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Penguins players and their dads enjoy second father-son outing, this time in Montreal
Photo credit: Edit from The Hockey News
The Penguins' dads trip continues, this time in Montreal, where the players and their fathers were seen enjoying a tour of the Bell Centre.
The Penguins finish their two-game road trip on Saturday when they face the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre. Puck is to drop at 7 PM.
The Pens had the advantage in the series recently, taking six out of the past seven meetings (6-1-0) since December 13, 2023, and finding points in 19 out of the past 24 encounters (16-5-3).
They've also found points in 11 consecutive journeys to the Bell Centre (8-0-3) and are 11-1-3 since November 18, 2014.
What the dads and their sons have done so far in Ottawa and Montreal for activities
Tomorrow concludes the team's annual Dads' Trip as they experienced a game of curling in Ottawa yesterday and today kept the party going with a tour of the Bell Centre in Montreal.
Shifting our focus to on-ice productivity, Bryan Rust needs a point to tie Jake Guentzel for 11th place in Penguins history with 465.
Sidney Crosby is one goal away from tying Phil Esposito for ninth place in NHL history with 448 even-strength goals and just three points shy of Gordie Howe for ninth-most points on the road, while only two points away from breaking Mario Lemieux's team record of 1,723 points.
Crosby has scored in eight of his past 11 games, tying him for eighth in league goal-scoring and just one assist away from tying Adam Oates' assist record for eighth-most in league history.
Why it may not be a special night just for Sidney Crosby, but also for Kris Letang
Defenseman Kris Letang is one point away from moving past Hall of Famer Borje Salming for 21st on the list of point scoring by defensemen in NHL history.
Letang, from Montreal, has registered 40 points against the Montreal Canadiens in 48 games with 11 goals and 29 assists.
In 23 games in Montreal, he has 21 points with six goals and 15 assists, the most among Montreal-bred players and the third among all active players from the Province of Quebec.
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DECEMBRE 19 | 100 ANSWERS Penguins players and their dads enjoy second father-son outing, this time in Montreal Will the Penguins make their dads proud and beat the Canadiens? | ||
| Yes | 48 | 48 % |
| No | 52 | 52 % |
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