{"id":445007,"date":"2026-02-04T11:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/445007\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:18:13","slug":"pens-points-downed-on-the-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/445007\/","title":{"rendered":"Pens Points: Downed on the island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are your Pens Points for this Wednesday morning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">New York Islanders forward Bo Horvat scored twice on Tuesday night, including his game-winning goal 52 seconds into overtime, as the Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 and Pittsburgh dropped its second straight game. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pensburgh.com\/game-recaps\/72591\/penguins-islanders-recap-nyi-makes-comeback-wins-in-ot\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Recap<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Penguins placed goaltender Filip Larsson on unconditional waivers for a contract termination on Tuesday. [<a href=\"https:\/\/triblive.com\/sports\/penguins-waive-goaltender-filip-larsson-for-contract-termination\/\" 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\">It appears life in Oil Country isn\u2019t going too well for former Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry. And recent postgame comments will likely do him no favors to endear him to teammates or the Edmonton faithful. [<a href=\"https:\/\/triblive.com\/sports\/joe-starkeys-cup-of-joe-it-doesnt-sound-like-tristan-jarry-is-making-friends-in-edmonton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trib Live<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Updates from around the NHL\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The NHL is rightfully getting flamed on social media for reducing its donation amount to cancer research following a moment during Sunday\u2019s Stadium Series game where a cancer survivor was brought onto the ice to make a shot at a small opening in the net from center ice. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nhl\/tampa-bay-lightning\/news\/nhl-angers-fans-slashing-cancer-research-donation-80-missed-shot\/2eb7cf4e1b897b4242d75c8b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sporting News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The main ice hockey arena for the Winter Olympics is finally ready. However, some NHL players might feel as if they\u2019re skating on a lake. [<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hockey-arena-milan-cortina-olympics-nhl-da1940cc9623a5bd432af388dc3ac283\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Associated Press<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Columbus Blue Jackets reshuffled some of their front office personnel on Tuesday, giving promotions to former players Chris Clark and Rick Nash. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/article\/blue-jackets-announce-promotions-for-clark-nash\/\" 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\">Young Philadelphia Flyers forward Matvei Michkov has had his troubles in what would be generously described as a sophomore slump campaign. His head coach, Rick Tocchet, even offered some blunt criticism of the 21-year-old on a podcast on Sunday, saying he came into training camp out of shape. However, it appears the organization has not lost faith in the former seventh overall pick. 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