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Why do the Penguins play so many games on Thanksgiving eve?
Thanksgiving is synonymous with plenty of traditions. Football, family and feasting. The night before Thanksgiving has a few traditions as well. Mostly, going to establishments and imbibing in ways one would not typically on a weekday night. Or going to a Pittsburgh Penguins game. Of the Penguins’ first 55 years...
Penguins goaltender Casey DeSmith misses practice due to injury
Pittsburgh Penguins backup goaltender Casey DeSmith missed practice at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday with an undisclosed injury. His status for Wednesday’s home game against the Calgary Flames at PPG Paints Arena is not clear, but coach Mike Sullivan labeled DeSmith’s absence from Tuesday’s practice session as precautionary. During Sunday’s...
Minor league report: Penguins fall to Checkers in shootoutVideo
Forward Alex Nylander had a goal and an assist in regulation for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-4 shootout road loss to the Charlotte Checkers at the Bojangles’ Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C. on Monday. Goaltender Dustin Tokarski made 36 saves on 40 shots in regulation and overtime then stopped three...
What are Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin’s 10 signature regular-season games?Video
At first, he was something of a consolation prize. The Pittsburgh Penguins were going nowhere fast in the 2003-04 season and with a lockout looming, management stripped the team down to the foundation in the name of a rebuilding project. They wanted the top overall pick that season because it...
Penguins beat Blackhawks in Evgeni Malkin’s 1,000th game
Evgeni Malkin might not be what he was for the bulk of his first 999 career games as an NHLer. After all, at 36, he’s closer to the end than he is the beginning. Or even the middle. But that doesn’t mean the superstar center doesn’t still have something substantial...
Minor league report: Nailers routed by FuelVideo
Goaltender Ryan Bednard made 18 saves on 23 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a lopsided 6-1 road loss to the Indy Fuel at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis on Sunday. Defenseman Jack Van Boekel scored the lone goal for Wheeling (5-7-0-0) which has lost three of its past...
Minor league report: Penguins fall to IslandersVideo
Goaltender Filip Lindberg made 26 saves on 29 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-2 road loss to the Bridgeport Islanders at Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport, Conn. on Saturday. Forward Sam Poulin and defenseman Ty Smith scored goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (7-5-1-0) which has lost four of the past...
Penguins, goaltender Tristan Jarry shut out Jets
Tristan Jarry isn’t the best goaltender in the history of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Heck, one could make a case that he hasn’t been the Penguins’ best goaltender this season. But he is an All-Star. In fact, he’s been christened with that honor twice in his career. So the expectations of...
Minor league report: Penguins, goaltender Dustin Tokarski snap losing streakVideo
Goaltender Dustin Tokarski made 26 saves and led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 4-0 shutout of the Hershey Bears at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Forwards Drake Caggiula, Jonathan Gruden, Filip Hallander and Valtteri Puustinen all scored goals and defenseman Xavier Ouellet recorded two assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (7-4-1-0),...
Penguins forward Ryan Poehling finding ways to stay in the lineupVideo
After the Pittsburgh Penguins’ third game of the preseason, coach Mike Sullivan still did not know what he had in forward Ryan Poehling, acquired via trade in July. Was he a center? Or was he malleable enough to be used as a winger? The coach had some initial impressions, however....
4-point night from Sidney Crosby leads Penguins past Wild
Even if he is the 17th leading scorer in NHL history, Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby is sure of one axiom. Offense can’t come at the expense of defense. And throughout a mostly unremarkable November for the Penguins, their overall defensive game has largely struggled. “We’ve got to be better...
Penguins’ top line victimized in loss to Maple LeafsVideo
As Sidney Crosby goes, the Pittsburgh Penguins tend to go. And neither went in a particularly good direction Tuesday night. During a 5-2 home loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs at PPG Paints Arena, Crosby had a goal but was somewhat directly involved in two of the visitors’ scores. In...
