Penguins/NHL category, Page 86

For their first three preseason games, the Pittsburgh Penguins leaned heavily on young prospects and players fighting for a post-training camp roster spot. Thursday evening, when the Penguins play host to Buffalo at 7 p.m., will be a different story. Wednesday afternoon, the club released its lineup for the contest,...

A potential defensive pairing of Erik Karlsson and Marcus Pettersson presents the Pittsburgh Penguins with several advantages. Pettersson, whose game gears toward steady, defensive responsibility, seems like a natural complement to the style of Karlsson, which is largely defined by moving the puck into the opposition’s zone and generating offense....

From the right-wing boards, Sidney Crosby wound up and chopped a one-timer. What followed was a thud and a groan. Each sound emanated from some portion of Bryan Rust’s person. Crosby’s shot hit his linemate, who was stationed just above the crease on the southeast end of the main rink...

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ power play will be discussed ad nauseam all season. It will either produce up to its talent level and be in the NHL’s top five, or it will underachieve and cause the team to do the same. These Penguins will be that dependent on the power play....

Forwards Valtteri Puustinen and Radim Zohorna each had a goal and an assist for the Pittsburgh Penguins in a 4-3 preseason loss to the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena Tuesday. Zohorna opened the scoring 6 minutes, 23 seconds into regulation with his first goal of the preseason. Accepting...

Ty Smith has had some rough luck with his face. To be clear, the Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman is a perfectly handsome fellow. But his face has taken a beating over the past two years. At the end of the 2021-22 season, as a member of the New Jersey Devils, he...

Mark Pysyk’s attempt at a comeback with the Pittsburgh Penguins encountered a significant impediment. The veteran right-handed defenseman, in training camp on a professional tryout contract (PTO), will be out “longer term” because of an undisclosed injury he suffered during a 4-3 overtime road preseason loss to the Columbus Blue...

The Pittsburgh Penguins announced their lineup for Tuesday’s preseason game against the Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. Earlier on Monday, the Penguins made their first cuts from the list of 58 players originally invited to training camp. Now, ahead of the club’s third preseason game, 47 players...

The Pittsburgh Penguins made their first series of cuts from their training camp roster, jettisoning 10 players Monday. Forwards Matt Filipe, Dillon Hamaliuk, Sam Houde, Jagger Joshua and Evan Vierling, as well as goaltender Taylor Gauthier have been assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL). Hamaliuk and Gauthier...

Defenseman Joe Morrow, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ first-round pick in the 2011 NHL Draft, has signed with the Manchester Storm of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) in the United Kingdom. That team announced his signing via a release Monday. Selected No. 23 overall by the Penguins, Morrow never played for...

A goal by forward Jordan Dumais at 2:45 of overtime gave the Columbus Blue Jackets a 4-3 preseason win against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, on Sunday evening. It was the second game in a set of split-squad contests between the two clubs Sunday. Earlier in...

Growing up in Parma, Ohio, a southern suburb of Cleveland, Alex Nedeljkovic was situated roughly two hours away from NHL hockey. In two directions. The Columbus Blue Jackets were a straight shot to the southwest down Interstate 71. And to the southeast were the Pittsburgh Penguins via some combination of...

Shootout goals by forwards Alex Nylander and Brayden Yager allowed the Pittsburgh Penguins to open the preseason with a 3-2 victory against the Columbus Blue Jackets at PPG Paints Arena Sunday afternoon. A rebound goal by Nylander opened the scoring 9:03 into regulation. After Penguins forward Radim Zohorna flushed out...

After three practices at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry, the Pittsburgh Penguins play their first preseason games Sunday with split-squad contests against the Columbus Blue Jackets. The first game will be played at 1 p.m. at PPG Paints Arena, with the finale beginning at 7 p.m. in Columbus. The...

Having won it three times already in his spellbinding existence as an NHLer, Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin would like to see another Stanley Cup championship. But for the time being, he will have to enjoy someone else’s success. Namely, his new linemate, Reilly Smith, a trade acquisition from the...

In the majority of cases, membership within the Pittsburgh Penguins bottom-six forwards last season eventually led to a ticket out of town. Kasperi Kapanen, Brock McGinn and Teddy Blueger were gone by the March trade deadline, and Josh Archibald, Ryan Poehling, Nick Bonino and Danton Heinen were allowed to walk...

There isn’t much to distinguish Tristan Jarry from the rest of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ goaltenders. At least cosmetically. In the early days of training camp in Cranberry, Jarry has been sporting nearly all white pads. Just like projected backup Alex Nedeljovic. And reserve Magnus Hellberg. And prospects Joel Blomqvist and...

Erik Karlsson isn’t 100% unique. Not quite a unicorn. Pittsburgh hockey fans have seen one like him before. It’s just been a while. (Hint: He wore No. 77.) Since joining the Penguins via trade with San Jose, Karlsson has been conversationally lumped in with Kris Letang. Both are called offensive...

The vast majority of Lars Eller’s NHL career has allowed him to build up a familiarity with the Pittsburgh Penguins. A longtime member of the Canadiens (2010-16) and Capitals (2016-23), Eller saw quite a bit of the Penguins over the years, especially during his time in Washington. Eller joined the...

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jake Guentzel was one of five injured players who took to the ice before the first practice sessions on the opening day of training camp at the team’s facility Thursday in Cranberry. Sidelined following surgery to his right ankle in early August, Guentzel took to the ice...

Even by the typically disjointed standards of a training camp scrimmage, this was bizarre. A Marcus Pettersson breakaway. Getting loose off the left wing, the Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman bore down on goaltending prospect Joel Blomqvist and attacked, lifting a wrister from a few feet in front of the crease. Blomqvist...

After not reaching the playoffs last season — ending a 16-season streak — the Pittsburgh Penguins cleaned house in the front office and made the NHL’s biggest offseason trade. The Penguins reported to training camp Wednesday, with the first day of on-ice activities coming Thursday, here’s a guide to get...

SportsNet Pittsburgh, the new television network that will carry Penguins games, hired four former members of the team to be analysts for the upcoming season. Colby Armstrong, Phil Bourque, Jay Caulfield and Mike Rupp were named to various positions. Armstrong and Rupp will be in-game color and studio analysts while...