Penguins/NHL category, Page 103

Rickard Rakell had to make one of two choices. Shoot or pass. He chose wisely. Especially since the recipient of his pass was Sidney Crosby. An overtime score by Crosby off a hiccup-quick feed by Rakell during a furious three-on-three sequence provided the Penguins with a badly needed 3-2 home...

The Pittsburgh Penguins are expected to start goaltender Casey DeSmith for Sunday’s home game against the Nashville Predators at PPG Paints Arena. His status was announced in a statement. In 19 games this season, DeSmith has a 7-4-4 record, a 2.95 goals against average, a .905 save percentage and two...

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jason Zucker returned to the lineup Saturday in a 6-3 home loss to the Washington Capitals. Zucker had missed the previous three games after he presumably aggravated a previous core muscle injury during a 4-3 overtime road win against the Minnesota Wild on March 31. In total,...

A veteran of 14 seasons, Pittsburgh Penguins forward Brian Boyle is well versed in the traverses and obstacles that are encountered over the course of an NHL campaign. The route from Game 1 to 82 (and beyond) is far from linear. “Every team that I’ve been on has hit a...

The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned forward Filip Hallander to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Saturday. That transaction took place immediately after Hallander participated in warmups for the Penguins’ home game against the Washington Capitals at PPG Paints Arena. Hallander was recalled to the NHL roster Thursday under emergency conditions...

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jason Zucker returned to the lineup for Saturday’s home game against the Washington Capitals at PPG Paints Arena. His status was announced by Penguins coach Mike Sullivan during a video conference with media before the game. Zucker missed the previous three games after he presumably reaggravated a...

Dwayne Haskins was trying to get his once-promising NFL career back on track with the Pittsburgh Steelers when he died Saturday at age 24 after being struck by a vehicle in Florida. The former first-round draft pick had completed his first season with the Steelers and was planning to compete...

Via peculiarity of the schedule, the bulk of the season series between Pittsburgh and New York took place over a span of roughly two weeks. One team was the decisive victor, fueling talk it would be a heavy favorite should they meet in the first round of the playoffs. The...

The Pittsburgh Penguins are standing at the crossroads. I believe they’re sinking down. The Penguins aren’t among the cream of the NHL crop. If they think that, they’re lying to themselves. If they believe they’re faster than the New York Rangers, that’s another whopper. If the Penguins feel they can...

The Penguins were under no misconceptions as to the gravity that their road contest against the New York Rangers on Thursday commanded. “Huge game,” forward Bryan Rust said on Tuesday. “This is a team that we’re possibly … (going to) see a lot of them in the (postseason).” The dimensions...

Penguins forwards Sidney Crosby, Radim Zohorna and defenseman John Marino did not play in Thursday’s road game against the New York Rangers due to undisclosed illnesses. The team announced their statuses via Twitter prior to the game. Aside from noting they are not dealing with covid-19, the team did not...

For the second time this week, the Penguins have recalled forward Filip Hallander under emergency conditions from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL). In 53 AHL games this season, Hallander has 24 points (10 goals, 14 assists). He recorded an assist for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton during a 3-1 home win against...

Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Marcus Pettersson returned to the lineup during Tuesday’s 6-4 home loss to the Colorado Avalanche. His presence came after he had been a healthy scratch in his team’s previous two games. In all, he has been a healthy scratch for four of the past 12 games. Pettersson...

Thursday’s matchup between the Pittsburgh Penguins and host New York Rangers isn’t a playoff game. But it’s got implications beyond a mere regular-season contest. The Penguins and Rangers are a good bet to play in the first round of the playoffs. The Rangers have beaten the Penguins two straight times,...

A day after recalling him under emergency conditions, the Penguins assigned forward Filip Hallander to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Tuesday. Hallander was summoned to the NHL roster on Monday after forwards Anthony Angello, Danton Heinen and Kasperi Kapanen were absent from practice in Cranberry on Monday...

Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan didn’t think that his team’s 3-2 loss to the Colorado Avalanche in Denver deserved too much disappointment. “It was just a really good hockey game. It was a well-played game on both sides,” Sullivan said after the defeat. “It was a real competitive hockey game.”...

On the night his team honored former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger with a pregame ceremony, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Brian Dumoulin mimicked another Steelers signal-caller who, like Dumoulin, wore No. 8. Tommy Maddox. And not in a good way. During a 3-2 home loss to the New York Rangers on...