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Penguins and Avalanche featured in game preview
A game preview published on October 17, 2026, features the Pittsburgh Penguins and Colorado Avalanche.
It looks ahead to a matchup between the two teams.
The preview focuses on key players and matchups.
The available details do not name any players or describe specific matchups.
They also give no venue or start time.
The game details are not provided, so its timing and other circumstances are unclear.
Pittsburgh continued a four-game road trip with a game against Colorado at Ball Arena.
The Penguins had points in 14 of their previous 23 games against the Avalanche since April 6, 2014.
Pittsburgh had points in four of its previous six trips to Ball Arena.
Bryan Rust had an active nine-game point streak against Colorado.
The preview highlighted Sidney Crosby’s chance to pass Joe Thornton for seventh place on the NHL career assists list.
- Who
- The Pittsburgh Penguins and Colorado Avalanche.
- What
- The teams were set to play an NHL game.
- When
- October 16, 2026.
- Where
- Ball Arena in Colorado.
- Why
- The Penguins were continuing a four-game road trip.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The period covered by Pittsburgh’s record of points in 14 of 23 games against Colorado began.
Evgeni Malkin recorded a three-point game against the Avalanche.
The Penguins held a practice in Chicago before flying to Denver.
NHL.com published a preview of Pittsburgh’s game at Colorado.
Yahoo Sports published a headline reporting that Pittsburgh scored twice in 29 seconds.
- Game date
- October 16, 2026
- Venue
- Ball Arena, Colorado
- Penguins road trip
- Four games
- Pittsburgh record against Colorado since April 6, 2014
- Points in 14 of 23 games (12-9-2)
- Bryan Rust against Colorado
- 13 points in his last 11 games; active nine-game point streak
- Sidney Crosby career assists
- 1,109
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The Penguins did some small-area competition to end a productive practice session. "Coming off a day off after a game that we're not thrilled with, I fully expected the energy level to be high, and they came in and delivered that," Dan Muse said.
Full attendance at Penguins practice in Chicago before flying to Denver. Workflow: Rakell-Crosby-Rust Chinakhov-Novak-Malkin Kuzmenko-Kindel-Robertson Dewar-Lizotte-Soderblom (Lapierre, Koivunen) Carlile-Karlsson Girard-Korczak Stastney-Letang (Johnson)