Penguins, Predators to play in Sweden for 2025 NHL Global Series
OKAY, LET’S HEAD BACK DOWN TO THE LOCKER ROOM WHERE TRISTAN JARRY IS TALKING FOLLOWING HIS PERFORMANCE IN TODAY’S SEVEN THREE VICTORY. JUST A LOT STILL NEEDS TO GO RIGHT FOR THINGS TO HAPPEN. BUT YOU GUYS ARE FOUR POINTS OUT OF A PLAYOFF SPOT. CAN YOU ALLOW YOURSELF TO LOOK AT THAT AND EVEN THINK OF THAT? YEAH, THERE IS JUST ONE GAME AT A TIME. AND FOCUSING ON THE TASK IMMEDIATELY. AND I THINK IT’S JUST ONE GAME AT A TIME. I THINK WE CAN’T GET TOO FAR AHEAD OF OURSELVES. I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP FOCUSED ON THE TASK AT HAND. BUT I THINK WE’VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB JUST GETTING POINTS AND CLIMBING, AND I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP THAT MINDSET AND JUST KEEP GOING WITH IT. THAT’S FOUR IN A ROW FOR YOU NOW, WHAT IS BEHIND YOU BEING ABLE TO SUSTAIN THIS TYPE OF PLAY? I THINK JUST PLAYING A TEAM GAME, I THINK WE’VE BEEN PLAYING A TEAM GAME ALL OVER THE ICE. WE’VE BEEN DOING GOOD JOB AND I THINK IT’S BEEN LEADING TO OUR OFFENSE WHEN WE’RE PLAYING A GOOD DEFENSE, I THINK IT LEADS TO OFFENSE AND WE’RE GETTING CHANCES. WE’RE GENERATING A LOT OF CHANCES, AND I THINK THAT’S HELPING OUR GAME AND THE TWO SAVES. I THINK WE’VE MADE ON PALAT AND THEY HAD THE POWER PLAY WITH LIKE MIDWAY THROUGH THE SECOND PERIOD. JUST CAN YOU TAKE US THROUGH THERE AND IS THAT JUST JUST REACTION REFLEXES? JUST I THINK IT’S JUST A BIT OF REACTION. OBVIOUSLY I SAW THE GUY IN FRONT, SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE FIRST SAVE AND THEN IT WAS KIND OF JUST A DESPERATION TO GET TO THE SECOND ONE AND JUST THROWING EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE TO TRY AND GET OVER THERE FOR THAT SECOND SHOT. AT THIS POINT, I KNOW SOMETIMES GOALTENDERS SAY THE PUCK LOOKS LIKE A BEACH BALL. ARE YOU KIND OF GETTING TO THAT ZONE AT THIS POINT? I THINK IT’S IT’S THE SAME AS IT ALWAYS IS. I THINK WHEN PUCKS ARE HITTING YOU, IT’S OBVIOUSLY A LOT EASIER. AND I THINK IT GIVES YOU SOME CONFIDENCE. SO I THINK WHEN WE’RE ALL RALLYING AROUND EACH OTHER AND I THINK THAT’S IT’S BEEN GOOD. IT’S HELPED A LOT THE LAST COUPLE OF GAMES AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP IT GOING. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE NEW GUYS ARE BRINGING TO THE LINEUP? BOTH. CONNOR, OBVIOUSLY HE HAS THREE GOALS IN HIS LAST TWO GAMES. JUST WHAT HAVE BEEN YOUR OBSERVATIONS OF ALL THE NEW ADDITIONS? JUST ENERGY. I THINK THEY’VE BEEN BRINGING A LOT OF ENERGY. IT’S TOUGH COMING IN THIS POINT OF THE SEASON AND JUST TO LEARN A NEW SYSTEM, TO LEARN A WHOLE NEW STYLE OF PLAY. I THINK IT’S ALWAYS TOUGH, BUT THEY’VE THEY’VE BROUGHT ENERGY AND THEY’VE BROUGHT THEIR GAME AND I THINK THEY’VE BOTH DONE A GREAT JOB. THEY HAVE TWO GOALS ON BACK TO BACK POWER PLAYS. THEY’RE A MINUTE APART. HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO STAY FOCUSED AND KIND OF REGROUP? I THINK JUST PLAYING IN THEIR END, I THINK WHEN WE’RE GENERATING OFFENSE IN THEIR END AND KEEPING OUR END. I THINK THAT’S A GOOD WAY TO DEFEND. I THINK