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Penguins’ Sidney Crosby curt on embellishment penalty
VORHEES TOWNSHIP, N.J. — On Friday, Penguins forward Sidney Crosby wasn’t terribly interested in re-litigating the embellishment penalty he received Wednesday in Game 3 of his team’s first-round series against the Philadelphia Flyers. At 18 minutes, 47 seconds of the first period, Crosby lined up for a faceoff in Philadelphia’s...
Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin: ‘We believe (in) ourselves. And I believe (in) my team”
VORHEES TOWNSHIP, N.J. — The Pittsburgh Penguins had reason to celebrate Friday. They scored a goal. During the final stages of a lengthy practice session that lasted approximately one hour — perhaps their longest such session in months — the team’s top power-play unit scored a goal. As goaltender Stuart...
Penguins may turn to Elmer Soderblom, Ilya Solovyov for Game 4
VORHEES TOWNSHIP, N.J. — The Pittsburgh Penguins shuffled a few of their lines and defensive pairings during a practice session at Flyers Training Center on Friday in advance of Game 4 of their first-round playoff series with the Philadelphia Flyers. With the team facing a 0-3 series deficit in the...
Penguins notebook: Players, coach Dan Muse question officials after Game 3 loss to FlyersVideo
PHILADELPHIA — The Pittsburgh Penguins had plenty of questions, and the NHL offered few answers after Game 3 of a first-round playoff series with the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday at Xfinity Mobile Arena. During a 5-2 win by the Flyers, officials virtually installed a revolving door on the penalty boxes...
Trio of Penguins prospects sign tryout contracts with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
PHILADELPHIA — A trio of Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospects signed amateur tryout contracts (ATO) with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League (AHL) for the remainder of the season on Thursday. Forwards Jordan Charron, Kale Dach and Travis Hayes agreed to ATOs with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. All three were members of...
Mark Madden: Bad calls, bigger problems: Penguins exposed beyond NHL officiating
NHL officiating is, by far, the worst of the major sports. In the playoffs, it finds a whole new level of wretched. Witness Game 3 of the Penguins-Flyers series Wednesday at Philadelphia. Sidney Crosby got called for the first embellishment penalty of his 21-year career. As Penguins coach Dan Muse...
Penguins goaltender Stuart Skinner is no stranger to rebounding from 3-0 deficitVideo
PHILADELPHIA — The history is hideous to peruse. And the math is even worse to look at. In the 213 instances throughout the NHL’s 108 years of existence in which a best-of-seven series has seen one participant race out to a 3-0 advantage, that team has claimed victory in 209...
U mad, bro: Penguins fans infuriated by 0-3 start vs. Flyers; pre-draft fretting from Steelers fansVideo
The Penguins’ surprisingly strong 2025-26 has meant that we have had much less of a hockey presence on a weekly basis here at “U mad, bro?” Based on how things have been going so far in the playoffs, you can be sure that is going to change this week. We...
Tim Benz: Flyers are playing WWE hockey, and the Penguins just got hit with a steel chair
The Pittsburgh Penguins have been outplayed so definitively in their best-of-seven playoff series against the Philadelphia Flyers that they could lose it in four games. Thanks to the officials hurting the cause, the Penguins have basically lost it in just three. The Pens are now down 0-3 after a 5-2...
Penguins on brink of elimination after penalty-filled loss to Flyers in Game 3
PHILADELPHIA – The Pittsburgh Penguins know exactly what the Philadelphia Flyers are all about. Chaos is their brand as much as their garish orange jerseys. And despite possessing a full realization of how their most enduring rival will go about their business, the Penguins look completely overwhelmed by the Flyers’...
Penguins recall goaltender Sergei Murashov from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
PHILADELPHIA — The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled rookie goaltender Sergei Murashov from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Wednesday. This transaction was made in advance of the Game 3 of a first-round playoff series between the Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Murashov, who was sitting in...
Penguins turn to Justin Brazeau to boost 2nd-chance scoring near the net
PHILADELPHIA — There aren’t many scenarios in which dressing a 6-foot-6, 232-pound buffalo of a power forward like Justin Brazeau would make your lineup smaller. Though when the guy he is replacing is the tallest player in franchise history — Elmer Soderblom is measured at 6-8, 252 pounds — there...
Penguins forward Justin Brazeau expected to rejoin lineup for Game 3
PHILADELPHIA — Pittsburgh Penguins forward Justin Brazeau is expected to rejoin his team’s lineup for Game 3 of his team’s first-round series against the Philadelphia Flyers at the Xfinity Mobile Arena on Wednesday. Coach Dan Muse declined to confirm the composition of his lineup but during a morning skate, Brazeau...
