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Penguins goaltender Casey DeSmith is scheduled to start Saturday’s home game against the Anaheim Ducks at PPG Paints Arena. In five games this season, DeSmith has a 1-3-1 record along with a 3.64 goals against average and an .885 save percentage. DeSmith recorded his first win of the season on...

When the NHL left NBC to do rights deals with ESPN and TNT, it seemed good. The season’s first week featured a Tuesday night doubleheader on ESPN and a Wednesday night doubleheader on TNT. The presentation, production and announcing were all sharp. There was lots of fanfare. But ESPN hasn’t...

As has often been the case for the past decade and a half, Friday’s game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals was broadcast nationally. Presuming your definition of “nationally” is exclusive to subscribers of a premium streaming service that requires paying a roughly $7 fee monthly to an international...

Pittsburgh’s Sports & Exhibition Authority voted unanimously Thursday to approve the sale of the Pittsburgh Penguins to Fenway Sports Group. The National Hockey League’s Board of Governors also unanimously approved the sale Thursday. Reports that Fenway Sports Group entered into negotiations to buy the Penguins began circulating last month. The...

Former Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford was hired as president of hockey operations for the Vancouver Canucks. He also will assume the title of interim general manager of the Canucks while leading a search for a full-time general manager. Rutherford abruptly resigned from his role as the Penguins’ general...

Even with forwards Jake Guentzel and Bryan Rust sidelined indefinitely because of injuries, the Pittsburgh Penguins still are expected to have a full lineup of 12 forwards, six defensemen and two goaltenders at their disposal for Friday’s road game against the rival Washington Capitals. They just aren’t likely to have...

The broadcast of the Penguins’ game against the Washington Capitals on Friday will be limited to streaming services ESPN Plus or Hulu. No traditional or regional broadcasters will carry the game. This will be the Penguins’ first game on the platforms. They are scheduled to have three additional games on...

Kasperi Kapanen didn’t like the question one bit. But he was honest — and probably accurate — in answering it. Following practice in Cranberry on Wednesday, he was asked how he would rate his performance in the past handful of games considering he’s been up and down the lineup recently....

Penguins forward Jake Guentzel will be sidelined on a “week-to-week” basis because of an undisclosed injury. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Guentzel’s status following practice in Cranberry on Wednesday. The injury was labled as “upper body” but no specifics were offered. During Monday’s 6-1 road win against the Seattle Kraken, Guentzel...

Penguins goaltending prospects Joel Blomqvist and Calle Clang have been selected for the rosters of Finland and Sweden, respectively, in the upcoming IIHF World Junior Championship tournament. This is the second consecutive year they have been chosen for the tournament. Neither player appeared in a game during last season’s tournament....

It took until early December, but Penguins goalie Casey DeSmith finally got his first win of the year Monday night in Seattle. “It feels great,” DeSmith said after the 6-1 victory over the expansion Kraken. “Mentally that was big for me to go out there and get a solid win...

Sidney Crosby has a six-game points streak, compiling three goals and eight assists over that span. He’s up to a point per game on the season, with 13 in 13. Crosby had wrist surgery and battled covid but now looks the part after struggling for the best part of a...

Like all of his current teammates, Brandon Tanev came from somewhere else. Such is life for every member of the Seattle Kraken. In their first season of existence, the Kraken are a menagerie of castoffs from the other 31 incumbent franchises. For Tanev, a popular forechecking forward, he was jettisoned...

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins had another game postponed for what have been labeled as “covid-19 protocols.” A home contest against the Hershey Bears scheduled for Wednesday has been rescheduled for Dec. 14. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton had two games this past weekend postponed for the same reason. One of those games, a home contest...

Entering Saturday, the Penguins, in the midst of a three-game losing streak, were struggling to find consistent scoring. So, they shook up their lines a bit. Namely, their bottom three lines all underwent alterations. Danton Heinen was promoted to the second line. Kasperi Kapanen was demoted to the third line....

Defenseman Josh Mansicalco, a Penguins prospect, and Cam Hausinger each had a goal and an assist for the Wheeling Nailers in a 4-3 overtime road loss to the Toledo Walleye at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio on Saturday. Forward Nick Hutchison recorded two assists for Wheeling (9-6-1-0) which had...

Having been recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Sunday, Pittsburgh Penguins forward Drew O’Connor has been a healthy scratch the past two games despite veteran forwards Brian Boyle and Bryan Rust each being sidelined with undisclosed injuries. Regardless, he is happy to be back on the NHL...