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Game Preview: 01.25.25 at Seattle Kraken | Pittsburgh Penguins
The Penguins continue their season-long seven-game road trip spanning a total of 15 days, and are 2-2-0 thus far. It’s the longest road trip for Pittsburgh since their eight-game road swing nearly 30 years ago from Oct. 14-28, 1997 (NYR-MTL-TBL-FLA-SJS-EDM-VAN-CGY).
Bryan Rust, who sustained a lower-body injury in Thursday’s loss to Anaheim, did not practice Friday and is listed as day-to-day. The winger, who ranks second on Pittsburgh with 19 goals, is just one tally shy of his sixth 20-goal season. He’s looking to become just the ninth player in franchise history to have six or more 20-goal seasons with the team.
Forward Matt Nieto is looking to suit up in his 700th career NHL game. Nieto has played parts of 12 seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Colorado Avalanche and San Jose Sharks. The Long Beach, CA native ranks fourth in points among active California-born players and is fifth all-time.
Michael Bunting scored the lone goal for the Penguins on Thursday night. The goal came on the power play, marking his team-leading ninth power-play goal of the season, which is tied for sixth in the NHL. Bunting’s next power-play tally will make him just the seventh Penguin in the last 10 years to have 10-plus power-play goals in a season.
Sidney Crosby enters tonight’s game just one point shy of surpassing Hall-of-Famer Joe Sakic for sole possession of the 10th-most road points in NHL history.
Kevin Hayes has picked up five points in 11 games (4G-1A) since returning to the lineup on a regular basis on Jan. 3. During that span, only Rickard Rakell (6) has more goals on Pittsburgh.
Quick Hits
1) Blake Lizotte has six career points (1G-5A) in 11 games against Seattle, which includes points in four of his last six games against them (1G-3A).
2) Forward Michael Bunting has six points (1G-5A) in seven career games against the Kraken.
3) Matt Grzelcyk enters this game with 25 points (1G-24A) and is just one point shy of tying his career high of 26 set in 75 games with Boston in 22-23.
4) The Penguins rank fifth in the NHL in power-play percentage (27.3%) and have gone 5-for-10 (50.0%) through the first four games of their seven-game road trip.
5) The Penguins own an overall record of 399-90-49 when both Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin record a point in a game.
Pittsburgh Regional Transit has started to install its ReadyFare vending machines as the agency prepares to roll out its new fare payment system.
PRT said it’s working to roll out its new ReadyFare system and has started to install the new machine at some of its light-rail stations.
The new machines recently were installed at PRT’s Gateway station in Downtown Pittsburgh.
PRT said that as it prepares to roll out the new system, current ConnectCard holders will receive a card in the mail with instructions on how to request a ReadyFare card.
The new ReadyFare cards will be able to be purchased at the new machines for $1.
PRT said that riders will be able to transfer any balances they have on a ConnectCard to the new ReadyFare cards using an online balance transfer form.
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About 5 pounds of bees removed from Acrisure Stadium scaffolding ahead of Morgan Wallen concerts
Acrisure Stadium is buzzing with excitement ahead of the back-to-back Morgan Wallen concerts. Except it’s not the fans generating all the excitement — it’s about 5 pounds of honeybees.
The Fine Family Apiary in Monongahela said it was contacted on Wednesday about a swarm of bees clustered on the stage scaffolding. The apiary put the swarm in a “nuc box” and took them home before moving the bees into full-size equipment.
Owner Al Fine estimates the swarm weighed about 4 to 5 pounds and consisted of 12,000 to 15,000 bees. All said, it took less than two hours to get the job done.
Why do bees swarm?
Swarming is how honeybees propagate, Fine explained. According to Penn State Extension, during swarming, the queen and about half the workers leave their home to establish a new nest. The bees will form a temporary cluster, hanging out while scouts search the surrounding area for a more permanent home in hollow spaces like tree cavities or, occasionally, the walls of a home.
Swarms can stick around for several hours or days until they’re ready to move, Penn State Extension says. Meanwhile, the colony left behind is temporarily without a leader until a new queen is established.
With the swarm at Acrisure Stadium removed, Morgan Wallen’s show is ready to go on. The country music megastar will bring his I’m The Problem Tour to Pittsburgh on June 5 and June 6, along with multiple acts like Brooks & Dunn and Ella Langley.
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