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Penguins Postgame: Goalies, Power Play, & a Point
The Pittsburgh Penguins spotted the Vancouver Canucks a 2-0 and 3-1 lead in the first period before rallying to force overtime when Sidney Crosby scored with 29 seconds remaining. The Penguins lost to the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 in OT Friday. Marcus Pettersson scored his first goal of the season, and...
Penguins Grades: Team Fights for Point, Another Twist in Goalie Battle
They were flat in the first 20 minutes and trailed 3-1, but the Pittsburgh Penguins kept digging their way out of the hole and earned a point in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Vancouver Canucks at PPG Paints Arena. It was a perfect symmetry to the first 41 games....
Big Hit Knocks Reilly Smith From Game, Being Evaluated
Pittsburgh Penguins left winger Reilly Smith left Thursday’s game against the Vancouver Canucks because of an injury and is being evaluated, according to coach Mike Sullivan. In the first period of what became a 4-3 overtime loss, Smith took a big hit from 6-foot-6, 248-pound Vancouver defenseman Nikita Zadorov...
Penguins Rally from 3-1 Deficit, But Fall in OT, 4-3
The Pittsburgh Penguins had a pretty good idea of what they could expect from Vancouver when the Canucks stopped by PPG Paints Arena Thursday night. They just couldn’t do much about it. Not until after the Canucks had scored three times in the first period of what would become...
Penguins Start Nedeljkovic Again; Sure Looks Like a Goalie Controversy
Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan can sidestep labels and massage the words, but the Penguins seem to have a good old-fashioned goalie controversy with Alex Nedeljkovic and Tristan Jarry. The situation has arisen not because the presumptive No. 1 goalie, Jarry, has faltered but because Nedeljkovic has begun tapping into...
Penguins Notes: Tocchet Leads Canucks Turnaround; Praising Cutter Gauthier
CRANBERRY — Vancouver was submerged in the Western Conference standings, hopelessly out of contention for a playoff berth, when Rick Tocchet replaced Bruce Boudreau as coach on Jan. 22, 2023. The Canucks went on a 20-12-4 surge after Tocchet took over and will enter their game against the Pittsburgh...
Penguins Game 40 vs. Canucks: Lines, Notes & How to Watch
Whatever gains the Pittsburgh Penguins have made in enhancing their 200-foot game over their recent surge could come in handy Thursday when the Vancouver Canucks visit PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins (20-15-4) will be facing the top scoring team in the NHL. The Canucks (27-11-3) average 3.9 goals a game,...
Dan’s Daily: Torts Unloads on Reporter; Penguins Had Reckoning
The NHL stirred when the Philadelphia Flyers traded Cutter Gauthier on Monday, and team officials weren’t shy about saying why. On Thursday, Flyers coach John Tortorella unloaded on a reporter whom he felt went too far. The Pittsburgh Penguins used embarrassment to make changes, while the turnaround will open options for the NHL trade deadline and this summer, which could shortcut a rebuild. The latest DFO trade board has some interesting names, including Jake Guentzel.
Embarrassment Made Penguins ‘Soul Search,’ and Change (+)
CRANBERRY — The Pittsburgh Penguins renewed defensive commitment, or perhaps more accurately, their new commitment to defense was no accident. Nor was it entirely by eager choice. The Penguins were humiliated on Dec. 16 against the Toronto Maple Leafs, 7-0 on Hockey Night in Canada. There were no redeeming...
Penguins Center Lars Eller: Easy to Overlook, Hard to Overrate
CRANBERRY — This has been a season of surprises for the Pittsburgh Penguins, and a lot of them haven’t been particularly pleasant. There’s the power play that should be among the NHL’s most menacing, but which has settled near the bottom of the rankings for most of the past three-plus months. A defenseman, Erik Karlsson, who recently went through an 18-game stretch without a goal after scoring 25 for San Jose last season. Oh, and rather than looking like the Stanley Cup contender they had hoped — and, perhaps, fully expected — to be, the Penguins have only occasionally held a spot in the standings that would translate to a place in the playoffs.
Penguins’ Cap Structure, Trade Deadline Big Chances to Improve & Avoid Rebuild
The Pittsburgh Penguins are rubbing the sleep from their eyes and arising from the slumber that nearly tanked their season. The Penguins are far from established in a playoff position, but their recent run of victories has brought them back to even with the wild-card contenders and opened the possibilities for the March 8 NHL trade deadline.
