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Penguins to meet old friend twice in first three games of 2025 season

The Penguins will have to face a familiar friend two times to open the season, once in primetime on opening night.

NY Rangers head coach Mike Sullivan is introduced during a press conference at the MSG Training Center in Tarrytown, New York May 8, 2025. | Peter Carr/The Journal News / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

It should have come to nobody's surprise that the NHL schedule-makers put the Penguins first meeting with old coach Mike Sullivan into primetime. Much less making the Penguins face him twice in the first three games.