Penguins/NHL category, Page 268
Penguins start slow, finish fast in comeback win against Bruins
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...
Penguins to start Matt Murray against Bruins
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...
Minor league report: Jordy Bellerive leads Penguins past Rampage
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...
Penguins forward Bryan Rust savors 20-goal markVideo
DETROIT — He didn’t want to talk about it. At least when he was “18-goal scorer Bryan Rust.” Can he see himself as a 20-goal scorer? “No,” the Pittsburgh Penguins forward said tersely after a practice Jan. 11 in Scottsdale, Ariz. “I try not to. But it’s obviously something that...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 2, Red Wings 1 (OT)
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...
Minor league report: Penguins fall to Stars, 4-3, in shootout
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...
Matt Murray shines in Penguins’ overtime win against Red WingsVideo
DETROIT — Over the past two months, Mike Sullivan repeatedly has stopped short of saying if he has an unquestioned No. 1 goaltender. He just happens to have one who starts most of the time and recently was named to the NHL’s All-Star Game event. The other is Matt Murray....
Penguins to start Matt Murray against Red Wings
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...
Penguins pick up depth defenseman John Nyberg in trade with Dallas
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...
Penguins are no strangers to midseason coaching changes
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...
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 BruinsVideo
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 duoVideo
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 worthyVideo
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, DetroitVideo
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 successVideo
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 PenguinsVideo
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 nightVideo
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 defensemenVideo
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/ScrantonVideo
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’Video
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,...