Dan’s Daily: Penguins Busting Out; Death Threats over Flyers Trade
Believe it or not, the Pittsburgh Penguins are busting out of the malaise and slumps that haunted the first couple of months of the 2023-24 season. Drew O’Connor is on the cusp of a breakout, and there are several legitimate reasons for optimism surrounding the team. Things went from heated to insane in Philadelphia after the Flyers traded away former fifth-overall pick Cutter Gauthier. A report in Philadelphia media blamed former Flyers’ forward Kevin Hayes for influencing Gauthier. Hayes began receiving death threats and incredibly dark messages. And TSN chummed the NHL trade rumors with more potential Ducks deals.
Kingerski: Yes, Penguins Have Several Real Reasons for Optimism
PHILADELPHIA — The Pittsburgh Penguins have won nine of their past 15 games and seven of their past 10. Their recent run of gritty play, net-front battles, and victories began in the lowest moments. The team was absolutely embarrassed by the Toronto Maple Leafs on Hockey Night in Canada on Dec. 16.
Penguins’ O’Connor Blossoms; How Malkin and Crosby Helped
There’s a long line of younger Pittsburgh Penguins who have gone through it – those eye-opening oh-bleep moments when they get a shot to play with Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin. Some just can’t hang with them. Others have their career enhanced. Drew O’Connor fits in the latter category.
Dan’s Daily: Flyers Make Angry Trade; Penguins Figuring it Out
PHILADELPHIA — The Pittsburgh Penguins look like they are figuring it out. They scraped and skated through the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday in a 4-1 win. We’ve got the deets and full analysis from Philly. Jaws dropped during the first period when the Flyers traded their prized prospect, Cutter Gauthier. The story got more interesting when the Flyers revealed it was because Gauthier didn’t want to be a Flyer and disrespectfully ghosted management. There’s a lot more below. Also in the Daily, the Edmonton Oilers are now the top-grossing revenue team in the league, but their GM is non-committal about NHL trade deadline plans. And the Toronto Maple Leafs gave $92 million to William Nylander.
Penguins Grades: Sullivan Finds New Lineup; Pens Becoming Tough?
PHILADELPHIA — It did not take long for the game to resemble a classic rivalry tilt with plenty of ill-intent, angry scrums, dripping blood, and unsettled scores between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers. The Penguins earned perhaps their biggest win of the season (until the next one), beating...
Bad Blood, High Sticks & Two Points for Penguins in Philadelphia
A few years ago, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ rivalry with Philadelphia seemed to be losing a bit of its edge. Oh, they weren’t exactly pals — and the Wells Fargo Center crowd never tired of directing vulgar chants at Sidney Crosby — but the historic hostility between these franchises just wasn’t there the way it had been for so many years.
Penguins Game vs. Flyers is 4X Important; Two Key Battles
PHILADELPHIA — The Pittsburgh Penguins trail the Philadelphia Flyers by four points for third place in the Metro Division, and the rivals who like to admit they don’t like each other faceoff at the Wells Fargo Center Monday night. It’s a four-point game, hence the cutesy headline.
Penguins Game 39 vs. Flyers: Lines, Notes & How to Watch
Arguably the Pittsburgh Penguins’ longest and nastiest rivalry resumes Monday when they play the Flyers in Pittsburgh. There have been seasons in recent years when the Flyers weren’t overly competitive, rendering the rivalry a bit dull, but these days the Penguins (19-15-4) are looking up at Philadelphia (20-13-6) in the Metropolitan Division. What’s more, the Flyers swept a home-and-home in early December, 4-3 in a shootout and 2-1 in overtime.
Dan’s Daily: Sens Shopping for ‘Pros’; Some Good Penguins Stories
The NHL trade wheel landed on the Ottawa Senators this week. They won’t be selling the kids, but they want true pros to help out the kids. Pittsburgh Hockey Now put up a couple of full-length, meaty Pittsburgh Penguins stories on Erik Karlsson’s difficult fit with the team and some unvarnished honesty about how tough it is for young players to break into the NHL lineup and why. The Washington Capitals squeaked out a last-minute win over the LA Kings, and the now-best team in the NHL has long-shot Stanley Cup odds.
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