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Penguins’ Justin Schultz makes return from broken leg
Four months and three days after breaking his leg in Montreal, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Justin Schultz was back in the lineup Saturday afternoon against the Calgary Flames. Schultz was set to start the game on the second defense pair alongside Jack Johnson. Juuso Riikola was scratched to make room. “I...
What an assist! Penguins lend a hand for Valentine’s Day charity galaVideo
More than 800 fans spent Valentine’s Day with the hockey team they love. The second annual Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation’s “Night of Assists: The Sweetheart Swing” charity gala presented by Highmark took place Thursday at PPG Paints Arena. Penguins Coach Mike Sullivan, with wife Kate, called the event one of the...
Penguins defenseman Justin Schultz off injured list, could play Saturday
The long, slow road back to the lineup for Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Justin Schultz looks to be nearing its conclusion. The Penguins activated Schultz from the injured list on Friday afternoon. Earlier in the day, at practice in Cranberry, he skated on a regular defense pair with Jack Johnson and...
Penguins’ Teddy Blueger, Garrett Wilson on track to stay in lineup
With Evgeni Malkin returning from a one-game suspension and Zach Aston-Reese back from a hand injury, the Pittsburgh Penguins have as large a crop of available forwards as they’ve had at any point in the season. That means tough decisions for coach Mike Sullivan when the Penguins host Calgary on...
Penguins OK with giving up shots … but only to a point
The Pittsburgh Penguins have given up a total of 90 shots on goal in their previous two games. When coach Mike Sullivan sees that number, he winces. When defensemen Kris Letang and Jack Johnson see it, they shrug. On balance, with 25 games left in the regular season, the Penguins...
Redirects torment Penguins, goalie Matt Murray in lossVideo
Tips and redirections are good ways to get pucks past the big, technically sound, modern NHL goaltender. The Pittsburgh Penguins got that concept all twisted Saturday afternoon. They were tipping pucks past their own goaltender. Matt Murray gave up five goals in two periods, and each puck that got behind...
Justin Schultz said decision to return will be his to makeVideo
Justin Schultz isn’t making any promises about when he will return to the Pittsburgh Penguins lineup, but the veteran defenseman said Thursday the decision is his to make. “It’s up to me (and) when I feel I’m ready to play, I’ll be in,” Schultz said after taking part in an...
Pucks hitting the net but not getting past Penguins’ Matt Murray
In back-to-back games, goalie Matt Murray has faced a combined 90 shots. That he has turned aside 88 of them has as much to do with the Pittsburgh Penguins’ modest two-game winning streak as anything else. Murray backstopped the Penguins to a 4-1 win on Monday at Philadelphia and a...
Short-handed goal brings ‘energy’ to Rust, Penguins in win over Oilers
The Pittsburgh Penguins hold the distinction of giving up the most short-handed goals in the NHL this season. They have taken steps lately to counter that dubious accomplishment by becoming among the league leaders in scoring them. Bryan Rust’s short-handed goal at 2:30 of the second period erased a one-goal...
Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin understands, accepts punishment, still upset at Michael RafflVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin knows he was wrong when he swung his stick near the head of Philadelphia Flyers forward Michael Raffl. But he’s eager to put the one-game suspension behind him, accept the lost wages and concentrate on what really matters: rallying himself and his team over the...
Fourth-liner Aston-Reese ready to build on return from hand injury
With his first game in over a month out of the way, Zach Aston-Reese is looking to increase his hockey conditioning for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Skating on a fourth line Wednesday night in a 3-1 victory against the Edmonton Oilers, Aston-Reese played in his first game since Jan. 8 when...
Gaining confidence in leg is last step for Penguins’ Justin Schultz
Justin Schultz isn’t making any promises about when he will return to the Pittsburgh Penguins lineup, but the veteran defenseman said Thursday the decision is his to make. “It’s up to me (and) when I feel I’m ready to play, I’ll be in,” Schultz said after taking part in an...
