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Empty Thoughts: Bruins 4, Penguins 1
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...
Penguins' offense bottled up by physical Bruins in 4-1 loss
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...
Penguins to start Tristan Jarry against Boston Bruins 
BOSTON — The Pittsburgh Penguins are expected start goaltender Tristan Jarry for Thursday’s game against the Boston Bruins in TD Garden according to coach Mike Sullivan. In 23 games this season, Jarry has a 16-6-1 record with a 2.12 goals against average, a .930 save percentage and three shutouts. Jarry...
Penguins find success with John Marino-Marcus Pettersson duo 
His first visit to Boston as an NHL player was unique. On Nov. 4, Penguins rookie defenseman John Marino played his first game in front of several family members and friends from North Easton, Mass. who trekked north to TD Garden and saw their son/brother/cousin/guy they played with in sixth...
Minor league report: Penguins fall to Stars, 5-2
Forwards Adam Johnson and Kevin Roy each had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-2 road loss to the Texas Stars at H-E-B Center in Cedar Park, Texas on Wednesday. Goaltender Casey DeSmith made 32 saves for the Penguins (18-16-3-3) who have lost six of...
Penguins' Dominik Kahun showing his skills are 1st-line worthy 
No goals and two points over his first 11 games with a new team? Being a healthy scratch for the first time in his NHL career? Not pleasant, sure, Dominik Kahun said Wednesday in looking back to the first month of this season. But it was going to take more...
Penguins’ annual Dads’ Trip takes players, fathers to Boston, Detroit 
If there were a bunch of middle-aged men in the Pittsburgh Penguins locker room Wednesday, it must have meant only one thing. The Penguins’ annual Dads’ Trip was about to get underway. In a tradition dating back several years, the Penguins designate one short, multiple-game road trip and invite players’...
Penguins' power play enjoying rare success 
The Pittsburgh Penguins received an obvious boost in every facet during Tuesday’s 7-3 rout of the Minnesota Wild at home thanks to the return of forward Sidney Crosby. The power play was arguably the most tangible to quantify as it went 2 for 4 with Crosby collecting secondary assists on...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 7, Wild 3
Observations from the Penguins’ 7-3 win against the Wild: It was a very different morning skate at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday. After all, there was a notable presence that hadn’t been seen for weeks. Mike Tomlin. The Steelers’ coach was a spectator for the skates of the Penguins as...
Kevin Gorman: Sidney Crosby's comeback game was perfectly Pittsburgh for Penguins 
It was a Pittsburgh Theme Night for the Penguins, and they pulled out all the stops in celebrating the colloquialisms and idiosyncrasies for which the city is famous. Nothing screams that it’s a Hockey Night in Pittsburgh more than hearing Penguins captain Sidney Crosby’s name announced in the starting lineup...
Penguins torch Wild in Sidney Crosby's return
Sidney Crosby got back to the business of being the NHL’s top superstar Tuesday night in a 7-3 Penguins victory over the Minnesota Wild at PPG Paints Arena. Centering a line with Jared McCann and Dominik Simon, Crosby finished with a goal and three assists, including two helpers on the...
Penguins set for Pittsburgh theme night 
It’s getting real Pittsburgh at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday night. The Penguins will host a Pittsburgh theme night, which includes sets from The Clarks, an 8-foot parking chair, mascots and more, according to the team. Mascot squad. ? pic.twitter.com/vurXvDVjLT— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) January 14, 2020 Meanwhile in the front...
Kris Letang writes latest chapter in 50-year history of Penguins All-Star defensemen 
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang received a notable honor Monday when he was named captain of the Metropolitan Division for the NHL’s All-Star Game exhibition later this month at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis. Letang will replace Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin, who opted out of the event —...
Penguins assign Joseph Blandisi to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 
With forward Sidney Crosby expected to rejoin the active roster in advance of Tuesday’s home game against the Minnesota Wild, the Pittsburgh Penguins assigned forward Joseph Blandisi to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. Blandisi, 25, has appeared in 21 games this season and has five points (two goals three...
