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Penguins lose special teams battle to Senators in overtimeVideo
The rhythm of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 5-4 overtime road against the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre on Wednesday was established early. Like, 45-seconds-into-the-game early. That’s when Penguins forward Jason Zucker took a holding penalty after somewhat minimal contact in the neutral zone against Senators forward Claude Giroux, who didn’t...
Mike Sullivan gets philosophical on Penguins power play — now he needs to get it working
When it comes to his team’s confounding power play, you can hear Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan struggling with the contradictions. He wants it to be more “predictable,” but he doesn’t want it “robotic.” He wants his skilled players to be creative, but he also wants the execution to be...
Penguins’ Teddy Blueger on performance this season: ‘Not good’
There are a lot of adjectives that can be affixed to Pittsburgh Penguins forward Teddy Blueger and how he approaches his vocation. Detailed. Dutiful. Thorough. Reliable. Blueger offered a much different term on Tuesday. “Not good, probably,” the 28-year-old said when asked to describe his 2022-23 season after practice Tuesday...
Penguins defenseman Kris Letang rejoins team in practice
Tuesday’s practice session in Cranberry was different for the Pittsburgh Penguins. It was optional. Approximately only 15 players were present. And it was fairly leisurely. Not much in the way of formal drills and certainly nothing involving line rushes or special teams units. And there was music. A satellite radio...
Mark Madden: Ron Hextall needs to fix problems he created because the Penguins need a change
Up to this point in his tenure as Pittsburgh Penguins GM, Ron Hextall has done little. Hextall has made two token deadline trades, doled out two awful contracts, retained lots of players, put the team in salary cap hell and won zero playoff series. That’s a lean two years. Hextall...
Tim Benz: Penguins pull themselves back from the brink, avoid ‘soul-sucking’ loss to lowly Anaheim
The Pittsburgh Penguins knew exactly what they were staring at late in their game Monday night. The bottom. Having lost eight of their last 10 games, the Pens had just blown a 2-1 third-period lead at home to the Anaheim Ducks — a team with just 12 wins, second fewest...
Penguins defenseman Jan Rutta scratched due to undisclosed injury
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Jan Rutta was scratched from his team’s 4-3 overtime home win against the Anaheim Ducks at PPG Paints Arena on Monday due to an undisclosed injury. Following the contest, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan labeled Rutta as “day to day.” This marked the first game Rutta has missed...
Penguins pull out late heroics to beat Ducks in overtimeVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ 4-3 overtime home win against the Anaheim Ducks on Monday was far from perfect. When you give up a lead in the late stages of the third period to one of the worst teams in the NHL and need to stage a desperate comeback in the final...
Penguins defenseman Kris Letang expected to rejoin team this week
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang is expected to rejoin the Penguins this week after being on a leave of absence to attend to family matters since Jan. 2. Coach Mike Sullivan provided an update on Letang’s status following a morning skate at PPG Paints Arena on Monday. Letang has been...
3 takeaways: Penguins forward Sidney Crosby loses faceoff to Hurricanes defenseman Brent Burns
A really unique moment took place at the start of the third period during the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2-1 road loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Hurricanes defenseman Brent Burns won the opening faceoff of the period against Penguins forward Sidney Crosby. With the...
Minor league report: Penguins, Filip Lindberg beat Checkers in shootoutVideo
Shootout goals by forwards Alex Nylander and Lukas Svejkovsky gave the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 3-2 road win against the Charlotte Checkers at the Bojangles’ Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C. on Sunday. Nylander and defenseman Mitch Reinke each recorded two assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (18-11-2-3) while goaltender Filip Lindberg made 29 saves on...
Penguins recall forward Jonathan Gruden from Wilkes-Barre/ScrantonVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled forward Jonathan Gruden from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Sunday. A left-handed shot, Gruden has appeared in 32 AHL games this season and has scored 16 points (11 goals, five assists). Primarily deployed as a center, Gruden has been on a productive stretch...
