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Patric Hornqvist, 4th line lead Penguins past Red Wings
Patric Hornqvist has quite a resume. A two-time Stanley Cup winner, he has reached the 20-goal mark eight times in his career. Also, he makes a healthy $5.3 million per season. Having Hornqvist play on a fourth line is akin to Pablo Picasso painting your garage. Or, at least Jackson...
Penguins to start Matt Murray against Red Wings
The Penguins will start goaltender Matt Murray on Sunday against the Detroit Red Wings at PPG Paints Arena, according to coach Mike Sullivan. In 30 games this season, Murray has a 16-7-5 record, along with a 2.82 goals-against average, a .902 save percentage and one shutout. Murray and Tristan Jarry...
Minor league report: Penguins lose to Sound Tigers, 3-2
Goaltender Casey DeSmith made 25 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-2 road loss to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Conn. on Saturday. Forwards Joseph Blandisi and Jamie Devane scored goals for the Penguins (25-20-3-5). The Penguins’ next game is at home against the...
What would work for Eastern Conference contenders as trade deadline approaches?
The Pittsburgh Penguins, as they are wont to do under general manager Jim Rutherford, didn’t wait until the Feb. 24 trade deadline to make a deal that could alter the trajectory of their season. On Monday, Rutherford swung a major trade by bringing forward Jason Zucker from the Minnesota Wild...
Empty net or not, Penguins’ Zach Aston-Reese snaps scoring droughtVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Zach Aston-Reese snapped a 14-game streak without a goal during Friday’s 4-1 home win against the Montreal Canadiens. He didn’t exactly boast about how he scored it, however. Mainly because it was on an empty net. “It’s a lot easier when there’s no goalie there, obviously,” said...
Sidney Crosby offers take on Penguins’ mix-and-match top lineVideo
Over the past two games, top Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby had gotten adjusted to new left winger Jason Zucker. He also has had to make adjustments working with familiar options on the right wing with Patric Hornqvist and Dominik Simon. The Penguins opened Tuesday’s 2-1 overtime home loss to...
Penguins’ Dominik Kahun practices once againVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Dominik Kahun (concussion) participated in his second consecutive practice Saturday. Operating in a noncontact capacity, Kahun reported feeling “way better.” Aside from a lack of contact, Kahun has displayed few limitations with regards to his skating or conditioning during practice. “I’m going 100 percent already,” Kahun said....
Penguins forward Nick Bjugstad resumes skating
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Nick Bjugstad resumed skating for the first time in several weeks Saturday at the Penguins’ facility in Cranberry. Absent from the lineup since Nov. 15 because of a core muscle injury, Bjugstad skated before the team’s practice. He had not skated since mid-January during his recovery and...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 4, Canadiens 1
Observations from the Penguins’ 4-1 win against the Canadiens: Empty netters are kind of an odd thing. Think about it. The goaltender, the one player on a team whose sole job to keep pucks out of a cage, is completely removed off the ice, usually very late. That would be...
Minor league report: Penguins fall to Bruins, 4-2
Goaltender Casey DeSmith made 22 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-2 road loss to the Providence Bruins at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, R.I. on Friday. Forwards Adam Johnson and Jordy Bellerive scored goals for the Penguins (25-19-3-5). Highlights: The Penguins’ next game is on the road...
Jason Zucker scores twice, leads Penguins past Canadiens
Jason Zucker is fully aware of the immense expectations foisted upon him. After all, the Pittsburgh Penguins traded high-end future assets to acquire his services Monday. And, as has been the case for any scoring winger the Penguins have brought in to play with franchise center Sidney Crosby — from...
Maxime Talbot is still a star with Penguins
The Penguins have had a long, storied history of French Canadian stars. • Michel Briere capped off a promising rookie season in 1969-70 by scoring the first playoff overtime goal in franchise history to claim a series-clinching 3-2 victory against the Oakland Seals in Game 4 of the semifinal round....
