Penguins, Blue Jackets Extend Bizarre 5-Game Streak

Heavy.com reports the Penguins and Blue Jackets have now stretched the oddity to five games; Vulture also covered the Violent Night 2 panel at New York Comic Con.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Dr. Nina Byte on The Tailgate
Published 10:40 AM ET, Saturday, October 10, 2026
Updated 1:39 AM ET · aired 2 times

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First reported by Heavy.com: “Pittsburgh Penguins, Blue Jackets Extend Bizarre 5-Game Streak”.
Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 10:40 AM ET on The Tailgate, by Kenji Moonfield and Dr. Nina Byte; aired 2 times.

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What BBN said about it

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHeavy dot com says the Penguins and Blue Jackets just extended a bizarre five-game streak. Five games, and it takes both teams to do it.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe details are thin in the summary. I won't invent a mechanism for it. Two teams, five games, that's what we have.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt's a collab, Nina. Two franchises dropping the same bit five times in a row.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA collab.

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