Penguins reserve defenseman Taylor Fedun continues to fill an important roleVideo
Taylor Fedun’s most recent recall to the Pittsburgh Penguins roster has gone exactly like his first two. That’s to say the right-handed defenseman has not played a game and likely won’t unless something unforeseen happens. And he’s perfectly fine with that. Just being in the NHL, even as a healthy...
Minor league report: Penguins fall to CheckersVideo
Goaltender Filip Lindberg made 18 saves on 21 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-1 road loss to the Charlotte Checkers at the Bojangles’ Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C. on Saturday. Lindberg replaced goaltender Taylor Gauthier to open the second period for reasons that were not certain. Gauthier stopped all...
Penguins swept in regular-season series with Hurricanes
Jason Zucker corrected himself. When asked for something of a scouting report on the Metropolitan Division rival Carolina Hurricanes on Friday, the rambunctious Pittsburgh Penguins forward stopped to edit himself. “We haven’t played well against Carolina this year,” Zucker said before pausing. “Well, I shouldn’t say we haven’t played well....
Minor league report: Nailers fall at home to KometsVideo
Goaltender Bailey Brkin made 36 saves on 38 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 2-1 home loss to the Fort Wayne Komets at WesBanco Arena on Friday. Forward Justin Addamo scored the lone goal for Wheeling (17-16-1-0). Highlights: The Nailers’ next game is a home contest against the Cincinnati...
Hobbled Penguins unable to keep up with Jets
Friday the 13th didn’t present any kind of bad luck for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Just a daunting challenge in the form of the Winnipeg Jets, one of the NHL’s better teams. “They play a really, really, really honest game,” Penguins defenseman Jan Rutta said following an optional morning skate at...
Penguins defenseman Marcus Pettersson scratched due to illness
Penguins defenseman Marcus Pettersson was scratched for Friday’s home game against the Winnipeg Jets due to an undisclosed illness. The team announced his status via Twitter shortly before the opening faceoff. In 40 games this season, the left-handed Pettersson — who has primarily been deployed on the left side of...
Penguins again recall defenseman Mark Friedman from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Mark Friedman keeps racking up the miles, even if they come without games. On Friday, the Penguins recalled the reserve defenseman from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL). This transaction comes two days after he was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. He traveled on Thursday to North Carolina with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...
Goaltender Dustin Tokarski expected to make 1st start with Penguins
The Penguins are expected to start goaltender Dustin Tokarski for Friday’s home game against the Winnipeg Jets at PPG Paints Arena. It will be his first career start for the Penguins. Tokarski made his Penguins and season debut on Tuesday in a 5-4 home win against the Vancouver Canucks. During...
Consistently inconsistent best way to sum up Penguins at midway point of season
For the Pittsburgh Penguins, Friday’s home contest against the Winnipeg Jets will be their 41st game of the 2022-23 campaign, the midway point of an 82-game season. Through Wednesday’s games, they sit in fifth place of the Metropolitan Division with a 21-13-6 record and 48 points. Those figures tell where...
Penguins recall defenseman Taylor Fedun from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled defenseman Taylor Fedun from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Thursday. Appearing in 30 AHL games this season, Fedun has two assists. A free-agent signing in the 2021 offseason, the 34-year-old Fedun has served as Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s captain for each of the past two seasons. This...
Minor league report: Jonathan Gruden leads Penguins to overtime winVideo
Forward Jonathan Gruden had two goals — including one in overtime — and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-3 road win against the rival Hershey Bears at the Giant Center in Hershey on Wednesday. Defenseman Mitch Reinke and forward Drake Caggiula each recorded two assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...
Penguins defenseman Jan Rutta steps up with more minutesVideo
There’s an everyman affability that shines through with Jan Rutta. He seemingly greets just about everyone with “buddy.” And with a smile. At the same time, he possesses an old school sternness as a hockey player. Want to talk to him about advanced statistics? Good luck. “I don’t even try...
Mark Madden: Penguins are stale, and it’s time to call things into question
The Pittsburgh Penguins need change. They too often come out flat. There’s a sense of familiarity about their mistakes, almost comfort. Little gets solved. Good teams don’t have long losing streaks. But the Penguins recently lost six in a row and had lost seven in a row before that. Bad...
