Penguins/NHL category, Page 116

Even with the benefit of seven consecutive wins entering Sunday, the third-place Pittsburgh Penguins still trailed the second-place Carolina Hurricanes in the Metropolitan Division. On Saturday, speaking with media that traveled to Raleigh, N.C., Penguins coach Mike Sullivan explained what makes the Hurricanes such a strong outfit. “They’re one of...

Goaltender Filip Lindberg made 30 saves on 32 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 2-1 home overtime loss to the rival Hershey Bears at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Forward Alex Nylander scored the lone goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (13-6-2-2) which had a three-game winning streak snapped. Highlights:...

The Penguins retained their key free agents this past offseason, most notably Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang. But GM Ron Hextall faces another challenge this coming summer when goaltender Tristan Jarry gets to free agency. Jarry, 27, is in the last season of a three-year contract with a cap hit...

Three takeaways from the Penguins’ 4-2 win in Florida on Thursday night: Short story Defenseman Kris Letang scored the Pittsburgh Penguins’ first goal, setting a team record in the process. Letang’s score at 4:17 of the second period, on a two-on-one with forward Bryan Rust, was short-handed and allowed him...

The Penguins were in a good place on Thursday. South Florida. While most of us in Western Pennsylvania dealt with sideways rain — or a frozen variety of it — and were bundled up against dreary temperatures in the 40s, the Penguins shed their shirts and got a healthy dose...

A pair of lawsuits over the sale of the Pittsburgh Penguins to Fenway Sports Group have been settled according to a statement from a law firm that represented the plaintiff. In mid-December of 2021, Wildfire Productions, L.P. — which was part of the Team Lemieux LLC group that previously owned...

Mark Friedman is well past his first rodeo when it comes to being called up from the AHL. Friedman, 26, was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 2014 and made his NHL debut in the spring of 2019. Nearly two years ago, in February of 2021, the Pittsburgh Penguins claimed...

The Pittsburgh Penguins knew they’d be down a man on their upcoming two-game road trip to Florida and Carolina after defenseman Jeff Petry was placed on long-term injured reserve Tuesday. But when the Penguins took the ice for practice Wednesday morning minus Jason Zucker, the team appeared at risk of...

After putting his previous four goals into an empty net, Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals got three past a goalie Tuesday night, the last of those giving him 800 on his career. There’s no belittling Ovechkin’s empty-net success. They don’t ask how; they ask how many. After Mario Lemieux...

It’s a conventional wisdom that makes sense in hockey, especially in an age where seemingly every action on the ice is documented to a granular level with advanced metrics. If you have a lot of hits, you probably don’t have the puck a lot. After all, it’s impossible to register...

The Dallas Stars aren’t the best team in the NHL. Heck, they might not even be the best team in the Central Division. But they might be the league’s most dangerous outfit. That’s to say, if you’re not careful, they can damage your netminder’s save percentage as evidenced by the...

Despite a loss, the Steelers’ wide receivers are forcing a Ravens Pro Bowler to do some introspection. Baltimore coach John Harbaugh is gushing about his team’s game-sealing drive at Acrisure Stadium. The Steelers are already underdogs for Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers. The Penguins have a stiff test at...

Goaltender Tommy Nappier stopped all 17 shots he faced and led the Wheeling Nailers to a 5-0 shutout of the Kalamazoo Wings at the Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo, Mich. on Saturday. Forward Cédric Desruisseaux scored two goals for Wheeling (11-10-0-0) while forward Gianluca Esteve contributed a goal and an...

Kris Letang’s play on Saturday was nothing all that special, at least against the context of his remarkable existence as an All-Star defenseman for the Pittsburgh Penguins. During a 3-1 home win against the Buffalo Sabres at PPG Paints Arena, Letang led Penguins non-goaltenders in ice time with a total...

Less than two weeks after he suffered a stroke Nov. 28, defenseman Kris Letang was back in the lineup as the Pittsburgh Penguins faced the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night at PPG Paints Arena. Letang missed just five games. This is the second stroke the 35-year-old has suffered during his...

Three takeaways from the Penguins’ 4-3 overtime win at Buffalo on Friday: No. 4 with a bullet Making 28 saves on 31 shots, Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry past the Buffalo Sabres at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y. on Friday. In the process, he earned his 105th career win with...