Penguins/NHL category, Page 148
Painful memories: Mario Lemieux, Jerome Bettis, Dan Marino know how Sidney Crosby felt missing Game 6
Sidney Crosby’s suspected concussion, apparently the result of a high hit from New York Rangers defenseman Jacob Trouba in Game 5 of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ first-round playoff series, forced him to miss the 5-3 loss Friday in Game 6. Injuries and medical misfortune have forced other Pittsburgh athletes to miss...
Penguins profess optimism going into Game 7 against Rangers
Sidney Crosby made his highly anticipated return on Saturday. To practice. An optional practice. That was limited in duration. And had about as much contact as a Sadie Hawkins dance. But he was on the ice, doing whatever he can to recover from a suspected head injury. And considering how...
Penguins forward Sidney Crosby returns to practice
Penguins forward Sidney Crosby participated in an optional practice in Cranberry on Saturday, a handful of days after suffering a presumed head injury. Sidelined since being struck on a high hit by New York Rangers defenseman Jacob Trouba on Wednesday in Game 5 of an ongoing first-round playoff series, Crosby...
5 things: Goaltending failing Penguins during recent playoff runs
Five stats-based observations about the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 5-3 loss in Game 6 on Friday that forced a deciding Game 7 at the New York Rangers in the team’s first-round playoff series: 1. Nothing in net The goalies themselves differ, the situations vastly so. But recent Penguins playoff flameouts have one...
Special teams failures big reason why Penguins haven’t closed out Rangers
Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan believes his team has been “really good” at 5-on-5 during its first-round series against the New York Rangers. So why did the Penguins miss two chances to close out the series heading into Sunday’s Game 7? “I am probably stating the obvious,” Sullivan said, “but...
Game 7 of Penguins-Rangers series set for evening faceoff Sunday
For the first time in five years, the Pittsburgh Penguins will take part in a winner-take-all Game 7 on Sunday. The NHL announced that the deciding game of the Penguins’ first-round series against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden would faceoff at 7 p.m. The game will be...
Tim Benz: ‘Rattled’ Penguins can’t write a better ending to familiar script
After 40 minutes of the Penguins-Rangers game Friday night, it dawned on me. Are we all really here at PPG Paints Arena for Game 6? Or is this a weird out-of-body experience? Are 18,187 of us just watching a hologram replay of Wednesday’s Game 5? As was the case Wednesday,...
Penguins’ Brian Boyle laves Game 6 after 2 shifts because of lower-body injury
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Brian Boyle suffered a lower-body injury early during Friday’s playoff game, taking only two shifts in Game 6 of the first-round series against the New York Rangers. After the game — a 5-3 loss that forced a Game 7 — coach Mike Sullivan said Boyle was being...
Penguins drop Game 6 to Rangers, head back to New York
The Penguins were not at their best on Friday. And how could they be? Their wonderful captain, Sidney Crosby, convalescing from a suspected head injury, was not in the lineup. And that void was amplified by the absences of starting goaltender Tristan Jarry, stout defenseman Brian Dumoulin and skilled top-six...
Penguins forward Evan Rodrigues promoted (again) in Sidney Crosby’s absence
Evan Rodrigues has been in this position before. And that’s because he can play a whole bunch of positions. Once again, the versatile Penguins forward is likely to be pressed into an elevated role for Friday’s home contest against the New York Rangers in Game 6 of their first-round playoff...
Penguins forward Sidney Crosby ruled out for Game 6Video
Penguins forward Sidney Crosby will not play in Game 6 of his team’s first-round playoff series against the New York Rangers at PPG Paints Arena on Friday. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Crosby’s status following Friday’s morning skate and indicated Crosby took to the ice before the skate, working out with...
Minor league report: Penguins drop Game 2, Nailers swept by WalleyeVideo
Goaltender Tommy Nappier made 30 saves on 34 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 6-2 road loss to the Springfield Thunderbirds in Game 2 of an Atlantic Division semifinal series at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Mass. on Thursday. The Falcons lead the best-of-five series, 2-0. Defensemen P.O Joseph...
Penguins hope ‘Playoff Jake’ Guentzel can continue to produce if Sidney Crosby misses timeVideo
The question seems fair. Can Jake Guentzel produce goals at his customary high level if his high-profile, Hall of Fame center isn’t available to him? On Wednesday night, Guentzel didn’t wait long to provide an answer. Try, two shifts. Guentzel scored the second time he took the ice after Crosby’s...
