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Mark Madden: Rivalry with Sidney Crosby helps shape Alex Ovechkin’s place in hockey history
Alex Ovechkin’s pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s career goal-scoring record has been temporarily halted by a knee injury that has Ovechkin listed as week to week. Ovechkin isn’t just chasing a number. He’s solidifying his place in hockey history. If he breaks hockey’s most sacred career mark, Ovechkin can’t help but...
Penguins’ Jesse Puljujarvi finds net after switch to left wingVideo
Jesse Puljujarvi couldn’t put his finger on exactly how many of his 374 career NHL games involved him being deployed at left wing, other than admitting it has been with far less frequency as compared to the right side. Regardless, on the left is where coach Mike Sullivan has seen...
Fans boo goaltender Tristan Jarry as Penguins blow lead in OT loss to Lightning
Tristan Jarry was booed before the game even began Tuesday. When the Pittsburgh Penguins’ starting lineup was announced over the public address system at PPG Paints Arena, there was a mix of cheers and jeers as Jarry’s name was read. And on the occasions he played a puck dumped into...
Former Penguins forward Jake Guentzel is loving life with the LightningVideo
Tampa Bay Lightning forward Jake Guentzel had been in the visiting dressing room of PPG Paints Arena before Tuesday’s morning skate. He was stationed there as a member of the Carolina Hurricanes on March 26 during the late stages of the 2023-24 season. But even before that, some of his...
Penguins to start Tristan Jarry vs. Tampa Bay
The Pittsburgh Penguins will turn to Tristan Jarry on Tuesday night vs. the Tampa Bay Lightning at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Mike Sullivan revealed his starting netminder following the club’s morning skate in Cranberry. Jarry is 1-2-0 with a 5.36 goals-against average and .847 save percentage this season. He is...
Penguins assistant coach Mike Vellucci sidelined following minor medical procedure
Pittsburgh Penguins assistant coach Mike Vellucci will be away from the team for approximately a week after undergoing an undisclosed medical procedure that was labeled as minor. Head coach Mike Sullivan announced Vellucci’s status following practice in Cranberry on Monday. Vellucci did not participate in the practice session. The procedure...
Penguins defenseman Kris Letang sidelined day-to-day with illness
After missing the Pittsburgh Penguins’ last two games because of illness, defenseman Kris Letang remained absent from practice as the club took the ice for practice Monday in Cranberry. Following the session, coach Mike Sullivan revealed Letang skated individually in the morning, along with forwards Kevin Hayes (undisclosed ailment) and...
Anthony Beauvillier earning keep on Penguins’ top lineVideo
Last week, a day after providing the Pittsburgh Penguins’ only offense in a blowout loss to the Dallas Stars, Anthony Beauvillier spoke about closing in on his goal total from last season. Beauvillier’s tally in the 7-1 defeat Nov. 11 was his fourth of the season in game No. 17...
Madden Monday on Mike Sullivan: ‘His situation would have gotten any coach in any sport in history fired by now’
On Saturday night, the Penguins blew a 3-0 lead to one of the worst teams in the NHL, the San Jose Sharks (5-10-4, 14 points). Fortunately, though, the Penguins ended up winning 4-3 in a shootout. By their standards in 2024, for these Penguins, that’s a pretty good night. What...
Penguins get younger with rookies Owen Pickering, Vasily Ponomarev, Sam Poulin
Over the span of five days, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ active roster saw a considerable decline. In age. When they took the ice for a 7-1 home loss to the Dallas Stars on Nov. 11, they had an average age of a ripe 30.2. By the time they dispatched the San...
Minor league report: Penguins, Joel Blomqvist beaten by IslandersVideo
In his season debut at the American Hockey League level, goaltender Joel Blomqvist made 29 saves on 32 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-2 loss to the Bridgeport Islanders at Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday. Forwards Raivis Ansons and Tristan Broz each scored goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (8-4-1-0). Highlights:...
Penguins turn to youth in shootout win against Sharks
Mike Sullivan professes a base consideration when he crafts each and every lineup he writes out as coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins. “Which guy gives us the best chance to win,” Sullivan said as recently as Nov. 10. “That is what pro sports is all about. Performance is always going...
