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Disappointing Penguins season comes to fitting end with loss at playoff-bound Islanders
ELMONT, N.Y. - There isn’t a one-size-fits-all reason for why the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2023-24 season ended without a playoff berth. They lost way too much for a lot of reasons. That trend continued on through to the literal ending of the regular season as the Penguins were defeated, 5-4, by...
Penguins notes: 6 players appear in all 82 games
ELMONT, N.Y. — Six members of the Pittsburgh Penguins finished the season with perfect attendance. Forwards Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Lars Eller as well as defensemen Erik Karlsson, Kris Letang and Marcus Pettersson appeared in all 82 games, the final of which was Wednesday’s game against the New York...
'You can't rely on Philly': Pittsburgh Penguins fans down after season falters
Brandon Kocent, a diehard Pittsburgh Penguins fan, was deflated like many others in Western Pennsylvania after the team’s push for a playoff spot fell apart before the final game. One of the scenarios for the Penguins to sneak into the postseason called for the Washington Capitals to lose against the...
Penguins maintain belief they are capable of winning the Stanley Cup
ELMONT, N.Y. — Really, the only thing that was all that notably different about the Pittsburgh Penguins’ morning skate at UBS Arena was the time. It started at 11 a.m. With the host New York Islanders skating at their practice rink, the Penguins took to the ice approximately a half...
Mark Madden: Disappointing players, strategy, weeping spelled demise for Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins will miss the playoffs for a second straight season. It feels like an eternity. Or like Buffalo. Sidney Crosby and Bryan Rust deserve better. Not many others do. Those who frustrated outnumber those who didn’t. These players are the most disappointing: 1. Erik Karlsson. $11.5 million doesn’t...
Penguins forward Bryan Rust nominated for King Clancy award
ELMONT, N.Y. — Forward Bryan Rust was named the Pittsburgh Penguins’ nominee for the NHL’s King Clancy Memorial Trophy. The league announced nominees for all 32 teams on Wednesday. Named after Hockey Hall of Famer Frank “King” Clancy, the award recognizes “the player who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and...
Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic scheduled to start season finale 
ELMONT, N.Y. — After being formally eliminated from playoff contention on Tuesday, the Pittsburgh Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic in the team’s regular season finale against the New York Islanders at UBS Arena on Wednesday. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Nedeljkovic’s status following a morning skate. Nedeljkovic will...
U mad, bro?: Fan anxiety over Penguins' playoff elimination; doubt about Steelers; pig wrestling
Since we are starting our “Breakfast With Benz” draft previews for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday, we had to move up “U mad, bro?” to Wednesday this week. But given that the Penguins were eliminated from playoff contention Tuesday, one day shorter on the calendar doesn’t mean we are any...
Tim Benz: Fitting end to playoff hopes as Penguins miss postseason without even playing
It’s only fitting that the Pittsburgh Penguins’ playoff hopes came to a sudden halt Tuesday, thanks, in part, to a blown third-period lead and an inability to win in overtime. It didn’t matter that — in this case — it wasn’t even the Penguins that blew the lead or lost...
Penguins eliminated from playoff contention after Capitals clinch final wild-card spot
The Pittsburgh Penguins entered the 2023-24 season with plenty of motivation. “There’s something to prove, I think, for everybody,” Penguins forward Sidney Crosby said during a season-ticket event in mid-September. By mid-April, the only thing that’s been affirmed about the Penguins is that they are not a Stanley Cup contender....
Here's how the Penguins can make the Stanley Cup playoffs
Fans of the Pittsburgh Penguins who want to see the club qualify for the postseason will need to take the drastic but necessary step of inking theoretical one-day fan contracts with the Philadelphia Flyers and Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night. Even though the Penguins defeated Nashville, 4-2, on Monday in...
Tim Benz: It only took the Penguins 81 games to perfect a winning formula
For as often as the Pittsburgh Penguins have made life difficult for themselves this season, they earned more breathing room than they were given Monday night. Unfortunately for them, thanks to two first-period disallowed goals on weak goalie interference interpretations, the Pens were forced to sweat out another result. Unlike...