Penguins activate forward Teddy Blueger from long-term injured reserve
Penguins forward Teddy Blueger has been activated from long-term injured reserve a few hours before they host the Toronto Maple Leafs at PPG Paints Arena. To make room on the roster, the Penguins assigned forward Filip Hallander to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Following Tuesday’s morning skate, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan labeled Blueger —...
Maple Leafs goaltender Matt Murray returns to PittsburghVideo
Tuesday’s game at PPG Paints Arena was significant for Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Matt Murray. After all, it was only his second game of the season. Hobbled since suffering a groin injury — an adductor tendon — during a morning skate Oct. 15 in Toronto, Murray was activated from long-term...
Penguins scheduled to start goaltender Casey DeSmith against Maple Leafs
The Pittsburgh Penguins are expected to start goaltender Casey DeSmith for Tuesday’s home game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at PPG Paints Arena. Penguins coach Mike Sullivan announced DeSmith as the team’s starting goaltender following an optional morning skate. In six games this season, DeSmith has a 2-3-1 record, a...
Penguins defenseman Chad Ruhwedel feels all right on the left sideVideo
A healthy scratch for 10 of a possible 15 games this season, Chad Ruhwedel isn’t going to be overly picky over the circumstances that will allow him to be in the lineup. And being asked to play the left side of a defensive pairing as a right-handed defenseman is a...
What’s next for injured Penguins forward Teddy Blueger?
The answer always seems to be the same. But the questions remain. “Anything new?” “Not really. I don’t know what I’m allowed to say.” That typically has been the exchange between reporters and Pittsburgh Penguins center Teddy Blueger for the past month and change. In the paranoid realm of the...
Penguins forward Filip Hallander remains sidelined due to illness
Pittsburgh Penguins rookie forward Filip Hallander was absent from the team’s practice session in Cranberry on Monday because of an undisclosed illness. Hallander took in the practice session as a spectator behind the glass while wearing street clothes. Penguins coach Mike Sullivan did not provide a substantive update on Hallander’s...
Minor league report: Nailers conquered by KometsVideo
Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 32 saves on 37 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 5-1 home loss to the Fort Wayne Komets at WesBanco Arena on Sunday. Forward Griffin Lunn scored the lone goal for Wheeling (4-6-0-0). Highlights: The Nailers’ next game is a a road contest against the...
Penguins’ 2nd line boosting offense
Much of the success the Pittsburgh Penguins had during the mostly satisfactory three-game road trip they concluded in Montreal on Saturday — in which they collected five of a possible six points — was buoyed by potent production from their second line. Currently, that unit is composed of Rickard Rakell...
Penguins assign defenseman Mark Friedman to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Penguins assigned defenseman Mark Friedman to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Sunday. This transaction comes three days after Friedman was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Friedman was summoned to the NHL roster as a precaution after incumbent defensemen P.O Joseph and Jan Rutta were injured during a 4-1...
Minor league report: Penguins’ losing streak reaches 4Video
Goaltender Filip Lindberg made 21 saves on 24 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-2 home loss to the Springfield Thunderbirds at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Forward Sam Houde and defenseman Ty Smith scored goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (6-4-1-0) which has lost four consecutive games. Highlights: The...
Penguins dropped by Canadiens in overtime
On the surface, the five of a possible six points the Pittsburgh Penguins claimed on the three-game road trip they completed on Saturday should be satisfactory through any lens. The way they attained the fifth point, however, left lots to be desired. Surrendering the lead on three separate occasions, including...
Minor league report: Penguins’ losing streak reaches 3Video
Goaltender Dustin Tokarski made 20 saves on 22 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-1 home loss to the Hartford Wolf Pack at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Forward Drew O’Connor scored the lone goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (6-3-1-0), which has lost three consecutive games. Highlights: The Penguins’...
Penguins hold off Maple Leafs for 2nd consecutive winVideo
As a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins for parts of five seasons, Toronto Maple Leafs forward Zach Aston-Reese battled Penguins forward Sidney Crosby countless times in practice. So, upon his first meeting with the Penguins as an opponent since he was traded to the Anaheim Ducks in March, Aston-Reese was...
