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Penguins forward Jason Zucker to return against Capitals
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jason Zucker returned to the lineup for Saturday’s home game against the Washington Capitals at PPG Paints Arena. His status was announced by Penguins coach Mike Sullivan during a video conference with media before the game. Zucker missed the previous three games after he presumably reaggravated a...
Dwayne Haskins is latest Pittsburgh athlete to die during playing career
Dwayne Haskins was trying to get his once-promising NFL career back on track with the Pittsburgh Steelers when he died Saturday at age 24 after being struck by a vehicle in Florida. The former first-round draft pick had completed his first season with the Steelers and was planning to compete...
Minor league report: Nailers edge Fuel for 3rd consecutive winVideo
Goaltender Louis-Philip Guindon made 21 saves on 22 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 2-1 road win against the Indy Fuel at Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis on Friday. Forward Tim Doherty and defenseman Adam Smith each scored goals for Wheeling (35-28-4-0), which has won three consecutive games. Highlights:...
Would poor season series vs. Rangers matter for Penguins in playoff series?
Via peculiarity of the schedule, the bulk of the season series between Pittsburgh and New York took place over a span of roughly two weeks. One team was the decisive victor, fueling talk it would be a heavy favorite should they meet in the first round of the playoffs. The...
Mark Madden: The Penguins refuse to see themselves as they are
The Pittsburgh Penguins are standing at the crossroads. I believe they’re sinking down. The Penguins aren’t among the cream of the NHL crop. If they think that, they’re lying to themselves. If they believe they’re faster than the New York Rangers, that’s another whopper. If the Penguins feel they can...
Short-handed Penguins shut out by Rangers
The Penguins were under no misconceptions as to the gravity that their road contest against the New York Rangers on Thursday commanded. “Huge game,” forward Bryan Rust said on Tuesday. “This is a team that we’re possibly … (going to) see a lot of them in the (postseason).” The dimensions...
Penguins Sidney Crosby, John Marino, Radim Zohorna sidelined with undisclosed illnesses
Penguins forwards Sidney Crosby, Radim Zohorna and defenseman John Marino did not play in Thursday’s road game against the New York Rangers due to undisclosed illnesses. The team announced their statuses via Twitter prior to the game. Aside from noting they are not dealing with covid-19, the team did not...
Penguins recall forward Filip Hallander once again
For the second time this week, the Penguins have recalled forward Filip Hallander under emergency conditions from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL). In 53 AHL games this season, Hallander has 24 points (10 goals, 14 assists). He recorded an assist for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton during a 3-1 home win against...
Minor league report: Jonathan Gruden scores twice in Penguins’ winVideo
Two goals by forward Jonathan Gruden led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 3-1 home win against the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms in Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday. Defenseman Matt Bartkowski, a native of Mt. Lebanon, recorded two assists for Wilkes-Barre (31-27-4-4) while forward Sam Poulin contributed a goal,...
Penguins defenseman Marcus Pettersson finds benefit but frustration in healthy scratches
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Marcus Pettersson returned to the lineup during Tuesday’s 6-4 home loss to the Colorado Avalanche. His presence came after he had been a healthy scratch in his team’s previous two games. In all, he has been a healthy scratch for four of the past 12 games. Pettersson...
Penguins forward Jason Zucker is close to a potential return (again)Video
Penguins forward Jeff Carter was demoted Wednesday. And he was happy about it. That’s because second-line winger Jason Zucker was back on the ice in practice. The oft-injured Zucker participated in full-contact fashion during Wednesday’s session at the team’s facility in Cranberry, primarily skating on the left wing of a...
Mark Madden: With playoff series looming, Penguins-Rangers matchup has extra importance
Thursday’s matchup between the Pittsburgh Penguins and host New York Rangers isn’t a playoff game. But it’s got implications beyond a mere regular-season contest. The Penguins and Rangers are a good bet to play in the first round of the playoffs. The Rangers have beaten the Penguins two straight times,...
Penguins can’t keep up with powerful AvalancheVideo
The Penguins aren’t the best team in the NHL. Far from it. A quick glance at the standings would confirm that notion. That observation would also display that the Colorado Avalanche stand as the league’s top outfit this season based on points. The Penguins got a first-hand account of what...