Penguins rookie defenseman Jack St. Ivany feels more secure as an NHLer
Jack St. Ivany reached a minor milestone Friday, but he wasn’t aware it was approaching when the topic was brought up earlier in the week. The right-handed defenseman set a career high in games played when he dressed for his 15th contest of the season Friday, a 6-2 road loss...
Penguins defenseman Kris Letang remains sidelined due to illness
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang will miss Saturday’s home game against the San Jose Sharks at PPG Paints Arena because of an unspecified illness. It will be the second consecutive game he has been scratched with the malady. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Letang’s status approximately two hours before Saturday’s game....
Minor league report: Nailers beat Fuel in shootoutVideo
A shootout goal by forward Jack Beck gave the Wheeling Nailers a 2-1 win against the Indy Fuel at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va. on Friday. Goaltender Sergei Murashov made 24 saves on 25 shots in regulation and overtime then stopped all three shots he faced in the shootout to...
Penguins, Tristan Jarry blasted by Blue Jackets
Tristan Jarry’s first NHL game in nearly a month went much better than his previous appearance. After all, he played the entire game. He didn’t even complete a period the last time he participated in an NHL contest. But that was seemingly the only triumph for Jarry and the Pittsburgh...
Penguins activate forward Matt Nieto from long-term injured reserve
The Pittsburgh Penguins activated forward Matt Nieto from long-term injured reserve on Friday and placed forward Blake Lizotte on regular injured reserve. Nieto has not played and NHL contest since Nov. 30, 2023 due to various knee injuries that have required surgery. During a recent conditioning assignment with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of...
Mark Madden: Evgeni Malkin will always be remembered as a Penguins’ all-time great
Some have said I’m too hard on Evgeni Malkin. I don’t think that’s correct. It’s true I don’t see him as Sidney Crosby’s equal. Because he’s not. But Malkin is an all-time great. It’s true I would have traded Malkin in 2018 when he would have fetched big return. Assembling...
Penguins recall 2022 1st-round pick Owen Pickering from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled 20-year-old defenseman Owen Pickering from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Friday morning ahead of a 7 p.m. road puck drop vs. the Columbus Blue Jackets. Pickering, the Penguins’ first-round (No. 21 overall) draft pick two years ago, would be in line to make his...
First Call: Russell Wilson wants to play at least 5 more years; framework disclosed for NFL’s 18-game scheduleVideo
Friday’s “First Call” has Russell Wilson’s projection for how much longer he wants to play in the NFL. There’s a road map for how — and when — the NFL plans to get to an 18-game season. We examine the basketball version of the Backyard Brawl as well as the...
Penguins recall forwards Matt Nieto, Vasily Ponomarev from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled forwards Matt Nieto and Vasily Ponomarev from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. In a corresponding transaction, rookie goaltender Joel Blomqvist was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Nieto was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Saturday for conditioning purposes. The 32-year-old winger has not played any NHL games since Nov....
U mad, bro?: Failed fake punt debate; criticism of Steelers media; putrid Penguins failures adding up
What a difference a year makes! Right about this time in 2023, the Steelers were 6-3, but no one was happy because we were all in full-blown “FIRE CANADA” mode. Now the Steelers are a mere one game better at 7-2, yet it feels 180 degrees different around the city....
Latest quest to establish himself as NHL player begins for Penguins’ Sam Poulin
Sam Poulin’s ability to persevere through tough situations cannot be doubted. Off the ice, Poulin successfully navigated a multi-month period away from hockey, having taken an absence from the Penguins organization in 2022-23, prioritizing his mental health. At the end of this preseason, Poulin, whom the Penguins chose 19th overall...
Minor league report: Penguins fall to Phantoms in overtimeVideo
Defenseman Owen Pickering scored his first career professional goal for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-3 overtime loss to the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at the PPL Center in Allentown on Wednesday. Forwards Emil Bemstrom and Marc Johnstone also scored goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (8-3-1-0) while goaltender Filip Larsson made 35...
Penguins see hope in overtime loss to Red Wings
Bryan Rust knows there are plenty of questions about the Pittsburgh Penguins at the moment. And the right winger acknowledges the solutions aren’t plainly obvious. “If we would have had all the answers, we wouldn’t have done the things that have happened this past however long,” Rust said Tuesday in...
