The 2024-25 Pittsburgh Penguins have proven one thing to us — they can beat the bottom-tier teams in the NHL, and they mostly did what was expected this past week with wins over the Anaheim Ducks and Montreal Canadiens. While they were not necessarily the most convincing wins on the scoreboard, and while they were almost entirely due to Sidney Crosby doing Sidney Crosby things and putting the team on his back for a couple of games, they still needed to get those four points to at least make the first month of the season not look like a total embarrassment.
The week ahead: Tough Metropolitan road trip ahead for Penguins
