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Sidney Crosby sparks Penguins to 6th consecutive win
For the Penguins, Tuesday’s 6-3 home win against the Arizona Coyotes was a lot like their previous six games. A win. But hardly perfect. Yet, as the score might indicate, this one had a little bit more luster than the flawed gems that compose their ongoing six-game winning streak. They...
Penguins forward Jason Zucker undergoes core muscle surgery
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jason Zucker underwent surgery to repair a core muscle injury Tuesday and will remain sidelined indefinitely. His status was announced by the team Tuesday. A more definite time frame for recovery is expected to be revealed in the upcoming days. Zucker has missed 10 of the past...
Penguins coach Mike Sullivan disputes NHL over hit that injured forward Teddy Blueger 
In most cases, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan is usually hesitant to discuss any matters involving supplemental discipline decisions by the NHL. Tuesday was not one of those cases. Sullivan vented frustration a day after the team announced defensive center Teddy Blueger would be sidelined six to eight weeks following surgery...
Tim Benz: Penguins living in the comfort of a hot streak — regardless of how it is happening
At the halfway point of the season, if you are a Penguins fan, you have to be saying, “Why ask why?” Follow that advice. Because what if you get an answer you don’t appreciate? You know, like, the truth. As in, this charmed life can’t last forever. Or can it?...
Minor league report: Alex D'Orio leads Penguins past Monsters 
Goaltender Alex D’Orio made 31 saves on 32 shots and led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 5-1 home win against the Cleveland Monsters at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Monday. Forward Felix Robert had a goal and an assist for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (14-16-1-3), which has won three consecutive games while...
Grading the Penguins at the midway point of 2021-22
For the most part, Mike Sullivan likes what the 2021-22 edition of the Pittsburgh Penguins are through 41 games — the midway point — of their season. They entered Monday in second place in the Metropolitan Division with a 26-10-5 record (57 points). Much of that has been buoyed by...
Penguins forward Teddy Blueger out 6 to 8 weeks with fractured jaw 
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Teddy Blueger will be sidelined six to eight weeks following surgery for a fractured jaw. The team announced Blueger’s status Monday afternoon. He was injured during Sunday’s 3-2 shootout home win against the Winnipeg Jets. At 11 minutes, 3 seconds of the first period, Blueger chased a...
Penguins forward Kasperi Kapanen finding more offense by going to the net 
Forward Kasperi Kapanen helped spark the Penguins’ 3-2 comeback shootout win against the Winnipeg Jets at PPG Paints Arena on Sunday. His goal at 6 minutes, 55 seconds of the third period broke up the Jets’ shutout bid. And it came with a little bit of luck. After making a...
Penguins beat Jets in shootout but lose forward Teddy Blueger
At face value, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 3-2 shootout win against the Winnipeg Jets at PPG Paints Arena on Sunday was all an NHL team can hope for in any game. A win and two points. And for the Penguins, it’s been mostly positive as far as the results go. They...
Penguins forward Zach Aston-Reese out against Jets
Penguins forward Zach Aston-Reese will miss Sunday’s home game against the Winnipeg Jets at PPG Paints Arena due to an undisclosed injury. Head coach Mike Sullivan announced Aston-Reese’s status during a video conference with media prior to the game. Aston-Reese was labeled as “day-to-day.” During Friday’s 5-2 road win against...
Minor league report: Alexander Nylander leads Penguins to overtime win 
Two goals by forward Alex Nylander, including one in overtime, led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 3-2 comeback home win against the Toronto Marlies at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Forward Valtteri Puustinen contributed a goal and two assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (13-16-1-3) while defenseman Juuso Riikola added two...
Penguins recall forward Radim Zohorna from taxi squad
The Penguins have recalled forward Radim Zohorna to the NHL roster from their taxi squad. In four NHL games this season, Zohorna has two points (one goal, one assist). Capable of playing either center or wing, Zohorna’s most recent NHL game was a 2-1 overtime road win against the San...
