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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...
Bolstered by new faces, Penguins aim for improved penalty kill down stretch
Less than two weeks after the NHL trade deadline, the nightly lineups utilized by the Pittsburgh Penguins continue to reflect the team’s new-look composition. Gone are the likes of Teddy Blueger, Brock McGinn and Kasperi Kapanen, whom general manager Ron Hextall traded or waived before the deadline. They have been...
Mark Madden: Drew O’Connor, Alex Nylander deserve to stay in lineup and other noteworthy Penguins items
An unimpressive 7-1-1 run is better than sparkling despite a loss. Enjoy this decidedly impressive run of refreshing Penguins notes. Go ahead, bite the Big Apple. • Wingers Drew O’Connor and Alex Nylander have been solid, should stay in the lineup and should have been in the lineup all season....
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...
Minor league report: Penguins’ losing streak reaches 3Video
Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 25 saves on 28 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-1 home loss to the Utica Comets at Mohegan Sun Arena in WIlkes-Barre on Saturday. Defenseman Taylor Fedun scored the lone goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (23-26-4-5), which has lost three consecutive games and seven of its...
‘Tough as nails’ Penguins forward Nick Bonino recovers from lacerated kidney
This isn’t anything new for Nick Bonino. Given his role and style of play, pain and injury are old friends. Back in the spring of 2017, Bonino was able to play Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final with a broken tibia he suffered after blocking a shot. He missed...
Penguins modify all 4 lines, stomp Flyers
The Pittsburgh Penguins altered all four of their lines Saturday out of necessity. There were two reasons for the augmentation. First, and most tangibly, they learned Friday they would be without the services of forward Nick Bonino for several weeks because of a lacerated kidney he suffered Thursday. His absence...
Penguins forward Nick Bonino hospitalized with lacerated kidney
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Nick Bonino was hospitalized because of a lacerated kidney he suffered during a 4-3 home overtime loss to the New York Islanders on Thursday. According to coach Mike Sullivan, Bonino underwent a procedure on the injury and was scheduled to be released from the hospital Saturday. Bonino...
Mark Madden Hot Take: Toronto’s Kyle Dubas would be ideal GM for Penguins
If the Pittsburgh Penguins make the playoffs, they lose in the first round. It’s hard to imagine GM Ron Hextall keeping his job if that’s the case, especially given Hextall’s pronounced role in creating the team’s current state. It’s not all Hextall’s fault: The decision to age out with the...
Minor league report: Struggles continue for Penguins, NailersVideo
Goaltender Dustin Tokarski made 22 saves on 24 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-1 home loss to the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Forward Sam Houde scored the lone goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (23-25-4-5) which has lost six of its past seven...
Penguins recall forward Alex Nylander (again) from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
For the second time this week, the Pittsburgh Penguins recalled forward Alex Nylander from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League under emergency conditions. Per the league’s collective bargaining agreement with the NHL Players’ Association, recalls under emergency conditions are permitted when incumbent players on the NHL roster are not available....
Analysis: Penguins’ 3rd-period struggles extend far beyond crushing losses against Islanders
Remember this game if the Pittsburgh Penguins miss the playoffs. Fans of the team and observers of hockey in general likely found themselves contemplating some variation of that statement after the New York Islanders snatched a victory from the Penguins’ grasp Thursday night in Pittsburgh. In front 3-1 heading into...
3 takeaways: New York’s Anders Lee, Brock Nelson continue to own PenguinsVideo
Three takeaways from the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 4-3 overtime loss to New York Thursday night at PPG Paints Arena: A pair of Penguins killers Few players across the National Hockey League have been more troublesome for the Penguins this season than New York’s Anders Lee and Brock Nelson. Lee scored a...
Tim Benz: Repeated blown leads against the Islanders could prove fatal for Penguins
If you really want, you can try to rationalize away the Pittsburgh Penguins’ disastrous results against the New York Islanders this season. You can try to convince yourself that if both teams qualify as the Eastern Conference wild cards, there’s not much difference between being seventh or eighth anyway. That...
Penguins collapse in another loss to Islanders
In the first half-century of the rivalry between the teams, there’s never been a deficit of heartbreak for the Pittsburgh Penguins against the New York Islanders. There has been a comeback from a three-game deficit in a best-of-seven playoff series in 1972, a bitterly narrow defeat in a best-of-five first-round...
Penguins assign forward Alex Nylander to Wilkes-Barre/ScrantonVideo
Forward Alex Nylander’s first recall to the Pittsburgh Penguins’ NHL roster was a brief excursion. On Thursday, the Penguins assigned Nylander to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. This transaction comes two days after he was recalled to the NHL level and made his debut with the NHL club. During...
Are Penguins defensemen Dmitry Kulikov and Jan Rutta a ‘shutdown pair?’Video
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Dmitry Kulikov is still trying to find his way around his new surroundings. Even to a granular level. On Thursday, after an optional morning skate at PPG Paints Arena, he took off his elbow pads and began to stack them on the shelf of a locker stall...
Penguins expected to start goaltender Tristan Jarry against Islanders
The Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Tristan Jarry in Thursday’s home game against the New York Islanders at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Jarry’s status following an optional morning skate. In 33 games this season, Jarry has a 19-7-5 record, a 2.86 goals against average,...
Penguins plan upgrades to PPG Paints Arena, including larger video board
The Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday announced plans to upgrade PPG Paints Arena for the 2023-24 season. Construction at the facility will begin at the conclusion of the 2022-23 season. The upgrades include a new video board, touted to be double the size of the one that currently hangs over the...
U mad, bro?: It’s the ‘March Madness of Mad’ for Steelers, Penguins, Pitt fans
In keeping with the March Madness theme of the week, let me give you my four No. 1 seeds when it comes to agitated Pittsburgh sports fans. •Southside Region: Steelers fans when the team goes 9-8 and fails to win a playoff game •North Hills Region: Penguins fans after the...
Minor league report: Penguins dropped by MarliesVideo
Goaltender Dustin Tokarski made 22 saves on 24 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-1 home loss to the Toronto Marlies at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Foward Lukas Svejkovsky scored the lone goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (23-24-4-5), which has lost five of its past six games. Highlights:...
Penguins notebook: Season-long 5-game homestand critical in playoff race
The longest homestand of the season could not have come at a better time for the Pittsburgh Penguins, who, despite more than one extended losing streak this year and several performances unbecoming of a playoff-calibur club, remain squarely in the NHL postseason hunt. Tuesday’s contest against Eastern Conference cellar dweller...
Penguins sign 4 Make-A-Wish kids to 1-day contracts
The Pittsburgh Penguins made four transactions Wednesday morning ahead of their practice session at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry. In this case, cap space and corresponding movements to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton were not necessary. To the sound of applause and cameras snapping, general manager Ron Hextall welcomed four youths from Make-A-Wish...
Penguins greats Evgeni Malkin, Kevin Stevens share more than a penalty minute recordVideo
There are a lot of ways to define the career of Evgeni Malkin. The goals. The points. The championships. The awards. And the penalty minutes. One of those things is clearly not like the others. But the superstar center has spent more time in the penalty box than any other...