Matt Murray turns back Connor McDavid, leads Penguins past OilersVideo
The matchup between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Edmonton Oilers is often billed as a battle between Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid. It’s probably more apt, though, to call it a showdown between McDavid and Matt Murray. After all, the goalie’s the one taking a hands-on approach to keeping the superstar...
Zach Aston-Reese probable, Dominik Simon likely out for Penguins vs. Oilers
Pittsburgh Penguins winger Zach Aston-Reese won’t be looking to pick any fights against the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night. Other than that, he’s ready to go. Out since suffering a hand injury in a Jan. 8 fight, Aston-Reese is probable to make his return to the lineup against the Oilers....
Penguins shelve outrage over Evgeni Malkin suspension
The way Kris Letang sees it, “screaming in the media” wouldn’t put Evgeni Malkin back in the Pittsburgh Penguins lineup against the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night. So he didn’t. And neither did any of his teammates. Reaction was largely muted to the news that Malkin would have to serve...
Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid show off individual strengths when superstars collide
As the face of the NHL and his heir apparent get set to face off for the sixth time in their careers Wednesday night at PPG Paints Arena, a clear pattern has emerged in the one-on-one battle between Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid. McDavid (3 goals, 6 assists) has decisively...
Penguins defense faces stern test with Olli Maatta injured, Connor McDavid in townVideo
With the game’s most dangerous offensive player in town, the Pittsburgh Penguins will be breaking in a new-look defense corps. With Olli Maatta out indefinitely with an apparent shoulder injury, Chad Ruhwedel looks set to play his first NHL game since Nov. 19. Justin Schultz continues to skate with the...
Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin suspended 1 game for swing of stick
Evgeni Malkin will serve a one-game suspension for swinging his stick at the head of Philadelphia Flyers forward Michael Raffl in a 4-1 Penguins victory on Monday night. Late in the third period, Malkin and Raffl were engaged in a physical battle in the neutral zone. Raffl gave Malkin a...
Penguins place Olli Maatta on injured reserve
The Pittsburgh Penguins will be without defenseman Olli Maatta for an undetermined amount of time after the team placed him on injured reserve Tuesday afternoon. Maatta, 24, sustained an upper-body injury after taking a hit Monday night in the Penguins’ 4-1 victory in Philadelphia. Maatta left the ice favoring his...
Penguins add minor-league defenseman in trade with Columbus
The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired minor-league defenseman Blake Siebenaler from the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday in exchange for a conditional draft pick. Siebenaler, 22, was a third-round pick in the 2014 draft. The 6-foot-2, 207-pound right-handed shooter was known for his skating and puck-moving skills in junior hockey with the...
Penguins’ Garrett Wilson has tasted success against Flyers’ rookie goalie Carter Hart
PHILADELPHIA – The long-standing rivalry between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers will feature a new element Monday night. For the first time in a long time, the Flyers have a goaltender to be excited about. Carter Hart, a 20-year-old rookie, is expected to start against the Penguins. He’s 8-0...
Penguins coach Mike Sullivan takes steps to fix shorthanded goal problem
PHILADELPHIA – After watching his team give up 12 shorthanded goals this season, Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan appears to have finally reached his breaking point. At morning skate as the Penguins prepared to take on the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night, Sullivan had two defensemen on each power-play unit....
Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin probable to play against Flyers
PHILADELPHIA – After missing the five previous games with an upper-body injury, Evgeni Malkin is probable to play against the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night, Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. Malkin was injured on a hit by Tampa Bay’s Dan Girardi in a Jan. 30 game. The Penguins went...
Penguins’ Nick Bjugstad OK after being sliced by skate
PHILADELPHIA – Hockey players get used to suffering all sorts of unusual injuries, but this was a new one for Pittsburgh Penguins forward Nick Bjugstad. In the third period of Saturday’s 5-4 Penguins loss at Tampa Bay, defenseman Mikhail Sergachev’s skate came up and slice through his jersey and into...
Penguins get much-needed win against rival Flyers
PHILADELPHIA — Matt Murray and the Pittsburgh Penguins won’t be submitting the video of their victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night to the Carnegie Museum of Art. But looking at the standings and the calendar, it’s long past time for the Penguins to stop worrying about artistic merit....
