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Penguins forward Danton Heinen’s scoring speaks volumesVideo
A politely bashful soul, Pittsburgh Penguins forward Danton Heinen is a man of few words. Ask him about any individual success, and he’ll typically deflect the query with a response about teamwide goals. And thankfully for his team, he has found plenty of goals in his year-plus tenure with the...
Minor league report: Alex Nylander leads Penguins past Wolf Pack in shootoutVideo
A shootout goal by forward Alex Nylander gave the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 4-3 road win against the Hartford Wolf Pack at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. on Saturday. Goaltender Filip Lindberg made 27 saves on 30 shots in regulation and overtime then stopped all three shots he faced in...
Penguins come back to beat Blue Jackets without forward Jake Guentzel
The Penguins can’t replace Jake Guentzel for however long he is sidelined due to a presumed head injury. And they certainly weren’t able to do that during a road contest against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena on Saturday. Literally. With fourth-line center Teddy Blueger also absent due to...
Minor league report: Goaltender Dustin Tokarski leads Penguins to 1st winVideo
Goaltender Dustin Tokarski made 26 saves on 27 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 2-1 home win against the Laval Rocket at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Forwards Nathan Legare and Alex Nylander scored goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (1-0-1-0) in the team’s first win of the season. Highlights:...
Penguins forward Jake Guentzel’s status uncertain for upcoming road tripVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jake Guentzel will travel with the team for its upcoming road trip, predominantly through Western Canada. But his status remains uncertain after he was struck in the head by a puck in the late stages of Thursday’s 6-1 home win against the Los Angeles Kings at PPG...
After Tristan Jarry bails out the Penguins early, goals follow in rout of the Kings
A cursory glance at the scoresheet from the Penguins’ 6-1 win against the Los Angeles Kings at PPG Paints Arena would appear lopsided. And sure enough, it was. Especially in the first period. That’s when the Kings were by far the better team as they outshot the Penguins, 16-9. The...
Former Penguins forward prospect Jan Drozg signs in Russia
Former Penguins forward prospect Jan Drozg has signed with Amur Khabarovsk of Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The KHL announced the transaction on Thursday with a release. A fifth-round pick (No. 152 overall) in 2017, spent parts of four seasons with the Penguins organization, primarily with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American...
Penguins expected to start goaltender Tristan Jarry against Kings
The Penguins are expected to start goaltender Tristan Jarry for Thursday’s home game against the Los Angeles Kings at PPG Paints Arena. Penguins coach Mike Sullivan announced Jarry’s status following an optional morning skate. Jarry has played in two games this season and has a 2-0-0 record, a 2.01 goals...
Penguins defenseman Jeff Petry adjusting to Pittsburgh
Defenseman Jeff Petry has played in 806 games in his NHL career. The first 295 came with the Edmonton Oilers. The three most recent have been as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins. And the middle — and perhaps, most profound — 508 were in the service of the Montreal...
Penguins surrender 2-goal lead in overtime loss to Canadiens
Mike Sullivan crossed paths with Martin St. Louis fairly early in his coaching career. During the 2007-08 season, Sullivan joined the Tampa Bay Lightning as an assistant coach under head coach John Tortorella. St. Louis was one of the stars of that franchise and established an enduring relationship with Sullivan....
Minor league report: Penguins-Comets game suspended due to power outage
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins’ second game of the season against the Utica Coments was suspended on Monday due to a power outage at the Utica (N.Y.) Memorial Auditorium. Play was halted at 17:17 of the second period when the lights went out. The American Hockey League announced the game was suspended...
Penguins defenseman P.O Joseph is ready for a new experience in MontrealVideo
P.O Joseph has all of 22 NHL games on his resume. In that sense, the 23-year-old hasn’t even shot his age yet. So, the left-handed Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman doesn’t have much experience to draw from. But he has had some first-hand on-ice involvement in a Penguins game at Montreal’s Bell...
