Defenseman Olli Maatta will undergo his second shoulder surgery in less than a year today and will miss the remainder of the season, Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford announced in a press release late Tuesday night, thus confirming previous reports that Maatta’s season was likely over. Any time a player has to have a second surgery on the same body part, questions arise. Did something go wrong with the first procedure? Is this going to be a career-long problem? Did he return from injury ... Read More
Penguins claim forward Mark Arcobello on waivers
The Pittsburgh Penguins have claimed forward Mark Arcobello on waivers from the Nashville Predators, general manager Jim Rutherford announced in a statement on Wednesday. The acquisition will immediately add some skill to the Penguins bottom six. Depsite Marcel Goc scoring in last night’s 7-2 victory over Minnesota, the Acrobello has already more than doubled the production of the Penguins’ fourth line of Goc, Zach Sill and Craig Adams. The current Penguins fourth line trio has just three ... Read More
Penguins hand Wild sixth straight loss
A huge third period for the Penguins turned a 3-1 lead into a lopsided 7-2 victory over the hapless Minnesota Wild in Pittsburgh. With several outside the Wild organization already calling for the firing of head coach Mike Yeo, Tuesday night’s result will put even more pressure on the former Penguins assistant. “For whatever reason, we start to unravel,” said Yeo, but he refused to say that his team had quit. “If they quit, they wouldn’t be in their meeting right now,” he said. The Wild ... Read More
Penguins ready to host struggling Wild
The Pittsburgh Penguins will look to continue their dominance over the Western Conference as the Minnesota Wild makes their only visit to the Steel City this season. The Penguins are 7-2 in their nine games against the west this season, which is the best in the league. The Wild, meanwhile are in a free fall, having lost five straight games and 11 of their last 13. That, along with this outburst at practice last week, have some calling for Minnesota head coach Mike Yeo to be relieved of his ... Read More
Report: Olli Maatta likely done for season
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Olli Maatta’s season is likely over, according to multiple media reports, the first of which was by 105.9The X’s Mark Madden. The young defenseman’s sophomore season never got on track, as he has been sidelined by multiple injuries and illnesses. He missed all of training camp while rehabilitating his shoulder from off-season surgery. Sometime during training camp, he was diagnosed with a tumor on his thyroid gland, but was still in the opening-night lineup. ... Read More
Fleury belongs in All-Star Game
When the NHL announced the rosters for the 60th NHL All-Star on Saturday, the Penguins were sure to be well represented. Sidney Crosby is the face of the league, and despite a recent goal-scoring slump, was a shoo-in for the game. Evgeni Malkin, as well, has been one of the league’s most electric performers and is currently third in the league in scoring. The Penguins third obvious candidate, goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, was somehow left off the roster. It’s crazy that Fleury, an all-star ... Read More
Crosby beats Habs with OT goal
Sidney Crosby ended two streaks when he fired a one-timer past goaltender Carey Price to beat the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 in overtime on Friday night. He snapped a personal four-game goalless drought and scored the team’s first power-play goal in nine attempts. The Penguins earned the power play when the Canadiens took a too-many men penalty 3:09 into overtime. On the ensuing faceoff, Montreal center Tomas Plekanec’s stick snapped, and the Penguins were able to take advantage with Kris Letang ... Read More
Penguins, Crosby look to get back on track in Montreal
The Penguins will go for a season series win and try to take back first place in the Metropolitan Division when they take on the Canadiens tonight in Montreal. Penguins captain Sidney Crosby will also try to get untracked as he plays against the team he cheered for as a youth. He has seven points in his last five games in Montreal. He’s scored just once in his last nine games. TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: This will be the third and final meeting between the Penguins and Canadiens this season. The ... Read More
Did the Penguins get Robbed?
There were plenty of things about the Penguins 3-2 overtime loss to the Bruins that could be upsetting to Penguins fans. A questionable call in overtime (and even worse handling of that call), a flat-out bad call for goaltender inteference that wiped out a goal, the power play’s continued struggles (0-4 with only five shots), and plain old bad luck (Zdeno Chara’s goal went off two posts and in. Sideny Crosby’s shot hit the post and the back of Tuuka Rask but couldn’t find it’s way across the ... Read More
Bruins beat Penguins with controversial overtime goal
For the second time this season, a controversial call at Consol Energy Center lead to a video review of a potentially game-winning goal. In November, the Penguins got a reprieve and were able to beat the Rangers in a shootout. This, time the referee’s call on the ice stood and the Boston Bruins earned the extra point and a 3-2 overtime win. At 2:43 of overtime, Bruins center Patrice Bergeron deflected a Milan Lucic past the blocker of Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury to seemingly give the ... Read More