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Penguins trade forward Rem Pitlick to Blackhawks
The Pittsburgh Penguins traded forward Rem Pitlick to the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday in exchange for a conditional seventh-round draft pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. Conditions of the transaction were not announced. Pitlick, 26, has not played in any NHL games this season and is the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins’ leading...
Penguins scheduled to start goaltender Tristan Jarry versus Sabres
The Pittsburgh Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Tristan Jarry in Saturday’s home game against the Buffalo Sabres at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Jarry’s status following an optional morning skate. In 25 games this season, Jarry has an 11-11-2 record, a 2.58 goals against average, a .912...
Minor league report: Jesse Puljujarvi debuts for Penguins in winVideo
Forward Jesse Puljujarvi made his debut for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 2-1 road win against the Springfield Thunderbirds at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Mass., on Friday. Signed to a professional tryout contract Thursday, Puljujarvi opened the contest on the top line and was held without a point on...
Penguins offense comes to rescue in wild 6-5 win over Boston
Defense was the leading reason the Pittsburgh Penguins closed out 2023 with a surge of wins in the estimation of coach Mike Sullivan. Offense was the reason they overcame some porous defense in a 6-5 road win against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden on Thursday, their second game of...
Penguins forward Sidney Crosby selected as All-Star for 10th time
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby has been named to the NHL’s upcoming All-Star event that will be staged at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on Feb. 2-3. This marks the 10th time Crosby has been selected for this event. The NHL announced selections for all 32 franchises Thursday evening. Those...
Penguins forward Matt Nieto undergoes knee surgery
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Matt Nieto underwent laparoscopic surgery on his right knee and is expected to be sidelined until mid-February at the earliest. The team announced Nieto’s procedure via a release Thursday but did not specify when it took place. An expected recovery time frame of six to eight weeks...
Forward Jesse Puljujarvi joins Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on tryout
Forward Jesse Puljujarvi joined the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on a professional tryout (PTO) contract Thursday morning. That team announced the transaction via a release. Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas revealed those plans for Puljujarvi during a radio interview with team broadcaster Josh Getzoff on Wednesday evening. Markus Lehto,...
Penguins defenseman Ryan Graves remains honest but optimistic over struggles
Ryan Graves would be a terrible politician. He is way too honest. As it is, things aren’t going great with his actual vocation as an NHL defenseman with the Pittsburgh Penguins at the moment. During a 4-3 home loss to the Washington Capitals on Tuesday, Graves was directly involved in...
Penguins can’t complete rally vs. Capitals as 3-game winning streak ends
Having worn the colors of both sides of the rivalry, Lars Eller can articulate the decades-long feud between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals with an educated perspective. “It’s a divisional game,” said Eller, currently the Penguins’ third-line center. “A rivalry game. There’s going to be high emotions on both...
Forward Bryan Rust rejoins Penguins’ lineup
Bryan Rust burst into 2024 with a pretty buoyant attitude. At least that’s what one could surmise when the Pittsburgh Penguins forward took to the ice at PPG Paints Arena for a morning skate Tuesday waving to the handful of media members there to watch. His quips and one-liners to...
Penguins assign Vinnie Hinostroza, Ryan Shea to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned forward Vinnie Hinostroza and defenseman Ryan Shea to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. These transactions allowed the team to formally activate forward Bryan Rust from long-term injured reserve. Hinostroza (Dec. 16) and Shea (Dec. 19) each cleared waivers recently, allowing them to be...
Penguins forward Bryan Rust a game-time decision against Capitals
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bryan Rust has been labeled as a “game-time decision” in advance of his team’s home game against the Washington Capitals at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday. Coach Mike Sullivan provided a status on Rust following a morning skate. Currently designated to long-term injured reserve due to an...
Who stays, who goes when Bryan Rust rejoins the Penguins lineup?
First things first, let’s just acknowledge the phrase “when everyone is healthy” does not have a practical application in hockey. There’s always a puck off a toe or a shoulder rammed into the glass or a groin tweaked by an ice rut or a simple bout of the flu that...
