The Penguins are finishing up their three-game road trip with a 10:00 p.m. start in Vancouver against the Canucks this evening. TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: The Canucks are finishing up a six-game home stand. They’ve gone 2-3 in the first five games, including a 5-1 loss to San Jose on Thursday. Through 50 games, Swedish twins Daniel and Henrik Sedin each share the team lead with 42 points. Czech winger Radim Vrbata has 20 goals and was the team’s lone all-star representative. Ryan Miller is the ... Read More
Pens continue Western swing in Calgary
The Penguins three-game Western Canada road trip continues tonight with 9:00 p.m. visit with the Calgary Flames. They'll be greeting in Calgary by former Penguins defenseman Deryk Engelland, who will suit up wearing No. 29 for the red and black tonight. TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: The Flames have turned some heads in the Western Conference this season, as the young squad is currently in playoff contention and seven points ahead of the defending Stanley Cup Champion Los Angeles Kings in the Pacific ... Read More
Fleury blanks Oilers; Malkin scores in return
The Penguins got their three-game swing through Alberta and British Columbia started off on the right foot with a 2-0 shutout victory against the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped all 22 Oilers shots to record his seventh shutout of the season, which leads the NHL. It also ties him with Tom Barrasso in 1997-1998 for the most shutouts in a season in Penguins history. “It feels like it’s been a while,” said Fleury on his record-tying shutout. “It was a little ... Read More
Malkin to make return for Pens in Edmonton
The Penguins will begin their three-game Western Canada road trip tonight with an 8:00 p.m. start against the Edmonton Oilers. TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: The Oilers have struggled mightily this season, and at 14-28-9, they are far closer to drafting Connor McDavid than they are finding their way to the postseason for the first time since 2006. Their 37 points are the second-fewest in the NHL to the Buffalo Sabres, so the Oilers are positioning themselves well to land McDavid or fellow top prospect ... Read More
James Neal returns to Pittsburgh with the first-place Predators
After two straight road games against Metropolitan Division foes, the Penguins will be back and home and again hosting a Western Conference opponent this afternoon at Consol Energy Center. The West has been kind to the Penguins this season. They’re 9-2-1 against Western Conference opponents, which is the best this season amongst Eastern teams. TODAY’S OPPONENT: In the ultra-competitive Central Division, it isn’t the ultra-talented Chicago Blackhawks at the top. Nor is it a stong St. Louis ... Read More
Despres beats Devils with overtime goal
With Penguins defenseman Christian Ehrhoff back in Pittsburgh being evaluated for a concussion, Simon Despres was elevated to the top pairing alongside Kris Letang. “When we put Despres and Letang together, we were trying to see if he can bump up a little bit,” said Penguins head coach Mike Johnston. “I thought he handled the minutes well, and certainly the checking responsibility. It gave us a little more balance to our defense pairs, so that we didn’t have to have (Paul Martin) and Letang ... Read More
Penguins need to get back on track against the Devils
The Pittsburgh Penguins boarded a train to travel from Washington, D.C. ton Newark, New Jersey on Thursday. Ironically, part of what they need to fix going into tonight’s game against the Devils, has been that there have been far too many passengers on the ice for the Pens lately. “Just the intensity; I think you have to raise your level when you’re on the road,” Penguins captain Sidney Crosby said of what can be done to improve the team’s fate. “I think in general, just making sure that ... Read More
Ovechkin scores twice as Caps blank Pens
In the Pittsburgh Penguins last six games, they’ve played three Metropolitan Division opponents and two of the top teams from the Western Conference. The Pens looked like one of the top teams in the league when they came down from a 2-0 deficit to take the Chicago Blackhawks to a shootout and easily handled the Winnipeg Jets without the services of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Marc-Andre Fleury. In the three previous games against divisional foes, the closest they came to a victory ... Read More
Crosby returns versus Ovechkin and the Captials
The Pittsburgh Penguins had better have done a good job of resting up over the all-star break, as their second test in just over 24 hours awaits them in the form of the Washington Capitals tonight. After <a href=http://www.pittsburghsportingnews.com/letangs-five-assists-lead-pens-past-jets/19318> Winnipeg Jets 5-3 at home on Tuesday night</a>, the Penguins boarded a plane for the nation’s capital where they’ll take on the Capitals tonight at 8:00 p.m. Meeting them was will be ... Read More
Letang’s five assists lead Pens past Jets
The Pittsburgh Penguins came into Tuesday night’s matchup on a four-game losing streak and would be without their three best players in injured centers Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin and goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, who was given then night off. The Winnipeg Jets, on the other hand, came into town toting a five game winning streak. It was the Penguins, however that jumped out to an early lead, and when the Jets came back, the Pens kept on scoring en route to a 5-2 victory at Consol Energy ... Read More