The Pittsburgh Penguins had a lot of question marks heading into the 2024-25 season, and one of the biggest was whether or not they could get any offense from a line that is not centered by Sidney Crosby.
As turns out, that is where most of their offense is coming from this season.
It is probably one of the most encouraging signs from the first week of games. As bad as the season-opening game against the Rangers was, I do not really hate the way they have played in the three games that followed. They mostly took care of Detroit, I thought they hung in with Toronto and lost a puck-luck kind of game, and despite a lull in the middle of Monday’s game mostly controlled the game against Montreal.