OBVIOUSLY OUR PENALTY KILL HAS TO BE A LITTLE BETTER DOWN THE STRETCH, BUT I THINK WE’LL WE’LL GET TO WORK AND WE’LL BE BETTER FOR IT. GIVEN HOW OFTEN GOALIES SCORE IN THIS FRANCHISE. SEVEN GOALS WITHOUT YOU GETTING ONE, IS THAT A DISAPPOINTMENT? NO, I DON’T THINK SO. A WIN IS GOOD IN MY BOOKS. WE TALKED ABOUT THE PENGUINS HAVING VARIETY IN SCORING TODAY, BUT NOT A GOALIE, NOT A GOALIE GOAL TODAY. TIM, YOU HEARD THERE THE TALK ABOUT BEING FOUR POINTS OUT. AND BY THE WAY, THIS FOUR GAME WINNING STREAK HAS COME AGAINST THREE PLAYOFF TEAMS. THE LAST THREE GAMES. BUT THAT FOUR POINTS IS ONLY TEMPORARY BECAUSE TONIGHT THE RANGERS PLAY THE PLAY. COLUMBUS WILL BE BACK TO SIX POINTS. WELL THAT’S SORT OF THE PROBLEM IS YOU KNOW THEORETICALLY CAN THEY MAKE UP SEVEN POINTS IN 14 GAMES? THAT’S WHAT IT WAS COMING INTO TODAY. AND LIKE YOU SAID IT’S DOWN TO FOUR NOW. BUT THE ULTIMATE EXAMPLE OF WHY THAT’S GOING TO BE HARD TO DO IS TONIGHT, BECAUSE THE RANGERS AND BLUE JACKETS, WHO ARE TIED FOR THE LAST SPOT, PLAY THESE TEAMS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF THEM. IT’S NOT SO MUCH CLOSING 14 GAMES, SEVEN POINTS WORTH. IT’S CAN THEY PASS 6 OR 7 TEAMS IN THAT PROCESS BECAUSE THERE’S THAT MANY TEAMS BETWEEN THEM. AND WITH THE LOSER POINT ALWAYS BEING IN PLAY. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, THAT’S THAT’S THE STRUGGLE AS MUCH AS ANYTHING, NO MATTER HOW HOT THEY ARE. THAT’S WHAT THEY RAN INTO LAST YEAR. IT’S THE SAME PROBLEM THEY RAN INTO LAST YEAR. ONE LAST NOTE ABOUT JARRY. HE HAS NOT DONE WELL AGAINST THE DEVILS IN THE PAST. HE TALKED ABOUT JUST GETTING A WIN. HE WAS SIX EIGHT AND TWO AGAINST NEW JERSEY COMING IN AND 898 SAVE PERCENTAGE AND A 3.22 GOALS AGAINST. SO THIS HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY TEAM FOR HIM TO BEAT. AND HE WAS DEFINITELY THE BETTER OF THE TWO GOALIES TODAY. OKAY, LET’S GO BACK DOWN TO THE LOCKER ROOM NOW AND TALK TO CONNOR DUER, WHO SCORED TWO GOALS TODAY, INCLUDING AN EMPTY NETTER TO ICE THE CONTEST. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO GET A COUPLE OF GOALS IN A COUPLE OF WINS FOR YOUR NEW TEAM? IT’S BEEN GREAT TO COME IN AND CONTRIBUTE RIGHT AWAY, YOU KNOW, MAKES YOU FEEL A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE AND IT’S NICE TO HELP OUT AND GET SOME WINS HERE. WHAT DO YOU THINK HAS ALLOWED YOU TO STEP IN AND PLAY THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE WITH THIS TEAM? LIKE WHAT DOES IT, HOW DOES IT SUIT YOUR GAME? FIRST AND FOREMOST, I THINK JUST THE TEAM. AND IN GENERAL, EVERYONE’S BEEN VERY WELCOMING AND ALL THE STAFF AND EVERYTHING, AND THEY’VE GOT ME SETTLED IN PRETTY WELL HERE. AND CONNOR, THE OTHER CONNOR WITH A COUPLE ASSISTS TONIGHT. HE’S ALSO SORT OF BEEN GETTING ON THE SCORESHEET AS WELL. JUST HOW NICE HAS IT BEEN TO BE HERE WITH HIM. SORT OF GETTING USED TO EVERYTHING TOGETHER. YEAH THAT DEFINITELY HELPED A LOT. YOU KNOW HAVING SOMEONE HERE YOU’RE COMFORTABLE WITH AND SOMEONE YOU KNOW. SO YEAH. SO I KNOW YOU HAD THE MUSTACHE BEFORE THIS, BUT DOES THE MUSTACHE STAY NOW THAT YOU’RE GETTING SOME GOALS HERE AND THE TEAM’S GETTING SOME WINS. YEAH I THINK THE MUSTACHE
Penguins, Predators to play in Sweden for 2025 NHL Global Series
Updated: 4:42 PM EDT Mar 18, 2025
The Pittsburgh Penguins will travel to Sweden next season to play two games for the NHL Global Series.The Penguins and the Nashville Predators will face off at Avicii Arena in Stockholm for two regular-season games on Nov. 14 and Nov. 16, the NHL announced Tuesday.Tickets will go on sale March 26, with presales starting March 25.Pittsburgh’s roster currently features three Swedish players: Rickard Rakell (who played for Sweden in the 4 Nations Face-Off), Erik Karlsson and Emil Bemstrom.The visit is perhaps one last chance for Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby to play in Scandinavia. The Predators have a prominent Swede in top-line winger Filip Forsberg, with starting goaltender Juuse Saros hailing from neighboring Finland.”I think it means a lot to those guys to have the opportunity to go back and participate in an NHL game in their native country,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. “It’s a great initiative what the league does, and it gives the league an opportunity to showcase some of the talent.”The trip will mark a return to Sweden for the Pens, who split two games with the Ottawa Senators in Stockholm to open the 2008-09 season.This is not the first international meeting for Pittsburgh and Nashville. The teams played twice in Saitama, Japan, at the start of the 2000-01 season, with the Pens and Preds each winning one game.The Associated Press contributed to this article.
PITTSBURGH —
The Pittsburgh Penguins will travel to Sweden next season to play two games for the NHL Global Series.
The Penguins and the Nashville Predators will face off at Avicii Arena in Stockholm for two regular-season games on Nov. 14 and Nov. 16, the NHL announced Tuesday.
Tickets will go on sale March 26, with presales starting March 25.
Pittsburgh’s roster currently features three Swedish players: Rickard Rakell (who played for Sweden in the 4 Nations Face-Off), Erik Karlsson and Emil Bemstrom.
The visit is perhaps one last chance for Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby to play in Scandinavia. The Predators have a prominent Swede in top-line winger Filip Forsberg, with starting goaltender Juuse Saros hailing from neighboring Finland.
“I think it means a lot to those guys to have the opportunity to go back and participate in an NHL game in their native country,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. “It’s a great initiative what the league does, and it gives the league an opportunity to showcase some of the talent.”
The trip will mark a return to Sweden for the Pens, who split two games with the Ottawa Senators in Stockholm to open the 2008-09 season.
This is not the first international meeting for Pittsburgh and Nashville. The teams played twice in Saitama, Japan, at the start of the 2000-01 season, with the Pens and Preds each winning one game.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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