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Penguins defenseman Kris Letang sidelined by injury
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang has been labeled as “day to day” due to an undisclosed injury he suffered during a 6-1 home loss to the New York Rangers on Saturday. Letang crashed into the boards awkwardly while trying to deliver a check and did not record a shift beyond...
Minor league report: Penguins, Sergei Murashov win openerVideo
Goaltender Sergei Murashov made 23 saves on 24 shots and led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a season-opening 2-1 win against the Hartford Wolf Pack at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Forward Valtteri Puustinen scored Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s opening goal at 8:32 of the second period while defenseman Owen Pickering netted...
Penguins’ special teams falter in loss to Rangers
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ hot start was halted Saturday as they were routed by the New York Rangers, 6-1, at PPG Paints Arena. It was their first loss of the still-young season (2-1-0). A lopsided advantage in special teams propelled the Rangers to victory. They were 2 for 4 on the...
Penguins activate Bryan Rust from injured reserve, assign Ville Koivunen to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins activated forward Bryan Rust from injured reserve a handful of hours before a home game against the New York Rangers. In a corresponding transaction to make room on the active roster, rookie forward Ville Koivunen was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. Rust opened the...
Former Penguins coach Mike Sullivan remains affectionate for Pittsburgh
Mike Sullivan was never cursed with a strong attachment to sentimentality. He was brief on the occasions he was asked about his time as a bottom-six center for the expansion San Jose Sharks in the early 1990s. And discussions about his brief two-year tenure as head coach of the Boston...
Islanders’ Jonathan Drouin suspended for cross checking Penguins’ Connor DewarVideo
New York Islanders forward Jonathan Drouin was suspended one game by the NHL for cross checking Pittsburgh Penguins forward Connor Dewar in the face during a game Thursday. The league announced the suspension Friday afternoon. During the late stages of the Penguins’ 4-3 win at PPG Paints Arena, Penguins goaltender...
Now a regular, Penguins defenseman Ryan Shea wants to show ‘a different side of me’
Tuesday’s season-opening 3-0 road win against the New York Rangers represented a lot of significant firsts to celebrate for members of the Pittsburgh Penguins. It was Dan Muse’s first game as head coach. For defenseman Harrison Brunicke and forward Ben Kindel, the teenagers got into their first career NHL games....
Penguins deliver win to coach Dan Muse in ‘very special’ home opener
Dan Muse has been doing quite a bit to endear himself to Pittsburgh since he was hired as the Penguins’ 23rd coach June 4. During training camp in Cranberry last month, he held a door open for fans to enter the rink and thanked them for coming to watch practice....
Penguins debut new yellow jerseys in home opener
The Pittsburgh Penguins unveiled a new third jersey Thursday as they took the ice for their home-opening contest against the New York Islanders. Quietly teased by the team via social media for a handful of days, the jersey’s primary color is yellow and features the traditional skating penguin crest. Per...
Former Penguins forward Anthony Angello retiresVideo
Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Anthony Angello has announced his retirement from professional hockey. Declaring his decision on Instagram, Angello quipped he would be finishing a degree from Cornell “at the ripe age of 30.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Anthony Angello (@anthony_angello) The Penguins selected Angello...
Penguins forward Filip Hallander makes season debutVideo
Filip Hallander got what he wanted, for one night at least. More than four years after he proclaimed, with bravado, he was approaching the Pittsburgh Penguins’ training camp to “take a spot” on the roster as a promising-but-raw prospect, he got a spot in the team’s lineup for its home...
Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry scheduled to start home opener
Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry is scheduled to start his team’s home opener against the New York Islanders at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday. Coach Dan Muse announced Jarry’s status following an optional morning skate in Cranberry. The decision to start Jarry comes on the heels of a 25-save effort...
Penguins forward Bryan Rust resumes practicing
The start of the 2025-26 season is pretty similar to how Bryan Rust began the 2024-25 campaign. Injured. Rust missed the first two games of last season and all he managed to do was set career highs in goals (31) and points (65). As the Pittsburgh Penguins forward recovers from...
