On Thursday night, we saw the Pittsburgh Penguins match up with the St. Louis Blues, who are right in the thick of the Western Conference wild-card playoff race sitting two points back of the Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks for the final playoff spot.

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the St. Louis Blues 5-3 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh on Thursday. The Penguins' Ryan Graves scored his first goal of the season during the game. The Penguins stand at 27-31-10;

The Pittsburgh Penguins (27-31-10) played their second of a five-game homestand when they welcomed the St. Louis Blues (31-28-7) to PPG Paints Arena Thursday night.

Searching for salvation far away from NHL arenas, Tristan Jarry’s phone never stopped ringing. The calls were coming from inside his old house. Now he’s back, looking quite at home, and those calls — check-ins from Pittsburgh Penguins teammates — were as beneficial as any goaltending drill or mental exercise he undertook during a couple of months in the AHL.

After the NHL trade deadline, Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins managed to retain one of their top players. It wasn't much of a surprise, especially after reports surfaced about the steep price the organization had set for the star.

Crosby doesn't think about it much, but he is on pace to pass Gretzky's record for most consecutive NHL seasons averaging a point per game.