they normally handle the regular season with bringing along a full lineup and making the final decisions on who plays right before puck drops. Below we will go over the lineup for the game and speculate lines and D pairs based upon what they have been using in practice as well as using the post as an open game thread with updates during the game itself.

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Seattle Kraken Training Camp

The Seattle Kraken posted their NHL Training Camp roster back when they announce the Rookie Camp one, but I didn’t write up a post at the time since I was working on other things and I figured it could wait. However, camp officially begins on Wednesday September 16, although they will not hit the ice for practice until Thursday, so it is time to write up a post to look at the schedule and see who will be attending this year. Most of the players who were at the Prospects Showcase will be attending, they only cut three invites. Overall they have 5 goaltenders, 18 defensemen, and 31 forwards invited.

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Unconventional Wisdom – Puckalytics

Today I wanted to continue looking at stats that I don’t usually post about, so we are going to dive into David Johnson’s Archetype stats from Puckalytics. I have been a fan of his since back in the old days of his former site Hockey Analysis which he now uses to post articles, he often focuses on writing about Canadian teams but sometimes has articles that are relevant to the league in general. He also made his own salary cap site a few years ago when CapFriendly shut down, so check out The Stanley Cap as well, he also shows his data and player cards on that site. Today we are going to use his data to throw together some bubble charts to examine the players currently under contract in the Pittsburgh Penguins system, everybody who played in the NHL last year.