Overview
- On Saturday, Pittsburgh surrendered a 5–1 third-period lead to San Jose and lost 6–5 in overtime.
- On Sunday, the Penguins gave up a 3–0 third-period lead to Utah and fell 5–4 in overtime.
- The team has six losses this season in games it led during regulation, underscoring a pattern of late-game collapses.
- Earlier in the week, Pittsburgh traded goalie Tristan Jarry to Edmonton for goalie Stuart Skinner and defenseman Brett Kulak.
- Over the weekend, Matt Dumba cleared waivers and was assigned to AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, and suspended prospect Emil Pieniniemi was reinstated and will report to ECHL Wheeling as calls for further changes intensify in media coverage.