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Saying Goodbye to the 2023-24 Penguins Season
Our 2023-24 Pittsburgh Penguins coverage began with an extraordinary road trip to Halifax, one of the great hidden gems of the North American continent. It ended on Long Island, which features passionate fans and an area with all of the charm of unreachable eczema. It’s time to say goodbye to...
Penguins Confront What Went Wrong, ‘Critical Elements’
It is, Mike Sullivan said Thursday, still too early to offer an in-depth assessment of all that went wrong for the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 2023-24 season. The coaching staff and management will have a long — much too long, actually — offseason to assess the granular details of the team’s failings, and what should be done to enhance the chances that they’re not sitting out the Stanley Cup playoffs for a third consecutive spring in 2025.
Penguins Notebook: Letang’s Injuries; WBS Opportunities
In the final weeks of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ season, defenseman and core player Kris Letang sat out several practices and morning skates because of what were called maintenance days. He didn’t miss any games. In fact, he played in all 82. However, Letang was far from 100 percent.
Do Sullivan, Penguins Still Have Faith in Tristan Jarry?
CRANBERRY — Tristan Jarry entered the 2023-24 season as the Pittsburgh Penguins’ franchise goaltender, owner of a new five-year, $26,875,000 contract, as well as the unqualified confidence of the coaching staff and management. He exited it as Alex Nedeljkovic’s backup for 11 of the Penguins’ final 13 games...
Sidney Crosby Mulling Penguins Contract Extension, Future
Let’s put this out there: Pittsburgh Penguins center, megastar and team captain Sidney Crosby would not commit to much of anything as he looked ahead after the team missed the playoffs for the second straight season. That warrants a closer look on a few different levels. As the Penguins...
Penguins Great Change and Youth; 3 Real Reasons for Optimism
The Pittsburgh Penguins season is over—kaput. Fin. Yet the most important questions remain, and more are being asked after the remarkable run for a playoff spot fell short, failing to camouflage an otherwise turbulent season. The big-name targets have not yet drawn heat. The playoff race, which ended Tuesday,...
Penguins Postgame: Carter, Big Changes, Favorite Moments
ELMONT, NY — The Pittsburgh Penguins put the ribbon on one of the most disappointing, frustrating, and yet wildly interesting seasons in the franchise’s 56-year history. It ended as a few before it have, with a loss to the New York Islanders. And Jeff Carter’s retirement. Each...
Crosby’s Numbers Add Up to Great Season
Sidney Crosby is the undisputed leader of the Pittsburgh Penguins. And, not surprisingly, on the stats sheet. Crosby led the Penguins in a number of offensive categories during the 2023-24 season and, in the process, reached a couple of major milestones. He joined Wayne Gretzky as the only NHL players...
BREAKING: Big Jeff Carter Calls it a Career; ‘It Was Time’
ELMONT, NY — With his 442nd career goal in tow and a chance to be feted on the ice by his Pittsburgh Penguins teammates, forward Jeff Carter bid farewell to his NHL career Wednesday night. “This was it. I kind of knew coming in at the start of the...
Islanders Top Penguins, 5-4, to Finish Regular Season
The Pittsburgh Penguins closed out their 2023-24 season with a 5-4 loss to the New York Islanders at UBS Arena Wednesday night. Islanders winger Simon Holmstrom broke a 4-4 tie when he scored from inside the left circle at 14:27 of the third period, and New York goalie Ilya Sorokin denied Sidney Crosby on a penalty shot with 29.5 seconds left in regulation to preserve the lead.
Kingerski: Sullivan Starting Nedeljkovic, Not Jarry, Speaks Volumes
ELMONT, NY — The Pittsburgh Penguins will close their 2023-24 season Wednesday against the New York Islanders at UBS Arena. They were oh-so-close to erasing an impossible nine-point deficit that existed as late as March 27 and qualifying for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Instead, the locker room was dealing...
‘It Sucks’: Penguins Deal with Emotions of Failure (+)
ELMONT, NY — The hockey gods toyed with the Pittsburgh Penguins’ emotions until the very end. For the Penguins to return to the postseason, they neededfd the Detroit Red Wings and Washington Capitals to lose. With everything hanging in the balance, tension built as Detroit scored a goal...
Marc-Andre Fleury Will Bloom Again; Flower Not Done Yet
For most of this season, former Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender and fan favorite Marc-Andre Fleury has been a little coy about whether he would retire. Well, he’s not done yet. Fleury on Wednesday signed a one-year contract extension to return to the Minnesota Wild for $2.5 million. He will turn...
Is Mike Sullivan the Right Coach to Lead This Team?
Twenty-two men have coached the Pittsburgh Penguins since they entered the National Hockey League in 1967. Mike Sullivan has won more games than any of the others. Four men — two of them absolute legends — have led this team to Stanley Cups. Mike Sullivan is the only...
Over and Out; Penguins Game 82 vs. Islanders: Lines, Notes & How to Watch
For one last time, the Pittsburgh Penguins will take the ice in their 2023-24 configuration as they close the season playing on the road Wednesday against the New York Islanders. It’s perfunctory (look it up). While the Penguins (38-31-12) were idle in New York Tuesday night, the Washington Capitals clinched...
Dan’s Daily: Penguins Done, Ovi Thanks Flyers, End of Coyotes
The Pittsburgh Penguins season will end Wednesday against the New York Islanders. There will be no postseason chance at greater rewards. Dave Molinari appropriately roasted the team and organization in his column Tuesday night. To the very end, the Penguins were clinging to hope. The Washington Capitals won in the final minutes as Alex Ovechkin thanked the Flyers for pulling their goalie in a tie game (they had to), the Detroit Red Wings rallied again in the final seconds, and all hope was lost.
Molinari: Penguins Earned Their Season’s Sour Outcome
The Pittsburgh Penguins will now sit out the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second consecutive spring because Washington beat Philadelphia, 2-1, at Wells Fargo Center Tuesday evening. Sure, that was enough to formally eliminate the Penguins from contention for a playoff berth, but the harsh reality is that they played...
It’s Decision Day for Penguins’ Playoff Hopes; Full Scenario
The Pittsburgh Penguins are still alive after 81 games. To a player, they have expressed some gratitude in context to how far they’ve come in a short time period and optimism that the hockey gods will accept their extraordinary run to end the season as proper tribute, thus granting their wish to play in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Penguins Six-Pack: Playing the Right Way; Crosby’s the Heartbeat
There was an awful lot for the Pittsburgh Penguins to like about their 4-2 victory against Nashville at PPG Paints Arena Monday night. Some of them were things that happened. Others were things that didn’t, like not allowing Gustav Nyqvist’s goal that sliced their lead to 2-1 as the middle of the second period approached to knock them off their game.
Penguins Room: Malkin Speaks Blunt Truth, Crosby Hope
The Pittsburgh Penguins are sailing in their game. However, they are doing so under the guillotine of long playoff odds and another early summer. Keeping hope alive, the Penguins played Game 81 as they should have played many of the games before it, submitting one of their best games of the season, beating the Nashville Predators 4-2 at PPG Paints Arena.
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