Line Change
Jones will draw into the Blackhawks lineup on Thursday.
Pittsburgh Penguins News
Goalie Start
Jarry will start the Penguins season opener.
Jarry will lead the Penguins between the crease as they take on the lowly Arizona Coyotes in their season opener in Pittsburgh. Jarry finished 2021-22 sixth in GAA (2.42), and SV% (.919) while also finishing eighth in wins (34) across the entire NHL.
Goalie Start
Jarry was the first goalie off of the ice at the Penguins morning skate.
Jarry will lead the Penguins between the crease as they take on the lowly Arizona Coyotes in their season opener in Pittsburgh. Jarry finished 2021-22 sixth in GAA (2.42), and SV% (.919) while also finishing eighth in wins (34) across the entire NHL.
The Blue Jackets sent Emil Bemstrom to Cleveland (AHL).
Bemstrom cleared waivers on Monday and was sent to the AHL to start the season. Bemstrom struggled to find his footing in the 2021-22 season, tallying just 11 points (6G / 5A) in 41 NHL games.
The Penguins have signed Jack St. Ivany to a two-year, entry-level contract.
The Blackhawks have re-signed Caleb Jones to a one-year, $1.35 million contract.
The Blue Jackets have re-signed Emil Bemstrom to a two-year, $1.8 million contract.
The Penguins have re-signed Danton Heinen to a one-year, $1 million contract.
The Predators have re-signed Thomas Novak to a one-year, two-way contract.
The Penguins have signed Owen Pickering to a three-year, entry-level contract.
The Penguins selected Pickering with the No.21 overall pick in this summer's NHL Draft. The 18-year-old blue liner had nine goals with 24 assists (33 points) in 62 games with the Swift Current Broncos (WHL).
The Coyotes have re-signed Boko Imama to a one-year, two-way contract.
The Blues have signed Noel Acciari to a one-year deal worth $1.25M.
The Penguins have signed Xavier Ouellet to a two-year, two-way contract.
The Penguins have re-signed Evgeni Malkin to a four-year deal worth $24.4 million ($6.1M AAV).
Malkin has spent his entire 16-year career in Pittsburgh, totalling 1146 points (444G / 702A) in 981 games. At 36 years old, Malkin is still one of the NHL's best points-per-game players but injuries remain a huge issue for the Russian centre. In the last three seasons, Malkin has missed a combined 78 games (37.7% of the games) but was 17th in the NHL in points-per-game (1.12) over that span.
The Penguins have signed Rickard Rakell to a six-year, $30 million contract extension.
The Islanders have signed Sebastian Aho to a two-year contract extension.
The Penguins have signed Kris Letang to a six-year, $36.6 million contract extension.
The Stars have signed Ryan Shea to a one-year, two-way contract extension.
Shea was a fourth-round pick of the Blackhawks in 2015 and signed with the Stars in 2020. He spent the last two seasons in Texas (AHL), where he had three goals and 35 assists (38 points) in 93 games combined.
The Wild have signed Connor Dewar to a two-year contract extension.
The Bruins have signed Joona Koppanen to a one-year, two-way contract extension.