Penguins to start Tristan Jarry against Canadiens
The Penguins will start goaltender Tristan Jarry for Friday’s game against against the Montreal Canadiens at PPG Paints Arena, according to coach Mike Sullivan. In 27 games this season, Jarry has an 18-8-1 record along with a 2.18 goals against average, a .929 save percentage and three shutouts. With nine...
Ex-Penguins forward Aleksey Morozov named KHL president
Former Penguins forward Aleksey Morozov has been elected president of Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Morozov was unanimously elected to the position by the board’s league of directors according to a press release from the KHL. He previously served as vice president for the development of junior hockey for the...
Jason Zucker restores Penguins’ talent, depth at left wingVideo
Having barely been in Western Pennsylvania for 48 hours, Jason Zucker still was getting used to his surroundings by the time he practiced with the Pittsburgh Penguins for the first time Thursday. How to get to the arena in Uptown. What roads to take to the practice facility up north....
Chad Ruhwedel filling in for John Marino on Penguins’ penalty kill
The Pittsburgh Penguins miss injured rookie defenseman John Marino on a variety of fronts. One that might be the easiest to quantify is the penalty kill. Before Marino left the lineup after fracturing bones in his face Feb. 6, he had averaged 2 minutes, 2 seconds of short-handed ice time...
Penguins forward Dominik Kahun resumes practicing
There probably is no such thing as a convenient concussion. It’s kind of like cracking your phone screen in a timely fashion or having your hot water tank burst at an opportune moment. Concussions are bad regardless of the circumstances. But when a player experiences a prolonged stretch of productive...
Minor league report: Pierre-Olivier Joseph leads Penguins past Wolf Pack
Two goals by defenseman Pierre-Olivier Joseph led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 2-1 road win against the Hartford Wolf Pack at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. on Wednesday. Goaltender Casey DeSmith made 25 saves for the Penguins (25-18-3-5). Highlights: The Penguins’ next game is on the road against the...
In Jason Zucker deal, Penguins’ Jim Rutherford sticks to trade tendency
Jim Rutherford wasn’t simply being optimistic. He was outright boastful. The Pittsburgh Penguins general manager suggested his midseason acquisition could be a member of the franchise for more than half a decade. “He’s coming into the prime of his career,” Rutherford said. “As long as the contract works out longterm...
Empty Thoughts: Lightning 2, Penguins 1 (OT)
Observations from the Penguins’ 2-1 overtime loss to the Lightning. It’s one thing when Jim Rutherford tells you the trade he just made was a good one or when Mike Sullivan tells you how much a new player will help. It’s another when the incumbent players act excited about a...
Jason Zucker has quiet debut in Penguins’ OT loss to LightningVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins offered a lot of descriptions of their new forward Jason Zucker after acquiring him in a trade with the Minnesota Wild on Monday. “Fast” was the most common one. “Honest” could be another. After making his debut with the team in a 2-1 overtime loss to the...
Penguins line Jason Zucker up with Sidney Crosby
The Pittsburgh Penguins didn’t waste time giving their newest player a chance to prove his value. Forward Jason Zucker, acquired in a trade with the Minnesota Wild on Monday, made his Penguins debut Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena against the Tampa Bay Lightning on the left wing of center Sidney...
Penguins acquire forward Jason Zucker from Wild
Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford has liked Jason Zucker for a while. Well before his team shortened its bench to three lines over the past week. And well before Jake Guentzel suffered a severe shoulder injury a day before New Year’s Eve. Even well before Rutherford reportedly tried to...
Penguins’ Jared McCann gets rare opportunity with Malkin, Rust
Late in the second period of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 3-2 road win against the Florida Panthers on Saturday, the Penguins switched their top two lines. Patric Hornqvist moved to the right wing of Sidney Crosby’s line, and Jared McCann slotted down to the left wing of Evgeni Malkin’s line. That...
Penguins will feel John Marino’s absence in many areasVideo
There is a convention in sports that you can’t lose your job to injury. But you can definitely lose your defensive partner because of it. That has happened to Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Marcus Pettersson this season. Twice. When Justin Schultz missed 16 games in December and January, Pettersson adapted to...
