Pittsburgh Penguins 2025-26 NHL Betting Lines
The Pittsburgh Penguins are no longer a serious contender for the playoffs. The Sidney Crosby era has made them a perpetual Stanley Cup contender, but the supporting cast no longer offers the same level of support. Since their 2022 loss in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Pittsburgh Penguins have not returned to the postseason. Head coach Mike Sullivan, who led the Pens to two consecutive Stanley Cup championships in 2016-2017, left the team for the New York Rangers after realizing that the current situation in Pittsburgh was hopeless. The Penguins are coming off their first losing season since 2006. Marquee man Sidney Crosby is not getting any younger, and the Penguins lack a strong goaltending presence and a solid supporting cast. Gamblers are fleeing from the Penguins.
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Team Overview
To conclude the regular season, the Pittsburgh Penguins were 34-36-12 straight up and 43-35 over/under the total. Pittsburgh was also 13th in the Eastern Conference playoff standings, 31 points behind the Washington Capitals.
Pittsburgh had NHL rankings of 19th for goals scored and 6th for power play efficiency. In comparison, on defense, the Penguins had NHL rankings of 31st for goals against and 19th for penalty killing.
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Off-Season Moves for 2025-26
In: Anthony Mantha, Justin Brazeau, Matt Dumba, Parker Wotherspoon, Connor Clifton, Arturs Silovs
Out: Matt Grzelcyk, Conor Timmins, Vladislav Kolyachonok, Alex Nedeljkovic
The problem with Pittsburgh’s summer is that the Penguins have not become bad enough yet. If they want to be serious about Gavin McKenna, there’s still a lot of work to get to Chicago and San Jose territory.
The additions that Pittsburgh did make do look like decent lottery tickets, though. Anthony Mantha, if healthy, looks like a great bounce-back candidate while Justin Brazeau showed some nice promise two seasons ago. On defense, Parker Wotherspoon’s underlying numbers suggest he has some upside, while Matt Dumba has the name recognition to get flipped for value at the deadline, potentially. The Penguins gave themselves a lot of future mid-round pick ammo here.
Until Bryan Rust, Rickard Rakell, or Erik Karlsson get moved, though, this has been a very midsummer. There’s a lot of room to get worse.
This has been a very uninspired offseason thus far for the Penguins. But perhaps that's GM Kyle Dubas' grand plan. Pittsburgh is in that mushy middle of not entirely rebuilding and not entirely able to go all-in for one last kick at the can (they've tried it before and it didn't work). In that sense, Dubas did all right with some straightforward signings.
Mantha and Brazeau should give the Penguins' bottom six some solid depth, and there are third-pairing minutes up for grabs if you're Wotherspoon and Alexeyev. Dealing away Nedeljkovic puts some of the Penguins' younger goaltenders -- such as Joel Blomqvist -- in the spotlight.
Key Players
C Sidney Crosby is a future Hall of Famer and the savior of the Penguins franchise. Now in his late 30s, Crosby is still the Penguins’ top goal-scoring threat. When he was the first overall pick in the 2005 NHL Draft, the franchise was in bankruptcy and facing relocation. Crosby immediately shut that down and brought sellout crowds with three Stanley Cup championships. Last year marked the tenth time that Crosby was selected for the NHL All-Star Game. He is a two-time Hart Trophy winner as NHL MVP and a two-time Conn Smythe Trophy winner as playoff MVP. This past season, Crosby had 33 goals, 58 assists, 91 points, and a -20.
C Rickard Rakell added 35 goals, 35 assists, and 70 points this past year. He has been a Penguin since 2021-22 and was a 2018 NHL All-Star.
D Kris Letang is a Penguin stalwart and fan favorite. He started his NHL career with the Pens in 2007-08. Letang is a six-time All-Star and played on all three of the Crosby-era Stanley Cup champions.
Goaltenders
Goaltender Tristan Jarry began his NHL career with the Penguins in 2016-17. He is a two-time NHL All-Star. He was to split his time with Alex Nedeljkovic. However, Jarry played so poorly that he was temporarily sent to the minor leagues. He finished with a 3.12 goals against average and a .892 save percentage. His record was 16-12-6 with two shutouts.
Head Coach
Dan Muse replaces Mike Sullivan as head coach. He arrives from the New York Rangers, where he was an assistant. This is his first NHL head coaching assignment.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 7)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2024–25 |
82 |
34 |
36 |
7th, Metropolitan |
Did not qualify |
| 2023–24 |
82 |
38 |
32 |
5th, Metropolitan |
Did not qualify |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
40 |
31 |
5th, Metropolitan |
Did not qualify |
| 2021–22 |
82 |
46 |
25 |
3rd, Metropolitan |
Lost in First Round, 3–4 (Rangers) |
| 2020–21 |
56 |
37 |
16 |
1st, East |
Lost in First Round, 2–4 (Islanders) |
| 2019–20 |
69 |
40 |
23 |
3rd, Metropolitan |
Lost in Qualifying Round, 1–3 (Canadiens) |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
44 |
26 |
3rd, Metropolitan |
Lost in First Round, 0–4 (Islanders) |
Pittsburgh Penguins History
Founded in 1967 as part of the NHL's "Great Expansion," the Pittsburgh Penguins struggled for most of their existence until the arrival of Mario Lemieux in 1984. Since then, they have been one of the NHL's marquee franchises. Pittsburgh has won a total of five Stanley Cup championships in its history. Sidney Crosby took the mantle from Lemieux as the franchise's marquee man. Lemieux is now a part-owner of the team.
It may be hard to believe in this era where the Penguins are one of the NHL’s most successful franchises, but the NHL was often not a sure thing in the Steel City. For the first several years in business, the Penguins incurred losses and underwent several changes in ownership. Additionally, there were several close calls in which the franchise nearly left Pittsburgh or faced the possibility of folding.
But the arrival of Mario Lemieux in 1984 completely transformed the franchise. Lemieux is one of the most dominant players in NHL history, leading the Penguins to their first two Stanley Cup Championships and ushering in their first long-term era of glory.
And then, in 2005, when the Penguins were in financial trouble, Sidney Crosby arrived to save the franchise again. Crosby has led the Penguins to three Stanley Cups and was the marquee man who made the Penguins so attractive that they could get the financing for a new arena.
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Eastern Conference - Metropolitan
Western Conference - Central
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