Penguins/NHL category, Page 121

No one on the Pittsburgh Penguins bench — or in the entire fan base — could’ve been faulted for being nervous all the way through Wednesday night’s game in Washington. A seven-game losing streak was hanging over their heads. The second-string goalie was playing. They were down two — and...

Having lost seven consecutive games entering Wednesday’s road game against the rival Washington Capitals, the Pittsburgh Penguins changed their blue line considerably before the puck dropped. Once the contest began, they changed it again. And again. Then, once again. Because they had to. Despite losing three defensemen at one point,...

Pittsburgh Penguins rookie forward Filip Hallander’s recall to the NHL roster Monday was a whole lot different than the last time he was summoned from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL. He went to Pittsburgh (or Cranberry, to be provincially accurate). When the Penguins last recalled him under emergency conditions in April...

Even skeptics of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ plan to keep its aging core together for 2022-23 could rely on one angle for optimism heading into the season. If you looked at the Eastern Conference in 2021, there was a 16-point gap between the last playoff spot (the Washington Capitals with 100...

The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled forward Filip Hallander from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Tuesday. In 10 AHL games this season, the left-handed Hallander is Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s leading scorer with nine points (four goals, five assists). A second-round pick (No. 58 overall) of the Penguins in 2018, the 22-year-old...

Here’s betting the Pittsburgh Penguins navigate a way out of their seven-game losing streak and reach the NHL playoffs for a 17th straight season. Here’s admitting I don’t see another path besides just playing better. Who the Penguins are and what they do is all but set in stone. They...

No Pittsburgh Penguins player has seen his nightly assignments fluctuate more than Danton Heinen. Just three weeks into the season, and following Saturday’s loss to Seattle, he is the only forward on the team to have spent a game skating primarily on each of the four lines. Heinen was the...

MANCHESTER, England — The owner of Liverpool confirmed on Monday that it is open to selling shares in the Premier League club amid reports it is inviting offers from potential buyers. Fenway Sports Group (FSG) said in a statement that it remains committed to the club, which it bought in...

Latrobe’s Serena Slusarczyk clearly remembers where she was when she got the news about Robert Morris University cutting its hockey programs. “I was trying on my high school graduation gown,” Slusarczyk recalled. “I get a text message to get on this Zoom call. And they say the RMU hockey program...

At the start of the NHL season, I praised the Pittsburgh Penguins for winning the games they needed to win in an effort to bank points early. In other words, build a cushion before the oldest team in hockey wore down late in the season and suffered too many injuries....

The Penguins assigned forward Drew O’Connor to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL. Initially recalled Oct. 31, the 24-year-old O’Connor has appeared in three NHL games this season and has no points while averaging 8 minutes, 32 seconds of ice time per contest. In eight AHL games this season, the left-handed O’Connor...

The Penguins’ practice session on Sunday in Cranberry was different. Then again, these are different times for a franchise embroiled in a seven-game losing streak for the first time since determining your top eight friends on MySpace was the world’s most distressing social media concern. There wasn’t much in the...

By his own admission, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Marcus Pettersson has a lousy memory. “I don’t even remember what I ate yesterday,” Pettersson quipped following his team’s optional morning skate at PPG Paints Arena on Saturday. So, please forgive him if his memories of the Penguins’ most recent six-game losing streak...

The Penguins are expected to start goaltender Tristan Jarry for Saturday’s home game against the Seattle Kraken. In seven games this season, Jarry has a 4-2-1 record, a 3.42 goals against average and .904 save percentage. Jarry has played in one career game against the Kraken. During a 2-1 overtime...

When they face the Seattle Kraken on Saturday night, the Pittsburgh Penguins will have a chance to end the losing streak they’ve been mired in since Oct. 24. Failing to stop the six-game skid will put them in the same territory as the worst team to take the ice during...

As the Pittsburgh Penguins got their Friday morning practice underway in Cranberry, there were a few noticeable unexpected absences. Wingers Jake Guentzel and Josh Archibald did not partake in practice, with coach Mike Sullivan relaying Guentzel stayed home sick. Archibald, per Sullivan, had a planned maintenance day. More expected was...

If the Pittsburgh Penguins don’t have a good, hard think about doing what’s needed instead of what they prefer, they could be buried by Thanksgiving. No playoffs for the first time since 2006. The Penguins are too old, not fast enough and not good enough to play a high-octane blitzkrieg...

A hated rival of the Pittsburgh Steelers is mocking their recent acquisition of William Jackson III. One Steelers quarterback is backing up the opinions of the guy who took his job. Speaking of quarterbacks, which one will Pitt see from Syracuse when the Orange visit Acrisure Stadium on Saturday? We...

When they took on the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night, the Pittsburgh Penguins debuted their new “Reverse Retro” jerseys featuring the logo the team wore from 1992-2002. When Jason Zucker scored on a two-on-one with Evgeni Malkin in the first period, he broke out a celebration from the logo’s heyday....