Goalie Start
Jarry will start Saturday vs. the Devils.
Pittsburgh Penguins News
Pittsburgh has signed Avery Hayes to a two-year entry-level contract.
Hayes is an undrafted 22-year-old forward that made his professional debut last season with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL). He has 35 points (17G / 18A) in 44 games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton this season.
Goalie Start
Jarry will start vs. St. Louis on Thursday.
The Penguins have won two straight and will roll with Jarry between the pipes on Thursday against the St. Louis Blues. Jarry has been tremendous since returning from a prolonged stint in the AHL, saving 64 of 67 shots (.955 SV%) in two games (2-0-0). The Penguins enter the action on Thursday as +107 home underdogs against a Blues club with points in 11 of their previous 13 games (8-2-3).
Shea is week-to-week with an upper-body injury.
Shea showed no signs of an injury in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Minnesota Wild, playing a season-high 24:18 time-on-ice, but he will be sidelined week-to-week due to an upper-body injury. The 28-year-old defenseman is averaging 16:55 time-on-ice and has five points (2G / 3A) in 30 games.
Novak (lower-body) is out on Tuesday vs. Vegas and considered day-to-day.
On Sunday, in his second game as a Penguin, Novak played 12:01 time-on-ice before exiting the contest with a lower-body injury. The 27-year-old forward is averaging 13:14 time-on-ice and has 22 points (13G / 9A) in 54 games this season.
Goalie Start
Jarry will start vs. Vegas on Tuesday.
Jarry was excellent in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Minnesota Wild, saving 29 of 30 shots (.967 SV%) while playing his first NHL game in nearly two months. The 29-year-old Jarry has a 3.20 GAA and .888 SV% in 23 games this season (9-8-4) and will return to the crease on Tuesday against the Vegas Golden Knights. The Penguins enter Tuesday's contest as +182 home underdogs against a Golden Knights squad coming off a roller-coaster 6-5 loss to the Los Angeles Kings.
Goalie Start
Jarry was the first goalie off the ice at Pittsburgh's morning skate.
Jarry was excellent in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Minnesota Wild, saving 29 of 30 shots (.967 SV%) while playing his first NHL game in nearly two months. The 29-year-old Jarry has a 3.20 GAA and .888 SV% in 23 games this season (9-8-4) and will likely return to the crease on Tuesday against the Vegas Golden Knights. The Penguins enter Tuesday's contest as +182 home underdogs against a Golden Knights squad coming off a roller-coaster 6-5 loss to the Los Angeles Kings.
Aho has been recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
Aho has 50 points (11G / 39A) in 190 career NHL games but has spent the entirety of the 2024-25 campaign in the AHL. The 29-year-old defenseman has seven points (0G / 7A) in 17 games with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) this season.
Pittsburgh has signed Daniel Laatsch to a two-year, entry-level contract.
Laatsch was a seventh-round pick, 215th overall, of the Penguins in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. The 6'5 defenseman is a product of the University of Wisconsin and scored five points (2G / 3A) in 22 games with the club this season.
Novak (lower body) exited Sunday's game and did not return.
Goalie Start
Jarry will start vs. Minnesota on Sunday.
The Penguins acquired Connor Dewar and Conor Timmins from the Maple Leafs for a 2025 5th Round Pick.
The Penguins have acquired Max Graham, Chase Stillman, and a 2027 3rd Round Pick from the Devils for Cody Glass and Jonathan Gruden.
Graham was a fifth-round pick, 139th overall, of the New Jersey Devils in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft. The 20-year-old forward has spent the last five seasons in the WHL, including scoring 35 points (13G / 22A) in 34 games with the Kelowna Rockets in 2024-25.
The Penguins have acquired Chase Stillman, Max Graham, and a 2027 3rd Round Pick from the Devils for Cody Glass and Jonathan Gruden.
Stillman was the 29th overall pick of the Devils in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. The 21-year-old has yet to play an NHL game and has nine points (3G / 6A) in 46 games with the Utica Comets (AHL) this season.
Brazeau is expected to make his Minnesota debut on Friday in Vancouver.
Brazeau was part of a deal that sent Jakub Lauko and Marat Khusnutdinov to the Boston Bruins on Thursday evening. The 27-year-old Brazeau played a career-high 57 games with the Bruins this season, scoring 20 points (10G / 10A) and averaging 12:58 time-on-ice.
Minnesota has acquired Justin Brazeau from Boston for Marat Khusnutdinov, Jakub Lauko and a 2026 sixth-round pick.
Alexeyev has been recalled from his conditioning load from Hershey (AHL).
Alexeyev was the 31st overall pick of the Capitals in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. He has played 77 career NHL games, including five with the Capitals earlier this season, and scored eight career points (1G / 7A).
The Penguins have acquired Tommy Novak and Luke Schenn from the Predators for Michael Bunting and a 2026 4th Round Pick.
The Penguins will be hoping the 27-year-old Novak will be able to regain the form he flashed in the 2022-23 season, when he scored 17 goals and added 26 assists in just 51 regular season games. Novak leaves Nashville after amassing 117 points with the franchise across 201 career games.
Line Change
Graves is expected to be a healthy scratch in Colorado on Tuesday.
Vladislav Kolyachonok will make his Penguins debut on Tuesday against the Colorado Avalanche, sending Graves to the sidelines as a healthy scratch. The 29-year-old Graves is averaging 15:13 time-on-ice and has one point (0G / 1A) in 44 games this season.
Kolyachonok is expected to make his Penguins' debut on Tuesday in Colorado.
Kolyachonok was acquired off of waivers from the Utah Hockey Club on February 9th and he will make his debut with the Penguins on Tuesday against the Colorado Avalanche. The 23-year-old defenseman averaged 12:20 time-on-ice and scored five points (2G / 3A) in 23 games with Utah this season.
