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Crosby and Malkin score as the Penguins shut out the Predators 4-0 in Stockholm

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh’s Parker Wotherspoon is congratulated by teammates Blake Lizotte and Erik Karlsson after his 1-0 goal during the NHL Global Series hockey game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Nashville Predators in Stockholm, Sweden, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. (Claudio Bresciani/TT News Agency via AP)

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin scored a little over two minutes apart in the first period to help the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Nashville Predators 4-0 on Sunday to split their NHL’s Global Series in Sweden’s capital.

The Penguins bounced back from a 2-1 loss to the Predators in the opener of the two-game series on Friday and snapped a three-game skid. Rookie goaltender Sergei Murashov stopped 21 shots for his first victory in his second NHL start.

After Parker Wotherspoon put the Penguins up 1-0, Malkin doubled the lead 8:08 in when his pass from behind the goal line was deflected into the net by Nashville defenseman Nicolas Hague. The 39-year-old Malkin scored his team’s only goal Friday.

Malkin and Crosby lead Pittsburgh in scoring. Malkin has 23 points and Crosby 21.

Crosby, 38, one-timed a shot from the left circle past the midway point of the first to make it 3-0, scoring his 12th goal of the season and 637th of his career. Blake Lizotte finished it off with an empty netter with 2:48 left.

Nashville goaltender Juuse Saros allowed three goals on 21 shots.

The NHL has played games in Europe since 2008 as part of its efforts to grow the fan base in hockey-mad countries like Sweden, Finland, the Czech Republic and others. This was the league’s 48th regular-season game outside North America.

The Penguins and Predators again split an international series, after doing so at the start of the 2000-01 regular season in Japan.

The Penguins returned to Stockholm for the first time since 2008 when they faced Ottawa, before winning the Stanley Cup to cap off that season. Crosby, Malkin and defenseman Kris Letang were all on that team. They are currently in their 20th season as teammates with the Penguins.

Up next

Predators: Host the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday.

Penguins: Host the Minnesota Wild on Friday.

Stamkos scores in OT, the Predators rally to beat Penguins 2-1 in Global Series in Stockholm

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Nashville’s Filip Forsberg celebrates after scoring during the NHL Global Series hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, in Stockholm, Sweden. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP)

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored 44 seconds into overtime to rally the Nashville Predators to a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday in the opening game of the NHL’s Global Series in the Swedish capital.

Stamkos’ fourth goal of the season helped the Predators snap a five-game skid.

Nashville pulled goaltender Juuse Saros for an extra attacker and Swedish star Filip Forsberg thrilled the packed Avicii Arena by tying the game at 1-all with 1:10 remaining in the third period, beating Pittsburgh goaltender Arturs Silovs with a high backhand shot that forced overtime.

The Predators arrived in Europe with hopes the trip could help them turn the season around. Nashville outshot the Penguins 30-17 and improved to 6-9-4.

Saros made 16 saves and defenseman Brady Skjei assisted on the winning goal.

Evgeni Malkin broke the scoreless deadlock with 6:11 remaining in the middle period for the Penguins after the puck he sent from behind the goal toward Saros ended up in the net.

It was Malkin’s fourth goal of the season and his team-leading 22nd point. The goal was the 518th of his career, tying him with Dale Hawerchuk for 40th place on the NHL’s career list.

The Predators held the Penguins to two shots on goal in the period.

The game marked a return for Malkin, together with Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang, to Stockholm where where the Penguins split a series against the Ottawa Senators in 2008 before winning the Stanley Cup that season.

Silovs stopped 28 shots and Mathew Dumba had an assist for the Penguins, who lost the third straight game.

The NHL has played games on the European continent as part of its efforts to grow the fan base in hockey-mad countries like Sweden, Finland, the Czech Republic and others. Overall, Friday’s was the 47th regular-season game outside North America and 17th in Stockholm, more than in any other city.

The Predators swept a 2022 series against the San Jose Sharks in Prague.

Up next

Penguins and Predators will complete their series in Stockholm on Sunday.

Disturbing flyers left in Western Pennsylvania towns including some advertising the Klu Klux Klan

(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Tarentum, PA) Police are investigating after disturbing flyers were left in multiple Western Pennsylvania towns recently. Specifically, Tarentum and Brackenridge have been places where police have been asking the public to provide footage of suspects who are leaving flyers advertising the Klu Klux Klan in Indiana Borough. One mother in the area noted that a dozen KKK flyers were left overnight on the front lawn of her home.  

