The Pittsburgh Penguins will open up the 2025.26 regular season with a matchup on the road against the division-rival New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, October 7 with puck drop set for 8:00 PM.

The Penguins open the 2025-26 season at Madison Square Garden and will play the New York teams multiple times to start the year.

PITTSBURGH — Get ready for hockey nights in Pittsburgh! The Penguins’ full schedule was released on Wednesday. The Penguins start the season on the road, facing their division rivals, the New York Rangers, and former head coach Mike Sullivan, on Oct. 7.

Over the past week, the Pittsburgh Penguins have made a couple of otherwise small trades that would typically not register large ripples in the hockey pond, but this is not a typical off-season, and every move the Penguins make could have larger implications for contending teams.

Pittsburgh Penguins fans hoping to get a glimpse at Mike Sullivan will not have long to wait. The two-time Cup-winning coach in Pittsburgh will be back in the Steel City coaching the Rangers on Oct. 11.

Mario Lemieux doesn’t need to save the Pittsburgh Penguins this time. That’ll make his potential return to the franchise different from his previous reincarnations Uptown. But, oddly, this one could be just as difficult.

All 32 teams across the NHL have released their schedule for the upcoming 2025-26 season, and the Pittsburgh Penguins appear to be ending their year with an imp

The interest in reacquiring the team comes nearly four years after it was sold in 2021 to Fenway Sports Group for $900 million.

The Penguins’ goaltending situation seemed easy to read after Alex Nedeljkovic got sent to San Jose: Tristan Jarry is the starter in Pittsburgh. The backup is Joel Blomqvist, Filip Larsson or Sergei Murashov.

According to ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski, quoting sources close to Crosby during an appearance on "The Jeff Marek Show," Crosby's desire to stay in Pittsburgh is tightly linked to Malkin’s presence there.