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Empty Thoughts: Islanders 5, Penguins 4 (OT)
Observations from the Penguins’ 5-4 overtime loss to the Islanders: When the NHL instituted three-on-three overtime prior to the 2015-16 season in the name of avoiding those unappetizing shootouts, it was automatically assumed the skilled and fleet Penguins would benefit. And sure enough, they did. In the first three seasons...
Penguins blow late lead, fall to Islanders in overtimeVideo
The crown jewel of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ modest accomplishments through all of 21 games of the 2019-20 season has been their penalty kill. Entering Tuesday, it was the second-best penalty-killing unit in the NHL. Much of that success could be attributed to how infrequently that squad had been utilized. Prior...
For Penguins forwards, ‘being a bad goalie’ can lead to good things
As he participated in Tuesday’s morning skate at PPG Paints Arena, Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist was in an area where anyone with even a passing interest in the team over the past five years could safely assume he would typically inhabit. Near the crease. Hornqvist, who has been sidelined due...
Minor league report: Drozg scores twice for Nailers in win over Cyclones
Forward Jan Drozg scored two goals and recorded an assist for the Wheeling Nailers in a 4-3 home win against the Cincinnati Cyclones at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling on Tuesday. A fifth-round pick of the Penguins in 2017, Drozg is now fourth in scoring in the ECHL with 18 points...
Penguins forward Nick Bjugstad sidelined ‘longer term’Video
Penguins forward Nick Bjugstad will be sidelined “longer term” because of an undisclosed ailment, coach Mike Sullivan said. Injured in Friday’s 2-1 road loss to the New Jersey Devils, Bjugstad missed Saturday’s 6-1 home win against the Toronto Maple Leafs. In 10 games this season, Bjugstad has one goal. He...
Fancy stats suggest Penguins are much better than their record indicates. That true?
Want hard-hitting Penguins analysis? You’ve got it! It’s in this week’s hockey podcast with Brian Metzer of the Penguins Radio Network. Well, after a few minutes of discussion about Tool, Poison, Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe and Kiss. Per usual. Then we get into more pressing matters such as Jim Rutherford’s...
Penguins GM Jim Rutherford overcomes odds, joins Hockey Hall of Fame
At the start of the 2016-17 NHL season, Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford was told teams couldn’t win back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in the salary cap era. When the Carolina Hurricanes were founded in 1997, Rutherford was told there was no way a team could succeed in a hockey...
Penguins potent at scoring short-handed goals
Bryan Rust acknowledges his goal in Saturday’s 6-1 thumping of the Toronto Maple Leafs at PPG Paints Arena didn’t mean much to the outcome of the game. It was early in the third period and his team was already up four goals. His score merely added more security to a...
Tim Benz, Mark Madden discuss Mason Rudolph vs. Myles Garrett, Colin Kaepernick, Ben Cherington
If you were on Twitter this weekend, it was a frustrating place to be. Nothing but people trying to soften Myles Garrett’s actions against the Steelers by way of blaming Mason Rudolph. And people pounding the Colin Kaepernick drum because he threw a nice deep ball or two against air...
Minor league report: Nailers beat Komets in overtime
An overtime goal by forward Cam Brown gave the Wheeling Nailers a 6-5 home win against the Fort Wayne Komets on Sunday at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling. Brown also scored with 4:21 left in regulation to force overtime and recorded two assists while forward Jan Drozg, a 2017 fifth-round pick...
Relationships define Hall of Fame Penguins GM Jim Rutherford
Even after he set all sorts of American Hockey League goaltending records with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in 2014-15 then “graduated” to the NHL roster in 2015-16, Matt Murray didn’t have much of a relationship with Jim Rutherford. In fact, based on the way Murray detailed it, he had no relationship...
Penguins’ Joseph Blandisi: Facing Maple Leafs ‘always special’
Even after having played parts of five seasons in the NHL, games against the Toronto Maple Leafs remain poignant for Pittsburgh Penguins forward Joseph Blandisi. After his recall from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Saturday morning, the native of Markham, Ontario, logged 12 minutes, 58 seconds of ice time on 17 shifts in...