Penguins goaltender Arturs Silovs: ‘I just want to seize it and do my best’
Watching Arturs Silovs warm up requires a bit of commitment. When the Pittsburgh Penguins rookie goaltender takes to the ice, he engages in a lengthy and elaborate process to get ready for a practice session or morning skate. First, he will slowly skate the length of the rink with gentle...
Rookie Arturs Silovs records shutout as Penguins blank Rangers in coach Dan Muse’s debut
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2025-26 season opener offered the same result as the 2024-25 opener in one respect. Mike Sullivan was not satisfied as his team was shut out. The main difference was that Sullivan’s current employer, the New York Rangers, was on the losing end as the Penguins claimed a...
Even as they move forward, the Penguins’ bond with Mike Sullivan endures
In fall 2005, Dan Muse had quite a challenge. He had to teach world history to high school freshmen. After the conclusion of his playing career as a forward at Stonehill College, Muse got a gig at Archbishop Williams High School in Braintree, Mass., requiring him to keep the attention...
Penguins announce season-opening roster
The Pittsburgh Penguins formally announced their season-opening roster Monday evening. The group of 23 active players includes: Forwards (13) — Noel Acciari, Justin Brazeau, Sidney Crosby, Connor Dewar, Filip Hallander, Ben Kindel, Ville Koivunen, Blake Lizotte, Evgeni Malkin, Anthony Mantha, Tommy Novak, Rickard Rakell and Philip Tomasino Defensemen (8) —...
Former Penguins forward Greg McKegg joins KHL’s Shanghai Dragons
Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Greg McKegg has signed with the Shanghai Dragons of Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League. That team announced the transaction via a release on Monday. While the team is billed as being from China’s largest city, it currently operates out of St. Petersburg, Russia, a designated “sister city.”...
Rookies Harrison Brunicke, Ben Kindel set to make NHL debuts in Penguins’ season opener
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Harrison Brunicke and forward Ben Kindel are each scheduled to make their NHL debuts on Tuesday in the team’s season opener, a road contest against the New York Rangers. Coach Dan Muse announced the pair of teenagers would be in the lineup following a practice in Cranberry...
What will success look like in Dan Muse’s 1st year as Penguins coach?
Like anyone who spent time in the Yellowhammer State, Dan Muse is a big fan of Alabama football. But unlike many Crimson Tide fans, he has patience for Kalen DeBoer, the scrutinized coach of the program who has the daunting task of succeeding Nick Saban, arguably the greatest college football...
Penguins defenseman Ryan Graves, 4 others assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned five players to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) after they cleared waivers on Sunday. That group includes forwards Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Boko Imama and Sam Poulin, as well as defensemen Alex Alexeyev and Ryan Graves. The most notable member of the group is Graves, who...
Things look ‘pretty cool’ for Penguins rookie Ville KoivunenVideo
Like many athletes, Ville Koivunen has a crutch phrase he leans on when he explains things. Nugatory idioms such as “obviously” or “at the end of the day” as well as “for me, personally” litter the landscape of sporting sound bites. In contrast, the Pittsburgh Penguins rookie forward employs a...
Tristan Jarry is back (in black) and ready to keep his job as the Penguins’ top goaltender
Tristan Jarry is a fan of the man in black. No, not Johnny Cash. Another outlaw. Ron Hextall. The former Pittsburgh Penguins general manager was a fiery goaltender during his playing career and occasionally donned black gear in the cage. Jarry and Hextall struck up a kinship based on their...
Player-by-player breakdown of the Penguins’ 2025-26 roster
A look at all 49 players the Pittsburgh Penguins have signed to an NHL contract ahead of the 2025-26 season. Forwards Noel Acciari — A veteran bottom-six penalty killer, Acciari entered training camp with a core muscle injury. Justin Brazeau — A large human (6-foot-6, 232 pounds) with some scoring...
Minor league report: Penguins beat Phantoms to finish preseasonVideo
A goal and an assist by defenseman Chase Pietila led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 3-1 preseason win against the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at the PPL Center in Allentown on Saturday. Forward Cal Burke recorded two assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton while forwards Kyle Criscuolo and Zach Gallant each contributed a...
