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Penguins will start Tristan Jarry against Marc-Andre Fleury
The Penguins will conclude their three-game homestand at PPG Paints Arena on Saturday against the Vegas Golden Knights with backup Tristan Jarry in net. Jarry is scheduled to start his second game of the season. His first came in a 7-2 road win against the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday. During...
From Hollidaysburg to Pittsburgh, Penguins rookie Sam Lafferty writing ‘awesome story’
It’s not that difficult to get from Hollidaysburg to Pittsburgh. You just hop on Route 22, taking it until it runs into Interstate 376 and you’re there. The only toll it extracts is on your tolerance for potholes and orange PennDot construction barrels over a two-hour stretch. The road from...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 4, Stars 2
Observations from the Penguins’ 4-2 win against the Stars. The story of the Penguins to this embryonic point of the regular season are the injuries up front. For better or worse, they’re beat up. Yet, it’s led to quite a bit of opportunity for so many of their lower-tiered players...
Matt Murray’s timely save lifts the Penguins past the StarsVideo
Mike Sullivan has plenty of phrases or idioms he leans on. Being “conscientious” on defense is one of them. The “200-foot” game is a classic. And don’t forget “drill down” when the Penguins’ coach explains how he evaluates many things. His greatest hit might just be the “timely save.” Matt...
Ex-Penguins defenseman Jamie Oleksiak is getting a second chance with the Stars
Things were a bit awkward for Jamie Oleksiak last Christmas. Traveling home to Toronto during the NHL’s holiday break in December, he was stopped at a New York-Ontario border crossing and asked if he was traveling for business or pleasure. It was pleasure, as he was visiting his family. He...
Dominik Kahun still searching for first goal with PenguinsVideo
Dominik Kahun is something of a rarity among the Penguins forwards. First, he’s healthy. Unlike so many of his teammates, Kahun has nary a scratch on his body. But most importantly, he’s the only able-bodied forward on the roster who has yet to score a goal through seven games. “It’s...
Nick Bjugstad, Bryan Rust participate in Penguins’ morning skate
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ morning skate at PPG Paints Arena on Friday featured a rarity. Actual players on the ice. As they get deeper into the regular season, the Penguins have opted to make their morning skates optional and the vast majority of players — at least those who aren’t destined...
Penguins’ Jared McCann practices, could send Juuso Riikola back to ‘D’
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jared McCann resumed practicing Thursday in Cranberry. He missed Wednesday’s 3-2 overtime win against the Colorado Avalanche because of an undisclosed injury. “He had a good practice,” coach Mike Sullivan said. “His status is the same. He’s day-to-day, so he’ll be a game-time decision (Friday). But certainly...
Adam Johnson hoping to make it big with PenguinsVideo
Hibbing is small city of just over 15,000 people in the northeastern corner of Minnesota, right in the state’s famed Iron Range. It’s a modest place that was built up primarily on mining in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. While iron ore is what Hibbing largely exists on,...
Penguins forward Alex Galchenyuk suffered an allergic reactionVideo
Penguins forward Alex Galchenyuk, already sidelined due to an undisclosed “lower-body” injury, is also recovering from an unspecified allergic reaction. On Wednesday, TSN reported Galchenyuk suffered a spider bite and that his reaction has delayed his recovery from the injury he initially suffered during training camp. “It’s not confirmed that...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 3, Avalanche 2
Observations from the Penguins’ 3-2 win against the Avalanche. The Penguins drove the message all offseason about playing with a greater level of hunger and urgency and attentiveness (and every other platitude you can apply to the concept of desire) than what the 2018-19 version of the club displayed. And...
Brandon Tanev’s daring overtime goal gives Penguins win over AvalancheVideo
Brandon Tanev isn’t timid. The laceration on his nose, which never seems to heal, would suggest he’s not afraid of much on an NHL rink. Regularly involved in truculent on-ice interactions and consistently the entity initiating contact instead of waiting for its arrival, Tanev is no shrinking violet. The courage...
