Penguins/NHL category, Page 51
Penguins recall goalie Alex Nedeljkovic from AHL ahead of 4-game road trip
The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League Saturday morning. Nedeljkovic, who started the season on injured reserve, was activated Wednesday and sent to the AHL for a conditioning stint. He started in net for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Friday vs. the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, recording 33...
Penguins’ penalty kill struggles in loss to HurricanesVideo
Letting up a pair of power-play goals Friday doesn’t mean that the Pittsburgh Penguins’ penalty kill should be degraded to liability status. After all, at puck drop against the Carolina Hurricanes, it ranked 10th in the NHL, having killed off 11 of 13 opposing man-advantages for a healthy 84.6% rate...
Minor league report: Alex Nedeljkovic leads Penguins to winVideo
In his season debut, goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic made 33 saves on 36 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-3 home win against the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Nedeljkovic was deployed to the American Hockey League affiliate on Thursday as a conditioning...
Penguins outworked in latest loss to Hurricanes
The Carolina Hurricanes have offered plenty of frustration to the Pittsburgh Penguins in recent years by employing a suffocating and aggressive man-on-man style of defense somewhat exclusive to their team. As a result, they had compiled an 11-3-1 record against the Penguins in the previous 15 games between the two...
Penguins still believe in goaltender Tristan Jarry despite rough start
Approximately a half hour after the Pittsburgh Penguins’ regulars left the ice following a morning skate in Cranberry, the team’s reserves — or projected healthy scratches — remained on the ice. One by one, they lumbered into the dressing room, well after the likes of Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang...
Penguins again turn to Joel Blomqvist in net to face Hurricanes
For the third time in the last five games, rookie goaltender Joel Blomqvist will start in net for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Coach Mike Sullivan revealed his starting netminder following the club’s morning skate in Cranberry on Friday, with the Carolina Hurricanes visiting PPG Paints Arena. “He’s gotten progressively better with...
Mark Madden: Tristan Jarry’s struggles leave tough decisions for Penguins
One shot, one goal. Two shots, two goals. Five shots, three goals. (With the third goal coming 32 seconds after the Penguins had scored to cut their deficit to 2-1.) Pulling goalie Tristan Jarry after Buffalo’s third goal Wednesday was an easy decision. He looked lazy and disengaged. More significantly,...
Penguins activate goalie Alex Nedeljkovic from IR, assign him to AHL for conditioning
The Pittsburgh Penguins activated goalie Alex Nedeljkovic from injured reserve Thursday morning, assigning him to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on a conditioning loan. Nedeljkovic suffered an undisclosed injury during the preseason and began the year on injured reserve. The 28-year-old has been on the ice in practice for...
Featuring high drama, assist from Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin’s 500th goal was unforgettableVideo
Evgeni Malkin couldn’t have asked for a much better 500th career goal. Or a crazier game for it to happen in. Without a doubt, the Penguins’ 6-5 overtime victory against the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday at PPG Paints Arena, highlighted by Malkin’s milestone, won’t soon be forgotten. “I don’t want...
Other than Evgeni Malkin’s 500th goal, nothing goes as planned in Penguins’ OT win over Sabres
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin had a couple of goals in mind as he entered his 19th season in the NHL Literally. With 498 career goals on his resume to open the 2023-24 season, Malkin wanted to reach that barrier of 500 which seems to vault a superstar into a...
Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin scores career goal No. 500 in 3rd period vs. BuffaloVideo
Evgeni Malkin entered his 19th NHL campaign this year knocking on the door of several individual career milestones. The longtime Pittsburgh Penguins center achieved 800 career assists on Oct. 11 and two nights later, hit 1,300 points, becoming only the 34th and 37th respective player in league history to do...
Penguins assign promising forward Rutger McGroarty to AHL
The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned promising forward Rutger McGroarty to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. McGroarty partook in the morning skate but did not factor into any line rushes, a usual indication of being a healthy scratch on game nights. The Penguins host the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday...
Hollidaysburg’s Sam Lafferty offers veteran presence for Sabres
Having turned 29 in March, Sam Lafferty is hardly an old man. An electron microscope would be required to find any kind of wrinkles on his face, and a playoff beard is probably more of a hope than a forecast for him. But with the Buffalo Sabres, the Hollidaysburg native...