Penguins assign forward Filip Hallander to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
A day after recalling him under emergency conditions, the Penguins assigned forward Filip Hallander to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Tuesday. Hallander was summoned to the NHL roster on Monday after forwards Anthony Angello, Danton Heinen and Kasperi Kapanen were absent from practice in Cranberry on Monday...
Penguins sign forward prospect Lukas SvejkovskyVideo
The Penguins have signed forward prospect Lukas Svejkovsky to a three-year entry-level contract. Beginning in the 2022-23 season, the deal will carry a salary cap hit of $859,167 at the NHL level. Svejkovsky, 20, was a fourth-round pick (No. 108 overall) in 2020. This season, the right-handed Svejkovsky (5-foot-9, 170...
Penguins forward Jason Zucker’s recovery from latest injury labeled as ‘encouraging’Video
Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan labeled forward Jason Zucker’s recovery from his latest injury as “encouraging” on Tuesday. Zucker missed his second consecutive game on Tuesday after falling into the boards awkwardly during a 4-3 road win against the Wild on Thursday. This malady comes just as Zucker had missed...
Tim Benz: Some things the Penguins can do better in rematch with Avalanche
Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan didn’t think that his team’s 3-2 loss to the Colorado Avalanche in Denver deserved too much disappointment. “It was just a really good hockey game. It was a well-played game on both sides,” Sullivan said after the defeat. “It was a real competitive hockey game.”...
Even with recent miscues, the Penguins still have full faith in Brian Dumoulin
On the night his team honored former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger with a pregame ceremony, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Brian Dumoulin mimicked another Steelers signal-caller who, like Dumoulin, wore No. 8. Tommy Maddox. And not in a good way. During a 3-2 home loss to the New York Rangers on...
Penguins recall forward Filip Hallander from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
With three forwards potentially sidelined because of illness, the Pittsburgh Penguins recalled forward Filip Hallander from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League under emergency conditions. Hallander, 21, has appeared in 52 AHL games this season and has 23 points (10 goals, 13 assists). This is Hallander’s first true recall to...
Penguins forward Jason Zucker remains sidelined, status uncertain
Injured Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jason Zucker was absent from practice Monday in Cranberry. He has been sidelined since suffering an undisclosed injury during Thursday’s 4-3 overtime road win against the Minnesota Wild. Penguins coach Mike Sullivan indicated Zucker still is being evaluated, and a more complete update might be available...
Mark Madden: Penguins allowing too many soul-crushing goals at inopportune times
The Penguins are difficult to figure. They are on pace for 108 points, have the seventh-best record in the NHL and have allowed the sixth-fewest goals in the league. (That last factoid is so un-Penguins. It looks like a typo.) But Saturday’s 3-2 loss at Colorado was a microcosm of...
First Call: Phil Kessel grabs active consecutive games streak lead; Pirates face nemesis on Opening Day
Monday’s “First Call” shows us how former Pittsburgh Penguin Phil Kessel took over the NHL’s consecutive games streak. A pair of Metropolitan Division teams suffered home losses. The Eastern Conference has its first team locked into the playoffs. And the Pirates will be facing a familiar opponent on Opening Day...
Minor league report: Nailers snap 4-game losing streakVideo
Forward Cedric Desruisseaux and defenseman Chris Ortiz each had a goal and an assist for the Wheeling Nailers in a 5-1 home win against the Fort Wayne Komets at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va. on Sunday. Goaltender Louis-Philip Guindon made 30 saves on 31 shots for Wheeling (33-28-4-0) which snapped...
How can Penguins replace Jason Zucker (again)?
Even after a hard-fought 4-3 overtime road win against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday, things were a bit somber for the Penguins. One of the most respected players on the roster, forward Jason Zucker, had his return from a long-term injury be disrupted almost as soon as it began. In...
Minor league report: Penguins tie franchise record with 9-2 rout of IslandersVideo
Forwards Drew O’Connor and Sam Poulin each scored two goals for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 9-2 home win against the Bridgeport Islanders at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Defenseman Juuso Riikola recorded three assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (30-27-4-4) while forward Alex Nylander contributed a goal and an assist....
