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Penguins and Blue Jackets extend bizarre five-game streak

Reese's adjusted its Halloween candy packaging after an unusual lawsuit, while two NHL teams keep a five-game run going; neither story explains itself.

On air: Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock on The Weekend Shift
Published 1:39 AM ET, Sunday, October 11, 2026

Photo: Matt Boulton from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Photo: Columbus Blue Jackets — Photo: Matt Boulton from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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First reported by Heavy.com: “Pittsburgh Penguins, Blue Jackets Extend Bizarre 5-Game Streak”.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 1:39 AM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock; aired 2 times.

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What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPittsburgh and Columbus have extended a bizarre five-game streak. That is the whole headline. Bizarre. Five games.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBizarre how?
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNobody says. It is just bizarre, and it is growing. I respect the mystery.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFive games is not growing. Five games is a long weekend.

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