Penguins weigh lineup, power-play tweaks ahead of Game 3 in Philadelphia
Offensive stagnation will accompany the Pittsburgh Penguins into Wednesday’s pivotal Game 3 on the road against the Philadelphia Flyers, leaving coach Dan Muse at a crossroads. Following a shutout loss at home in Game 2 on Monday that gave Philadelphia a 2-0 lead in the first-round series, will Muse tinker...
Mark Madden: Flip the Script? Penguins getting written out instead
When the Pittsburgh Penguins made the playoffs, their PR catchphrase was “Flip the Script.” Receipts time. Revenge tour. You doubted us, but we showed you. Looks like the doubters were right. It just took longer than expected to manifest itself. Perhaps the Penguins will, indeed, flip the script in Game...
Joe Starkey’s Mailbag: What happened to the Penguins? Is Aaron Rodgers drama hijacking feel-good week for Steelers?
You ask. I answer. It’s time for “Mailing It In,” a weekly Q&A that appears Tuesdays at TribLive.com. Most of the questions come via X, but you can also hit me up at jraystarkey@gmail.com. Let’s gooooooo … Scoops, @Scoops1616: Dr. Joseph, Would it be possible to not utter the word...
Tim Benz: Penguins’ power play was the biggest villain in Game 2 loss to Flyers
After the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 3-0 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night, goaltender Stuart Skinner channeled the musical “Annie.” “When the sun comes up tomorrow, it’s a new day. A new opportunity for us to get better and become tighter as a group,” Skinner said after the Pens fell...
Facing steep odds, Penguins aim to reboot ahead of Game 3Video
History has shown that NHL clubs in the hole currently occupied by the Pittsburgh Penguins rarely manage to dig themselves out. The Penguins, by virtue of Monday’s 3-0 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 2 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff showdown, trail 2-0 in the series, which heads...
Penguins suffer shutout loss to Flyers, go down 2-0 in series
There were plenty of potential shortcomings for the Pittsburgh Penguins to worry about entering their first-round playoff series against the Philadelphia Flyers. All of them were viable concerns. Leaky goaltending. Spotty defense. An aging roster full of battered bodies. What wasn’t a cause of consternation was the offense. It was...
NHL’s Gary Bettman: Penguins’ sale to Hoffmanns still ‘a work in progress’
Once upon a time, if NHL commissioner Gary Bettman was coming to Pittsburgh, it was because he was trying to work with local or state politicians to secure funding for a new arena to keep the Penguins solvent (and in Pittsburgh). Almost 20 years after the power brokers in Harrisburg...
Penguins forward Justin Brazeau vows to be ready while a healthy scratch
Perhaps few people represent the surprising nature of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ success this season better than Justin Brazeau. The burly power forward scored the team’s first goal of 2025-26 during a season-opening 3-0 road win against the New York Rangers while setting career highs in goals (17) and points (34)...
Penguins goaltender Stuart Skinner scheduled to start Game 2 against Flyers
Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Stuart Skinner is scheduled to start Game 2 of his team’s first-round playoff series against the rival Philadelphia Flyers at PPG Paints Arena on Monday. Coach Dan Muse announced Skinner’s status following an optional morning skate in Cranberry. During Game 1, Skinner made 17 saves on 20...
Madden Monday: About the Pens-Flyers Game 1 — ‘If we want to point fingers, I don’t have enough hands’
Not only did the Pittsburgh Penguins lose their 2026 playoff opener to the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night at PPG Paints Arena, they also did so in concerning fashion. The team managed just 17 shots on goal during the 3-2 loss. The power play was feckless on both of its...
Minor league report: Nailers’ opening round schedule against Royals announced
The ECHL released the schedule for the opening round of the Kelly Cup playoffs on Sunday. Having won the North Division, the Wheeling Nailers will face the Reading Royals. The schedule for that best-of-seven series: April 24 – Royals at Nailers, 7:10 p.m. April 25 – Royals at Nailers, 7:10...
Cup of Joe (Starkey): Flyers looked like 2016 Penguins in Game 1, as Rick Tocchet outcoached Dan Muse. Time to simplify
Cup of Joe: Starkey on sports in 400 words or less (sometimes more) It’s one thing to move Evgeni Malkin to the wing. It’s quite another to move him to defense — yet that is where Malkin found himself too many times in the Penguins’ Game 1 loss to the...
