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PHILADELPHIA — The Penguins have recalled a familiar face from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. Forward Joseph Blandisi was recalled for the seventh time this season. He was summoned Monday afternoon after coach Mike Sullivan announced forward Dominik Kahun will be sidelined indefinitely with a concussion. Blandisi, has appeared...

It might seem as if the Pittsburgh Penguins have recently been playing every other night. That’s not true —they have played even more often than that during January. The Penguins will play for the 11th time on the 21st day of the month Tuesday night at the Philadelphia Flyers. It...

Looking back a day after the fact, Dominik Simon was able to concede that he feared the worst when he suffered what he indicated was a hip injury during Sunday’s game. “Oh yeah, definitely (dodged a bullet),” the Pittsburgh Penguins forward said Monday from the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex. “I...

A day after Dominik Kahun did not play after his first shift of the second period against the Boston Bruins, Kahun did not take part in Pittsburgh Penguins practice Monday and coach Mike Sullivan said it was because he had suffered a concussion. “Dom Kahun was diagnosed with a concussion,...

I’ve been a Penguins fan since I was 6. Working in journalism has made me hide that occasionally. But I’ve never done a great job at it, or even felt the need to. On Sunday, I was embarrassed to be a Penguins fan. Matt Murray struggled in goal at game’s...

This week’s “Madden Monday” with Mark Madden features three big topics: • The Penguins comeback win Sunday against the Boston Bruins • The AFC and NFC championship games • The Houston Astros cheating controversy We start with the Penguins. How big of a deal is it that they got at...

Normally, Pittsburgh’s obsession with losing to teams from New England is focused on the football field. This week, it bled onto the hockey rink, too. Whatever success the Penguins seemed to spin against the rest of the league this season, it had failed to manifest against the Boston Bruins. The...

Observations from the Penguins’ 4-3 win against the Bruins. First things first, there were no updates on Penguins forwards Dominik Kahun or Dominik Simon. Both players failed to finish the game due to undisclosed injuries. Kahun’s final shift came at 1:32 into the second period while Simon’s last shift was...

The Penguins inched closer to an NHL record Sunday at PPG Paints Arena. Frankly, it is a mark they would rather be light years away from claiming. With a resolute 4-3 victory against the Boston Bruins, the Penguins rebounded from a three-goal deficit to win a game for the third...

The Penguins will start goaltender Matt Murray against the Boston Bruins Sunday at PPG Paints Arena according to coach Mike Sullivan. Murray has appeared in 26 games this season and has a 14-6-4 record along with a 2.84 goals against average, an .899 save percentage and one shutout. Murray is...

A shootout goal by forward Jordy Bellerive gave the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 4-3 road win against the San Antonio Rampage at the AT&T Center in San Antonio on Saturday. Bellerive also had two regulation goals while goaltender Casey DeSmith made 22 saves for the Penguins (19-16-3-4). Highlights: The Penguins’ next...

Observations from the Penguins’ 2-1 win against the Red Wings. DETROIT — It just sounds cool. “He’s a 20-goal scorer.” For whatever reason, that number validates a player’s status as a goal scorer. It can also get a player paid. Former Penguins forwards Conor Sheary and Tyler Kennedy have received...

Forward Kevin Roy had a regulation goal and two assists for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-3 road shootout loss to the Texas Stars at the H-E-B Center in Cedar Park, Texas on Friday. Goaltender Emil Larmi made 24 saves for the Penguins (18-16-3-4) who have lost seven of their...

DETROIT — The Penguins are expected to start goaltender Matt Murray for Friday’s game against the Detroit Red Wings in Little Caesars Arena, according to coach Mike Sullivan. In 25 games this season, Murray has a 13-6-4, a 2.91 goals against average, an .896 save percentage and one shutout. Having...

The Pittsburgh Penguins made a minor league trade Friday, sending center Oula Palve to the Dallas Stars for defenseman John Nyberg. Nyberg, 23, is a 6-foot-3, 195-pound two-way defender who was picked in the sixth round of the 2014 draft. He is playing his second season in North America, recording...

On Wednesday, the Vegas Golden Knights did something they had never done before. They fired their coach. Granted, Gerard Gallant was the first coach in that franchise’s history, but it was a milestone of sorts for the franchise. It also kept them en vogue with much of the league this...

Observations from the Penguins’ 4-1 loss to the Bruins: This game isn’t difficult to dissect. The Bruins were motivated after a bad loss in their previous game and beat the Penguins, who coming off a lopsided win, by just outskating them and initiating things physically. To be clear, the Bruins...

BOSTON — The Boston Bruins no longer are big and bad. That style of play went out after the 1970s, much like bell bottoms and Buick Centurions. It probably is more accurate — albeit less phonetically pleasing — to describe the Bruins of the early 2020s as moderately imposing and...