Pittsburgh Penguins / NHL category, Page 207
Penguins top line struggling to produce goals
UNIONDALE, N.Y — Arguably, the most consistent offensive force for the Pittsburgh Penguins over the course of the regular season was their top line of Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby and Bryan Rust. Guentzel and Rust were the only members of the team who appeared in all 56 games during the...
Tim Benz: No Penguins panic yet, but reasons to grouse
I suppose if you predict a series to go seven games, the team you predict to win is going to have to lose three times. I said the Pittsburgh Penguins would beat the New York Islanders in seven games in their opening-round playoff series. So, at 2-2 after four games,...
Penalties, mistakes cost Penguins in Game 4 loss to Islanders
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — If there was any doubt Evgeni Malkin truly has returned, he answered that question fairly quickly Saturday. To be precise, the Pittsburgh Penguins superstar center made his presence abundantly clear 4 minutes, 7 seconds into regulation during Game 4 of his team’s first-round playoff series against the...
Islanders to start goaltender Ilya Sorokin for Game 4 against Penguins
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — The New York Islanders are expected to start rookie goaltender Ilya Sorokin for Game 4 of their first-round series against the Penguins at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Saturday. Sorokin made his postseason debut during Game 1 on Sunday, a 4-3 overtime win at PPG Paints Arena....
Brandon Tanev became voice of calm for the Penguins late in Game 3Video
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Penguins forward Brandon Tanev has become something of a local cult hero early in the playoffs due to his frantic (or maniacal) approach to his vocation. Yet, when Game 3 of the Penguins’ first-round series against the New York Islanders at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum devolved into...
Minor league report: Nailers fall to Swamp RabbitsVideo
Goaltender Tommy Nappier made 21 saves on 26 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 5-2 road loss to the Greenville Swamp Rabbits at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C. on Friday. Defenseman Jesse Lees and forward Brady Tomlak each scored goals for Wheeling (19-34-5-1), which has lost four...
Penguins forward Jason Zucker comfortable contributing ‘in other ways’
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jason Zucker got his first goal of the postseason Thursday during the Penguins’ 5-4 road win against the New York Islanders in Game 3 of their first-round series at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Having reached the 20-goal mark five times in his career, Zucker’s...
Penguins have ‘3-headed monster’ at centerVideo
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — The Pittsburgh Penguins’ two-headed monster hasn’t been slain. Far from it. But it’s been in hibernation through the first three games of their first-round series with the New York Islanders. Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin — long dubbed as a dual-craniumed leviathan at the center position for...
Mark Madden: Penguins overcame Islanders, officiating in Game 3, but can they really keep up this pace?
“Penguins ill-equipped for heavy hockey” — my column’s headline two days ago. So it was written. So it did come to pass. Don’t be blinded by Thursday’s result, as impressive as the Pittsburgh Penguins’ gutsy 5-4 win on Long Island was. That farce of a game displayed much that’s bad...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 5, Islanders 4Video
Observations from the Penguins’ 5-4 win against the Islanders in Game 3: Sidney Crosby has been limited thus far in this series, at least in terms of producing offense. Through three games, he has one stinking goal. In contrast, Islanders fourth-liner Cal Clutterbuck had two in Game 3 alone. But...
Ulf Samuelsson reflects on Penguins’ 1991 Stanley Cup as 30th anniversary approaches
As the 2021 Penguins attempt to fight their way through the first round of this year’s NHL playoffs against the New York Islanders, Tuesday will mark the 30th anniversary of the franchise’s first championship. On May 25, 1991, the Penguins won the Stanley Cup by defeating the Minnesota North Stars...
Tim Benz: It’s not just that the Penguins won Game 3. It’s how they did it.
Not only did the Penguins need to win that game, they needed to win that game that way. They needed to win a game where they had to score a lot to do it. They needed to win a game where the offense carried the day. They needed to win...
Even in sparse ice time in return from injury, Evgeni Malkin makes impact on Penguins’ win
Among the 1,107 NHL regular-season and playoff games Evgeni Malkin has appeared in over his career, in only five did Malkin amass less ice time than he did during Thursday’s postseason contest on Long Island. Malkin didn’t need an abundance of time to make an impact. In his return to...
