Before anything else … it must be mentioned that THIS is what the Daily Biscuit ran with on Wednesday morning:

The Pens hit the opening night Ice on Tuesday with Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang who have been teammates for the past two decades and were making some history by doing so. While brand new, shiny-Head Coach Dan Muse decided to also start 2 teenage ‘rooks’ Ben Kindel and Harrison Brunicke along with frist time Penguin, Arturs Silovs in goal. Bold move Cotton…

Final line, the Pens looked to be in Mid-season form shutting out the Sullied Rags 3-0 in their own barn on the NHL Opening Night in front of a National audience on ESPN. Shame on you for a month of Sundays if you missed this one. It was pure poetic justice.

Tonight the Pens play their 2nd game of the 2025-26 season, the home opener at the Taint in Pgh facing the much hated other NY team, the Islanders. It certainly will be interesting to see how long these ‘nuvo-Pens’ can keep the focus and energy going. Come to dream, stay to scream!

LGP

Also, “McKenna Watch” resumes tonight on the Big Ten Network: