{"id":416434,"date":"2026-01-19T19:12:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/416434\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T19:12:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:12:21","slug":"pens-points-chinakhov-and-malkin-finding-chemistry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/416434\/","title":{"rendered":"Pens Points: Chinakhov and Malkin finding chemistry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are your Pens Points for this Monday morning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Pittsburgh Penguins\u2019 newest acquisition, forward Egor Chinakhov, has found early success while on a line with fellow countryman Evgeni Malkin. [<a href=\"https:\/\/triblive.com\/sports\/new-penguins-forward-egor-chinakhov-finds-success-with-linemate-evgeni-malkin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trib Live<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Injured Penguins defenseman Erik Karlsson rejoined the team for practice on Sunday. He has missed the past three games with an undisclosed injury that landed him on injured reserve. [<a href=\"https:\/\/triblive.com\/sports\/injured-penguins-defenseman-erik-karlsson-returns-to-practice\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trib Live<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Penguins recalled forward Joona Koppanen from the AHL\u2019s Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins on Sunday, while rookie forward Rutger McGroarty was activated and assigned to Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton. [<a href=\"https:\/\/triblive.com\/sports\/penguins-recall-forward-joona-koppanen-from-wilkes-barre-scranton-6\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trib Live<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>News and notes from around the NHL\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">A reset in the Big Apple? New York Rangers general manager Chris Drury said in a letter to fans on Friday that the team will begin the process of a \u201cretool\u201d this season, which likely results in the trade of players such as star forward Artemi Panarin. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/story\/_\/id\/47632442\/rangers-gm-sends-letter-fans-signaling-retool\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The San Jose Sharks placed veteran defenseman Nick Leddy on waivers Sunday. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/article\/sharks-place-veteran-d-leddy-on-waivers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TSN<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Phil Goyette, the former NHL forward who won four Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens and became the New York Islanders\u2019 first coach, has died at age 92. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/story\/_\/id\/47654780\/phil-goyette-former-forward-islanders-first-coach-dies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Associated Press via ESPN<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Calgary Flames will trade defenseman Rasmus Andersson to the Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for defenseman Zach Whitecloud, prospect Abram Wiebe, a 2027 first-round pick and a conditional 2027 second-round pick, which will become a first if Vegas wins the Stanley Cup this year. The Flames will also retain 50% of Andersson\u2019s salary. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/flames-trading-rasmus-andersson-to-golden-knights\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sportsnet<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are your Pens Points for this Monday morning&#8230; The Pittsburgh Penguins\u2019 newest acquisition, forward Egor Chinakhov, has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5113],"tags":[5,40,4,118,33852,1469,100,5216],"class_list":{"0":"post-416434","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-penguins","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-penguins","12":"tag-pens-points","13":"tag-pittsburgh","14":"tag-pittsburgh-penguins","15":"tag-pittsburghpenguins"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115923356490125116","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}