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Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry is scheduled to start Monday’s preseason road contest against the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena. This will be the first game of the preseason in which the Penguins aren’t slated to split their goaltending duties. Jarry has appeared in one game this preseason,...

The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned five players to the training camp of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Monday. Forwards — Cal Burke, Atley Calvert, Aaron Huglen, Nolan Renwick Defenseman — Finn Harding Following these transactions, there are now 43 active players on the NHL training camp roster. The league’s deadline to submit...

Valtteri Puustinen remains polite as ever. After the Pittsburgh Penguins’ first morning skate of the preseason Sept. 22 in Cranberry, the cordial winger hurriedly packed his bag so he could allow the equipment staffers to load their van and then embark to the team’s plane destined for Montreal. An inquiring...

The Pittsburgh Penguins announced their scheduled lineup for their next game of the preseason, a road contest against the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena on Monday. Forwards — Robby Fabbri, Filip Hallander, Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Avery Hayes, Danton Heinen, Boko Imama, Ben Kindel, Ville Koivunen, Joona Koppanen, Tommy Novak,...

There was a notable change for the Pittsburgh Penguins during their 4-1 preseason home win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday. Marc-Andre Fleury was in net. The highly beloved but very retired goaltender took to the ice in the third period for a lavish send-off in front of a...

James Fleury hasn’t really spent much time in Pittsburgh. And for good reason. He wasn’t born yet when his dad, Marc-Andre, left town for a professional opportunity out west in 2017. So, any impressions the 6-year-old has of his father being a civic treasure in this part of the planet...

The Pittsburgh Penguins cut 15 players from their training camp roster and assigned them to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Saturday. They include: Forwards – Raivis Ansons, Brayden Edwards, Zach Gallant, Max Graham, Jordan Kaplan, Gabe Klassen, Brett Murray, Zach Urdahl Defensemen – David Breazeale, Tommy Budnick, Kyle...

Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury is scheduled to play in the the third period of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ home preseason game against the Columbus Blue Jackets at PPG Paints Arena on Saturday. Prospect Sergei Murashov is slated to be in net for the first two periods. Fleury, who signed a ceremonial professional...

The Pittsburgh Penguins announced their scheduled lineup for Saturday’s home preseason contest against the Columbus Blue Jackets at PPG Paints Arena. Forwards — Justin Brazeau, Tristan Broz, Sidney Crosby, Filip Hallander, Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Avery Hayes, Boko Imama, Ben Kindel, Ville Koivunen, Evgeni Malkin, Anthony Mantha, Rickard Rakell, Bryan Rust. Defensemen...

Forwards Conor Dewar, Robby Fabbri and Philip Tomasino each scored their first goals of the preseason, helping the Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the Detroit Red Wings, 3-2, on Friday at PPG Paints Arena. The result was the Penguins’ first victory of the preseason (1-1-1). Dewar’s score came at 2 minutes, 32...

One by one, they took the ice at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry. Evgeni Malkin received a nice ovation from the fans in attendance and returned the greeting with a fist pump. Sidney Crosby was next, and the cheers were a little louder and longer as he flashed a...

Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Joel Blomqvist will be sidelined a minimum of four weeks because of an undisclosed injury. His status was announced via one of the team’s social media accounts Friday morning. It isn’t clear when or how Blomqvist was injured. He reported to the team’s facility Wednesday and was...

Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry is scheduled to start Friday’s preseason home game against the Detroit Red Wings at PPG Paints Arena. This will be Jarry’s first action of the preseason. Per coach Dan Muse, Jarry is slated to split the game with Arturs Silovs. Last season, Jarry appeared in...

The Pittsburgh Penguins announced their scheduled lineup for their first home game of the preseason, a meeting with the Detroit Red Wings at PPG Paints Arena on Friday. Forwards — Cal Burke, Connor Dewar, Robby Fabbri, Filip Hallander, Danton Heinen, Aaron Huglen, Blake Lizotte, Aidan McDonough, Tommy Novak, Sam Poulin,...

Forward Zach Gallant scored the Pittsburgh Penguins’ lone goal in a 4-1 preseason loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday. The score was Gallant’s first of the preseason and came at 9 minutes, 45 seconds of the first period off an assist from...

Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Arturs Silovs is scheduled to start Wednesday’s road preseason game against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena on Columbus, Ohio. He is scheduled to split the contest with Filip Larsson. Coach Dan Muse announced those plans following a morning skate in Cranberry. Silovs was acquired in...

Jack St. Ivany’s offseason routine isn’t all that different from most NHLers. “Went into the summer with a game plan, knowing things I liked to work on,” the Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman said. “In particular, leg strength. Had a couple of injuries that I needed to get under control.” There was...

The Pittsburgh Penguins announced the lineup they are scheduled to deploy for a preseason road contest against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday. Forwards - Justin Brazeau, Tristan Broz, Atley Calvert, Connor Dewar, Zach Gallant, Filip Hallander, Aaron Huglen, Ben Kindel, Ville Koivunen, Blake Lizotte, Aidan McDonough, Nolan Renwick, Philip...

Robby Fabbri signed a professional tryout (PTO) contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sept. 17, a day before the team opened training camp. But the deal wasn’t exactly an 11th-hour entente. The Penguins and Fabbri made something of a gentleman’s agreement on a PTO that allowed Fabbri to pursue a...

By any measure, the 1983-84 season was the worst in the history of the Pittsburgh Penguins. And it was no accident. The roster was constructed with the intent of being awful. And then it was progressively whittled down to something even worse. As terrible as those seven months were that...

In their opening game of the preseason, the Pittsburgh Penguins suffered a 2-1 shootout road loss to the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre. Shootout goals by forwards Sean Farrell and Oliver Kapanen secured victory. Goaltender Sergei Murashov recorded the loss. In 34 minutes, 55 seconds of ice time, he...

The Pittsburgh Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Joel Blomqvist in their opening game of the preseason, a road contest against the Montreal Canadiens on Monday. He is expected to split the contest with prospect Sergei Murashov. Coach Dan Muse announced his team’s plans in net following a morning skate...

A few minutes after the Pittsburgh Penguins selected him in the first round (No. 21 overall) in the 2022 NHL Draft, Owen Pickering wasn’t meek in outlining his ambitions. “My mentality was as soon as I was drafted to a team before this was to try to make that team...