With season winding down, Penguins' Reilly Smith snaps 13-game goal drought 
For the first time in nearly a month, Pittsburgh Penguins winger Reilly Smith contributed a goal, delivering the winner Monday against Nashville in a 4-2 victory at PPG Paints Arena. Smith broke a 13-game scoreless streak with the goal, which came on a feed from linemate Lars Eller at 8...
Penguins tame Predators but remain on outside of wild-card playoff position
With everything at stake — or at least the ambitions of playing a minimum of four postseason games on the line — the Pittsburgh Penguins turned to the goaltender they signed this past offseason with hopes he would rejuvenate his sagging career and be a true difference-maker. Alex Nedeljkovic. As...
Ex-Penguins forward Jason Zucker back in playoffs with Predators 
Jason Zucker has something today that he didn’t have in his final days with the Pittsburgh Penguins. An X. As in the initial that gets placed next to a team’s name in the standings when it qualifies for the postseason. Currently a member of the Nashville Predators, Zucker will be...
Penguins' Jansen Harkins rejoins practice, ready for call if it comes 
From the end of November through early March, Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jansen Harkins carved out a steady bottom-six role for himself. But March 7, in a deflating 6-0 loss at home to the Washington Capitals, Harkins suffered a hand injury while fighting Beck Malenstyn that required surgery, which has kept...
Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic scheduled to start against Predators 
The Pittsburgh Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic for a vital contest against the Nashville Predators in their regular season home finale at PPG Paints Arena on Monday. Failing to get at least a point will end the Penguins’ hopes of qualifying for the postseason. Coach Mike Sullivan...
Penguins face difficult path to playoffs with 2 games remaining
Four teams continue to battle for the final wild-card spot in the NHL’s Eastern Conference entering the final days of the regular season. While the New York Islanders have the inside track on the third-place position in the East with 90 points, Washington, Detroit, Philadelphia and the Pittsburgh Penguins remain...
Tim Benz: Ending of Penguins’ point streak illustrates different standards for team's goalies
Throughout the Pittsburgh Penguins’ recently concluded 10-game point streak with backup goalie Alex Nedeljkovic in net, there was a different standard of evaluation for him as opposed to the franchise’s perceived No. 1 netminder, Tristan Jarry. Nedeljkovic backstopped the Pens to a 7-0-3 record in that span, largely by following...
Madden Monday: Loss to Boston was 'chickens coming home to roost' for Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ recent charge back into playoff contention was fun and unexpected. But the reality check provided by their first loss without a point in three weeks has certainly exposed how wobbly that status truly was. By going 7-0-3 in their previous 10 games, the Penguins woke up Saturday...
Minor league report: Penguins' winning streak snapped; Nailers' playoff schedule set 
Goaltender Joel Blomqvist made 21 saves on 24 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-1 road loss to the rival Hershey Bears at the Giant Center in Hershey on Sunday. The result dropped Blomqvist’s record to 25-11-6 as Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (38-23-8-1) had a seven-game winning streak snapped. Forward Vinnie Hinostroza...
Alex Nedeljkovic, Tristan Jarry shaky vs. Boston, leaving Penguins with tough goalie choice 
Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Alex Nedeljkovic was a major architect of his club managing to go 7-0-3 over his last 10 starts, during which time qualifying for the postseason went from pipe dream to probable. He was far from perfect but largely did enough to give the Penguins a chance to...
Penguins playoff hopes take hit in home loss to Bruins
Despite so many flaws – a squalid power play, haphazard puck management and general ineptitude beyond the bounds of regulation, etc. — the Pittsburgh Penguins surged up the standings for the better part of three weeks and got back into relevancy in regard to postseason contention. Their resolve was a...
Minor league report: Penguins get 7th consecutive win; Nailers clinch playoff berth 
A goal and an assist by forward Jansen Harkins led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 4-1 win against the rival Hershey Bears in their regular season home finale at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Forwards Corey Andonovski, Avery Hayes and Sam Poulin all scored a goal apiece for...
Penguins reassign forward Vinnie Hinostroza to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins reassigned forward Vinnie Hinostroza to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League Saturday evening shortly before puck drop at PPG Paints Arena vs. the Boston Bruins. Hinostroza, 30, was called up from the AHL on April 11 (the eighth time he’d been added to the NHL roster this...


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