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Penguins to wear 5th jersey for Winter Classic
The Pittsburgh Penguins will wear a fifth different jersey this season for their 37th game of the regular season Jan. 2 against the Boston Bruins at Fenway Park, a contest the NHL labels as the Winter Classic. On Friday, the league unveiled the uniforms the Penguins and Bruins will wear...
Penguins defensemen Kris Letang, Jeff Petry give a new look on the power play
On Wednesday, during a 2-1 home shootout win against the Calgary Flames at PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang did something he had not done with great regularity since his earliest days as an NHL-er. He played with another defenseman on the team’s top power-play unit. The Penguins...
Minor league report: Penguins, forward Valtteri Puustinen beat CheckersVideo
A goal and an assist by forward Valtteri Puustinen led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 5-2 road win against the Charlotte Checkers at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C. on Wednesday. Forward Filip Hallander recorded two assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (8-5-1-1) while forwards Drew O’Connor, Sam Poulin, Tyler Sikura and defenseman...
Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin celebrates 1,000th game, scores shootout winner vs. Flames
A mere 17 years and 1,001 games into his dazzling existence as a superstar center in the NHL, Evgeni Malkin has provided an incalculable amount of memories for Pittsburgh Penguins fans. Perhaps the most accurate measure of what Malkin has offered is in the form of the franchise’s three most...
Newly promoted Penguins assistant coach Ty Hennes’ role will continue to evolve
Through the first month of the 2022-23 campaign, Teddy Blueger saw one face more than any other associated with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Ty Hennes. After suffering an undisclosed injury during training camp, Blueger, the team’s fourth-line center, missed the first 15 games of the season. Much of his on-ice activity...
Penguins expect to start goaltender Tristan Jarry against Flames
The Penguins are expected to start goaltender Tristan Jarry for Wednesday’s home game against the Calgary Flames at PPG Paints Arena. In 11 games this season, Jarry has a 6-3-2 record, a 3.27 goals against average and a .904 save percentage. His most recent game was a 3-0 shutout on...
Why do the Penguins play so many games on Thanksgiving eve?
Thanksgiving is synonymous with plenty of traditions. Football, family and feasting. The night before Thanksgiving has a few traditions as well. Mostly, going to establishments and imbibing in ways one would not typically on a weekday night. Or going to a Pittsburgh Penguins game. Of the Penguins’ first 55 years...
Penguins goaltender Casey DeSmith misses practice due to injury
Pittsburgh Penguins backup goaltender Casey DeSmith missed practice at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday with an undisclosed injury. His status for Wednesday’s home game against the Calgary Flames at PPG Paints Arena is not clear, but coach Mike Sullivan labeled DeSmith’s absence from Tuesday’s practice session as precautionary. During Sunday’s...
Minor league report: Penguins fall to Checkers in shootoutVideo
Forward Alex Nylander had a goal and an assist in regulation for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-4 shootout road loss to the Charlotte Checkers at the Bojangles’ Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C. on Monday. Goaltender Dustin Tokarski made 36 saves on 40 shots in regulation and overtime then stopped three...
What are Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin’s 10 signature regular-season games?Video
At first, he was something of a consolation prize. The Pittsburgh Penguins were going nowhere fast in the 2003-04 season and with a lockout looming, management stripped the team down to the foundation in the name of a rebuilding project. They wanted the top overall pick that season because it...
Watch: Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin brought to tears by son before 1,000th gameVideo
Evgeni Malkin displayed plenty of emotion before even taking the ice Sunday night for the 1000th game of his career. The longtime Penguins center was brought to tears in the dressing room as his son, Nikita, read the team’s starting lineup. Is it getting dusty in the Penguins locker room?...
Penguins beat Blackhawks in Evgeni Malkin’s 1,000th game
Evgeni Malkin might not be what he was for the bulk of his first 999 career games as an NHLer. After all, at 36, he’s closer to the end than he is the beginning. Or even the middle. But that doesn’t mean the superstar center doesn’t still have something substantial...