Penguins dress Juuso Riikola on left wing with Jared McCann sidelined
Penguins defenseman Juuso Riikola made his season debut against the Avalanche at PPG Paints Arena on Wednesday, just not where his position designates him. With forward Jared McCann sidelined due to an undisclosed injury, the Penguins promoted forward Sam Lafferty from the right wing of the fourth line to the...
Erik Gudbranson gets used to left side for Penguins
Erik Gudbranson was in a foreign place Sunday. No, not Winnipeg. The veteran Penguins defenseman has played there a handful of times throughout his nine NHL seasons. The unfamiliar realm he ventured into was the port side of the ice at Bell MTS Place. After being a scratch for two...
Former Penguins defenseman Ian Cole bounces back from double hip surgery
Things looked different to Ian Cole when he watched the Pittsburgh Penguins practice at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday. He didn’t recognize many of the players on the ice. Cole left the Penguins late in the 2017-18 season when he was traded to the Ottawa Senators in the deal that...
Joseph Blandisi hopes he can find the right blend with Penguins
Is it Joe or Joseph? “Joe is fine.” For Joe Blandisi — listed as “Joseph” on all of the NHL’s and Penguins’ official guides as well as websites — the formality of his first name doesn’t define him. The nomenclature which really explains who he is, is his nickname. “Blender.”...
Penguins forward Jared McCann sidelinedVideo
Penguins forward Jared McCann is day to day because of an undisclosed injury according to coach Mike Sullivan. McCann skipped practice at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday. He has been serving as the team’s second-line center since Evgeni Malkin left the lineup because of an undisclosed ailment on Oct. 5....
Drawing penalties is part of Brandon Tanev’s value to the Penguins
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — During the middle stages of a tight defensive contest with the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday at PPG Paints Arena, the Pittsburgh Penguins opened the scoring with a power-play goal off a deflection by Sidney Crosby. It proved to be a vital score as the Penguins won 2-1....
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 7, Jets 2
Observations from the Penguins’ 7-2 win against the Jets. WINNIPEG, Manitoba — When the Penguins drafted Sam Lafferty in the fourth-round of the 2014 draft, it was a great story. The local - or as local as Hollidaysburg is in relation to the city limits of Pittsburgh - kid gets...
Penguins offense keeps rolling in rout of Jets
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — It was bound to end. Surely, there was no way it could be sustained. At some point, the Penguins had to face the harsh reality. They could not expect Sidney Crosby to continually buoy their offense while fellow superstar Evgeni Malkin and skilled contributors such as Alex...
Tristan Jarry to make his season debut for the Penguins
WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Backup goaltender Tristan Jarry is expected to make his season debut for the Penguins when they face the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday at the Bell MTS Place. Matt Murray has started and completed all five of the team’s games to this point of the season. Jarry, 24,...
Tanev is latest Penguins player to experience facing former team
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Bell MTS Centre is the smallest building in the NHL by seating capacity. Capable of holding only 15,321 frigid but hearty souls from the Canadian Prairies, it is the league’s leanest by nearly 500 seats. The Barclays Center in Brooklyn, part-time home of the New York...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 7, Wild 4
Observations from the Penguins’ 7-4 win against the Minnesota Wild. ST. PAUL, Minn. — After practice on Friday in Cranberry, Mike Sullivan was asked if he guides “the AHL guys” — players recently recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton — any differently than veteran players. Sullivan offered a slight protest in how the...
Penguins’ 4th line of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton call-ups leads team to win over Wild
Joseph Blandisi, Adam Johnson and Sam Lafferty began the week on an AHL payroll. They ended it on an NHL scoresheet. Playing on the fourth line, three forwards, recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton over the past several days, each scored goals and helped the Penguins outscore the Minnesota Wild in a slightly...
Fight by Penguins’ Teddy Blueger no surprise to Mike Sullivan
ST. PAUL, Minn — Pittsburgh Penguins forward Joseph Blandisi made his season debut Saturday against the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center. The Penguins recalled Blandisi from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Friday and assigned forward Andrew Agozzino to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. “(Blandisi is) another player that’s part of the...
