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Penguins’ 2nd line boosting offense
Much of the success the Pittsburgh Penguins had during the mostly satisfactory three-game road trip they concluded in Montreal on Saturday — in which they collected five of a possible six points — was buoyed by potent production from their second line. Currently, that unit is composed of Rickard Rakell...
3 takeaways: Penguins’ penalty kill showing improvement
Three takeaways from the Penguins’ 5-4 overtime loss to Montreal on Saturday: Improved penalty-kill The Penguins’ penalty-kill remains a work in progress. Heading into Saturday’s game at Montreal, it ranked 24th in the league — a bit of a climb up the ladder from where it’s lingered so far this...
Penguins assign defenseman Mark Friedman to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Penguins assigned defenseman Mark Friedman to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Sunday. This transaction comes three days after Friedman was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Friedman was summoned to the NHL roster as a precaution after incumbent defensemen P.O Joseph and Jan Rutta were injured during a 4-1...
Minor league report: Penguins’ losing streak reaches 4Video
Goaltender Filip Lindberg made 21 saves on 24 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-2 home loss to the Springfield Thunderbirds at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Forward Sam Houde and defenseman Ty Smith scored goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (6-4-1-0) which has lost four consecutive games. Highlights: The...
Penguins dropped by Canadiens in overtime
On the surface, the five of a possible six points the Pittsburgh Penguins claimed on the three-game road trip they completed on Saturday should be satisfactory through any lens. The way they attained the fifth point, however, left lots to be desired. Surrendering the lead on three separate occasions, including...
3 takeaways: Penguins defenseman Jan Rutta makes surprising return to lineup
Three takeaways from the Penguins’ 4-2 win over Toronto on Friday night: Rutta returns Penguins defenseman Jan Rutta’s status was somewhat uncertain entering Friday night’s contest, and for good reason. He left Wednesday’s 4-1 road win against the rival Washington Capitals prematurely after being on the wrong end of a...
Minor league report: Penguins’ losing streak reaches 3Video
Goaltender Dustin Tokarski made 20 saves on 22 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-1 home loss to the Hartford Wolf Pack at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Forward Drew O’Connor scored the lone goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (6-3-1-0), which has lost three consecutive games. Highlights: The Penguins’...
Penguins hold off Maple Leafs for 2nd consecutive winVideo
As a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins for parts of five seasons, Toronto Maple Leafs forward Zach Aston-Reese battled Penguins forward Sidney Crosby countless times in practice. So, upon his first meeting with the Penguins as an opponent since he was traded to the Anaheim Ducks in March, Aston-Reese was...
Penguins recall defenseman Mark Freidman from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Penguins recalled defenseman Mark Friedman from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Friday morning, roughly eight hours before a road contest against the Toronto Maple Leafs. This transaction comes as the Penguins limped out of Wednesday’s 4-1 road win against the Washington Capitals minus two of their...
Penguins’ penalty kill takes a step in the right directionVideo
One streak came to an end for the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday. And another continued. Their 4-1 road win against the rival Washington Capitals provided some badly needed salve for the Penguins as it halted an ugly seven-game losing streak, their largest such slump since February of 2006. That triumph...
3 takeaways: The Crosby-Ovechkin show delivers another entertaining episode
Three takeaways from the Penguins’ 4-1 win over Washington Wednesday at Capital One Arena: The Crosby vs. Ovechkin show Neither Sidney Crosby nor Alexander Ovechkin is showing any signs of slowing down, although without question, both are currently approaching (if not already in) in the final chapter of incredible careers...
Tim Benz: Circumstances of how Penguins snapped losing streak could prove meaningful
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...
Penguins beat Capitals, snap 7-game skid despite rash of injuries on defense
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,...
Minor league report: Nailers beat Walleye in shootoutVideo
Shootout goals by forwards Brooklyn Kalmikov and Cedric Desruisseaux gave the Wheeling Nailers a 4-3 road win against the Toledo Walleye at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio on Wednesday. Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made three saves on four shootout attempts and 36 saves on 39 shots in regulation and overtime...
Penguins rookie forward Filip Hallander is better prepared for his next NHL game
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...
After demotion to 3rd pairing, Penguins defenseman Brian Dumoulin vows ‘I can be better’Video
It was a bold decision at a critical moment. The Pittsburgh Penguins were in the midst of what was close to a must-win scenario. Coach Mike Sullivan made the decision, and it paid off almost immediately. In Game 6 of a second-round series in 2016 against the hated Washington Capitals,...
Penguins, Capitals seeing similar struggles to start the season
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...
Penguins recall forward Filip Hallander from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
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...
Mark Madden: Playing better is only fix for the Penguins’ losing streak
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...
Mike Sullivan’s lineup tweaks showcasing versatility of Penguins’ Danton Heinen
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...
Liverpool owner FSG prepared to sell shares in EPL club
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...
Tim Benz: Robert Morris’ men’s, women’s hockey teams practicing together for next year’s return
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...
Madden Monday: For scapegoats during Penguins’ losing streak, ‘you have got to start with the Big 3’
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....
Minor league report: Filip Hallander scores twice as Penguins lose to BearsVideo
Forward Filip Hallander had two goals and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-3 road loss to the rival Hershey Bears at Giant Center in Hershey on Sunday. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (6-2-0-1) also got a goal and an assist from forward Jonathan Gruden while forward Valtteri Puustinen contributed two assists....
Penguins assign forward Drew O’Connor to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
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...