Minor league report: Nailers routed by FuelVideo
Goaltender Ryan Bednard made 18 saves on 23 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a lopsided 6-1 road loss to the Indy Fuel at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis on Sunday. Defenseman Jack Van Boekel scored the lone goal for Wheeling (5-7-0-0) which has lost three of its past...
3 takeaways: Penguins’ penalty kill is getting its act together
Three takeaways from the Penguins’ 3-0 win at Winnipeg on Saturday night: Potent PK During their road win against the Jets at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, the Penguins’ penalty kill was 2 for 2. Overall this season, their penalty kill has struggled. Entering Saturday, they were ranked 22nd in...
Minor league report: Penguins fall to IslandersVideo
Goaltender Filip Lindberg made 26 saves on 29 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-2 road loss to the Bridgeport Islanders at Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport, Conn. on Saturday. Forward Sam Poulin and defenseman Ty Smith scored goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (7-5-1-0) which has lost four of the past...
Penguins, goaltender Tristan Jarry shut out Jets
Tristan Jarry isn’t the best goaltender in the history of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Heck, one could make a case that he hasn’t been the Penguins’ best goaltender this season. But he is an All-Star. In fact, he’s been christened with that honor twice in his career. So the expectations of...
Minor league report: Penguins, goaltender Dustin Tokarski snap losing streakVideo
Goaltender Dustin Tokarski made 26 saves and led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 4-0 shutout of the Hershey Bears at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Forwards Drake Caggiula, Jonathan Gruden, Filip Hallander and Valtteri Puustinen all scored goals and defenseman Xavier Ouellet recorded two assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (7-4-1-0),...
Penguins forward Ryan Poehling finding ways to stay in the lineupVideo
After the Pittsburgh Penguins’ third game of the preseason, coach Mike Sullivan still did not know what he had in forward Ryan Poehling, acquired via trade in July. Was he a center? Or was he malleable enough to be used as a winger? The coach had some initial impressions, however....
3 takeaways: Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry has stickhandling ups and downs
Three takeaways from the Penguins’ 6-4 win at Minnesota on Thursday: Jarry’s ups and downs Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry recorded an assist on Sidney Crosby’s second goal of the contest, which came on the power play, but he also had a hand in the Wild’s first goal thanks to a...
Mark Madden: Penguins can always count on Sidney Crosby to bounce back
Let’s celebrate the recent snowfall with refreshing sports notes. No two are identical! • Sidney Crosby played one of the worst games of his career in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 5-2 home loss to Toronto on Tuesday. He was on the ice for all five Maple Leafs goals. But Crosby regrouped...
First Call: Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel pass familiar names on scoring lists; Penguins face challenge from sizzling Jets
It’s a hockey heavy “First Call” for this Friday, as we remember a banner day in Penguins history. We preview the team’s next opponent, who is on fire at the moment. Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel are taking some steps up the historic scoring ladders. Some former Penguins contributed to...
4-point night from Sidney Crosby leads Penguins past Wild
Even if he is the 17th leading scorer in NHL history, Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby is sure of one axiom. Offense can’t come at the expense of defense. And throughout a mostly unremarkable November for the Penguins, their overall defensive game has largely struggled. “We’ve got to be better...
Penguins defensemen aim to build rapport quickly as goals against mount, pairings change
The Pittsburgh Penguins, losers of nine of their past 11 games, can’t afford to be overly patient with their lineup. Suffice to say, as long as the Penguins remain mired in their current skid, no player should be under the illusion that individual deployments will not be subject to immediate...
As Penguins’ slump continues, Mike Sullivan weighs changes to lines
Near the end of Tuesday’s 5-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan made a tweak to his top line, sending out Rickard Rakell in place of Bryan Rust with Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel. Shortly thereafter, the Maple Leafs scored their fifth and final goal of...
Mark Madden: Stubborn Penguins in danger of missing playoffs
The Pittsburgh Penguins are in trouble. It’s not too soon to say that. In fact, it may get late early. Whatever can go wrong, is. Their recent seven-game losing streak is the headliner. But the devil is in the Penguins’ details, and the New Jersey Devils are 13-3. They didn’t...
