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Penguins Postgame: Living on the Edge, Pens’ Heroes & Problems
When you live on the edge, sometimes you can’t help yourself but fall. The Pittsburgh Penguins trailed in the third period for the second consecutive night, but staring at a fourth-straight loss heading into a 10-day break with their future hanging by a thread, the Penguins snapped to. Sidney...
Penguins Grades: ‘Must Win,’ Pens’ Direction Hung in the Balance
The Pittsburgh Penguins again faced a third period deficit, only this time, they also understood another loss could mean tying their season to cement blocks and chucking it in the Allegheny River. Another loss would have been four straight and given president of hockey operations/GM Kyle Dubas 10 days to think about their future.
Pettersson OT Goal Lifts Penguins Past Montreal, 3-2
This was a game the Pittsburgh Penguins simply could not afford to lose. They were playing at home. Against one of the few teams below them in the Eastern Conference standings. With a chance to pull out of a three-game skid and take some semblance of momentum into the NHL’s all-star break.
Kingerski: One Fix the Penguins’ Power Play Must Try
What if there was one simple fix to improve the Pittsburgh Penguins power play?. The broken system has produced more failures than all but one other NHL team and has become such an albatross around the Penguins’ season that mere signs of energy and momentum are moral victories. The Penguins, with three sure-fire Hall of Famers and a pair of All-Star caliber players, are converting power plays at only 13.25%.
Evgeni Malkin Addresses Infamous Own Goal & Its Effects
Evgeni Malkin declined to speak with media in the aftermath of his historic own goal against the Arizona Coyotes last Monday. On a delayed penalty, Penguins defenseman Kris Letang executed a drop pass toward Evgeni Malkin near the Penguins’ vacated net. Gliding laterally, Malkin didn’t take receipt of the pass but deflected it into the net.
Penguins Game 46 vs. Canadiens: Lines, Notes & How to Watch
Whatever emotions the Pittsburgh Penguins will take into their nine-day break will be shaped by what happens Saturday when the Montreal Canadiens visit. The Penguins (21-17-7) are in desperate need of points in their pursuit of a playoff spot. They picked up one point Friday in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Florida Panthers.
Penguins Wrap: This Definitely is Not What They Had in Mind
The Pittsburgh Penguins wanted to enter the NHL all-star break on a roll, generating so much momentum that it might have carried over when play resumes next month. That’s not going to happen. Not when their final week before the break began with a dismal effort in a 5-2...
Penguins Six-Pack: Change for the Better; Nedeljkovic Pulls a Surprise
The Pittsburgh Penguins and Florida are in different divisions, so they only play each other three times during the regular season. That apparently is enough, though, for the teams to develop a considerable dislike for each other. Although the Penguins and Panthers combined for just 22 penalty minutes during Florida’s...
Penguins Postgame: Solving the Power Play; Malkin Shuffled
The Pittsburgh Penguins fought the Florida Panthers to draw in regulation; Penguins center Evgeni Malkin scored the game-tying goal with under a minute remaining to force overtime and earn the Penguins a point. However, the Florida Panthers won in a shootout, 3-2 at PPG Paints Arena. PHN’s Dan Kingersk dove...
Penguins Grades: Malkin, Craziness, & Would Someone Fix the Power Play? (+)
The Pittsburgh Penguins trailed for more than half of the game despite getting eight power plays, a power play goal, and more than 15 minutes of man-advantage time. The Florida Panthers scored two power-play goals, and that looked like the difference until Evgeni Malkin scored in the final minute with the goalie pulled, and the Penguins earned a point in the 3-2 shootout loss to the Florida Panthers at PPG Paints Arena.
Penguins’ Power Play Scores, Then Short-Circuits in 3-2 Shootout Loss
The Pittsburgh Penguins tried something radically different Friday night: They scored a power-play goal. On their first chance of the evening, no less. Seemed like a good idea at the time, but the Penguins apparently didn’t agree, because they failed to take advantage of seven subsequent chances with the man-advantage.
Penguins Q&A: Anger, Persistence and Pens’ Direction
Not all opinions fade, especially when they become firmly rooted in emotional investment and frustration. There are a few of those fish swimming around the Pittsburgh Penguins koi pond, which is currently filled with frustration and anger, both in the locker room and the paid seats. Mike Sullivan. Evgeni Malkin....
Penguins Game 45 vs. Panthers: Lines, Notes & How to Watch
The Pittsburgh Penguins host one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference when the Florida Panthers visit PPG Paints Arena on Friday, the first of back-to-back games going into a nine-day bye/All-Star Game break. The Penguins (21-17-6) have had a few days to stew over a mega-frustrating, two-loss trip...
Why the Penguins Traded Will Butcher; Dubas Builds Goodwill
The Pittsburgh Penguins traded defenseman Will Butcher to the Minnesota Wild Thursday but received only a player who has spent the majority of his time in the ECHL as a return. On the surface, the trade is lopsided against the Penguins, but that’s why sources say Penguins’ president of hockey...
Dan’s Daily: Scouting tradeable Prospects; Penguins Own Up
The Pittsburgh Penguins trade was minor but curious, and the locker room admitted they have played too many horse(bleep) games. The Penguins’ playoff drive is still mathematically in their hands because they have between two and five games in hand on their rivals, and they got some help with losses by the New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia Flyers. The Montreal Canadiens honored Patrick Roy, then beat the New York Islanders. And the Ottawa Senators have outlined their plans for the NHL trade market and deadline.
Penguins Trade: Get Minor-League Forward Maxim Cajkovic from Wild
The Pittsburgh Penguins have acquired forward Maxim Cajkovic from Minnesota for defenseman Will Butcher. Cajkovic, 23, had one goal and two assists in five games with the Wild’s American Hockey League affiliate in Iowa this season and put up 12 goals and six assists in 20 games with the ECHL’s Iowa Heartlanders.
Penguins Crave Consistency: ‘You’ve Seen Us Play Horse(bleep) Games’
CRANBERRY — The Pittsburgh Penguins have no doubts about how high they can lift their game. Not when they’ve done it a number of times during the first 44 games this season. What they can’t seem to figure out is why they’ve failed to perform at an acceptable...
Malkin’s Sidekicks: The Defensive Conscience & The Facilitator
If you pay attention to the way Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan talks about his team, you can probably close your eyes and hear him say the team is trying to put any given player in the best position to be successful. Evgeni Malkin seems to be in that particular spotlight right now, with Colin White on his right wing, Drew O’Connor on his left flank.
Scouting WBS: Poulin, Blomqvist & a Mean Defenseman on the Way (+)
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins are a veteran-laden group with plenty of NHL experience and a full quota of veterans. Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations/GM Kyle Dubas stocked the Penguins’ AHL affiliate after a few seasons of disappointing results and precious little depth for the NHL club.
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