With a 2-1 loss to the Dallas Stars on Thursday, the Pittsburgh Penguins are now mired in the longest losing streak of the season – and Mike Johnston’s career – as they have now lost four straight games. For the second consecutive game, the Penguins came out ahead on the shot chart, with the Pens outshooting the Stars 31-26, including a 14-4 advantage in the third period. With the Penguins missing their top two goal scorers – center Evgeni Malkin and winger Patric Hornqvist – due to ... Read More
Penguins look to get back on track against Stars
The Penguins are back out west this week, as their three-game road trip takes them to Dallas tonight to take on the Stars in a 9:00 p.m. faceoff. The Pens need to get back on track, after a two-game sweep at home last weekend and a lackluster 2-0 loss in New Jersey on Tuesday has handed them a three-game losing streak in which they’ve scored only one goal. One player that could spark the offense is left-winger Chris Kunitz. The veteran forward has been struggling lately. He has only one ... Read More
Penguins fall in New Jersey; drop third straight
For years, the Penguins have struggled to produce offense against the New Jersey Devils’ trapping scheme. On Tuesday night, they found their way to the net often enough, but despite landing 35 shots on goal, none of them found their way past Devils goaltender Cory Schneider, and the Pens lost, 2-0. It was the eighth time this season that the Penguins were shut out, and the second time in the last three games. The Penguins played a strong defensive game, allowing only 19 shots to get through ... Read More
Undisciplined Penguins lose second straight game
The Pittsburgh Penguins turned in yet another lackluster effort, as they dropped their second straight game, this time a 5-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings. Despite Penguins captain Sidney Crosby, who was a game-time decision with an undisclosed illness, being able to take his regular spot on the Pens’ top line, they were unable to muster much scoring. Discipline was also an issue for Mike Johnston’s squad. They took 64 minutes’ worth of penalties, including a game misconduct by Kris ... Read More
Crosby a game-time decision for Pens vs. Red Wings
The Pittsburgh Penguins have less than 24 hours to recover from yesterday’s hectic 2-0 loss to the Boston Bruins in which they lost both Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. Today, they’ll face another dangerous opponent in the Detroit Red Wings. TODAY’S OPPONENT: The Red Wings have lost four out of their last five games, including a 7-2 thrashing at the hands of the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. Detroit has now fallen to within three points of fourth-place Boston. This is the third and ... Read More
Penguins lose to Bruins without Crosby & Malkin
The Pittsburgh Penguins lost 2-0 to the Boston Bruins on Saturday afternoon, but it was the Penguins that didn’t play, rather than exploits of the ones that did, that was the biggest story of the day. Penguins captain Sidney Crosby took part in pre-game warmups, but was a late scratch from the game and replaced by veteran forward Craig Adams in the team’s lineup. “With Sid, I was walking out to the bench for the start of the game and I was told that Sid was seeing the doctors and wasn’t ... Read More
Penguins blow big lead but score late to beat Oilers
The Pittsburgh Penguins let a big lead slip away against the lowly Edmonton Oilers on Thursday evening, but they found a way to finish strong and escape with a 6-4 victory at Consol Energy Center. The Penguins jumped out to a huge 4-0 lead by the early second period, but the Oilers stormed back by scoring four consecutive goals to tie the game before the Penguins pulled away. Brandon Sutter had a huge first period, scoring two goals, the first of which was on a shorthanded breakaway at ... Read More
Gary Roberts returns to Pittsburgh to lead Penguins new practice facility
What would Gary Roberts do? Pittsburgh Penguins players should have the answer to that in the near future. Roberts, now 48, will be introduced at a press conference today as the face of the new UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex. The future Penguins practice facility is currently under construction in Cranberry Township. Roberts retired from the NHL in 2009 after a 21-year career and spent parts of two seasons in Pittsburgh. He played 57 games with the Penguins, scoring 10 goals and 18 assists, and ... Read More
Top 5 moments at the Mellon Arena
Mellon Arena, also known as the Civic Arena and nicknamed “The Igloo,” was constructed with nearly 3,000 tons of Pittsburgh steel and was the first retractable major-sports venue in the world. From 1967 to 2010, it essentially served as the home to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Within the span of 40-plus years, Mellon Arena hosted infinite memories. These memories remain alive in the city of Pittsburgh even though our beloved Igloo is no longer with us. What are with us, however, are the ... Read More
Pens can’t solve Niemi, Sharks; fall 2-1 in shootout
Antti Niemi and the SAP Center may haunt the Penguins in their dreams as they return home to Pittsburgh from their four-game west coast road trip. With a 2-1 shootout loss at the hands of the Sharks on Monday night, the Penguins are now winless in 12 straight games in San Jose, a streak dating back to October of 1997. This time, it was Niemi who did most of the damage. The Sharks netminder made 39 sparking saves through three periods of regulation and five minutes of overtime, and then shut ... Read More