{"id":542282,"date":"2026-04-05T15:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T15:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/542282\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T15:49:12","slug":"another-dominant-night-penguins-face-panthers-again-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/542282\/","title":{"rendered":"Another dominant night? Penguins face Panthers again \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH  \u2014 This article originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">PGHHockeyNOW.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Second verse, same as the first. The <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-penguins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> (39-22-16) laid down the law against the Florida Panthers (37-36-3) Saturday in a 9-4 win at PPG Paints Arena, but in an NHL scheduling quirk, the teams will battle again Sunday at PPG, but just 22 hours later. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Saturday was again a very good day for the Penguins and their playoff chase. Just as last Tuesday, the teams pursuing them lost, which maintained the four-way tie for the second wild card spot but also allowed the Penguins to increase their cushion to a full six points with five games to go. The <a href=\"https:\/\/phillyhockeynow.com\/flyers-game-77-lines-starting-goalie-notes-how-to-watch-vs-bruins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia Flyers<\/a> are the sneaky exception, as they have six games remaining and host the Boston Bruins Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Penguins\u2019 magic number is officially five, but four more points if they include a regulation win will punch their ticket to the Stanley Cup Playoffs dance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/pittsburgh-penguins-game-78-round-2-lines-goalies-how-to-watch-vs-florida-panthers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/pittsburgh-penguins-game-78-round-2-lines-goalies-how-to-watch-vs-florida-panthers\/\">Click here to read more from PGHHockeyNOW.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 This article originally appeared on PGHHockeyNOW. Second verse, same as the first. 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