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The NHL season has arrived. On Tuesday, tune in to watch the Pittsburgh Penguins take on the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden in this NHL season opener for both teams.
Meet Justin Brazeau, Penguins' tall and unlikely NHL goals leader originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Pittsburgh Penguins' first goal of the 2025-26 NHL season came from an unlikely place.
Their new coach made sure to get Ben Kindel and Harrison Brunicke out there for their NHL debuts. With them, he chose Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang, who have been teammates for the past two decades and were making some history.
New York Rangers head coach Mike Sullivan dropped a blunt admission on J.T. Miller’s debut as captain during the NHL season opener against Sidney Crosby’s Pittsburgh Penguins.
NHL opening day continues with an exciting matchup between the Pittsburgh Penguins facing the New York Rangers this afternoon.
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Harrison Brunicke and forward Ben Kindel are each scheduled to make their NHL debuts on Tuesday in the team’s season opener, a road contest against the New York Rangers.
Penguins rookie Ville Koivunen is set for a top-line gig alongside Sidney Crosby, and the Finn recorded two or more shots in five of eight NHL games last spring. He and Crosby also clicked for a solid 52.3 Corsi For percentage and 61.0% shot-share rate during the stretch.
Malkin created the play off a face-off that led to Justin Brazeau giving the Penguins a 1-0 lead at 19:28 of the first period. He lost the face-off to Vincent Trocheck perhaps on purpose so he can push forward, turn and shield the puck with his body and find Brazeau open in front of the net.