{"id":60183,"date":"2025-12-13T16:41:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T16:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/60183\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T16:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T16:41:10","slug":"day-after-big-trade-penguins-take-on-sharks-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/60183\/","title":{"rendered":"Day after big trade, Penguins take on Sharks \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH  \u2014 This article originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">PGHHockeyNOW.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-penguins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Penguins\u2019<\/a> (14-8-7) goaltending situation underwent a major change Friday when the team traded Tristan Jarry and Sam Poulin to the Edmonton Oilers for their struggling goalie <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/tag\/stuart-skinner\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stuart Skinner<\/a> and defenseman Brett Kulak (and a 2029 second-round pick). After a rough loss Thursday, the Penguins need to reverse course as they host the San Jose Sharks (15-14-3) Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Penguins\u2019 recent hard luck became a bad performance Thursday when they lost to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nhl\/montreal-canadiens\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a> 4-2. The team was never in the game, struggling to connect on passes and generate momentum, until the final 10 minutes of the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The San Jose Sharks have won two of their last games (1-2-1) and are merely two points behind the Penguins and have one more win. The rebuilding franchise lead by 2024 first overall pick Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith is now a competitive team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/pittsburgh-penguins-game-30-day-after-lines-goalies-how-to-watch-sharks\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/pittsburgh-penguins-game-30-day-after-lines-goalies-how-to-watch-sharks\/\">Click here to read more from PGHHockeyNOW.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 This article originally appeared on PGHHockeyNOW.com. 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