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(+)Is P.O. Marcus Pettersson Trade Insurance if Penguins remain in contention?

Win Out = Kings of the North? 0-2 thus far in Three-Game Gauntlet, the 14-1 Kansas City Chiefs are heading to town X-Mas Day with the Steelers still in control of their destiny for now. A 2-0 or 1-1 Finish has the Steelers locked into the #3 or #5 Seed. Lose Out and Pittsburgh could be looking at worst case scenarios of possibly going back to Buffalo for the second straight year…… Kenny Pickett had such a classic Kenny Pickett stat line (14/24, 143 Yds, 1TD/1INT) in his first significant action Sunday for the Philadelphia Eagles Momentum emerging WR George Pickens has a shot to play vs the Chiefs Penguins – Flyers Tonight. Both teams enter tonight separated by one point and boasting a .500 P%. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are currently playing at an 84-point pace. The Surging Ottawa Senators of late have catapulted to playing at a 92-point pace as there’s been some movement in the final wildcard race. This is one the Penguins need to get. Concern emerging in the Penguins organization of Evgeni Malkin’s drop off in play. Malkin has 2 goals, 7 assists in his last 19 games……..

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The gap between Penguins and Top Contenders is looking significant

The Vegas Golden Knights (8-2-0, 16 pts) just absolutely steam rolled the Pittsburgh Penguins (3-5-1, 7 pts) Saturday Night in a 6-2 win. Pittsburgh falling to 0-3 on the road trip and 1-5-1 since a 2-0 start, are teetering on the edge of giving their General Manager the mandate to do what he’s always wanted to do. –Blow this thing up– For Pittsburgh Sidney Crosby (4) and Ville Koivunen (2) each scored in the loss, while Sergei Murashov struggled again in allowing 5 goals on 19 shots (.737SV%). Murashov is 0-3-1 with an .883 SV% in four starts.

Penguins strike early, get overwhelmed in 5-2 loss to Avs

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Evgeni Malkin and Bryan Rust gave the Pittsburgh Penguins (3-4-1, 7 pts) a 2-0 lead in scoring 29 seconds apart midway through the first period. It would be about all the Penguins had going for them the rest of the way as the Colorado Avalanche (5-2-1, 11 pts) erupted with five unanswered goals, en route to a 5-2 win on Friday Night

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