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Winless Penguins host Panthers with H2H ledger dead even

Pittsburgh's three-game skid meets Florida's L-W-W ledger as the last eight meetings split 4-4.

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Pittsburgh PenguinsLLLPittsburgh Penguins: L-L-L in the last 3 — winless.
Florida PanthersLWWFlorida Panthers: L-W-W in the last 3 games.
Utah Mammoth 5-4 Pittsburgh PenguinsVegas Golden Knights 6-2 Pittsburgh PenguinsColorado Avalanche 5-2 Pittsburgh PenguinsOttawa Senators 5-1 Florida PanthersFlorida Panthers 8-3 Seattle KrakenFlorida Panthers 3-2 Vancouver Canucks

The Penguins return to PPG Paints Arena searching for anything positive: L-L-L in the last three, a skid in which they were outscored 16-8 and never found a stopper. Florida arrive with the better recent ledger — L-W-W — but were thumped 5-1 in Ottawa on Oct. 21 after an 8-3 demolition of Seattle.

Head to head

  • 2026-04-05Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 Florida PanthersW
  • 2026-04-04Pittsburgh Penguins 9-4 Florida PanthersW
  • 2025-10-23Florida Panthers 3-5 Pittsburgh PenguinsW
  • 2025-03-23Florida Panthers 4-3 Pittsburgh PenguinsL
  • 2025-01-04Florida Panthers 3-2 Pittsburgh PenguinsL
  • 2024-12-04Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 Florida PanthersW
  • 2024-02-15Pittsburgh Penguins 2-5 Florida PanthersL
  • 2024-01-27Pittsburgh Penguins 2-3 Florida PanthersL
Last 8 meetings: Pittsburgh Penguins 4W, 0D, Florida Panthers 4W.

History offers no clean read either. Pittsburgh have taken the last three meetings, including back-to-back home wins in April 2026 (9-4 and 5-2), yet the overall split is dead even. Both sides arrive off losses, so something has to give in Pittsburgh.

Watchlist
  • Pittsburgh's defensive slide — 16 goals conceded across a three-game skid that includes a 6-2 loss to Vegas and a 5-4 defeat in Utah.
  • Florida's response after Ottawa — the Panthers followed an 8-3 rout of Seattle with a 5-1 loss; their two wins in three came by a combined 11-5.
  • The margins — 5 of the last 8 meetings were decided by two goals or fewer, with Pittsburgh taking the last three head-to-heads.

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