Penguins/NHL category, Page 125
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...
Mark Madden: Badly broken Penguins don’t deserve to make playoffs
The Pittsburgh Penguins are mired in a four-game losing streak. On the season, they have had losing streaks of seven, six and four (twice). The ongoing skid is a good bet to be extended when the Penguins play at Colorado on Wednesday and Dallas on Thursday. That’s 21 losses tied...
Bryan Rust takes blame for Penguins loss: ‘I’ve got to get that puck out of the zone’
Bryan Rust was the last player to get out of his gear and leave the locker room. After speaking with the media, he sat at his stall, staring into emptiness. Probably replaying the game’s pivotal play, if not the entire game itself. Rust’s performance during the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2-1 loss...
Penguins fall out of playoff position with loss to SenatorsVideo
It has been a while since any entanglement between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators had postseason ramifications. Perhaps the last meeting these two had that carried any kind of gravity within those parameters was the fiercely combated 2017 Eastern Conference final the Penguins barely claimed in seven games that...
Penguins place defenseman Marcus Pettersson on long-term injured reserve
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ ramshackle blue line lost another incumbent member of the group for the foreseeable future when defenseman Marcus Pettersson was placed on long-term injured reserve Monday. Penguins coach Mike Sullivan labeled him as being sidelined on a week-to-week basis. The designation is retroactive to Saturday and, as such,...
‘Madden Monday’ on struggling Penguins: ‘Part of this is on (Mike) Sullivan too’
After the Pittsburgh Penguins lost to the New York Rangers 6-0 on Saturday, Mike Sullivan had a fervent defense of Jeff Carter and Brian Dumoulin — essentially deflecting media criticism of those two players and their struggles. “(Media) like to pick on certain guys,” Sullivan said. “You like to go...
Tim Benz: Penguins’ failures against own division highlight big-picture problems
For the Pittsburgh Penguins, their woes against the Metropolitan Division are emblematic of the bigger picture problems facing the team. The most pressing of those problems for the Penguins is simply that they just aren’t very good. After two losses to the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden last...
Minor league report: Penguins take down PhantomsVideo
Two goals and an assist by forward Drake Caggiula led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 5-2 road win against the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at the PPL Center in Allentown on Sunday. Forward Jonathan Gruden had a goal and two assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (25-26-5-5) while defenseman Jack St. Ivany contributed...
The playoffs have already begun for Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins aren’t in the playoffs. Except, they are. In their own reality. With the absence of having that “x” next to their names in the standings, the Penguins have manufactured a professed desperation that the final four weeks of the regular season will dictate if they will qualify...
Minor league report: Penguins, Nailers each lose on the roadVideo
Forwards Filip Hallander and Tyler Sikura each had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-3 overtime road loss to the Syracuse Crunch at Upstate Medical University Arena in Syracuse, N.Y. on Saturday Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 25 saves on 29 shots for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (24-26-5-5) while...
With defense in shambles, Penguins routed by Rangers
With a handful of his fellow defenseman hobbled last week, Brian Dumoulin offered a brief but resolute assessment of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ back end. “Unfortunate, obviously,” Dumoulin said Tuesday in PPG Paints Arena. “We’ll see what we’re made of coming up.” At this rate, the Penguins’ threadbare blue line might...
