Penguins/NHL category, Page 154

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Brandon Tanev missed his second consecutive game Sunday as a result of an undisclosed injury. Initially injured during a 3-2 road loss to the New Jersey Devils on Thursday at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., Tanev, arguably the team’s most energetic player, has missed only three...

The Pittsburgh Penguins are in dire need of two things. Rest and goals. They’ll get the former as they enjoy a rare two-day respite Monday and Tuesday after they forged through an industrial metal shredder of a week in which they played five games in seven days. As for the...

Penguins forward Brandon Tanev will miss his second consecutive game due to an undisclosed injury when his team hosts the New Jersey Devils at PPG Paints Arena on Sunday. In a statement issued Sunday morning, the team labeled him as a “game-time decision. Tanev participated in warmups prior to Saturday’s...

Having allowed the opposition to score power-play goals in 21 of 31 games this season, a charitable way of describing the Pittsburgh Penguins’ penalty kill would be that it’s a work in progress. A realistic way would be to say it flat-out stinks. However you want to label it, it...

The Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Casey DeSmith for Saturday’s road game against the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. In 10 games this season, DeSmith has a 6-3-0 record, a 2.22 goals against average, a .915 save percentage and one shutout. Notes: • Forward...

Jared McCann has done this on more than one occasion. Heck, he’s done it this month already. Being the Pittsburgh Penguins’ second-line center is nothing new to him. He took on that role March 2 when Sidney Crosby missed a game as a result of being on the NHL’s list...

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ plan to create more jobs for minorities and women as part of the Lower Hill redevelopment project finally appears to be a reality. The Penguins and their development partner Buccini Pollin on Thursday announced their minority and women business enterprise participation plan was unanimously approved by the...

Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin will be sidelined on a “week-to-week” basis according to coach Mike Sullivan. Malkin was injured during Tuesday’s 2-1 home loss to the Boston Bruins when he was checked by Bruins defenseman Jarred Tinordi. During the collision, their right knees appeared to make contact. Appearing in 29...

Alex Ovechkin scored career goal No. 718 on Tuesday, passing Phil Esposito for sixth on the NHL’s all-time list. I’m glad, because it got Esposito’s name out there again. Esposito took no prisoners. He didn’t seek fights but wasn’t afraid to. He absorbed more punishment than he inflicted. He didn’t...

New Penguins president of hockey operations Brian Burke was working on St. Patrick’s Day, something the Irishman hates to do. “My whole career I refused to work on St. Patrick’s Day,” Burke told Josh Getzoff of 105.9 The X on Wednesday. “I usually go to Mass in the morning. Then...

Historically, getting shots against the New Jersey Devils has been something of an accomplishment. Typically a defensively stout outfit, the Devils don’t usually allow the opposition to put many pucks on net. So the Penguins — with an injury-depleted lineup — being able to generate a season-high 42 shots Thursday...

Penguins forwards Evgeni Malkin and Teddy Blueger have been placed on injured reserve due to undisclosed ailments. Malkin’s designation is retroactive to March 16 while Blueger’s is retroactive to March 15. Following his team’s morning skate at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., Penguins coach Mike Sullivan indicated Malkin is...

The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled forward Radim Zohorna from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL). In 11 games this season, Zohorna leads Wilkes-Barre/Scranton with nine points (three goals, six assists). A native of the Czech Republic, Zohorna is in his first professional season in North America. The Penguins signed the...

For weeks, Penguins fans eagerly anticipated the team’s first crack at the lowly Buffalo Sabres. Just about everybody else in the East Division had a chance to beat up on them. And the Penguins needed their turn. Well, they got it, and the Pens went two-for-two late last week, beating...

Two decades after it happened, former Penguins goalie Johan Hedberg still remembers the support he got from team legend Jaromir Jagr as he was about to take the ice for his NHL playoff debut. “He said, ‘Don’t worry, kid. If you give up seven, I’ll score eight,’” Hedberg recalled. At...

Sports teams are generally contending or rebuilding, or at least leaning toward one or the other. Very rarely does a team truly middle the difference. As the NHL season opened, the Penguins seemed to lean toward rebuilding. But their recent uptick in results has fueled optimism. So has the mediocrity...

The Penguins assigned defenseman Josh Maniscalco and forward Radim Zohorna from their taxi squad to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL). Additionally, forwards Anthony Angello, Frederick Gaudreau and Colton Sceviour were each assigned from the NHL roster to the taxi squad. The transactions are tied to the team’s day-to-day...

If you are a Penguins fan, there wasn’t much to like in the wake of the team’s 2-1 loss to the Boston Bruins. It seemed to be a great chance to snare two more points away from a struggling East Division rival. After all, the Penguins had won six in...

The Penguins have placed defenseman John Marino on injured reserve retroactive to March 9. Marino has missed the past three games because of an undisclosed injury. In 25 games this season, Marino has four points (one goal, three assists). He skated Tuesday morning and initially was labeled as a “game-time...

The Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Casey DeSmith for Tuesday’s home game against the Boston Bruins at PPG Paints Arena. In nine games this season, DeSmith has a 6-2-0 record along with a 2.23 goals against average, a .912 save percentage and one shutout. His last start came in...