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Penguins remain on task despite so many diversions
In any other timeline, Tuesday would have been unusual for the Pittsburgh Penguins. But practicing at Madison Square Garden in the middle of bustling New York then flying home to Pittsburgh might have been relatively normal compared to their past seven days. To review, the past week for the Penguins...
Injured Penguins Zach Aston-Reese, Mike Matheson making progress
Injured Pittsburgh Penguins forward Zach Aston-Reese and defenseman Mike Matheson participated in the team’s practice Tuesday at Madison Square Garden in New York. Both remain on injured reserve but have been semi-regular presences at the Penguins’ irregular practice sessions as of late. Aston-Reese is recuperating from offseason surgery on his...
Penguins assign defenseman Will Reilly to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Penguins assigned defenseman Will Reilly to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. A first-year professional, Reilly was recalled from the taxi squad Monday and served as a healthy scratch during a 3-1 road loss to the New York Rangers that same day. Reilly, 23, has yet to play a...
Empty Thoughts: Rangers 3, Penguins 1Video
Observations from the Penguins’ 3-1 loss to the Rangers: First things first, no one in a Penguins jersey was injured. There haven’t been many times after games this season that could be said. The combination of the Penguins’ chaos on the blue line and the six power-play chances they were...
Penguins’ power play struggles continue in loss to Rangers
The Penguins entered Monday’s road game against the New York Rangers with a hideous slump on the power play. They preached the right things about trying to remedy their malfunctions in that area. “Simplify” and “shoot” are two words they have offered repeatedly, almost to a man, during their skid...
Penguins place Brian Dumoulin on long-term injured reserve
The Pittsburgh Penguins placed defenseman Brian Dumoulin on long-term injured reserve. That designation allowed them to recall defenseman Will Reilly, a first-year professional, from their taxi squad. Dumoulin, one of the team’s top players, has been sidelined the past two games — since a 3-2 overtime road loss to the...
Penguins’ upcoming home games postponed by Devils’ covid-19 issues
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ upcoming home games Tuesday and Thursday against the New Jersey Devils have been postponed indefinitely. On Monday, the NHL announced four additional Devils players were added to the league’s covid-19 protocol-related absence list. They join the six Devils players already on that list prior to Monday. Those...
Penguins defenseman Kris Letang sidelined with undisclosed injuryVideo
Penguins defenseman Kris Letang will miss Monday’s road game against the New York Rangers because of an undisclosed injury. Coach Mike Sullivan termed his absence as “day to day.” Letang, the team’s top defenseman, left Saturday’s 5-4 overtime road win against the Rangers at 10 minutes, 15 seconds of the...
Penguins Prospect Watch: Nathan Legare, Sam Poulin debut for Val-d’Or Foreurs
A weekly look at how Penguins prospects and minor leaguers have fared over the past week: • In the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), forwards Nathan Legare and Sam Poulin each made their debuts for Val-d’Or Foreurs on Saturday in a 3-2 shootout road win against the Gatineau Olympiques....
Minor league report: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins open preseason with victory
Goaltender Emil Larmi made 21 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, who opened their preseason with a 5-1 road win against the Binghamton Devils at the RWJBarnabas Health Hockey House in Newark, N.J., on Sunday. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton got goals from forwards Jordy Bellerive, John Gruden, Zach Nastasiuk, Tim Schaller and defenseman Josh...
Penguins leaning on rookie P.O Joseph in crucial moments
You can illustrate how dismal of a situation the Pittsburgh Penguins have on defense by simply pointing out they have six defensemen sidelined by injury. But you can paint a much more vivid picture by noting one of their options during a 5-4 overtime road win against the Rangers on...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 5, Rangers 4 (OT)Video
Observations from the Penguins’ 5-4 overtime win against the Rangers: First things first — and boy has that been typed way too often in this space — there was no update on Kris Letang after the game. He left the game at 10:15 of the first period. On a fairly...
