Penguins/NHL category, Page 117

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ first game back from their coronavirus pause was a wild one. Sunday’s contest against the San Jose Sharks featured a 6-1 lead for the Pens after one period. That narrowed to a 6-5 lead in the third before eventually leading to an 8-5 win. Two hat tricks...

Like all of his teammates, Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bryan Rust had a long holiday break before Sunday’s 8-5 win at home against the San Jose Sharks. There was one point of distinction for Rust’s respite, however. The holiday. Almost all of the Penguins had not played since before Christmas. For...

The Pittsburgh Penguins played their first game of the year Sunday. Also, it felt like it was their first game in about a year. To be clear, their 8-5 home win against the San Jose Sharks at PPG Paints Arena was their first contest in two weeks. Having been caught...

The Penguins could get the wingers on their top line back in the lineup for Sunday’s home game against the San Jose Sharks. Forwards Jake Guentzel and Bryan Rust were officially activated from injured reserve on Sunday morning. Guentzel, typically a left winger, is the team’s leading scorer with 27...

Forwards Justin Almeida and Cam Hausinger each had a goal and an assist for the Wheeling Nailers in a 4-3 home loss to the Norfolk Admirals at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va. on Saturday. Goaltender Tommy Nappier made 18 saves for Wheeling (15-10-1-0). Highlights: The Nailers’ next game is a...

Spatially, Drew O’Connor is exactly where he was at the start of 2021. On the ice at PPG Paints Arena. Metaphorically, he is light years away from that point at the start of his 2022. When the Pittsburgh Penguins gathered for a brief training camp Jan. 3, 2021 in advance...

The Pittsburgh Penguins ushered in a new year with a rare bit of positive news. Defensemen John Marino, Mike Matheson and Dominik Simon were removed from the NHL’s protocols for covid-19 and rejoined their teammates for practice Saturday at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Mike Sullivan indicated they are available to...

Casey DeSmith doesn’t quite know when his next start will come. But that’s generally the case for any backup goaltender. The rest of his teammates (and much of the NHL) are sharing that experience at the moment. At the moment, the schedule says the Penguins’ next game is at home...

Penguins forward Jeff Carter has been placed into the NHL’s list for covid-19 protocols. The Penguins announced his status a few minutes before they opened practice at PPG Paints Arena on Friday. This is the second time Carter has been placed into protocols this season. He missed three games in...

A look back at the 2021 Pitt football season is put in its best perspective by comparing it to 2020. A year ago, Pitt football was plagued by a preseason All-American who opted out, another who quit in mid-season, a quarterback who missed two important games with an ankle injury,...

The Pittsburgh Penguins have a seven-game win streak. Now they also have a five-game postponement streak. The NHL schedule is being decimated by covid. Canada isn’t wholly to blame, but that country’s fear of covid and much stricter policies concerning the virus are trickling down to the entire NHL. That’s...

On Wednesday, the NHL announced changes to its protocols for covid-19 and lowered the isolation time for individuals who tested positive for the virus in certain conditions. The change, which mirrors recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, calls for an isolation period of five days instead of...

Evgeni Malkin apologized Wednesday. Walking into the media room of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ facility in Cranberry to speak publicly for the first time in six months, Malkin expressed remorse over not wearing a face mask to the assembled but socially distanced reporters in front of him. But he had a...

Forward Kasperi Kapanen is the Pittsburgh Penguins’ latest player to be placed into protocols for covid-19. The team announced his status shortly before practice began Wednesday in Cranberry. He is the eighth member of the team in protocols. He joins forwards Teddy Blueger, Evan Rodrigues and Dominik Simon; defensemen P.O...

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ postponement streak is almost as long as their winning streak. On Tuesday, the NHL announced the Penguins’ road game against the Ottawa Senators on Friday was postponed. This was one of nine games in Canadian cities in the upcoming days that were postponed. In a statement, the...

Bryan Rust enjoyed a new experience this past Christmas. It was his first as a father. As a rookie to the holiday, 7-month-old Hunter Rust was a little unsure of the details, however. “Just to see him kind of enjoy the boxes and the wrapping paper way more than his...

Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman P.O Joseph has tested positive for covid-19, according to coach Mike Sullivan. He was withheld from practice in Cranberry on Tuesday and placed into the NHL’s protocols for the virus. The Penguins recalled Joseph as well as three other players from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League...

The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled defensemen P.O Joseph and Juuso Riikola, forward Kasper Bjorkqvist and goaltender Louis Domingue from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) and assigned them to their taxi squad. This comes two days after the NHL reinstituted the taxi squads as a roster management tool to deal...

Mike Sullivan lost what could have been a dream job on Wednesday. But he hasn’t lost perspective. With covid-19 impacting seemingly every granular detail of the NHL’s business, the league opted to pull out of participating in the upcoming Olympics last week and as a result, Sullivan won’t be able...

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jason Zucker will be sidelined on a “week-to-week” basis because of an undisclosed injury. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Zucker’s status following a practice session in Cranberry on Monday and indicated Zucker has been dealing with this “nagging” ailment for an unspecified amount of time. Before the Penguins’...

The Pittsburgh Penguins have placed six players into the NHL’s protocols for the coronavirus. Those players include forwards Teddy Blueger, Evan Rodrigues and Dominik Simon, defensemen John Marino and Mike Matheson and goaltender Tristan Jarry. Rodrigues was initially placed into protocols Sunday. The team announced the statuses of all six...

The Penguins have had yet another game postponed due to covid-19. On Sunday night, the NHL announced the Penguins’ road contest against the Toronto Maple Leafs was postponed. It marks the fourth consecutive game the Penguins have had postponed including the following: Dec. 21 - vs. New Jersey Devils Dec....