Penguins forward Teddy Blueger’s absence is being felt on the penalty kill
Injured Penguins forward Teddy Blueger will miss the Penguins’ third game of the season, a road contest against the Montreal Canadiens on Monday. Following an optional practice in Cranberry on Sunday, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan indicated Blueger will not travel with the team. Blueger’s status remains “day to day” due...
Minor league report: Penguins open season with overtime loss to PhantomsVideo
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins opened their season with a 3-2 overtime home loss to the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Forward Alexander Nylander had a goal and an assist for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton while forward Sam Poulin also scored a goal. Goaltender Dustin Tokarski made 19...
Penguins’ stars ground Lightning for home win
The Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning might not be what they once were. That said, they each own some highly coveted real estate in a pretty exclusive neighborhood within the NHL as the only teams to win back-to-back Stanley Cup championships since the institution of the salary cap almost...
Penguins aggressive in signing defenseman Jan Rutta from Lightning
Although the Pittsburgh Penguins spent $100,075,000 — a figure that could rival the gross domestic product of a handful of sovereign states — in re-signing incumbent players on their roster this offseason, they weren’t terribly aggressive in the free agent market. But they moved quickly to sign one newcomer when...
NHL finds no evidence against former Penguins defenseman Ian Cole
The NHL has found no evidence to substantiate allegations of sexual assault by former Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Ian Cole, a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning. On Saturday evening, the league issued a statement indicating it had concluded an investigation into the allegations that originally became public in an anonymous...
Penguins to start goaltender Tristan Jarry against Lightning
The Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Tristan Jarry in Saturday’s home contest against the Tampa Bay Lightning at PPG Paints Arena. Jarry was in net for the Penguins’ season-opener Thursday, a 6-2 home win against the Arizona Coyotes. He made 26 saves on 28 shots in that victory. In...
New defensemen Jeff Petry, Jan Rutta are already paying dividends for the Penguins
By most measures, the Penguins had a strong offseason, particularly in trying to retool their blue line with the additions of veteran defensemen Jeff Petry and Jan Rutta. The Penguins drew mostly strong reviews for those transactions, aimed at improving their play around their net. Perhaps the strongest endorsement came...
Penguins beat Coyotes in season-opener as Sidney Crosby collects 3 points
In a career that never ceases to register a new milestone or achievement, Sidney Crosby reached another marker that carries significance unlike any other Thursday. For Crosby or for anyone else in a Pittsburgh Penguins jersey. Stepping onto the ice of PPG Paints Arena, Crosby began his 18th campaign with...
Penguins forward Teddy Blueger misses season opener due to injury
Forward Teddy Blueger was absent from the Penguins’ lineup for their season-opening game Thursday against the Arizona Coyotes at PPG Paints Arena. An undisclosed injury has hobbled Blueger, typically the Penguins’ fourth-line center, since he was injured during a practice session in Cranberry on Sept. 28. Since then, he has...
Penguins to start goaltender Tristan Jarry in season opener against Coyotes
Goaltender Tristan Jarry is expected start for the Penguins in their season-opening home contest against the Arizona Coyotes at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday. It marks the third consecutive season Jarry has been the Penguins’ starter in net for a season-opener. A two-time All-Star, Jarry appeared in 58 games last...
Penguins go stickless in practice to improve the penalty kill
In their final practice session before the season starts at PPG Paints Arena, the Penguins fine-tuned their special teams Wednesday. And they did it with something of a handicap. At least for the penalty kill. One of the team’s penalty killers intentionally left his stick near the bench in order...
Age isn’t concern for Penguins heading into season opener, but it is consideration
Sidney Crosby is a history geek. He is fascinated by the subject, especially when it comes to the military. Recently, he watched “Hyena Road,” a dramatic film based on a true story of Canadian soldiers during the Afghanistan War. History is something Crosby values, and it’s something he respects. It’s...
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to play outdoors in Cleveland
The Pittsburgh Penguins won’t be the only members of the organization heading outdoors during the 2022-23 season. Their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, will face the Cleveland Monsters at First Energy Stadium in Northeast Ohio at 1 p.m. March 4. The contest, which has been dubbed as...
