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Minor league report: Nailers, Taylor Gauthier shut out Royals in Game 3Video
Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 27 saves for the Wheeling Nailers in a 2-0 win against the Reading Royals in Game 3 of a North Division semifinal series at Santander Arena in Reading on Wednesday. The result gave the Nailers a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. Gauthier recorded his second...
U mad, bro?: Penguins’ playoff loss to Flyers, Steelers’ draft choices have fans on tilt
Losing to the Philadelphia Flyers always makes Pittsburgh fans mad. Losing in the playoffs makes Pittsburgh fans irate. Losing in the playoffs to the Flyers makes all of Pittsburgh enraged. That’s what happened Wednesday night, and it doesn’t appear that we are handling it well. At least everyone in the...
‘They’re like family’: Crosby addresses the future with Malkin and Letang after Penguins’ season-ending loss
A 1-0 overtime loss to the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 6 of a first-round series Wednesday night might have been the end of a championship era in Pittsburgh Penguins hockey. Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang have played together for 20 seasons, establishing themselves, with three Stanley Cup titles...
Flyers bring end to Penguins’ unexpected playoff march with OT victory in Game 6
PHILADELPHIA — So much about the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2025-26 season was about defying expectations. Few — externally — anticipated the Penguins would contend for anything other than a lottery selection in the NHL Draft this summer. Yet, they managed to remain competitive all season to reach the playoffs and even...
Penguins recall goaltender Joel Blomqvist from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
PHILADELPHIA — The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled rookie goaltender Joel Blomqvist from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Wednesday, a handful of hours before they face the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 6 of a first-round playoff series at the Xfinity Mobile Arena. The team did not announce the transaction...
Their backs against the wall, Penguins preach emotional discipline vs. Flyers
Inside the Pittsburgh Penguins’ locker room, those less hip to the club’s longstanding rivalry with the Philadelphia Flyers have quickly become apprised. Franchise pillars Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang probably let their newer teammates know of the rivalry’s intensity and so far, through five games, the eighth all-time...
Penguins’ Anthony Mantha: ‘I’m not shooting enough’Video
PHILADELPHIA — One by one, several of the Penguins’ most prominent offensive threats began to find offense in Games 4 and 5 of their first-round playoffs series as they started to find fissures in the Philadelphia Flyers’ hermetically sealed defense that largely kept things stagnant in the first three contests....
Penguins goaltender Arturs Silovs scheduled to start Game 6 against Flyers
PHILADELPHIA — Pittsburgh Penguins rookie goaltender Arturs Silovs is scheduled to start Game 6 of his team’s first-round playoff series against the Philadelphia Flyers at the Xfinity Mobile Arena on Wednesday. Coach Dan Muse announced Silovs’ status following a morning skate. In two games this series, Silovs has a 2-0...
Cup of Joe (Starkey): Some of the Penguins’ most incredible moments have come in Game 6’sVideo
As the Penguins prepare for a monumental Game 6 in the City of Brotherly Shove, chasing history after falling behind three games to none, a question springs to mind: Why don’t we talk about Game 6’s more? We have an understandable societal obsession with Game 7’s because of the finality...
Tim Benz: 5 things the Penguins need to do in Philadelphia to win Game 6
The Pittsburgh Penguins have a chance to force a decisive Game 7 of their first-round playoff series against the Philadelphia Flyers with a win in Philly during Wednesday night’s Game 6. All the momentum is on Pittsburgh’s side after fending off elimination in each of the last two games. The...
Penguins’ power-play remains a work in progressVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ power play mirrors its regular-season ranking through five games of their first-round Stanley Cup playoffs series. The Penguins’ man-advantage was seventh-best in the NHL (24.1%) entering the playoffs, and ahead of Wednesday’s Game 6 against the Philadelphia Flyers, it sits at seventh among the league’s 16 qualifying...
Former Penguins forward Dominik Uher signs with Lowen Frankfurt in Germany
Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Dominik Uher has signed a two-year contract with Lowen Frankfurt of Germany’s Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). That team announced the transaction with a release on Tuesday. A native of Czechia, the 32-year-old Uher spent this past season playing for Kolner Haie, also of the DEL. In...
