The Pittsburgh Penguins play 14 times in March, including every Tuesday, and a back-to-back set against Boston and Toronto to begin the month.
The Pittsburgh Penguins will play 14 times in March, with eight home contests and six on the road. The only opponent they will face twice is the Vegas Golden Knights on March 7 and 11.
Meanwhile, the NHL trade deadline is 3:00 p.m. ET on March 8. The Penguins will be on a three-game road trip at the time that begins in Colorado, then Vegas, followed by a stop in Minnesota just 24 hours after the closing bell.
Pittsburgh will play 10 Eastern Conference opponents during this stretch, which will be critical for collecting points toward a playoff spot.
3. March 23 at Florida Panthers
The Penguins play six games on the road, each trip split into three-game segments. To kickstart their final road trip of the month, they roll into Sunrise, FL, to skate against the defending Stanley Cup champions, the Florida Panthers.
Last year, Pittsburgh lost all three meetings, including an overtime defeat. Unlike the 2022-23 season, when Florida snuck into the playoffs, they were division champions en route to winning their first championship.
Ultimately, this game will be important since they travel to Tampa Bay and Buffalo before finishing the month against Ottawa. Florida and Tampa Bay are playoff contenders, while Buffalo and Ottawa are scrappy teams who continue to give the Penguins a run for their money every time they meet.
2. March 4 at Colorado Avalanche
Like the Panthers game on March 24, the Penguins begin their first road trip of the month in Denver against the Avalanche on March 4.
This particular game will be exciting because best friends Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon will face off in the battle of the two best Nova Scotia-born players currently playing in the NHL.
Since MacKinnon joined the league in 2013-14, the Penguins have secured an 11-7-2 record against the Avalanche while maintaining a slight lead on the scoreboard, 59-53. Last year, each team won a game, with Colorado winning in overtime.
1. March 8 at Minnesota Wild
When Pittsburgh touches down in Minnesota ahead of their March 8 contest, it will be a bittersweet moment for Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Kris Letang.
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The trio spent over a decade with goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, who is playing in his final season. They won three Stanley Cup titles together in 2009, 2016, and 2017 as a quartet.
Fleury remains the Penguins' all-time winner and the only netminder to win three championships with the club. As a first-ballot Hall of Famer, the 39-year-old has stayed close to his former teammates and is still beloved in Pittsburgh.
Hopefully, Fleury will get to start one more time against the franchise that drafted him first overall in 2003. Since departing in 2018, his record against the Penguins is 5-4-0.
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