Penguins/NHL category, Page 190

Maxime Lagace hasn’t had many positive results this season. Or bad ones for that matter. Mainly, he just hasn’t played a great deal this season. And that’s by design. When the Pittsburgh Penguins signed Legace to a one-year, two-way contract in October to be their third goaltender on the organizational...

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jared McCann used the “F” word repeatedly Saturday evening in the aftermath of his team’s 1-0 home win against the Buffalo Sabres at PPG Paints Arena. He uttered it at least three or four times. It was clear he had a message he wanted to convey. “We...

The Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Maxime Lagace in their regular season finale, a home contest against the Buffalo Sabres at PPG Paints Arena on Saturday. Lagace’s status was announce via statement. With starter Tristan Jarry and backup Casey DeSmith each sidelined due to undisclosed injuries, Lagace will be...

The playing style and on-ice demeanor of Brandon Tanev suggest the appearance of a player who’s difficult to hold back from taking the ice for each shift. Now, imagine keeping Tanev out of games for more than a month. But Tanev’s measured, patient manner — in speaking with media of...

The playoffs are about to begin, and the Pittsburgh Penguins are experiencing a dearth of healthy, experienced goalies. There is no apparent worry, though, that the relative crisis will carry over into the actual postseason. “Tristan Jarry did not practice today, nor did Casey DeSmith,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said...

Representatives of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Steelers and Penguins joined U.S. Sen. Bob Casey on Friday to reiterate their commitment to help educate and facilitate vaccination of people who remain hesitant to get the covid-19 vaccine. The teams were among the first organizations in the region to open venues to host...

The latest Tom Wilson incident is over. But the implications have the potential to be long-reaching. The NHL is being nudged back to the era of each team having an enforcer. That doesn’t mean a return to the anarchy of the 1970s. But each team will have a fourth-line goon....

Observations from the Penguins’ 8-4 win against the Sabres: Four goals in a game isn’t exactly the be-all, end-all achievement for an NHL player. After all, the record is seven, as established in the earliest days of the NHL by Quebec Bulldogs star Joe Malone in a 10-6 home win...

Thankfully for Jeff Carter, his shot is better than his memory. On Thursday, the forward, just over three weeks into his tenure as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins, set a career-high with four goals and led his team to an 8-4 rout of the bumbling Buffalo Sabres at PPG...

Forward Sidney Crosby has been named as the Penguins’ MVP for the 2020-21 season. Voting on the award is conducted amongst the team’s players. Crosby, 33, has appeared in 53 games this season and leads the team with 60 points (23 goals, 37 assists). This is the ninth time Crosby...

The Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Tristan Jarry for Thursday’s home game against the Buffalo Sabres at PPG Paints Arena. Jarry’s status was announced by coach Mike Sullivan via video conference. In 38 games this season, Jarry has a 24-9-3 record along with a 2.71 goals against average, a...

Wexford’s Michael Houser will make his return to Pittsburgh as a Buffalo Sabres goalie for a set of games against the Penguins Thursday night and Saturday afternoon. If any league could use a story like this at this time, it’s the NHL. After a week that put the ugly side...

About two decades ago, even the most hardcore baseball fans never had heard of OPS. At that point in time, the concept of an NBA team scoring more points on field goals behind the 3-point line than in front of it? Folly. Back in the olden days of the early...

There were two obvious rationales the Pittsburgh Penguins employed to add Jeff Carter at the trade deadline last month. Each appears to be playing out at or above any organizational expectations. “He’s really fit in nicely,” coach Mike Sullivan said, “ … both in the locker room and on the...

The NHL Department of Player Safety announced Wednesday it was issuing a two-game suspension to Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere for his hit on the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Mark Friedman during the previous evening’s game. Gostisbehere was assessed a two-minute penalty for cross-checking after he shoved Friedman moments after Friedman added...

Observations from the Penguins’ 7-3 win against the Flyers: First things first, no one got injured, substantially at least, in this game. That’s something of a minor miracle given how heated this was. If this game went five minutes longer, someone might have ended up in the hospital. Each instance...

The way Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan sees it, things don’t need to be complicated for his team to have success. Quite the opposite. Literally. “There’s an element of simplicity associated with our game that gives us a chance to be successful and makes us hard to play against,” Sullivan...

Having played all of 15 NHL games over three seasons, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Mark Friedman isn’t all that particular over how opportunity arrives. He’s just grateful when it does arrive. “An opportunity is an opportunity,” Friedman said via video conference. “In this business, when you get an opportunity, you’ve got...

With backup goaltender Casey DeSmith’s status uncertain, the Pittsburgh Penguins recalled reserve goaltender Maxime Lagace from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on an emergency basis. According to CapFriendly, Lagace is signed to a one-year two-way contract with a salary cap hit of $700,000. Lagace, 28, has appeared in...

The Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Tristan Jarry for Tuesday’s road game against the Philadelphia Flyers at Wells Fargo Center. Jarry’s status was announced via a statement from the team. During Monday’s 7-2 road loss to the Flyers, Jarry replaced an injured Casey DeSmith to open the third period...

Washington’s Tom Wilson was fined but not suspended for his actions during a post-whistle scrum in New York, an outcome the Capitals are ready to move on from and the Rangers feel isn’t sufficient punishment for one of hockey’s most polarizing players. The NHL fined Wilson $5,000 Tuesday for roughing...