Penguins' Sidney Crosby: 'I'm playing tonight' 
In an NHL landscape where the only information less-than-forthcoming coaches usually give out is the half of the body on which an injury occurred, it’s sometimes best to go straight to the source for an update. So, Sidney Crosby, how’s that recovery from a core muscle injury coming along? “Yeah,...
Tim Benz, Brian Metzer: Could familiar Penguins trade target re-emerge?
In this week’s hockey podcast, Penguins Radio Network host Brian Metzer and I tell you how to “take care of y’all mentals” during this stressful stretch of hockey. The Penguins are going to shove five more games onto the calendar between now and their 10-day break which starts on Jan....
Penguins successful with unorthodox overtime strategies 
GLENDALE, Ariz. — “Hope is not a strategy.” Those are the words Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan professes to impart on his players when it comes to the chaotic nature of three-on-three overtime. Truth be told, many of the more conventional or practical constructs don’t apply to the abnormal state...
Mark Madden: Penguins captain Sidney Crosby's return requires prudent lineup shuffling
Who should play with Sid? That ought to be a game show. Josh Getzoff could host. He’s got the look, and the rap. With Sidney Crosby’s return to action seemingly imminent, the Penguins lineup must be shuffled to accommodate. But not too much. The Penguins have the most points in...
Penguins' Kris Letang selected as captain for All-Star Game event
Penguins defenseman Kris Letang will serve as captain for the Metropoitan Division in the NHL’s All-Star Game event later this month. The exhibition, which is involves a skills competition and a three-on-three tournament of three games between the NHL’s four divisions, will be held Jan. 24-25 at the Enterprise Center...
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby's status remains murky
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Penguins captain Sidney Crosby did not practice with his teammates Monday. After all, they spent a considerable portion of the day cruising at several thousand feet over the interior of the North American continent. The Penguins had a scheduled day off in order to travel back home...
Tim Benz, Mark Madden break down Penguins' perfect road trip, Steelers RB future, Bill Cowher 
The Pittsburgh Penguins continue to roll and Tristan Jarry continues to amaze. Tim Benz and Mark Madden in this week’s “Unfiltered” discuss the Penguins’ perfect road trip against the Golden Knights, Avalanche and Coyotes and how Jarry continues to light it up as one of the best goaltenders in the...
Tim Benz, Mark Madden break down Penguins' western sweep, Tristan Jarry's brilliance, AFC playoff stunners
In this week’s “Madden Monday,” Mark Madden is playing hurt. Why should he be different than anyone else in the Pittsburgh sports scene? Mark is really sick. But he joins us anyway for this week’s podcast. Kinda like the Penguins, right? Everyone is injured. But they are managing to win....
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 4, Coyotes 3
Observations from the Penguins’ 4-3 win against the Coyotes: There was a swing of emotions for the normally even-keeled Teddy Blueger. At 3:39 of overtime, he took a somewhat bogus hooking penalty against Coyotes forward Conor Garland who crooked Blueger’s stick in his right arm and held it against his...
Minor league report: Emil Larmi leads Nailers past Walleye
Goaltender Emil Larmi made 47 saves for the Wheeling Nailers in a 4-1 road win against the Toledo Walleye at the Huntington Center in Toldeo, Ohio on Sunday. Forward Alec Butcher and defenseman Blake Siebenaler each had a goal and an assist for the Nailers (17-16-4-0) who snapped a four-game...
Ray Shero, former Penguins GM, is out as New Jersey Devils' general manager 
NEWARK, N.J. — Ray Shero was fired as the New Jersey Devils’ general manager after a four-plus year tenure that saw the three-time Stanley Cup champions make the playoffs only once. Owner Josh Harris announced the change less than 90 minutes before the struggling Devils were to face the Tampa...


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