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Penguins remain in playoff contention by beating Red Wings
If the Penguins are going to salvage anything out of a 2023-24 regular season that supplied more aggravation than assurance, virtually all of their remaining games are “must-wins” with regard to their postseason aspirations. It’s been that way for more than a month (and probably a lot longer). And Sunday’s...
Minor league report: Penguins fall to Monsters in overtimeVideo
Forward Vinnie Hinostroza had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Cleveland Monsters at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland on Sunday. Goaltender Joel Blomqvist made 14 saves on 17 shots as his record slipped to 19-9-6. Forward Sam Poulin also scored...
Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic scheduled to face Red Wings
The Pittsburgh Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic in Sunday’s home game against the Detroit Red Wings. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Nedeljkovic’s status approximately two hours before the opening faceoff. In 23 games this season, Nedeljkovic has a 9-6-4 record, a 2.79 goals against average, a .906 save...
Penguins assign defenseman Jack St. Ivany to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned defenseman Jack St. Ivany to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League late on Saturday night. The team did not announce the transaction, which was reported by Cap Friendly. Recalled to the NHL roster under emergency conditions on Friday, St. Ivany was a healthy scratch for a...
Penguins defense struggles again as goaltender Tristan Jarry is pulled in loss to Rangers
The Pittsburgh Penguins game with the New York Rangers at PPG Paints Arena on Saturday was rather fitting of a St. Patrick’s Day weekend. It was sloppy and full of bad judgment. But a little bit of fun. Though ultimately, it led to plenty of bad feelings in the aftermath,...
Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry scheduled to face Rangers
The Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Tristan Jarry in Saturday’s home game against the New York Rangers at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Jarry’s status approximately two hours before the opening faceoff. In 46 games this season, Jarry has a 19-21-5 record, a 2.70 goals against average,...
Former Penguins defensman Chad Ruhwedel has ‘a lot of thanks to give to Pittsburgh’
On Friday, Chad Ruhwedel took to the ice at the Pittsburgh Penguins’ facility in Cranberry and skated in a very limited optional practice. It was a familiar scene that had played out repeatedly with the right-handed defenseman in this domain over the previous seven seasons. He worked on his skating,...
Minor league report: Nailers shut out Heartlanders in overtime winVideo
A goal by forward Jarrett Lee at 2:59 of overtime gave the Wheeling Nailers a 1-0 road win against the Iowa Heartlanders at Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa on Friday. Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 27 saves to record his fourth shutout of the season and boost his record to 23-17-1....
Penguins double up woeful Sharks for much-needed points
Seven months into his tenure with the Pittsburgh Penguins, defenseman Erik Karlsson acknowledges he and his teammates have fallen short of expectations as they are on the outside looking at the playoff picture with barely a month remaining in the regular season. “We’ve just got to find a way to...
How has Penguins-Sharks trade in August worked out for each team?
There was a moment of perfect timing Thursday between two teams that haven’t experienced many good times this season. As San Jose Sharks coach David Quinn addressed media in a hallway outside of the visiting dressing room of PPG Paints Arena, Pittburgh Penguins defenseman Erik Karlsson emerged from an auxiliary...
Minor league report: Penguins shut out Phantoms in Vasily Ponomarev’s debutVideo
Goaltender Joel Blomqvist made 23 saves to record his first career shutout in the American Hockey League as the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defeated the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms, 3-0, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday. The result improved Blomqvist’s record to 18-9-5. Forward Jagger Joshua scored two goals for...
New Penguins lean on center Lars Eller for veteran wisdom
A few days after he signed his new contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins in early February, forward Jesse Puljujarvi sat on the bench and watched the team’s top power-play unit drill during a practice session at the team’s facility in Cranberry. A lot of the vocabulary and functions of the...
Michael Bunting scores 1st goal with Penguins in overtime loss to Senators
Michael Bunting doesn’t necessarily have grand aspirations on what he can bring to the Pittsburgh Penguins. He just wants to be part of the solution. “I just want to play my game and contribute where I can and wherever coach (Mike Sullivan) wants me to be,” Bunting said Friday in...
