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With goaltender Tristan Jarry sidelined again, Penguins fall to Stars
The Pittsburgh Penguins are most certainly paying attention to other games in the NHL. After all, they haven’t played well enough to this point of the 2022-23 season to afford themselves the luxury of indifference to the rest of the league. “Everybody scoreboard watches a little bit this time of...
Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry sidelined with another injury
Oft-injured Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry is out again. Speaking with media that traveled to Dallas for the team’s game against the Stars at American Airlines Center on Thursday, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said Jarry is sidelined due to an undisclosed injury. No time frame for recovery was offered. Sullivan said...
Forward Jeff Carter scores twice as Penguins beat Avalanche
The Pittsburgh Penguins flew to Denver on Tuesday to get acclimated to the elevation of the Rocky Mountains. Playing the defending Stanley Cup champions on their ice? That would require a whole other level of elevation by the Penguins. They found a way to raise their game Wednesday as they...
Perseverance pays off for Penguins defenseman Taylor Fedun
Taylor Fedun smiled through the pain. And to be certain, the pain wasn’t related to a losing streak or the prospect of missing the playoffs. It was literal pain. From the stitches on the right side of his upper lip. On Monday morning, after he was recalled from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...
Penguins forward Jason Zucker remains steadfast in supporting Pride initiatives
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jason Zucker can offer a frugal economy of vocabulary on certain subjects. Like himself, for example. When he was immersed in a recent hot streak that saw him produce nine goals in only eight games, Zucker, either through modesty or superstition, didn’t want to get too deep...
Penguins fall out of playoff position with loss to SenatorsVideo
It has been a while since any entanglement between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators had postseason ramifications. Perhaps the last meeting these two had that carried any kind of gravity within those parameters was the fiercely combated 2017 Eastern Conference final the Penguins barely claimed in seven games that...
Penguins place defenseman Marcus Pettersson on long-term injured reserve
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ ramshackle blue line lost another incumbent member of the group for the foreseeable future when defenseman Marcus Pettersson was placed on long-term injured reserve Monday. Penguins coach Mike Sullivan labeled him as being sidelined on a week-to-week basis. The designation is retroactive to Saturday and, as such,...
Minor league report: Penguins take down PhantomsVideo
Two goals and an assist by forward Drake Caggiula led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 5-2 road win against the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at the PPL Center in Allentown on Sunday. Forward Jonathan Gruden had a goal and two assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (25-26-5-5) while defenseman Jack St. Ivany contributed...
The playoffs have already begun for Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins aren’t in the playoffs. Except, they are. In their own reality. With the absence of having that “x” next to their names in the standings, the Penguins have manufactured a professed desperation that the final four weeks of the regular season will dictate if they will qualify...
Minor league report: Penguins, Nailers each lose on the roadVideo
Forwards Filip Hallander and Tyler Sikura each had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-3 overtime road loss to the Syracuse Crunch at Upstate Medical University Arena in Syracuse, N.Y. on Saturday Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 25 saves on 29 shots for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (24-26-5-5) while...
With defense in shambles, Penguins routed by Rangers
With a handful of his fellow defenseman hobbled last week, Brian Dumoulin offered a brief but resolute assessment of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ back end. “Unfortunate, obviously,” Dumoulin said Tuesday in PPG Paints Arena. “We’ll see what we’re made of coming up.” At this rate, the Penguins’ threadbare blue line might...
Penguins recall defenseman Mark Friedman from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled defenseman Mark Friedman from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on an emergency basis Saturday. Recalls under emergency conditions are permitted when a team does not potentially have a full traditional lineup of 12 forwards, six defensemen and two goaltenders available. During a 4-2 road...
Penguins forward prospect Lukas Svejkovsky enjoying a ‘learning year’
From the outside, the changes for Lukas Svejkovsky between the junior and the pro level are easy to identify. The numbers. Last season, Svejkovsky was a prolific producer in the Western Hockey League, posting 76 points (35 goals, 41 assists) in 57 games split between the Medicine Hat Tigers and...
