The Penguins will ring in the holiday season with a nice mix of games, including a five-game homestand.
Continuing our month-by-month look at the Pittsburgh Penguins’ schedule, December’s slate of games starts and ends with a Metropolitan Division battle and includes a season-long five-game homestand against the Anaheim Ducks (Dec. 9), the Montreal Canadiens (Dec. 11), the San Jose Sharks (Dec. 13), the Utah Mammoth (Dec. 14) and the Edmonton Oilers (Dec. 16).
Note: White = Away Game; Black = Home Game
Pittsburgh Penguins
Month: December
Number of games: 14
Home-Road-Neutral: 7-7-0
Conference Breakdown: 8 vs. East/6 vs. West
vs. Metro Division: 2
Back-to-Backs: 2
This month’s slate of games is pretty evenly spread out heading into the holiday break, with only one two-day break in between games outside of the shutdown.
A three-game trip against an always-gritty Flyers team and two 2025 playoff teams in the Lightning and Stars isn’t the easiest way to start the month.
December’s schedule also includes several teams the Penguins are seeing for the first time this season, including Tampa, Dallas, Montreal (who they play three times over 10 days), Utah, Edmonton, Ottawa, Chicago and Carolina.
The middle of December, heading into Christmas, features a five-game swing against Canadian markets, kicking off with another Sidney Crosby-Connor McDavid go-around. However, if recent history is any indication, the Penguins may want to ask Santa for an early gift, as Pittsburgh has won only one of its last eight games against McDavid and Co. dating back to 2019.
The Penguins return from their holiday break with a trip to the Windy City to play against Connor Bedard and the Blackhawks before closing out 2025 with a home matchup against the Hurricanes.