Penguins/NHL category, Page 143

During the third period of Game 1 of Pittsburgh Penguins’ first-round series against the Islanders on Sunday, a 4-3 overtime win by the Islanders, the teams exchanged very similar goals in the span of 31 seconds. First, at the 15 minute, 50 second mark, Islanders forward Brock Nelson took a...

Evgeni Malkin is a lot of things. An All-Star. An Olympian. A Stanley Cup champion. Obviously, it’s not an easy task trying to replace him in the lineup. As it happens, his replacement, at least in the context of the team’s second line, is all of those things too. Jeff...

Penguins defenseman Brian Dumoulin and goaltender Casey DeSmith were absent from practice in Cranberry on Monday. Coach Mike Sullivan indicated Dumoulin’s absence was a “maintenance day.” Dumoulin appeared to be laboring in the late stages of Sunday’s 4-3 overtime home loss to the New York Islanders after being struck on...

Very rarely does one player lose a hockey game. But that’s what happened Sunday. Tristan Jarry was that player. Jarry’s rotten goaltending was the primary reason the Penguins lost Game 1 to the New York Islanders. None of the four goals conceded was terrible. But they all were stoppable. You...

Yes, Tristan Jarry had a rough day in net for the Pittsburgh Penguins during their 4-3 playoff-opening loss to the New York Islanders. But their problems didn’t begin and end with goaltending. • The Penguins blew a 2-1 lead in the third period before losing in overtime. • The Pens...

When New York Islanders coach Barry Trotz casually described the Pittsburgh Penguins goaltending as “inexperienced” in the week leading to the playoffs, it was an easy critique to dismiss. While Trotz was accurate — given the combined one playoff appearance between Tristan Jarry and Casey DeSmith — the easy response...

The last time Frederick Gaudreau played in the Stanley Cup playoffs, it involved the Pittsburgh Penguins. It involved some Gaudreau goals, too. Sunday, though, Gaudreau’s scoring benefited the Penguins. In his Penguins playoff debut and ninth playoff game of his career, Gaudreau scored his fourth postseason goal. That almost matches...

To open their postseason, the Pittsburgh Penguins could not take advantage of facing a rookie goalie making his NHL playoff debut in net. Ilya Sorokin, a 2014 third-round pick, started for the New York Islanders because Semyon Varlamov was unavailable because of an undisclosed injury. Sorokin might have just 22...

Having qualified for the postseason for 15 consecutive years — the longest such active streak in major North American professional sports — the Pittsburgh Penguins have been blessed with an abundance of goaltending during that span. Whether it be Marc-Andre Fleury, Tomas Vokoun, Matt Murray or even Jeff Zatkoff, the...

Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin will not play in Game 1 of his team’s first-round series against the New York Islanders at PPG Paints Arena on Sunday. Malkin is believed to be laboring with a right knee injury that forced him to miss 23 games during the late stages of the...

Penguins backup goaltender Casey DeSmith did not skate Sunday morning prior to his team’s opening playoff game against the New York Islanders at PPG Paints Arena. Sidelined since suffering an undisclosed injury May 3, he remains “day to day” according to coach Mike Sullivan who stopped short of outright ruling...

Penguins’ forward Evgeni Malkin’s status is uncertain, publicly at least, for his team’s opening playoff game Sunday against the New York Islanders. While Malkin was on the ice for practice Saturday at PPG Paints Arena, he did not participate in line rushes or during power-play drills. When asked about Malkin’s...

The Penguins have assigned reserve goaltender Alex D’Orio to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL). D’Orio, 22, has split time this season between Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and Wheeling of the ECHL. In 10 AHL games, he has a 5-3-1 record with a 2.30 goals against average and a .911 save percentage....

Masks will remain in place for the Penguins’ postseason games. On Friday, the team issued a statement in reaction to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) easing mask guidelines for those who are vaccinated against covid-19 on Thursday. The statement reads: “We are very encouraged by the CDC...

There’s good news and bad news with regards to the Pittsburgh Penguins’ goaltenders. First, the good news. Starter Tristan Jarry appears to be a sure bet to be in net for Game 1 of his team’s first-round series against the New York Islanders at PPG Paints Arena on Sunday. Jarry...

Things are changing quickly in terms of capacities in Pennsylvania during the pandemic. They may change even more quickly if the Pittsburgh Penguins get a request granted. On an episode of “The Pomp and Poni Podcast,” Penguins CEO David Morehouse joined KDKA’s Bob Pompeani and 93.7 The Fan’s Andrew Fillipponi...

Interesting comments about the Penguins from New York Islanders coach Barry Trotz didn’t stop with his noteworthy quote regarding their inexperience in net. During his postgame remarks Monday night after his team lost to the Boston Bruins in its final regular-season game, Trotz was asked what might be different about...

Ron Hextall is in a different place. The playoffs. To be clear, he’s been to the playoffs a lot, as an all-star goaltender and an executive. But he hasn’t participated in postseason games in any capacity since he was the general manager of the Philadelphia Flyers and saw them get...

In the aftermath of a meek, unique playoff flameout — bowing out in four games against the No. 24 overall seed in the 2020 Toronto “bubble” — there was a school of thought that there could be major changes for the Pittsburgh Penguins. But with the franchise set to open...

The Penguins will open the 2021 postseason Sunday when they host the New York Islanders at PPG Paints Arena in Game 1 of their first round series. On Thursday, the NHL released a partial schedule for the entire first round. The Penguins-Islanders series: May 16 - Islanders at Penguins, 12...