Penguins/NHL category, Page 119
Minor league report: Penguins edged by IslandersVideo
Goaltender Tommy Nappier made 27 saves on 29 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 2-1 home loss to the Bridgeport Islanders at Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday. Forward Alex Nylander scored the lone goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (21-21-2-5) which has lost seven of its past eight games. Highlights: The Penguins’...
Penguins’ 3rd line continues to struggleVideo
Jeff Carter made a rare appearance on the scoresheet Saturday. Twice, in fact. He took two penalties during the Penguins’ 5-2 loss to the New Jersey Devils at PPG Paints Arena. In total, he had exactly two more penalties than he had shots in the contest. His wingers on the...
Minor league report: Penguins fall to Phantoms in shootoutVideo
Forwards Alex Nylander and Valtteri Puustinen each had a regulation goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-3 road shootout loss to the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at the PPL Center in Allentown on Saturday. Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 34 saves on 37 shots for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (21-20-2-5)...
Penguins drop another Metropolitan Division game, fall to Devils
There are no disclaimers or qualifiers as to the gravity each and every game will command for the Pittsburgh Penguins from here on out until the conclusion of the regular season. They haven’t been good enough in their first 55 games of the 2022-23 campaign to harbor the luxury of...
Penguins expected to start goaltender Dustin Tokarski against Devils
The Pittsburgh Penguins are scheduled to start reserve goaltender Dustin Tokarski in Saturday’s home game against the New Jersey Devils at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Tokarski’s status roughly two hours before the opening faceoff. Appearing in three NHL games this season (and starting one), Tokarski has a...
3 takeaways: Penguins lose another Metropolitan Division game
Three takeaways from the Penguins’ 5-4 road loss to the New York Islanders on Friday night: Metropolitan mess The Penguins suffered a crucial loss to a Metroplitan Division rival as the Penguins and Islanders now each have 63 points, though the Penguins have only played 54 games to the Islanders’...
Minor league report: Nailers beaten by HeartlandersVideo
Goaltender Brad Barone made 26 saves on 31 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 5-1 road loss to the Iowa Heartlanders at Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa on Friday. Forward Brooklyn Kalmikov scored the lone goal for Wheeling (20-22-5-0) which has lost five of the past six games. Highlights:...
Penguins, Casey DeSmith stumble against IslandersVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins backup goaltender Casey DeSmith reached a threshold of some significance Friday as his team faced the New York Islanders at UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y. He appeared in his 27th contest of the season and tied hobbled starter Tristan Jarry for most games played among the team’s goaltenders....
Mark Madden: Keeping 1st-round pick smart for Penguins, who aren’t close enough to contend
As the March 3 trade deadline looms, locker rooms and fan bases in each NHL city clamor for their team to make a deal that gets it to the next level, even a Stanley Cup. False optimism can drive that sentiment even with teams that should be sellers. Seems like...
Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry’s status remains uncertain
Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry’s uncertain status remains … well … uncertain. Sidelined for the past seven games, Jarry was absent from Thursday’s practice session at the team’s facility in Cranberry in order to attend previously scheduled doctors’ appointments, coach Mike Sullivan said. Jarry is slated to join his teammates...
Penguins players aren’t oblivious to the trade deadline, but they’re not dwelling on it
Rickard Rakell is in a very different position today than he was roughly 11 months ago. He knows he’s not going anywhere by the time the NHL’s trade deadline rolls around in just under two weeks on March 3. But March 21, 2022, his future was far from certain. As...
Minor league report: Valtteri Puustinen, Penguins snap losing streakVideo
An overtime goal by forward Valtteri Puustinen gave the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 3-2 home win against the rival Hershey Bears at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday. Puustinen also recorded an assist while forwards Drake Caggiula and Filip Hallander each scored regulation goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (21-20-2-4) which snapped a...
How much do the Penguins look at a tablet on the bench?
