Penguins/NHL category, Page 91
Sidney Crosby scores winner as Penguins bounce back with wild victory over Minnesota
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ power play has decided a lot of games for them this season. And the bulk of those decisions have been emphatically negative. Largely sputtering with the man advantage through the first third of the season, the Penguins have directed countless man-hours among their players and staff toward...
Penguins assign forwards Jonathan Gruden, Marc Johnstone to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned forwards Jonathan Gruden and Marc Johnstone to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Monday evening. In corresponding transactions, forwards Noel Acciari and Rickard Rakell were activated from regular and long-term injured reserve, respectively. Gruden has played in four NHL games this season and has no...
Former Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury remains ‘the same exact guy’
Pittsburgh Penguins fans got a chance to see the player who once was projected to be the franchise’s goaltender of the future for the Minnesota Wild Monday night. Filip Gustavsson. A second-round pick (No. 55 overall) in 2016, Gustavsson was viewed by management at that time as potentially being the...
Penguins place defenseman Ryan Shea on waivers
The Pittsburgh Penguins placed defenseman Ryan Shea on waivers Monday afternoon. Should he go unclaimed and clear by 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Shea can be assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. A first-year NHLer — who does not qualify for rookie status per NHL rules based on his...
Marc-Andre Fleury won’t start for Wild against Penguins on Monday night
Marc-Andre Fleury, in what might be the final trip to PPG Paints Arena of his career, won’t start for the Minnesota Wild against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday night. Minnesota coach John Hynes said after morning skate that the team’s plan called for Filip Gustavsson playing Monday night in Pittsburgh...
Penguins forward Rickard Rakell could rejoin lineup against Wild
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Rickard Rakell has been labeled as a “game-time decision” for Monday’s home game against the Minnesota Wild at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Rakell’s status following an optional morning skate. Currently designated to long-term injury due to a suspected right shoulder injury, Rakell has been...
Penguins change up all defensive pairings
Erik Karlsson has skated in pairings with big defensemen before. When he entered the NHL with the Ottawa Senators in 2009, he occasionally worked with the likes of Filip Kuba (6-foot-4, 225 pounds) or Andy Sutton (6-foot-6, 245 pounds). Later, he was regularly deployed on the Senators’ top pairing with...
20 years after unforgettable debut, former Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury returns ‘home’ with the WildVideo
Dick Tarnstrom’s memories of the opening game of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2003-04 season against the Los Angeles Kings are fuzzy. The lone exception is the Penguins’ starting goaltender that night, an 18-year-old bundle of energy and springy legs making his NHL debut: Marc-Andre Fleury. “He was awesome,” Tarnstrom, a former...
Minor league report: Sam Poulin returns as Penguins win 3rd consecutive gameVideo
Forward Sam Poulin returned to the lineup after missing 18 games due to an undisclosed injured and scored a goal for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 2-1 home win against the Rochester Americans at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Goaltender Magnus Hellberg made 23 saves on 24 shots,...
Tristan Jarry pulled as Penguins get humbled by undermanned Maple Leafs
If the Pittsburgh Penguins require any kind of major augmentations to the roster in hopes of qualifying for the playoffs, time will tell. At least that’s what president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas told reporters in Cranberry on Monday. “Time is going to tell us that and that’s how we’ll...
Penguins forward Vinnie Hinostroza clears waivers
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Vinnie Hinostorza cleared waivers Saturday and remains on the club’s NHL roster for the time being. With Hinostroza having gone unclaimed on waivers, the Penguins are free to assign him to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL). A right-handed shot, Hinostroza has been used in a...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Sidney Crosby is performing at MVP level, yet still underappreciated
Sidney Crosby sits 25th among NHL scorers with 31 points in 28 games. He’s fourth in goals with 17. Imagine what his statistics might be if the Pittsburgh Penguins’ power play didn’t stink most games. He’s carrying a subpar Penguins team on his back, albeit not to great heights thus...
Minor league report: Colin White pushes Penguins past CometsVideo
A goal and an assist by forward Colin White led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 4-1 road win against the Utica Comets at Adirondack Bank Center in Utica, N.Y. on Friday. Goaltender Joel Blomqvist made 21 saves on 22 shots, improving his record to 7-4-2. Defensemen Will Butcher and Jack...