Minor league report: Nailers sink Admirals
A goal and two assists by forward Tanner Laderoute led the Wheeling Nailers to a 4-1 home win against the Norfolk Admrials at WesBanco Arena on Sunday. Forwards Justin Adamo, Jordan Martel and Matthew Querica all contributed goals for Wheeling (15-11-1-1) while goaltender Jaxon Castro made 33 saves on 34...
Goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic leads Penguins past Islanders
One of Kyle Dubas’ pursuits when he took over as the Pittsburgh Penguins’ president of hockey operations midway through 2023 in June was to boost the depth and competition at the organization’s goaltending position. In addition to retaining incumbent starter Tristan Jarry, he signed Alex Nedeljkovic, hoping the 27-year-old would...
Penguins scheduled to start goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic against Islanders
The Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic in Sunday’s home game against the New York Islanders at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Nedeljkovic’s status approximately two hours before the start of the contest. In 10 games this season, Nedeljkovic has a 5-2-2 record, a 2.64 goals...
Minor league report: Penguins fall despite defenseman Jack St. Ivany’s first professional goalVideo
Defenseman Jack St. Ivany scored his first professional goal and recorded an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 6-2 loss to the Charlotte Checkers at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 33 saves on 38 shots as his record fell to 1-2-1 while defenseman...
Resurgent Evgeni Malkin leads Penguins over Blues with goal, assist
Evgeni Malkin might not be what he once was. The days of winning individual trophies and scoring titles are decidedly a memory and not a forecast at this stage of his career. But he’s still pretty darn good. That was evident during a 4-2 victory against the St. Louis Blues...
Penguins recall defenseman Ryan Shea from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled defenseman Ryan Shea from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Saturday evening prior to their home game against the St. Louis Blues. Shea was summoned to the NHL club as a result of incumbent defenseman P.O Joseph not being available due to an undisclosed illness....
Penguins scheduled to start goaltender Tristan Jarry against Blues
The Pittsburgh Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Tristan Jarry on Saturday against the St. Louis Blues at PPG Paints Arena. His status was announced by Penguins coach Mike Sullivan following an optional morning skate. In 23 games this season, Jarry has a 10-11-2 record, a 2.49 goals against average,...
Minor league report: Colin White, Penguins beat CheckersVideo
A goal and an assist by forward Colin White helped the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defeat the Charlotte Checkers, 4-1, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Forwards Corey Andonovski and Peter Abbandonato each recorded two assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (16-11-3-0) while forwards Matt Filipe and Alex Nylander as well as defenseman...
Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin wants to be more than ‘normal player’
The debates are never-ending in just about every sport, especially with hockey. And with any kind of qualifier. Who’s the best player ever? Who’s the best defenseman? Goaltender? Finnish goal-scoring winger? Left-handed Latvian faceoff specialist? Newfoundland and Labrador-born shot-blocker? One of those discussions got a pretty definitive offering Friday. Who’s...
Forwards Bryan Rust, Jesse Puljujarvi rejoin Penguins practice
Bryan Rust looked different Friday. The Pittsburgh Penguins forward was wearing a neck guard. In the aftermath of former Penguins forward Adam Johnson’s death as a result of a skate cut to his neck while playing in the United Kingdom on Oct. 28, there were countless calls for players at...
Penguins forward Rickard Rakell beginning to find goals in different waysVideo
Christmas came early for Rickard Rakell. By about two days. In a 5-4 overtime road loss to the Ottawa Senators on Saturday, the Pittsburgh Penguins forward scored his first goal of the season. It was a nice gift for the holidays, though he probably would have preferred to have registered...
Penguins defenseman Kris Letang’s record-setting game was ‘pretty cool’
Alex Letang didn’t necessarily get to see his father, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang, make history on Wednesday night. But he certainly had quite a reaction Thursday morning. “He goes to bed before the end of the game,” Kris Letang said of his adolescent son. “The first thing he did,...
