The Penguins are also in a situation right now where injuries have taken several regular forwards out of the lineup, including top-six forwards Rickard Rakell and Justin Brazeau. Those injuries have not only hurt the team’s forward depth but also created some line combination issues.

Lizotte is a player who doesn't get talked about enough. He does a lot of little things that you may not notice right away, but they help the Penguins win games, including on Sunday. He was on the ice for 66.6% of the scoring chances and had an expected goals for rate of 67.6%.

After the puck dropped for the second and final game of the 2025 Global Series between Pittsburgh and Nashville in Stockholm, it took all of two minutes and 19 seconds for the Penguins to get on the board with a goal from Parker Wotherspoon.

The Vancouver Canucks picked up a 6-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Nov. 16. Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Drew O'Connor chipped in during the Canucks' victory, as he scored at the 5:51 mark of the third period to give Vancouver a 4-2 lead.

Forward Rutger McGroarty - playing in his first AHL game of the 2025-26 season - registered a goal en route to a 3-1 victory for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (WBS) Penguins over the Springfield Thunderbirds. The 21-year-old forward had been out since the beginning of training camp with an upper-body injury.

The Pittsburgh Penguins announced early on Sunday that rookie winger Ville Koivunen is out day-to-day with a lower-body injury. He will be out of the lineup when Pittsburgh takes on the Nashville Predators in the second game of the NHL Global Series in Stockholm.

Ahead of Sunday's tilt against the Nashville Predators - the second of two NHL Global Series games in Stockholm, Sweden - head coach Dan Muse announced that 23-year-old forward Ville Koivunen is day-to-day with a lower-body injury. Koivunen left Saturday's practice early and did not return, and he did not play in Sunday's game.