Penguins place forward Vinnie Hinostroza on waivers
The Pittsburgh Penguins placed forward Vinnie Hinostroza on waivers Friday afternoon. Should he go unclaimed and clear by 2 p.m. Saturday, the team can assign him to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. A right-handed shot, Hinostroza has been used in a variety of roles this season, including on both...
Valtteri Puustinen’s value to the Penguins is easy to understandVideo
Some language barriers still exist for Valtteri Puustinen, even after two-plus years in North America. But the Finn’s sentiments are easy to understand for his teammates. “Any time you get him outside the rink and you get him kind of going on Google Translate trying to have a conversation with...
12-round shootout between Penguins, Canadiens the longest in NHL since 2016Video
On the final day of November, following a victory against Tampa Bay, the Pittsburgh Penguins had reason to add a new page into their franchise history book. The occasion was Tristan Jarry’s empty-netter, the first goal scored by a Penguins goalie dating back to the club’s launch in 1967 and...
Tim Benz: Penguins’ victory in Montreal is the latest in a long line of potential launch points
In a season that’s been up and down at times (to be kind) and flat-out maddening at others (to be blunt), the Pittsburgh Penguins have constantly been searching for that lightning bolt moment. They’ve hunted for a turnaround game that could ignite an extended winning streak. One that would eventually...
Penguins forward Marc Johnstone has ‘the greatest job in the world’Video
Only one of Sidney Crosby’s current teammates on the Pittsburgh Penguins can say he was present for Crosby’s NHL debut nearly two decades ago. Marc Johnstone. He was 9. A native of Cranford, N.J., Stone went to Crosby’s first NHL game, a 5-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils at...
Minor league report: Magnus Hellberg leads Penguins past CrunchVideo
Goaltender Magnus Hellberg made 24 saves on 25 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-1 home win against the Syracuse Crunch at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday. The result boosted Hellberg’s record to 4-3-0. Forward Corey Andonovski and defenseman Dmitri Samorukov each recorded two assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...
Jansen Harkins scores winner as Penguins outlast Canadiens in 12-round shootout
The Penguins worked overtime and then some Wednesday in their 4-3 shootout victory over the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Goals by defenseman Kris Letang and forwards Sidney Crosby, Lars Eller and Jansen Harkins in a 12-round shootout provided a hard-earned victory. It was the longest shootout...
Penguins forward prospect Brayden Yager selected for IIHF World Junior Championship
Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect Brayden Yager has been selected for Canada’s roster in the upcoming International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship tournament. Hockey Canada, the governing body of the sport in that country, announced its 22-player roster Wednesday evening. Yager, 18, was the Penguins’ first-round pick (No. 14 overall)...
Mark Madden: Logan Cooley playing against Sidney Crosby, Penguins a special moment for Pittsburgh hockey
In the days before becoming Pittsburgh’s foremost media icon, I wrote about high school hockey for a local paper. As much as they let me, anyway. “Nobody cares about hockey,” was the mantra. My coverage was mostly relegated to the suburban editions. But look at Pittsburgh hockey now. Logan Cooley...
Tim Benz: Empty those ‘half full’ glasses. The Penguins can finally toast the power play
After his team’s 4-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes Tuesday night, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan leaned into a tried and true analogy when discussing the impact of his team finally scoring a pair of power-play goals. “Seeing the glass half full a little bit and trying to celebrate some of...
First Call: Concussion response for T.J. Watt under review; Antonio Brown makes pitch to retire as a Steeler; Jonathan Taylor’s status
The NFL and its Players Association want more answers about how the Steelers handled T.J. Watt’s concussion. We investigate the prospect of Jonathan Taylor of the Colts returning to play against the Steelers on Saturday. Antonio Brown wants to retire as a Steeler. A former Steelers backup quarterback is heading...
Penguins finally score on the power play and beat Coyotes
It was a night to celebrate hockey in Pittsburgh. West Mifflin native and Arizona Coyotes rookie forward Logan Cooley – perhaps the greatest talent this region has ever produced in the sport – played at PPG Paints Arena for the first time in his young career against the Pittsburgh Penguins....
