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Penguins’ Jake Guentzel earns NHL honor
Carrying a six-game scoring streak into Tuesday night’s meeting with the San Jose Sharks, Pittsburgh Penguins winger Jake Guentzel was named the NHL’s third star of week Monday. Guentzel had five goals and an assist in three games last week, including a hat trick in a 7-4 Penguins victory over...
Last-place teams giving Penguins fits
Welcome to the 2018-19 Pittsburgh Penguins season, where the last shall be first and the first shall be last. Jeff Carter had a goal and two assists, Anze Kopitar scored twice and Jonathan Quick made 38 saves, leading the Los Angeles Kings to a 5-2 victory over the Penguins late...
Penguins fall to Kings, goalie Jonathan Quick
LOS ANGELES — Jonathan Quick got another memento to add to the plastic tub in his attic filled with pucks commemorating important achievements. Quick stopped 38 shots to get his 301st win, leading the Kings to a 5-2 win over Pittsburgh on Saturday night, snapping the Penguins’ six-game road winning...
Penguins’ Kris Letang makes best case yet for Norris Trophy
The Norris Trophy, given annually to the top defenseman in the NHL, is decided by a vote of hockey writers, not players. But if Pittsburgh Penguins center Derick Brassard had a ballot, he would have filled it out sometime in the late evening hours Dec. 12. He had just watched...
Penguins win in Anaheim without leaning on goalie Matt Murray
While the Pittsburgh Penguins were ripping off eight straight wins through late December and early January, they were aided and abetted by a red-hot goaltender. It was easy to wonder what those results would have looked like if Matt Murray hadn’t been playing out of his mind. Well, there’s a...
Jake Guentzel’s hat trick helps Penguins storm past Ducks
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Jake Guentzel scored three times, Phil Kessel got the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period and the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied from an early three-goal deficit for a 7-4 victory over the Ducks on Friday night, sending Anaheim to its 10th consecutive loss. Tanner Pearson scored the...
Penguins sign goalie Casey DeSmith to 3-year extension
While Matt Murray was sidelined for a month with a lower-body injury earlier this season, Casey DeSmith stepped up and prevented the Pittsburgh Penguins from falling into the abyss. On Friday, he was rewarded for his efforts. DeSmith signed a three-year extension with an average annual salary of $1.25 million,...
Penguins’ Kris Letang voted into NHL All-Star Game
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang will join teammate Sidney Crosby at the NHL All-Star Game after all. The league announced the winners of fan balloting to determine the last man on the rosters for each of the four divisions Friday afternoon. Letang won the vote for the Metropolitan Division, coming...
Penguins’ Patric Hornqvist out with another concussion
Pittsburgh Penguins winger Patric Hornqvist is sidelined with a concussion for the second time this season, coach Mike Sullivan said Thursday. Hornqvist was injured when he took a puck to the face in the first period of Tuesday night’s game against the Florida Panthers. It’s the fourth documented concussion for...
Penguins reaping rewards of trade for Marcus Pettersson
Daniel Sprong is a simple, 21-year-old Dutchman just trying to score a few goals in the cruel world of professional hockey. It’s not his fault the Pittsburgh Penguins got off to a poor start to this season. Marcus Pettersson is a humble, 22-year-old Swede just trying to establish himself as...
Penguins once again need to tighten up with lead
When the Pittsburgh Penguins open a five-game western road trip Friday night in Anaheim, they will be looking to bounce back from a 5-1 victory over the Florida Panthers. It’s a lot like last week, when the Penguins rebounded from a 7-2 win over the New York Rangers to defeat...
Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin makes donation to victims of apartment explosion in his hometown
Pittsburgh Penguins star Evgeni Malkin donated almost $60,000 to victims of a New Year’s Eve apartment explosion in his hometown of Magnitogorsk, Russia, his former team announced Wednesday. According to a statement released by Magnitogorsk Metallurg of the KHL, Malkin gave 4 million rubles to a fund established to collect...
Bryan Rust’s resurgence powers Penguins’ turnaround
Bryan Rust already has a job, one he’s been doing quite well lately, but if the Pittsburgh Penguins needed a mascot to represent how their season’s gone so far, he’d be a prime candidate. When the team was struggling, mired in the depths of the Eastern Conference standings, Rust had...
Penguins place Zach Aston-Reese on injured reserve
Pittsburgh Penguins winger Zach Aston-Reese will miss at least a week and likely more with an injury suffered during a 5-1 win over Florida on Tuesday night. The Penguins put Aston-Reese on injured reserve Wednesday after he was injured in a third-period fight with Colton Sceviour. The IR designation means...
Penguins score 2 short-handed goals, down PanthersVideo
When they essentially gave up three power-play goals in a Sunday loss, the Pittsburgh Penguins penalty killers vowed they’d have a better performance the next time out. They sure made good on that promise Tuesday. Not only did the Penguins successfully kill all four penalties they took, Bryan Rust and...
Penguins’ Zach Aston-Reese, 24, mixes well with Matt Cullen, 42
There are the one-liners that never fail to amuse his younger teammates. Plus, the stories gathered over 21 NHL seasons that serve as a learning tool for anyone in the Penguins locker room smart enough to pay attention. And, by the way, Matt Cullen still can get the job done...
Matt Murray gets call in net for Penguins vs. Panthers
Mike Sullivan’s juggling act with his goaltenders will put Matt Murray back in goal Tuesday night at PPG Paints Arena against the Florida Panthers. Murray, who is riding a career-long seven-game winning streak since returning Dec. 15 from a lower-body injury, got the night off Sunday in the Penguins’ 5-3...
Kevin Gorman: With Steelers’ season over, spotlight shines on Penguins
The season started slowly for their captain. They endured an uncommon losing streak that saw them slip out of the playoff picture. A former player created a stir by suggesting the coach’s message wasn’t getting through to two of the team’s high-profile players. Sound like another season of Pittsburgh Steelers...
With winning streak over, Penguins take stock of where they stand
The Pittsburgh Penguins tore through a 2 ½-week stretch, winning eight consecutive games and outscoring their foes by a 32-9 margin. Now that the run is over, though, the Penguins are left with a simple question: What, exactly, did the winning streak accomplish? “We are happy we are back where...
Sidney Crosby finds new role on Penguins penalty kill ‘fun’
Sidney Crosby is embracing his new role, even if it is one he did with regularity almost a decade ago. The Pittsburgh Penguins best player now is one of its best penalty-killers. “It’s something I did earlier on and then not so much for a long period of time there....
Chad Ruhwedel returns to former role as Penguins’ No. 8 defenseman
Chad Ruhwedel was back in a familiar spot Sunday night: the press box at PPG Paints Arena. While he’d rather be playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins, that beats where he was the previous 10 days. Ruhwedel returned to the Penguins after a conditioning stint at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, where he appeared in...
Penguins coach Mike Sullivan trains power play with positive reinforcement
The Pittsburgh Penguins saw their eight-game winning streak end with a 5-3 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night, in part, because of an ineffective power play. They went 0 for 3 with the man-advantage, including failing to score on 71 seconds of five-on-three time late in the first...
Derick Brassard helps Penguins’ third line show glimpse of dangerous potential
When discussing a victory over the Atlanta Falcons earlier this season, Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield said he had a strong performance because he woke up that morning feeling dangerous. It became a popular social media meme and was plastered on T-shirts sold around Northeast Ohio. Pittsburgh Penguins center Derick...
Blackhawks run win streak against Penguins to 10 games
During their now-completed eight-game winning streak, the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals and Western Conference favorite Winnipeg Jets. They won low-scoring nail-biters and high-scoring shootouts. On Sunday night, they finally ran into the game they couldn’t win. Dylan Strome broke a third-period tie, leading the Chicago...
Penguins recall Chad Ruhwedel from conditioning stint
The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled defenseman Chad Ruhwedel from a five-game conditioning stint with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL on Sunday. It was a successful stay for Ruhwedel, who had one goal, four assists and a plus-8 rating. Having slipped to eighth on the depth chart, Ruhwedel hasn’t played in an NHL...