Patric Hornqvist returns to Penguins’ practice
Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist resumed practicing Sunday at PPG Paints Arena for the first time since he suffered an undisclosed injury Nov. 2. Wearing a gray noncontact jersey, Hornqvist was a limited participant. Before practice, Hornqvist skated on his own. “He’s making significant progress,” Sullivan said. “Obviously, the fact that...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 6, Maple Leafs 1
Observations from the Penguins’ 6-1 win against the Maple Leafs. Approximately 21 hours before Saturday’s game, Mike Sullivan was assessing an unappetizing 2-1 road loss to the Devils in a hallway outside the visiting dressing room. The Penguins did everything they claim they wanted to in that defeat, aside from...
Minor league report: Miletic, Warsofsky lead Penguins past Phantoms
Forward Sam Miletic and defenseman David Warsofsky each had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 2-1 home win against the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre. Goaltender Dustin Tokarski made 31 saves for the Penguins (10-5-1-1) who won their fifth...
Malkin, top line help Penguins roll to blowout victory against Maple LeafsVideo
Without skates, he stands 6-foot-3 on a 195-pound frame. So when he skates into a scoring zone, Evgeni Malkin is a sight to behold. He also has 1,011 points in 861 career games. Two of those points came Saturday night when he had a goal and assist in the first...
Penguins backup goalie Tristan Jarry gets the call against Maple LeafsVideo
Tristan Jarry is in the net and Nick Bjugstad is out for the Pittsburgh Penguins in their game Saturday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs at PPG Paints Arena. Jarry will appear in his fifth game this season after losing three of his previous four starts. He has a 2.25...
Penguins recall forward Joseph Blandisi
NEWARK, N.J. — The Penguins have recalled forward Joseph Blandisi on an emergency basis from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League Blandisi, 25, has already appeared in seven NHL games this season and scored two points (one goal, one assist). In eight AHL contests, he has four points (two goals,...
Empty Thoughts: Devils 2, Penguins 1
Observations from the Penguins’ 2-1 loss to the Devils. NEWARK, N.J. - First things first, there was no update of substance on Nick Bjugstad who crashed awkwardly into the boards late in the second period and retreated to the dressing room. Mike Sullivan said he was “out” with an undisclosed...
Minor league report: Andrew Agozzino leads Penguins past Thunderbirds
Two goals by forward Andrew Agozzino led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 4-1 home win against the Springfield Falcons at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Forward Sam Miletic had two assists for the Penguins (9-5-1-1) while defenseman Kevin Czuczman and forward Ryan Haggerty each also scored goals. Goaltender...
Penguins fall behind again, lose to Devils
NEWARK, N.J. — The Penguins have an identity. Be hard on the forecheck. Make good decisions with the puck. Play a 200-foot game. Attack with speed. Those postulates are repeated so often, they’re almost as much of the brand for this organization as its black and yellow jerseys. As of...
5-on-3 penalty kills unique challenge for Penguins
NEWARK, N.J. — The Pittsburgh Penguins fell behind by two goals to the visiting Chicago Blackhawks on Nov. 9. It has been a problem lately for the Penguins, who have not claimed the first lead of a game since Oct. 29, when they blasted the Philadelphia Flyers, 7-1. That includes...
How long can the Penguins survive the loss of Sidney Crosby?
Welcome to life without Sidney Crosby. At least for a little while. It’s probably going to feel like forever, though. Crosby is out at least six weeks after hernia surgery. TribLIVE Penguins beat writer Seth Rorabaugh is on hand in New Jersey as the team takes the ice for its...
Penguins forward Alex Galchenyuk: ‘I know I have to be better’
NEWARK, N.J. — Alex Galchenyuk was the last Pittsburgh Penguins player off the ice after practice Thursday at Prudential Center. As most of his teammates had left the dressing room to shower and board the team bus, an exhausted Galchenyuk sat down in his stall and began to remove his...
Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin ‘ready’ to step up with Sidney Crosby out at least 6 weeks
NEWARK , N.J. – The Penguins practiced at Prudential Center on Thursday afternoon and had to skate on the facility’s auxiliary rink as the main event level was being used by the Michigan State men’s basketball team for practice in advance of its game against Seton Hall later in the...