Penguins recall defenseman Ryan Shea, assign forward Jonathan Gruden
The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled defenseman Ryan Shea from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL on Thursday evening and assigned rookie forward Jonathan Gruden to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Shea returns to the NHL roster after being most recently assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Jan. 28. He has been shuffled between the NHL and AHL roster repeatedly...
Penguins waive forward Jonathan Gruden
The Pittsburgh Penguins placed rookie forward Jonathan Gruden on waivers Monday afternoon. Should no other team claim Gruden by 2 p.m. Tuesday, he can be assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. This season, Gruden has played in a career-best 11 NHL games and scored one goal while averaging...
Penguins shut out by Oilers as slide continues
While most of the world lost an hour Sunday because of daylight savings time, the Pittsburgh Penguins just kept losing. Their latest setback was a 4-0 shutout at the hands of the Edmonton Oilers at PPG Paints Arena. While the Penguins did offer a somewhat crisper performance than some of...
Penguins forward Bryan Rust could rejoin lineup versus Oilers
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bryan Rust could rejoin his team’s lineup for a home game against the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday. Approximately two hours before the opening faceoff, coach Mike Sullivan labeled Rust as a “game-time” decision. Roughly an hour later, Rust was formally activated from injured reserve. Typically deployed on...
Minor league report: Sam Poulin scores on penalty shot as Penguins loseVideo
Forward Sam Poulin scored on a penalty shot for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-2 home loss to the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Defenseman Ryan Shea also scored for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (29-2o-7-1) while goaltender Joel Blomqvist made 25 saves on 29 shots in...
Penguins bullied by Bruins in Boston beatdown
In deciding to trade All-Star forward Jake Guentzel on Thursday — to say nothing of reserve defenseman Chad Ruhwedel and goaltender Magnus Hellberg on Friday — Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas was blunt in assessing his team. “We need to make a lot of improvement to the...
Penguins recall forward Jonathan Gruden from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled rookie forward Jonathan Gruden from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Saturday afternoon. This transaction comes one day after Gruden was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. According to Cap Friendly, this is the fifth time Gruden has been recalled to the NHL roster this season. Primarily deployed...
Minor league report: Penguins beat Phantoms, Nailers shut out
Goaltender Joel Blomqvist made 27 saves on 29 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-2 road win against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms at the PPL Center in Allentown on Friday. The result improved Blomqvist’s record to 17-8-5. Forwards Corey Andonovski, Austin Rueschhoff and Lukas Svejkovsky scored goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...
‘Nobody’s happy about it right now’ as the Penguins move on without Jake Guentzel
Kyle Dubas justified. Evgeni Malkin apologized. Michael Bunting acclimated. And Jake Guentzel was gone. Friday was hardly an upbeat day for the Pittsburgh Penguins as the NHL’s trade deadline came and went. But it was an occasion that provided some clarity as to what direction the Penguins will take for...
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin apologizes for ugly loss to Capitals
Evgeni Malkin had a charming way of welcoming new teammate Michael Bunting to the Pittsburgh Penguins. “Talk to these guys!” Malkin bellowed, referring to reporters and playfully hoping they would quit querying him about the state of the underwhelming team. Malkin has never been overly comfortable speaking with media, either...
Penguins forward Jansen Harkins out long term following hand surgeryVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jansen Harkins will be sidelined on a long-term basis after undergoing surgery for a hand injury Friday morning. Per the league’s media website, Harkins is designated to injured reserve. It was not immediately clear if he is on regular or long-term injured reserve. Harkins was presumably injured...
Penguins send Jake Guentzel to Carolina for NHL forward, 3 prospects, 2 draft picks
When the Pittsburgh Penguins first brought Jake Guentzel to the NHL roster in November of 2016, it was because of injury. Chris Kunitz, arguably the best winger the franchise had attached to franchise center Sidney Crosby up until that point, landed on injured reserve. His convalescence prompted management to summon...
