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The Pittsburgh Penguins are no strangers to the advantages a successful coach’s challenge can provide. Entering Saturday, they had won three of the five challenges Mike Sullivan and company have issued from the bench this season. On Saturday they once again saw plenty of benefits from coach’s challenges. For the...

The Pittsburgh Penguins traded forward Rem Pitlick to the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday in exchange for a conditional seventh-round draft pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. Conditions of the transaction were not announced. Pitlick, 26, has not played in any NHL games this season and is the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins’ leading...

The Pittsburgh Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Tristan Jarry in Saturday’s home game against the Buffalo Sabres at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Jarry’s status following an optional morning skate. In 25 games this season, Jarry has an 11-11-2 record, a 2.58 goals against average, a .912...

The best sports story in town wears No. 87, and it’s not Rodney Williams. We lead off refreshing Pittsburgh Penguins notes with a healthy dose of the captain. • Sidney Crosby skating madly to negate an icing call in the waning moments of the Penguins’ 6-5 victory at Boston on...

Defense was the leading reason the Pittsburgh Penguins closed out 2023 with a surge of wins in the estimation of coach Mike Sullivan. Offense was the reason they overcame some porous defense in a 6-5 road win against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden on Thursday, their second game of...

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby has been named to the NHL’s upcoming All-Star event that will be staged at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on Feb. 2-3. This marks the 10th time Crosby has been selected for this event. The NHL announced selections for all 32 franchises Thursday evening. Those...

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Matt Nieto underwent laparoscopic surgery on his right knee and is expected to be sidelined until mid-February at the earliest. The team announced Nieto’s procedure via a release Thursday but did not specify when it took place. An expected recovery time frame of six to eight weeks...

For the Pittsburgh Penguins, this will be a different challenge. Different. Certainly not less daunting. But, different. Since Christmas, Pittsburgh’s perpetually up-and-down hockey team has played four games. Three of them came against opponents they are chasing in the Metropolitan Division standings as they flail away in an attempt to...

Forward Jesse Puljujarvi joined the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on a professional tryout (PTO) contract Thursday morning. That team announced the transaction via a release. Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas revealed those plans for Puljujarvi during a radio interview with team broadcaster Josh Getzoff on Wednesday evening. Markus Lehto,...

Ryan Graves would be a terrible politician. He is way too honest. As it is, things aren’t going great with his actual vocation as an NHL defenseman with the Pittsburgh Penguins at the moment. During a 4-3 home loss to the Washington Capitals on Tuesday, Graves was directly involved in...

Less than 12 hours after their loss at home to the Washington Capitals, the Pittsburgh Penguins placed rookie defenseman John Ludvig on long-term injured reserve Wednesday morning. In a related transaction, fellow defenseman Ryan Shea was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. The Penguins have recalled defenseman Ryan...

Wednesday’s “First Call” has some unfortunate details about the officiating crew for Saturday’s Steelers-Ravens game. One former Pittsburgh Steeler is looking for work, while another one is on a new roster. The Penguins are helping out Cameron Heyward. Marc-Andre Fleury is still working to catch Patrick Roy. And a former...

Having worn the colors of both sides of the rivalry, Lars Eller can articulate the decades-long feud between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals with an educated perspective. “It’s a divisional game,” said Eller, currently the Penguins’ third-line center. “A rivalry game. There’s going to be high emotions on both...

Bryan Rust burst into 2024 with a pretty buoyant attitude. At least that’s what one could surmise when the Pittsburgh Penguins forward took to the ice at PPG Paints Arena for a morning skate Tuesday waving to the handful of media members there to watch. His quips and one-liners to...

The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned forward Vinnie Hinostroza and defenseman Ryan Shea to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. These transactions allowed the team to formally activate forward Bryan Rust from long-term injured reserve. Hinostroza (Dec. 16) and Shea (Dec. 19) each cleared waivers recently, allowing them to be...

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bryan Rust has been labeled as a “game-time decision” in advance of his team’s home game against the Washington Capitals at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday. Coach Mike Sullivan provided a status on Rust following a morning skate. Currently designated to long-term injured reserve due to an...

First things first, let’s just acknowledge the phrase “when everyone is healthy” does not have a practical application in hockey. There’s always a puck off a toe or a shoulder rammed into the glass or a groin tweaked by an ice rut or a simple bout of the flu that...

As Mark Madden wrote last week here at TribLive, 2023 wasn’t a good year in Pittsburgh sports. He couldn’t even do a “best of Pittsburgh sports” column for the year because there was no “best.” But at least the Penguins and Steelers are finishing strong. The Steelers have won two...

A goal and two assists by forward Tanner Laderoute led the Wheeling Nailers to a 4-1 home win against the Norfolk Admrials at WesBanco Arena on Sunday. Forwards Justin Adamo, Jordan Martel and Matthew Querica all contributed goals for Wheeling (15-11-1-1) while goaltender Jaxon Castro made 33 saves on 34...

One of Kyle Dubas’ pursuits when he took over as the Pittsburgh Penguins’ president of hockey operations midway through 2023 in June was to boost the depth and competition at the organization’s goaltending position. In addition to retaining incumbent starter Tristan Jarry, he signed Alex Nedeljkovic, hoping the 27-year-old would...

The Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic in Sunday’s home game against the New York Islanders at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Nedeljkovic’s status approximately two hours before the start of the contest. In 10 games this season, Nedeljkovic has a 5-2-2 record, a 2.64 goals...