Penguins recall Radim Zohorna ahead of Game 6 vs. Rangers
There is no replacing what Sidney Crosby does for the Pittsburgh Penguins, but the man who perhaps might take his lineup spot could be Radim Zohorna. The 6-foot-6, 220-pound forward was recalled by the Penguins from their AHL affiliate Thursday afternoon, a day after Crosby left Game 5 of the...
Rangers’ Jacob Trouba reportedly won’t be disciplined for hit on Penguins’ Sidney Crosby
Almost 30 years after Adam Graves became Pittsburgh’s biggest villain, another New York Rangers player is drawing Penguins fans’ ire for injuring their star player. Unlike Graves, though, Jacob Trouba won’t be suspended. According to multiple reports, Trouba will not be subjected to a hearing with the NHL’s Department of...
Mark Madden: Jacob Trouba hit on Sidney Crosby was ugly, intentional and typical for NHL
If Sidney Crosby’s series is over, so is the Pittsburgh Penguins’ season. Sure, the Penguins lead their first-round series with the New York Rangers, 3-2. But for Friday’s Game 6, they may be without their best player/captain/first-line center, their starting and second-string goalies, a top-pair defenseman and a top-six winger....
Penguins forward Sidney Crosby to be evaluated for potential head injuryVideo
NEW YORK – Penguins forward Sidney Crosby will be evaluated once his team returns to Pittsburgh on Thursday after he suffered a presumed head injury during a 5-3 road loss to the New York Rangers in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday. In...
5 things: Evan Rodrigues is Penguins’ likely Plan B if Sidney Crosby is out
Five stats-based observations about the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 5-3 loss in Game 5 on Wednesday that pulled the New York Rangers to within a game of evening the team’s first-round playoff series: 1. E-Rod time Evan Rodrigues was something of an odd man left out after Sidney Crosby’s injury during Game...
U mad, bro?: Steelers fans already sounding off about quarterback decisions; Penguins fans in goalie mode
Pittsburgh Steelers fans are in regular-season mode already when it comes to quarterback conversation. It’s playoff time, so Penguins fans are in a lather. And we discuss zoology on the North Side. It’s quite the collection of reader responses in this week’s “U mad, bro?” We begin with Jonathan. He...
Minor league report: Penguins drop Game 1 to ThunderbirdsVideo
Goaltender Tommy Nappier made 23 saves on 26 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-1 road loss to the Springfield Thunderbirds in Game 1 of an Atlantic Division semifinal series at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Mass. on Wednesday. Forward Felix Robert scored the lone goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Springfield...
Tim Benz: Penguins didn’t pass 20-minute test without Sidney Crosby. The road ahead now looks much longer
Once it was clear that Sidney Crosby wasn’t coming back from injury, the Pittsburgh Penguins needed to be better than the New York Rangers for just 20 minutes to end their first-round playoff series. They weren’t. Now they might need to be better without him for 60 minutes. Or else...
Penguins drop Game 5 to Rangers, lose forward Sidney CrosbyVideo
NEW YORK – The Penguins realized ending the New York Rangers’ season wouldn’t be easy. And sure enough, that was proven true in Game 5 of their first-round series at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday. That’s why there will be a Game 6. The Rangers staved off elimination with a...
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby leaves Game 5 because of possible head injuryVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby left Wednesday’s playoff game during the second period because of an injury after absorbing a hit to his head. Crosby did not play after taking a 24-second shift that ended with 6 minutes, 50 seconds left in the second period of Wednesday’s Game 5 of...
Penguins don’t expect easy time in trying to eliminate Rangers
NEW YORK — The Penguins are in a strange position. Well, maybe not strange. Just unfamiliar. They have a chance to close out a playoff series. Having taken a 3-1 lead in their first-round series against the New York Rangers, the Penguins can end their rivals’ season and earn some...
Tristan Jarry, Rickard Rakell participate in morning skate, remain day to day
NEW YORK — Injured Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry and forward Rickard Rakell participated in an optional morning skate Wednesday at Madison Square Garden. Neither is expected to participate in Game 5 of their team’s first-round playoff series against the New York Rangers. The Penguins lead the best-of-seven series 3-1....
