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The Penguins will start goaltender Tristan Jarry for Tuesday’s game against the Montreal Canadiens at PPG Paints Arena. Jarry enters the contest with a shutout sequence of 144:51, including back-to-back shutouts in his previous two games. In 11 games this season, he has 7-4-0 record along with a 1.82 goals...

In this week’s Penguins podcast, I talk hockey with Penguins Radio Network host Brian Metzer. After we discuss the Def Leppard-Motley Crue-Poison concert, of course. We analyze Tristan Jarry’s efforts to open up the goaltending job. We also flashback to Phil Kessel’s return. The victory over Detroit. And Matt Murray’s...

With 14 years of NHL experience, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Jack Johnson has played for his fair share of coaches. Seven, in fact. The first was Marc Crawford with the Los Angeles Kings. Crawford was given a leave of absence from his assistant coach role with the Chicago Blackhawks after allegations...

The Pittsburgh Penguins made the holidays a little brighter for patients at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh on Monday. Donning Santa caps, the players stopped by several rooms at the hospital to drop off gifts such as stuffed penguins, hats and calendars. They spent time talking, posing for photos and...

Penguins defenseman Chad Ruhwedel missed Monday’s practice in Cranberry with an illness, coach Mike Sullivan said. Ruhwedel is coming off his best game of the season during Saturday’s 5-3 road win against the Detroit Red Wings. He had a goal and an assist in that game. It was his first...

In this week’s “Madden Monday,” Mark Madden of 105.9 the X joins me to talk Steelers, Penguins and college football. We start off by discussing the 23-17 Steelers win over the Arizona Cardinals. Devlin Hodges continues to defy logic with each passing victory. Can he keep it up against a...

Goaltender Casey DeSmith made 32 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-2 overtime loss to the rival Hershey Bears at the Giant Center in Hershey on Sunday. Forwards Anthony Angello and Sam Miletic each scored for the Penguins (13-8-3-1) who have lost three consecutive games. Highlights: The Penguins next...

Even within the close-knit community of the Penguins dressing room, there are cliques. Patric Hornqvist and Marcus Pettersson are tight because of their Swedish heritage. Teddy Blueger and Alex Galchenyuk have found a kinship in seemingly competing to be the last player off the ice after each practice. Jake Guentzel...

The Penguins assigned forward Joseph Blandisi to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. Blandisi has been recalled three times this season. In 11 NHL games, he has three points (one goal, two assists). With Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Blandisi has appeared in 10 games and has scored six points (three goals, three assists)....

Forward Sam Miletic and defenseman David Warsofsky each had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-3 loss to the Texas Stars at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Forward Jordy Bellerive had two assists for the Penguins (13-8-2-1) while defenseman Zach Trotman added...

Observations from the Penguins’ 2-0 win against the Coyotes. Tristan Jarry was at it again. He stopped all 33 of the shots he faced on Friday and came away with his second shutout in as many games. He just looks locked in right now. He’s in total command of his...

Defenseman Pierre-Olivier Joseph scored his first goal of the season and recorded an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-3 loss to the Texas Stars in Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Part of the return on a trade which sent forward Phil Kessel to the Arizona Coyotes,...

Phil Kessel made his initial return in front of thousands of fans dressed in black and yellow. They cried his name and got excited when he took the ice. But things were very different almost exactly one decade earlier. When Kessel played in Boston on Dec. 5, 2009, Bruins fans...

The Penguins will start goaltender Tristan Jarry for Friday’s game against the Arizona Coyotes and forward Phil Kessel at PPG Paints Arena according to coach Mike Sullivan. Jarry has appeared in 10 games this season with a 6-4-0 record, a 2.02 goals against average, a .936 save percentage and one...

During Wednesday’s 3-0 home victory against the St. Louis Blues, rookie defenseman John Marino played on the team’s top pairing with veteran Kris Letang. The duo offers plenty of intrigue between the dynamic skills of a five-time all-star such as Letang and the remarkably steady poise of the ephebic Marino....

The Penguins don’t have a goalie controversy. Not yet. Backup Tristan Jarry has played well: He’s 5-1 with a 1.86 goals-against average and .941 save percentage in his last six games. He made 28 saves as a Penguins team missing seven regular players blanked Stanley Cup champion St. Louis, 3-0,...

The Penguins activated defenseman Justin Schultz from injured reserve on Friday and assigned defenseman Zach Trotman to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. Schultz has missed the past seven games because of a suspected groin injury. He was in the lineup for Friday night’s game against the Coyotes. Initially recalled...

The “Kessel Comeback” is upon us! Friday night marks the return of Phil Kessel to PPG Paints Arena. The two-time Penguins Stanley Cup champion takes to Pittsburgh ice for the first time since leaving for the Arizona Coyotes in a summer trade. Before Thursday night, Kessel had been struggling. The...

When Phil Kessel takes the ice Friday at PPG Paints Arena, things will be very different. First, he’ll be wearing the brick red, desert sand and black uniform (per the team’s media guide) of the Arizona Coyotes. Second, he might not recognize many of the faces in the black and...