Pittsburgh Penguins, Crosby and Los Angeles Kings
Kevin Hayes, Sidney Crosby and Anthony Beauvillier each had a goal and an assist to help the Pittsburgh Penguins end the Los Angeles Kings' nine-game home winning streak with a 5-1 victory on Monday night.
The Penguins head west to face the Los Angeles Kings in a late-night showdown at Crypto.com Arena. Welcome back to NHL Predictions here on Last Word on Hockey!
One of my first conversations with Kevin Hayes at training camp this season was about his support for first responders.
Game time is 10:30 p.m. ET from Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles and you can watch it on ESPN+ (packages start at $11.99/month). Pittsburgh Penguins (19-21-8, in the Metropolitan Division) last played on Saturday night and fell to the NHL-leading Washington Capitols by a 4-1 score.
The Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Los Angeles Kings 5-1 on Monday night, the Kings' first home day since the wildfires.
Pittsburgh will be without their top goal-scoring forward when they take on Los Angeles, who will play their first home game since the onset of the wildfires
The Los Angeles Kings will try to keep their nine-game home win streak intact when they face the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The circumstances were particularly meaningful for Pittsburgh forward Blake Lizotte, who started his NHL career with the Kings and had 106 points (37 goals, 69 assists) in 320 games for them. This was his first game at Crypto.com Arena as a visitor, but the LAFD hat he wore after the morning skate reflected the larger circumstances.
Forwards Anthony Beauvillier and Cody Glass - who have been up and down the Penguins' lineup this season - have been producing in recent top-six roles. They each have two goals and three points in the last three games, and they have been in and out of the top-six for most of the season.
On Monday, January 20, 2025, the Los Angeles Kings hosted the Pittsburgh Penguins, losing 5-1 in regulation. Many fans were quick to deem it one of the worst games of the season for LA; a sentiment Kings Head Coach Jim Hiller echoed in his postgame press conference,
After getting a well-earned two-day break in Southern California, the Pittsburgh Penguins resume a seven-day road trip on Thursday night with a game against the slumping Anaheim Ducks.