Minor league report: Nailers lose to FuelVideo
Playing their first game in two weeks, the Wheeling Nailers lost at home, 5-4, to the Indy Fuel on Saturday at the WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va. The Nailers had their past four games postponed due to covid-19-related concerns. Forward Austin Fyten scored two goals for Wheeling while forwards Sean...
Penguins beat Rangers in OT, but lose Kris Letang
The Pittsburgh Penguins entered Saturday’s road game against the New York Rangers knowing they had to do something different to combat what plagued them during the early stages of their ongoing road trip. “We’ve just got to play a better team game,” forward Bryan Rust said. “We’ve got to focus...
Penguins recall defenseman Yannick Weber from taxi squad
As a 12-year veteran who has played in Montreal, Vancouver and Nashville, defenseman Yannick Weber is no stranger to travel. But the trek he made to join the Penguins was quite a caper. The native of Switzerland signed with the Penguins on Wednesday but was unable to arrange a flight...
Who makes sense as the Penguins’ next general manager?
When the Penguins sought a new general manager in the spring of 2014, there were plenty of obvious candidates. The names of Julien BriseBois and Jeff Gorton were some of the most prominent attached to the vacancy. And they made sense. At the time, they were assistant general managers of...
Empty Thoughts: Bruins 4, Penguins 1Video
Observations from the Penguins’ 4-1 loss to the Bruins: Evgeni Malkin doesn’t enjoy speaking to the media in any language, particularly a second one. He’s a relatively introverted person and having to explain why the power play stinks in words that don’t always come naturally to him is low on...
Penguins flat during another loss in Boston
The Penguins had a job to do. Even if their general manager quit his job. On Thursday morning, they were still trying to shake off the stupor from Jim Rutherford abruptly stepping away from a thoroughly successful tenure with the organization. There was still a little bit of shock lingering,...
Penguins recall Kevin Czuczman, Sam Lafferty from taxi squad
The Pittsburgh Penguins made a series of roster maneuvers prior to their road game against the Boston Bruins on Thursday. Defenseman Kevin Czuczman and forward Sam Lafferty were recalled from the taxi squad. Czuczman’s recall is under emergency conditions, but Lafferty is a regular recall. With a number of incumbent...
Penguins interim general manager Patrik Allvin has put in the work with organization
Bill Guerin has seen the world. When you’re one of the best hockey players the U.S. has ever produced, that affords you the chance to play in Olympic or international tournaments staged in exotic locales such as Italy or Japan. But after his playing days concluded and he took the...
Penguins move on without Jim RutherfordVideo
Wednesday began in a fairly mundane fashion for the Penguins. Several hours after they had lost to the Boston Bruins, 3-2, in overtime at TD Garden, they gathered at that same venue to practice and iron out the wrinkles of their play. It was just another unremarkable day at practice...
Penguins defenseman Brian Dumoulin sidelined
Another day. Another Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman injured. Brian Dumoulin, one of the Penguins’ top players, will be sidelined on a week-to-week basis because of an undisclosed injury, according to coach Mike Sullivan. During Tuesday’s 3-2 overtime road loss to the Boston Bruins, Dumoulin fell to the ice awkwardly while defending...
Never a dull moment: Highlights of Jim Rutherford’s time with the Penguins
When he was introduced as general manager in 2014, Jim Rutherford had some modest expectations for how long he would remain with the Penguins. He even suggested his tenure would be two or three years and one of the team’s assistant general managers would take over. He eventually walked that...
Penguins sign veteran defenseman Yannick Weber
The Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday signed defenseman Yannick Weber to a one-year deal worth $700,000, the NHL’s minimum salary. He must clear waivers by noon Thursday to formally join the team. Weber joins a team that has been besieged by injuries, particularly on the blue line. The 32-year-old has spent...
Jim Rutherford’s success as Penguins GM built through second chances
Jim Rutherford believed in second chances. He was willing to give castoffs and misfits second chances in the name of making his teams better. After all, he was given a second chance. A few weeks after the Carolina Hurricanes gently pushed him out of the general manager’s office in spring...
