Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby (87) celebrates after surpassing Mario Lemieux for the team's all-time leader in assists on a goal by Michael Bunting during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Islanders, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)AP
The Pittsburgh Penguins face the Florida Panthers on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025 (1/3/25) in a regular season game at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Fla.
How to watch: Fans can watch the game for free via a trial of DirecTV Stream or fuboTV. You can also watch via a subscription to Sling TV, which is offering half off your first month.
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Here’s what you need to know:
What: NHL regular season
Who: Penguins vs. Panthers
When: Jan. 3, 2025 (1/3/25)
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Where: Amerant Bank Arena
TV: NHL Network, SportsNet Pittsburgh
Live stream: DirecTV Stream (free trial), fuboTV (free trial)
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Here’s an hockey story via the Associated Press:
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby broke Mario Lemieux’s Pittsburgh franchise career record for assists on Michael Bunting’s power-play goal and the Penguins beat the New York Islanders 3-2 on Sunday night.
Crosby has 1,034 assists, good for 12th in NHL history. Only three players — Ray Bourque, Wayne Gretzky and Steve Yzerman — have more assists with a single team. The 37-year-old Crosby has played 1,310-regular-season games. Lemieux played 915.
Evgeni Malkin added the deciding power-play goal in the third for Pittsburgh, which has 14 goals with the man advantage in its last 13 games. Anthony Beauvillier also scored to help the Penguins win for the seventh time in their last eight home games.
Alex Nedeljkovic made 29 saves in his first start since Dec. 17.
Kris Letang missed the game because of a lower-body injury, and defenseman Nathan Clurman made his NHL debut.
Anders Lee and Bo Horvat scored third-period goals for the Islanders, who fell behind 3-0 before their rally fell short.
Marcus Hogberg stopped 38 shots during his first start since April 28, 2021.
Islanders: Have lost five of their last eight games after splitting the back-to-back, home-and-home series with Pittsburgh.
Penguins: Rebounded from a 6-3 road loss against the Islanders 24 hours ago. Pittsburgh has won 10 of 15 after losing eight of its previous 10 games.
Crosby was behind the net when he sent a backhand feed to Bunting, who buried his seventh power-play goal behind Hogberg at 1:36 of the second period, giving the Penguins a 2-0 lead.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report)
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