Mark Madden's Hot Take: Penguins feature the best core of its generation
Detroit won its last Stanley Cup in 2008, kept its core together too long and aged out. Los Angeles won its last Stanley Cup in 2014, kept its core together too long and aged out. Chicago won its last Stanley Cup in 2015, kept its core together too long and...
Penguins forward Sidney Crosby is finding more goals 
He certainly has scored more iconic goals, both in their gravity and their cosmetic appeal. Heck, this one didn’t even have the impediment of a goaltender in net. But it was an important goal for Sidney Crosby within the context of his 2021-22 season. During the late stages of a...
Minor league report: Alexander Nylander leads Penguins past Marlies 
Two goals and an assist by forward Alexander Nylander lead the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 5-1 home win against the Toronto Marlies at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Forward Valtteri Puustinen scored the game-winning goal and recorded an assist for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (12-6-1-3) while forward Sam Poulin contributed two...
Sidney Crosby, Penguins bail out struggling Casey DeSmith to win 4th straight game
Mike Sullivan hasn’t been keen on discussing the Pittsburgh Penguins’ goaltending depth as of late. Within the past week, the team’s coach has been asked if Casey DeSmith, the incumbent backup, is battling for his job with Louis Domingue, a reserve with ample NHL experience. Sullivan has offered the same...
Penguins yielding consistent results despite inconsistent performance
For the Pittsburgh Penguins of late, the results have been consistent. The way they have gotten to those results within games, though? Well, not so much. Since Dec. 14, the Penguins have won 14 of the last 16 times they have hit the ice. But the quality of play within...
Penguins build big lead, hold off lowly Senators
The Penguins haven’t been perfect this season. Far from it. There are plenty of tallies in their loss column next to their listing in the standings to verify that postulate. But they are confident. Especially in the fact that they can play a less-than-perfect game and still come away with...
Penguins forward Jason Zucker returns to injured reserve
Jason Zucker’s return to the Pittsburgh Penguins’ active roster lasted only a few days. On Thursday afternoon, the team placed the veteran forward on injured reserve due to an undisclosed ailment. Following Thursday’s 6-4 home win against the Ottawa Senators, coach Mike Sullivan indicated Zucker would be sidelined on a...
Penguins to start goaltender Tristan Jarry against Senators
The Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Tristan Jarry for Thursday’s home game against the Ottawa Senators at PPG Paints Arena. In 30 games this season, Jarry has a 19-7-3 record, a 2.08 goals against average, a .928 save percentage and three shutouts. It remains to be seen who his...
Penguins are close to fully healthy lineup for 1st time this season
There are far worse places to be marooned than Southern California in January. Such as Western Pennsylvania in January. Zach Aston-Reese experienced the former last week. After testing positive for covid-19 on Dec. 11, Aston-Reese and fellow Pittsburgh Penguins forward Danton Heinen were placed into the NHL’s protocols for the...
Penguins won't face former goaltender Matt Murray on Thursday
Matt Murray’s return to Pittsburgh will have to wait. At least as far him being on the ice in a game is concerned. The Ottawa Senators goaltender, who led the Penguins to their two most recent Stanley Cup titles in 2016 and ’17, will not be in net for Thursday’s...
9 Penguins games rescheduled
Nine of the Penguins’ games have been rescheduled. The changes are part of a league-wide reshuffling of the overall schedule that was pockmarked by a number of postponements over the past three months because of issues related to covid-19. Five of the Penguins’ games were previously postponed because of matters...
Penguins forward Drew O'Connor sidelined on a week-to-week basis
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Drew O’Connor will be sidelined on a “week-to-week” basis, coach Mike Sullivan said. On Monday, the Penguins placed the rookie on long-term injured reserve retroactive to Jan. 15 because of an undisclosed ailment. Sullivan provided an unspecified time frame for O’Connor on Wednesday. O’Connor has appeared in...
Penguins poised for more points as they skate back into the spotlight on home ice
A week ago, I told you the annual “Steelers pass the Pittsburgh sports baton to the Penguins” column was ready to go. Then the Jacksonville Jaguars and a kicker on the Las Vegas Raiders had something to say about that. Now, though, it’s time for Western Pa. fans to tunnel...


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