Penguins outlast Islanders in wild Game 3 as Evgeni Malkin returns
UNIONDALE, N.Y. – The Penguins wanted a good start to Game 3 of their first-round playoff series with the New York Islanders at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Thursday. But they wound up with a chaotic conclusion. Most importantly, they got a win. With forward Evgeni Malkin returning to the...
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin returns for Game 3
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin returned to the lineup for Game 3 of his team’s first-round series against the New York Islanders on Thursday at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Malkin had missed the first two games of the series with a presumed right knee injury. That ailment also...
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin a ‘game-time decision’ for Game 3
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin was a full participant in Thursday’s morning skate at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in advance of Game 3 in his team’s first-round series against the New York Islanders. Coach Mike Sullivan labeled Malkin as a “game-time decision” during a video conference with media...
U mad, bro?: Fans take swings at JuJu Smith-Schuster, Devin Bush, Barry Trotz, Penguins goalies and … this column
Steelers. Penguins. Players. Coaches. Sportswriters. None of us are spared from angry readers in the latest blood-thirsty edition of “U mad, bro?” Wait. Did someone even take a shot at … David Byrne? Wow! We are “burning down the house” this week. Kevin starts by taking a swat at Islanders...
Tim Benz: Evgeni Malkin’s health, Islanders goaltending just scratch the surface for Game 3 topics
Many thoughts are sticking with me from Game 2 of the Pittsburgh Penguins East Division playoff series against the New York Islanders. I’m wondering how much of that result will carry over to Game 3 on Thursday night after the Penguins evened the series at a game apiece with a...
Islanders creating more chances than Penguins on the power playVideo
It’s a laughably small sample size, to be sure. But through the first four days of the Stanley Cup playoffs, no team has had a worse power play than the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Penguins are 0 for 5 with an extra man through two games of their first-round series against...
Blueger, Aston-Reese, Tanev have been better than a mere ‘4th line’ for PenguinsVideo
To open his video conference call with media Wednesday, Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan was asked about the effectiveness of his “fourth line” during the team’s first-round playoff series. “You’re talking about Teddy Blueger’s line?” Sullivan asked. Purportedly, Sullivan politely was asking for clarification. But it’s also possible Sullivan was...
Evgeni Malkin to travel with Penguins to New York; Casey DeSmith will not
It’s the NHL. It’s the playoffs, and it’s Mike Sullivan. So any injury update provided Wednesday between Games 2 and 3 of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ first-round series against the New York Islanders figured to be less than expansive. And while that was true, there was a morsel of good news...
Mark Madden: Penguins are ill-equipped for heavy hockey
The Pittsburgh Penguins won Game 2 over the New York Islanders. That’s most important. But Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech slammed Jake Guentzel to the ice with a check that was a bit late. Who rushed to Guentzel’s aid? The last person who should have to: Sidney Crosby. Brian Dumoulin got...
Former Penguins forward Jussi Jokinen retiresVideo
Former Penguins forward Jussi Jokinen has retired from professional hockey. The 38-year-old announced his retirement through his most recent team, Karpat of the Liiga, the top league in his native Finland. A veteran of 13 NHL seasons, Jokinen spent part of the 2012-13 campaign and the entire 2013-14 season with...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 2, Islanders 1Video
Observations from the Penguins’ 2-1 win against the Islanders: It wasn’t Bryan Rust’s most elegant moment during his prolific postseason career. As the Penguins were protecting a one-goal lead against a desperate Islanders team, Rust tried to get the puck out of his own zone. And sure enough, he did...
Tim Benz: Tristan Jarry’s bounce-back win wasn’t the only important Penguins rebound in Game 2
The turnaround performance by Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry wasn’t the only bounce-back storyline between Game 1 and Game 2 of the East Division first-round series. Let’s talk about Jeff Carter’s, too. I won’t put Carter’s rebound effort during the Penguins’ 2-1 win over the New York Islanders Tuesday in the...
