Pittsburgh Penguins Schedule December 2026: 13 Games, Times and TV

The Pittsburgh Penguins play 13 games in December 2026, eight of them at PPG Paints Arena, according to the National Hockey League (NHL) club schedule. The month opens Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 8 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) at St. Louis and ends Thursday, Dec. 31, at 2 p.m. ET at Ottawa.

The source is the NHL’s club schedule feed for Pittsburgh, read Nov. 11, 2026. It gives every start in UTC, so we converted the times to ET, which is Pittsburgh time, and worked out the weekdays. The table puts SportsNet Pittsburgh, national U.S. TV and Canadian TV side by side. The feed lists broadcasters as of that date, and they can change. A one-page printable follows the table.

Penguins December 2026 game times and TV channels

SportsNet Pittsburgh is the home-market channel the feed lists for the Penguins, on home and away games. Turner Network Television (TNT) and HBO Max carry the Dec. 8 game nationally in the U.S., and ESPN carries the Dec. 10 game. Sportsnet, Sportsnet 360, Sportsnet+ and Télé-Diffuseurs Associés (TVA) Sports are the Canadian networks the feed lists for Pittsburgh games. For the Dec. 31 game at Ottawa, the feed lists the home broadcasters The Sports Network 5 (TSN5) and Réseau des sports 2 (RDS2). “None listed” means the feed shows no Canadian broadcaster.

Date	Game	Time (ET)	SportsNet Pittsburgh and U.S. TV	TV in Canada
Wed., Dec. 2	Penguins at Blues, Enterprise Center	8 p.m. (7 p.m. Central Time, CT)	SportsNet Pittsburgh	None listed
Sat., Dec. 5	Devils at Penguins	3 p.m.	SportsNet Pittsburgh	None listed
Sun., Dec. 6	Sharks at Penguins	3 p.m.	SportsNet Pittsburgh	Sportsnet 360, TVA Sports
Tue., Dec. 8	Blackhawks at Penguins	7:30 p.m.	TNT, HBO Max, SportsNet Pittsburgh	Sportsnet+, TVA Sports
Thu., Dec. 10	Penguins at Panthers, Amerant Bank Arena	7 p.m.	ESPN (no SportsNet Pittsburgh listed)	Sportsnet+
Sat., Dec. 12	Penguins at Lightning, Benchmark International Arena	3:30 p.m.	SportsNet Pittsburgh	TVA Sports
Tue., Dec. 15	Lightning at Penguins	7 p.m.	SportsNet Pittsburgh	None listed
Thu., Dec. 17	Kings at Penguins	7 p.m.	SportsNet Pittsburgh	None listed
Fri., Dec. 18	Kraken at Penguins	7 p.m.	SportsNet Pittsburgh	Sportsnet
Tue., Dec. 22	Sabres at Penguins	7 p.m.	SportsNet Pittsburgh	None listed
Sat., Dec. 26	Penguins at Hurricanes, Lenovo Center	7 p.m.	SportsNet Pittsburgh	None listed
Tue., Dec. 29	Hurricanes at Penguins	7 p.m.	SportsNet Pittsburgh	Sportsnet
Thu., Dec. 31	Penguins at Senators, Canadian Tire Centre	2 p.m.	SportsNet Pittsburgh	TSN5, RDS2

Listings change. Check NHL.com on game day.

How many Penguins games are at PPG Paints Arena in December 2026?

Eight: Dec. 5, 6, 8, 15, 17, 18, 22 and 29. The five road games are at St. Louis (Dec. 2), Florida (Dec. 10), Tampa Bay (Dec. 12), Carolina (Dec. 26) and Ottawa (Dec. 31). The month’s last home game is the Hurricanes on Tuesday, Dec. 29.

Tampa Bay and Carolina each appear twice. The Penguins play at Tampa Bay on Saturday, Dec. 12, and host the Lightning on Tuesday, Dec. 15. They play at Carolina on Saturday, Dec. 26, and host the Hurricanes on Tuesday, Dec. 29. Another NHL team’s month is in our Bruins December schedule and our Maple Leafs December schedule.

Afternoon starts, back-to-backs and days off

These are our own counts from the feed:

• Afternoon starts: Sat., Dec. 5, vs. New Jersey, and Sun., Dec. 6, vs. San Jose, both at 3 p.m. ET; Sat., Dec. 12, at Tampa Bay, at 3:30 p.m. ET; and Thu., Dec. 31, at Ottawa, at 2 p.m. ET.
• Back-to-backs: Dec. 5 and Dec. 6, both at home, and Dec. 17 and Dec. 18, both at home.
• No game: Dec. 23, 24 and 25, around Christmas Day, and Dec. 19, 20 and 21.
• National TV: Chicago at Pittsburgh on Dec. 8 (TNT, HBO Max) and Pittsburgh at Florida on Dec. 10 (ESPN).

What did the Penguins play in November?

The previous month is in our Penguins November schedule. The feed read for this page covers December 2026 only, so the first 2027 game is not listed here.

Is there a printable Penguins schedule for December 2026?

Yes, and it is free. The one-page sheet lists all 13 games with home or away, ET start time, channels and a result box. Keep it next to the December 2026 printable calendar or copy the games into a printable weekly calendar.

Confirm puck drop and channel on NHL.com before game day. Results, line-ups, tickets and radio are not part of the schedule feed and are not covered here.