Minor league report: Penguins beat Americans in shootoutVideo
A shootout goal by forward Ty Glover gave the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 5-4 home win against the Rochester Americans at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Forward Drake Caggiula had a regulation goal and an assist for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (24-26-4-5) while defenseman Mitch Reinke contributed two assists. Goaltender Dustin Tokarski...
Penguins lose to Rangers, despite better play from Jarry
Before Thursday, the last time Tristan Jarry set foot on the ice of Madison Square Garden … one of them was broken. Roughly 10 months after he gutted out a painfully resolute but ultimately futile performance in the postseason, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ top goaltender took a step forward in correcting...
Penguins activate forward Ryan Poehling from long-term injured reserve
The Pittsburgh Penguins activated forward Ryan Poehling from long-term injured reserve on Thursday. Poehling has missed the past 15 games due to an undisclosed injury. Appearing in 38 games this season, Poehling has 11 points (five goals, six assists) while averaging 10:57 of ice time per contest. Primarily deployed on...
Minor league report: Nailers snap losing streakVideo
A hat trick and an assist by forward Brooklyn Kalmikov led the Wheeling Nailers to an 8-4 road win against the Norfolk Admirals at the Norfolk (Va.) Scope Arena on Wednesday. Forward Tyler Drevitch had two goals and an assist for Wheeling (24-30-5-0) while forward Gianluca Esteves contributed a goal...
Penguins return to New York for critical games with Rangers
The last time the Pittsburgh Penguins were in Madison Square Garden, things were uncertain. After succumbing to the New York Rangers in Game 7 of a first-round playoff series — a power-play goal in overtime by forward Artemi Panarin supplied the hosts with a 4-3 victory — the Penguins answered...
West Mifflin native Logan Cooley named finalist for Hobey Baker Memorial Award
University of Minnesota forward Logan Cooley, a native of West Mifflin, has been named as a finalist for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, an honor that recognizes the top men’s player in college hockey. A total of 10 finalists were announced by the award’s committee on Wednesday. All 61 NCAA...
Penguins prospect Sam Poulin to return from mental health hiatus
Penguins forward prospect Sam Poulin will rejoin the organization after a three-plus month leave of absence to address his mental health. Taking leave and returning to his native Quebec on Dec. 7 for what was then termed as a personal matter, Poulin announced his decision to return to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...
Penguins fall to Canadiens as goaltender Tristan Jarry gets pulled again
Whatever the Pittsburgh Penguins hope to accomplish this spring, it will likely involve All-Star goaltender Tristan Jarry. But in the last stages of winter, just completing a game appears to be a challenge too great for Jarry. During a repugnant 6-4 loss at PPG Paints Arena against the Montreal Canadiens,...
Penguins defenseman P.O Joseph returns to lineup
Playing the Montreal Canadiens will always be special to P.O Joseph. As a native of Laval, Quebec, a suburb of Montreal, the novelty of competing against the team he grew up rooting for will always be present for him. But for the moment, just playing is a big enough novelty...
Injury sidelines Penguins defenseman Dmitry Kulikov on ‘week-to-week’ basis
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Dmitry Kulikov will be sidelined on a week-to-week basis because of an undisclosed injury. His status was announced by Penguins coach Mike Sullivan following a morning skate at PPG Paints Arena in advance of Tuesday’s game against the Montreal Canadiens. Kulikov was injured during the second period...
Penguins outlast Rangers in physical OT win
The Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers already have an intimate relationship. In no affectionate way. Such is the nature of being rivals in the Metropolitan Division. Plus, a bitterly-fought first-round postseason series last spring — which was claimed by the Rangers in seven mostly bellicose games — did nothing...
Penguins expected to start goaltender Tristan Jarry against Rangers
The Pittsburgh Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Tristan Jarry for Sunday’s home game against the New York Rangers at PPG Paints Arena. His status was announced via a statement from the team approximately two hours before the game. This season, Jarry has appeared in 34 games and has a...
