Penguins/NHL category, Page 113
Penguins forward Ryan Poehling adapting to 3rd-line center duties
Ryan Poehling had to think for a moment. Which did he have more pride in? A steal or the subsequent goal? “Ummm,” Poehling pondered. “Probably the steal. 100%.” And for a third-line center, defense should come first, right? That was the case Saturday when Poehling generated the Pittsburgh Penguins’ first...
Penguins forward Nick Bonino resumes skating
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Nick Bonino skated briefly Monday at the team’s facility in Cranberry for the first time since he suffered a lacerated kidney earlier this month. Stepping onto the rink prior to the team’s practice session, Bonino eventually watched his teammates from the bench. That marked a step forward...
Mark Madden: Casey DeSmith provides Penguins adrenaline, deserves run in net
Tristan Jarry has had an injury-prone corpse of a season for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Dealing with the “can he or can’t he?” is exhausting. Casey DeSmith isn’t as talented or even very talented. But he battles like a bulldog. It’s time to go with the bulldog. Enough is enough with...
Madden Monday: On Penguins’ win over Capitals, ‘Losing that game ends the season’
Of all the roller coaster rides the Pittsburgh Penguins have put their fans through this year, Saturday’s 4-3 win over the Washington Capitals at PPG Paints Arena was like Kennywood, plus Six Flags, multiplied by Universal Studios. A 3-0 third period lead became a 3-3 tie, only to see Evgeni...
Minor league report: Penguins lose againVideo
Goaltender Dustin Tokarski made 22 saves on 26 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-1 home loss to the Hartford Wolf Pack at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Sunday. Forward Jonathan Gruden scored the only goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (25-27-6-5) which has lost six of its past eight games....
Mikael Granlund’s greatest value to Penguins might be his versatilityVideo
Mikael Granlund usually gets called one of two things. Either, “mih-KIGH-ehl”, the proper pronunciation of his first name, or “MIGH-kuhl,” the more Anglo-friendly version. For the record, it seems like most of his current teammates on the Pittsburgh Penguins are content with his nickname, “Granny.” Either way, the Finnish-born Granlund...
3 takeaways: Penguins receive offensive boost from Ryan Poehling, Chad RuhwedelVideo
Three takeaways from the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 4-3 win over Washington Saturday night at PPG Paints Arena: Unlikely offensive contributors Evgeni Malkin undoubtedly saved the Penguins’ bacon with his breakaway goal late in the third period that handed the team a 4-3 win and two much-needed points. But earlier in the...
Minor league report: Penguins fall to Phantoms in overtimeVideo
Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 21 saves on 24 saves in a 3-2 home overtime loss to the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Forward Drake Caggiula and defenseman Josh Maniscalco each scored goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (25-26-6-5). Highlights: The Penguins’ next game is a home...
Evgeni Malkin scores late to give Penguins stunning win against Capitals
Evgeni Malkin has seen enough. He would like it to stop. And he did just everything he could to prevent it from happening again (even if he had a role in allowing it to actually happen again) on Saturday. Far too often this season, the Pittsburgh Penguins have had wins...
Penguins reassign goalie Dustin Tokarski to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Minutes before puck drop Saturday against Washington, the Pittsburgh Penguins reassigned goaltender Dustin Tokarski to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. Tokarski had scrambled to join the team earlier this week in Dallas, when Tristan Jarry was unexpectedly sidelined for the Penguins’ Thursday evening game against the Stars. Jarry, who...
Former Penguins forward Conor Sheary got his career back on track with the CapitalsVideo
At one time, it might have been a bizarre sight. Conor Sheary and Tom Wilson, locked arm in arm. The two Washington Capitals forwards sat next to one another in the visiting dressing room at PPG Paints Arena after Saturday’s morning skate and, in jest, pretended to pose with their...
Capitals coach Peter Laviolette still treasures his time with the Wheeling Nailers
There was a familiar name in Wheeling, W.Va. on Friday. Peter Laviolette. Then again, Peter Laviolette III has been in the Wheeling Nailers’ lineup for 30 games this season. A first-year professional, Laviolette III, who was born in Wheeling, joined the Pittsburgh Penguins’ ECHL affiliate as a free agent out...
With Tristan Jarry’s status uncertain, Penguins to start Casey DeSmith in net vs. Capitals
Tristan Jarry’s seemingly inescapable injury woes could sideline him for at least one more game. While the Pittsburgh Penguins’ No. 1 netminder conducted some individual workouts with goaltending coach Andy Chiodo for about 40 minutes prior to Saturday’s morning skate, he did not participate in full team drills and won’t...
Minor league report: Nailers clipped by WingsVideo
Goaltender Tommy Nappier made 27 saves on 29 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 2-1 home loss to the Kalamazoo Wings at Wesbanco in Wheeling, W.Va. on Friday. Defensemen Chris Ortiz scored the only goal for Wheeling (25-32-5-0). Highlights: Before the game, the Nailers inducted former coach Peter Laviolette...
Sidney Crosby’s goal in Dallas completes scoring milestone in all NHL cities
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby scored his team’s first goal in a 3-2 road loss to the Dallas Stars on Thursday. It marked Crosby’s first goal in Dallas during his career and allowed him to claim a goal in all 31 of the NHL’s active opposing markets. Here are Crosby’s...
Mark Madden: Tristan Jarry just can’t be trusted to be available for Penguins
A lot can happen between now and the end of the Penguins’ season. But in the case of Tristan Jarry, it probably won’t. Now, as he slogs through his fifth injury inside of a year, the Penguins must plan to cut ties with their goalie when his contract runs out...
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...
Tim Benz: Penguins put a lot of pieces together in a ‘go figure’ type of win in ColoradoVideo
Heading into Wednesday night’s game in Denver, the Pittsburgh Penguins needed all the stars to align to get a win. It would have to be the ultimate, “Hey, go figure! That’s hockey, eh?” kind of victory. Sure enough, that’s what happened. The Penguins, losers of four in a row, were...
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...
Once again, peers vote Sidney Crosby NHL’s ‘most complete player’
It has been nine years since Sidney Crosby was voted the NHL’s MVP in balloting by the NHLPA. But even if union membership doesn’t believe Crosby is any longer their brethren’s most valuable, it keeps on singling him out as its most complete. Crosby, for the fourth consecutive year, was...
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...
Mark Madden: Fantasy camp brings back memories of Mario Lemieux’s 5-goal greatness
The Mario Lemieux Fantasy Hockey Camp wrapped up Wednesday. Once again, Lemieux’s team won the four-team competition. That’s happened every year since the camp debuted in 2012. But that’s because Lemieux plays for all the teams at least once. The founder of the feast works overtime. The camp is an...
Tim Benz: Sting of Ottawa loss provides perspective as Penguins face Stanley Cup champs in Colorado
As the Pittsburgh Penguins prepare to play Wednesday night’s game against the Colorado Avalanche, they’ll do so with Monday’s loss to the Ottawa Senators hanging over their heads. Unfortunately for the Pens, that checkmark in the loss column isn’t going anywhere, no matter how much the club feels like it...
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...