Sidney Crosby isn’t quite sure when he first started using a tablet to watch video on the bench. But the Pittsburgh Penguins’ captain knows which one of his teammates is to “blame” for starting the trend. “’Tanger’,” a smirking Crosby said of his longtime friend and teammate, defenseman Kris Letang....
Penguins goaltender Casey DeSmith stout in win against Sharks
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ methods aren’t all that complicated. If they possess the puck, they’ll probably succeed. That’s not anything specific to them either. It’s pretty much basic Hockey 101. “When our team is at its best, we control territory,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said to media that traveled to San...
Former Penguins 1st-rounder Joe Morrow signs in Switzerland
Former Penguins defenseman Joe Morrow signed with HC Davos of Switzerland’s National League on Tuesday. The transaction was announced by the team via a release. Morrow, 30, opened the 2022-23 campaign with HK Sochi of Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) but had his contract terminated on Friday. In 31 KHL...
Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry remains sidelined
Pittsburgh Penguins backup goaltender Casey DeSmith is slated to start his seventh consecutive game when his team faces the San Jose Sharks at the SAP Center in San Jose on Tuesday. That is the longest streak of consecutive starts for any Penguins goaltender this season. Tristan Jarry, currently sidelined because...
Penguins forward Rickard Rakell still learning to play with Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin
Rickard Rakell experienced a career milestone Friday. He took the ice at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., for the first time in his 11-year career. Of course, he played plenty of games there before. But the first 275 contests he appeared in at that venue came in the black,...
Mark Madden: ‘Just play’ strategy not working for cowardly Penguins
A certain vulgarity used to describe absence of bravery does not, as popularly thought, have an anatomical origin. Rather, it derives from the word pusillanimous, which is defined as “showing a lack of courage or determination; timid.” That understood, the Pittsburgh Penguins are as pusillanimous as can be. The latest...
Penguins forward Sidney Crosby gets the 1st game misconduct of his careerVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby had done a lot in 18 seasons. But on Saturday, he experienced a first in his nearly two decades as an NHL player: He received a game misconduct during a 6-0 road loss to the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Arena. The infraction came at...
Penguins routed by Kings, suffering 1st shutout loss of the seasonVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ road game Saturday against the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Arena was falsely advertised by the NHL as having a start time of 10:30 p.m. on the eastern seaboard. In all reality, it began at 11:08 p.m. because the Kings staged a lavish (and lengthy) pre-game celebration...
Minor league report: Penguins’ losing streak reaches 5Video
Goaltender Filip Lindberg made 33 saves on 35 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-1 home loss to the Providence Bruins at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Forward Valtteri Puustinen scored the lone goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (20-20-2-4), which has lost five consecutive games. Highlights: The Penguins’ next...
Penguins rookie defenseman P.O Joseph steps up in Kris Letang’s absenceVideo
It wasn’t a new theme for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Far from it. In fact, if they were a band, it could be classified as one of their classics. Playing without All-Star defenseman Kris Letang. They’ve done it quite a bit over the past decade and particularly so this season as...
Penguins pound Ducks despite defenseman Kris Letang’s absenceVideo
A four-game road trip that takes the Pittsburgh Penguins primarily through California got off to a good start with a commanding 6-3 victory against the Anaheim Ducks at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Friday. But that success was achieved without one of their most important players. Defenseman Kris Letang...
Minor league report: Losing streaks continue for Penguins, NailersVideo
Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 30 saves on 33 shots in regulation and overtime for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-3 road shootout loss to the Providence Bruins at Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, R.I. on Friday. Forward Tyler Sikura had a regulation goal and an assist for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (20-19-2-4) which...
Penguins forward Danton Heinen stays upbeat despite ineffective seasonVideo
Danton Heinen didn’t provide much for the Penguins on Tuesday in their thrilling 2-1 comeback overtime home win against the Colorado Avalanche. It was almost like he was invisible. But then again, he was a healthy scratch. With the Penguins’ forward ranks dealing with an outbreak of complete health, Heinen...
