Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bryan Rust suffered an undisclosed injury and prematurely exited a 5-1 loss to the Anaheim Ducks at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. on Thursday. Aside from a posting on one of the team’s social media accounts acknowledging the ailment,

Bunting scored a power-play goal on three shots and went minus-2 in Thursday's 5-1 loss to the Ducks.

The Penguins fail to stay hot in California, getting outclassed in a 5-1 loss against the Ducks in Anaheim on Thursday.

SAN JOSE -- Macklin Celebrini scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period, and the San Jose Sharks ended a six-game losing streak with a 2-1 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins at SAP Center on Monday.

San Jose stabilizes for the rest of the period, get Hayes to go to the box for a power play of their own but don’t get a goal. Shots are 10-9 Pens, Natural Stat Trick has 5v5 scoring chances at 12-5 Pittsburgh which feels more indicative of the play on the ice.

The symbolism could not be more appropriate Monday as the sinking Pittsburgh Penguins (20-23-8) are in the shark tank to face the rebuilding San Jose Sharks (14-32-6), who boast the 2024 first-overall pick Macklin Celebrini at SAP Arena.

The all-time great missed four games with an unrelated upper-body injury earlier this month. Pittsburgh went 1-2-1 during that stretch and averaged 2.5 goals per game.

The Penguins forward left Saturday's game against the Kraken with a lower-body injury after colliding with Chandler Stephenson.

Pittsburgh Penguins forwards Evgeni Malkin and Matt Nieto each suffered injuries during a 4-1 loss to the Seattle Kraken on Saturday at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. Beyond a posting on one of the team’s social media accounts acknowledging Malkin’s ailment,

With the NHL trade deadline six weeks away, it would appear the Pittsburgh Penguins and Seattle Kraken are in a similar circumstance. They can either get it going soon, or both could be sellers come March 7.

The Pittsburgh Penguins might hold their breath a little while longer regarding the status of winger Bryan Rust. Rust left the Penguins’ 5-1 loss to the Anaheim Ducks later in the second period after defenseman Radko Gudas delivered a heavy check along the boards.

Power play goal for Pittsburgh! Scored by Michael Bunting with 14:28 remaining in the 2nd period. Assisted by Bryan Rust and Rickard Rakell. Anaheim: 2 Pittsburgh: 1 #PITvsANA #FlyTogether #LetsGoPens pic.twitter.com/j5k7rWikvW