Cup of Joe (Starkey): Rick Tocchet’s Flyers continue to ‘go after’ Sidney Crosby, but Crosby and Penguins getting strongerVideo
In the days leading up to what has become a highly contentious, increasingly fascinating Eastern Conference quarterfinal, Philadelphia Flyers coach Rick Tocchet said his team needed to “go after” the Pittsburgh Penguins stars. What he meant is subject to interpretation, but the Flyers have absolutely “gone after” Crosby in this...
Spark from bottom-6 forwards gives Penguins life in series vs. FlyersVideo
As Philadelphia Flyers coach Rick Tocchet was preparing to face the Pittsburgh Penguins in the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, his foe’s secondary scoring stood out. Tocchet, a former Penguins player and assistant in Year 1 at the helm of the Flyers, is more familiar with Sidney Crosby,...
Unlike 2012, Penguins need a few more strong starts to finish comeback vs. FlyersVideo
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby has been on this stretch of highway before. His team was down 3-0 in a dirty, nasty first-round playoff series against the Philadelphia Flyers in 2012. The club kept the series alive by winning Game 4. It headed back to Philly for Game 6 after a...
Penguins force Game 6 against Flyers with dose of luck, stiff defense
Kris Letang has created far prettier goals. And definitely more impactful goals. His Stanley Cup-winning score from 2016 would check the box for each of those categories. But the defenseman with a resume worthy of the Hockey Hall of Fame isn’t overly selective about the cosmetic appeal of how he...
Penguins forward Sidney Crosby seeks improved faceoff figuresVideo
Sidney Crosby finally got on the scoreboard with his first goal of the postseason during Saturday’s 3-2 road win against the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 5 of a first-round playoff series. But his typically reliable faceoff numbers have been in the red through the first four games of the series....
Penguins scheduled to start goaltender Arturs Silovs in Game 5 against Flyers
Pittsburgh Penguins rookie goaltender Arturs Silovs is scheduled to start Game 5 of a first-round playoff series against the Philadelphia Flyers at PPG Paints Arena on Monday. Coach Dan Muse announced Silovs’ status following a morning skate in Cranberry. Silovs made his postseason debut for the Penguins on Saturday in...
Cup of Joe (Starkey): If the Penguins are going to make history, these 2 players better join the fray
Hello? Anybody there? We’re four games into the Eastern Conference quarterfinals, and Penguins wingers Anthony Mantha and Egor Chinakhov still haven’t picked up the phone. In the regular season, those two combined for 100 points and 51 goals in just 124 combined games. In this series, they have combined for...
‘Dreams come true’ for Penguins rookie Ilya Solovyov in his 1st postseason game
PHILADELPHIA — While Game 4 of the first-round playoff series between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday surely commanded the attention of television viewers in every corner of Pennsylvania from McKees Rocks to Malvern, it was also appointment viewing for one town in eastern Belarus. Mogilev. That is...
Postseason success nothing new for Penguins goaltender Arturs SilovsVideo
PHILADELPHIA — There might not be another soul in the state of Pennsylvania who has a better idea of what Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Arturs Silovs can do in a demanding situation than Rick Tocchet. Currently employed as head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers, Tocchet previously held the same station with...
Tim Benz: Sidney Crosby leads the way but isn’t alone in Penguins’ season-saving winVideo
Does the “Phans of Philly” group have any money left after they bought I-95 billboard space to mock Sidney Crosby? If they do, hopefully they buy similar billboard ad placement somewhere between Pittsburgh International Airport and PPG Paints Arena. Maybe the Penguins captain will see the signs on the way...
Minor league report: Penguins to face Bears in semifinal roundVideo
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins will face the rival Hershey Bears in a best-of-five Atlantic Division semifinal round of the Calder Cup playoffs. That matchup was determined on Saturday with the sixth-seeded Springfield Thunderbirds defeating the third-seeded Charlotte Checkers in a first-round series. With the second-seeded Penguins receiving a bye through the...
Penguins stay alive in series with 4-2 win in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA — Having missed the postseason in each of their previous three campaigns, the Pittsburgh Penguins have a heightened appreciation for the privilege of playing truly meaningful games into late April. They’ll be able to play one more such game thanks to a 4-2 victory against the Philadelphia Flyers in...
Penguins turn to rookie goaltender Arturs Silovs to extend their season
PHILADELPHIA — After turning to him for their first game of the regular season, the Pittsburgh Penguins are once again turning to Arturs Silovs to extend their season. Facing a 3-0 deficit in their first-round series against the Philadelphia Flyers, the Penguins installed the rookie goaltender in their net for...
