Seth Rorabaugh stories, Page 125

Tristan Jarry has a fairly binary way of assessing his job. And considering his vocation, he largely operates in a pass-fail realm. “You want to win every game, and you want to stop every puck,” the Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender said on Monday when asked how he evaluates his performance. “When...

Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Marcus Pettersson returned to the lineup for Tuesday’s home game against the Washington Capitals at PPG Paints Arena. He had been sidelined for nine consecutive games because of an undisclosed injury. The team activated Pettersson from injured reserve Tuesday afternoon. During his absence, the Penguins dealt with...

The Pittsburgh Penguins will start goaltender Tristan Jarry for the second consecutive game Tuesday when they host the Washington Capitals at PPG Paints Arena. Jarry steered the team to a 6-3 home win against the Capitals on Sunday when he made 28 saves on 31 shots. This season, Jarry has...

Penguins defenseman Marcus Pettersson remained sidelined for Sunday’s 6-3 victory against the rival Washington Capitals at PPG Paints Arena. He remains on injured reserve with an undisclosed ailment. Sidelined for the past nine games, he was injured during a 5-4 home win against the Capitals on Jan. 19. During the...

Just looking at the basic numbers, Tristan Jarry was hardly outstanding Sunday. He was nothing close to the All-Star he was for most of the 2019-20 season. There hasn’t been a point in the 2020-21 season in which he has been in that zip code. But he was better Sunday...

The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled goaltender Maxime Lagace from their taxi squad on an emergency basis. He will serve as backup to starting Tristan Jarry for Sunday’s home game against the Washington Capitals. No reason for the transaction or the status of regular backup Casey DeSmith was provided by the team....

Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry is scheduled to do something Sunday he never has done. Play the Washington Capitals. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Jarry will be in net for Sunday’s home game at PPG Paints Arena against their long-time rivals. It will be Jarry’s first career game against the Capitals....

Jason Zucker doesn’t mind social distancing. At least in one specific instance. “It’s helped me a lot personally just because I’m further away from ‘Rusty,’ ” the Penguins forward joked in reference to his occasional linemate, Bryan Rust. “So I don’t have to deal with him as much on a...

The Pittsburgh Penguins have made requests to Gov. Tom Wolf as well as the Pa. Department of Health seeking permission since the start of the NHL’s season in mid-January to open PPG Paints Arena to spectators at 25% capacity. The team presented a plan to the state for when it...

As they take their first steps in running the Penguins, new general manager Ron Hextall and president of hockey operations Brian Burke will find plenty of deficiencies when they begin to evaluate the team they have inherited. They will find a struggling power play, an inconsistent top goaltender, a lack...

The Pittsburgh Penguins activated forward Zach Aston-Reese from long-term injured reserve. Sidelined since undergoing surgery on his left shoulder in mid-August, Aston-Reese could make his season debut in Thursday’s road game against the New York Islanders. In recent days, he has been skating on the left wing of the team’s...

Goaltender Francois Brassard made 21 saves on 23 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 2-1 road overtime loss to the Indy Fuel at Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis on Wednesday. Forward Austin Fyten scored the only goal for Wheeling (3-8-4), which has lost three consecutive games. Highlights: The Nailers’...

Having been captivated by the game for most of his life, Sidney Crosby was well aware of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ rivalry with the Philadelphia Flyers well before he was directly involved in it. So the remarkable notion of a Flyers villain like Ron Hextall now being the Penguins’ general manager...

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jared McCann will be sidelined on a week-to-week basis, coach Mike Sullivan said. He has not been on the ice with his team since suffering an undisclosed injury during Saturday’s 4-3 road loss to the New York Islanders. Primarily used as a left winger on the third...

The final 10 months of Jim Rutherford’s tenure as Penguins general manager were exhausting. With covid-19 crippling seemingly every walk of life on the globe, the NHL adjusted much of its business not only to stage an unprecedented postseason tournament in August and September to complete the 2019-20 season but...

The last time the Penguins hired a former goaltender with ties to the organization to be their general manager, it was a resounding success as it led to two Stanley Cup titles. They’re hoping for similar results with their most recent hire. On Tuesday, the Penguins tabbed Ron Hextall to...