Penguins scheduled to start Tristan Jarry vs. Sabres
The Pittsburgh Penguins are expected to start Tristan Jarry on Wednesday evening vs. the Buffalo Sabres at PPG Paints Arena. Jarry, the winning goalie in Monday’s road victory at Montreal, will start back-to-back games for the first time this season. Jarry is 1-1 with a 4.50 goals against average and...
Penguins’ bottom-6 forwards offer early season scoring
During the Pittsburgh Penguins’ preseason finale, a 7-3 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets at PPG Paints Arena on Oct. 4, all but one of the hosts’ goals came from what could be considered their bottom-six forwards. Noel Acciari (twice), Lars Eller (twice), rookie Rutger McGroarty and Jesse Puljujarvi were...
Goaltender Tristan Jarry gets 1st win as Penguins beat Canadiens
Tristan Jarry’s pursuit each and every time he steps into the net for the Pittsburgh Penguins is obvious. “To win more games, that’s always the goal in mind,” Jarry said Sept. 18 in Cranberry. “I want to win as many games (as possible).” Jarry achieved the desired result Monday as...
Minor league report: Goaltender Sergei Murashov leads Penguins to win in debutVideo
In his Americn Hockey League debut, goaltender Sergei Murashov made 27 saves on 28 shots and led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 4-1 road win against the Springfield Thunderbirds at the Mass Mutual Center in Springfield, Mass. on Sunday. Forward Jimmy Huntington recorded two assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (1-1-0-0) while forwards...
Are Penguins’ defensemen Ryan Graves, Jack St. Ivany a shutdown pairing?
With 20 years on his odometer as an NHL superstar, Sidney Crosby has butted heads with plenty of defensemen. One strain of blue liner seems to be the most common in Crosby’s encounters. A shutdown defenseman. A pair of them, in fact. Earlier in his career, Crosby would duke it...
Minor league report: Penguins drop season-opener to CheckersVideo
Forward Emil Bemstrom had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, who lost their season opener, 7-6, to the Charlotte Checkers at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Defensemen Sebastian Aho and Nate Clurman as well as forwards Ville Koivunen and Sam Poulin all recorded two assists...
Rookie goalie Joel Blomqvist earns 2nd straight start for Penguins in Toronto
The Pittsburgh Penguins are turning to rookie goaltender Joel Blomqvist for their third game of the season Saturday in Toronto vs. the Maple Leafs. Blomqvist, 22, impressed in his NHL debut Thursday at Detroit, making 32 saves on 35 shots vs. the Red Wings, helping the Penguins to a 6-3...
Penguins lose to Maple Leafs as goaltender Joel Blomqvist starts again
When Joel Blomqvist found out he would be getting a promotion — albeit a temporary one — as the Pittsburgh Penguins’ backup goaltender while incumbent Alex Nedeljkovic convalesced from an undisclosed injury, he was modest about the development. But confident. “I feel like my game is getting better all the...
Unlike baseball counterparts, Penguins have no complaints about new Fanatics jerseys
It’s no secret that NHL players can be notoriously picky about the gear they use and wear. Sidney Crosby always has been particular about the blade of his stick. Several seasons ago, X (then known as Twitter) account GeerGeek.com noted that Evgeni Malkin had changed sticks well over 100 times...
Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin records 800th career assist in win over Red Wings
When the Penguins made the decision to keep their veteran core together, they all but ensured a number of career milestones would be reached by Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang over the next few years. The first such milestone of this season arrived Thursday night when Malkin recorded...
Rookie goaltender Joel Blomqvist leads Penguins to 1st win
The Pittsburgh Penguins need Joel Blomqvist. After all, established backup goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic opened the 2024-25 season on injured reserve due to an undisclosed ailment and someone has to be the backup. But they really needed him Thursday. Making his NHL debut, Blomqvist made 29 saves on 32 shots and...
Tim Benz: Nothing was working for the Penguins in their season openerVideo
With Pittsburgh Steelers players Najee Harris and Pat Freiermuth in attendance at PPG Paints Arena, the Penguins had more of a George Pickens kind of night in their season opener. Their net was “Open (Bleepin’) Always.” The Penguins lost 6-0 at home to the New York Rangers in their first...