Aliquippa wins 2025 WPIAL 4A championship game 21-12 over McKeesport

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Gibsonia, PA) Aliquippa High School defeated McKeesport 21-12 at Pine Richland High School on Saturday to win the high school football WPIAL 4A Championship. This was also the 800th win for the Aliquippa program and their record-extending 21st WPIAL title, the most in league history. The Quips had a lead of 14-12 with two minutes and twenty seconds left in the fourth quarter and their senior quarterback Marques Council threw a touchdown on a fourth and nine to senior wide receiver Qa’Lil Goode to put the Quips ahead for good. Aliquippa will be taking on Oil City starting at 6:30 p.m. this Friday at Slippery Rock University in the PIAA 4A quarterfinals and Beaver County Radio will be covering the game that begins at 7 p.m. on 99.3 and 95.7 FM and 1230 and 1460 AM.

Police vehicle collides with another vehicle in Pittsburgh

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A police vehicle collided with another vehicle on East Liberty Boulevard at North Highland Avenue in Pittsburgh on Saturday night. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, around 7 p.m. on Saturday night, a Pittsburgh Police vehicle was involved in the crash when they were responding to a call for backup at a traffic stop on Black Street. EMS responded and the vehicle of the driver in the regular vehicle was not hurt even though that vehicle was rendered inoperable. The officers inside the police vehicle were not hurt either, but the driver of the police vehicle was taken to the hospital to undergo alcohol and drug testing.

Former UPMC Children’s Hospital doctor arrested as part of a sex sting in Florida

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Martin County, FL) According to authorities, a former doctor who worked at UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh was arrested in an undercover child sex sting in Florida. That person was thirty-eight-year-old Mohamed Mesregah, who the Florida attorney general confirms was one of six people recently arrested in an operation which targeted people that sexually exploited children online. Investigators confirmed that the suspects posed as fourteen-year-old girls on an online escort website. Mesregah has charges including using a computer to seduce, solicit, lure or entice a child, traveling to meet after using a computer to lure a child and using a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony and a UPMC spokesperson states that he had been fired from his position at UPMC Children’s Hospital.

Monongahela Incline remains closed through this week following recent incident when its cars stopped during a trip

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The Monongahela Incline in Pittsburgh will remain closed through this week as Pittsburgh Regional Transit will prepare a report for two state oversight agencies and coordinate both inspections and plans for its reopening. The incline closed on November 1st, 2025, which is when twenty-seven passengers inside of it saw both cars unexpectedly stop during a trip because of a motor controller failure. The trapped passengers have since been rescued after this incident occurred.

One person apprehended and two men hospitalized after a stabbing in the South Side of Pittsburgh

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) One person was taken into custody and two men were wounded after a late-night stabbing that occurred in the South Side of Pittsburgh last night. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, the suspect was arrested in connection with the stabbing that happened around 10:30 p.m. last night along East Carson Street in its 1200 block. Pittsburgh Public Safety officials say that both victims were stabbed in the chest area and that charges will be filed against the suspect. Both victims were taken to the hospital, with one of them in critical condition and the other in stable condition. The cause of the incident is unclear at this time. 

Man shot and killed in the Middle Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, a man was shot and killed yesterday in the Middle Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Police went to the 2400 block of Webster Avenue on Sunday evening because of a ShotSpotter alert there, and officers found a man with multiple gunshot wounds lying in the street. Officers performed CPR on him before medics took him to an area hospital, which is where he was pronounced dead. No arrests have been made at this time and the investigation into this incident is ongoing.

Eleven-year-old boy flown to a Pittsburgh hospital after being shot by fourteen-year-old cousin in Marion Township

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Marion Township, PA) An eleven-year-old boy was flown to the hospital after being shot in Marion Township on Friday. According to Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible, two cousins, ages 11 and 14, were running around in the 14-year-old’s yard playing cops and robbers or cowboys, carrying guns they thought were inoperable, when one of the weapons fired. Specifically, the fourteen-year-old shot the eleven-year-old in the stomach on Herman Road at around 11:22 a.m. with a .22 handgun not knowing that it was loaded even though the cousins found the guns in a safe that was locked and unlocked it with a key they found and started playing with them. The boy that was shot was flown to UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh and Bible does not anticipate that charges will be filed at this time.