Injured winger Pascal Dupuis was a full participant in the Penguins’ morning skate today. He had skated on his own before practice on Friday, and may be available to play for the team when they host the New York Islanders tonight. “Pascal skated this morning, so it’s a game time decision tonight,” Head Coach Mike Johnston said of Dupuis. “I’m feeling much better than I did coming out of the game,” said Dupuis, “[There is] still a decision we have to make this afternoon with the coach and ... Read More
Pascal Dupuis skates Friday; could be available Saturday
Injured Pittsburgh Penguins winger Pascal Dupuis skated before the team’s practice on Friday, less than 24 hours after he was struck in the neck by a puck in Thursday’s 3-2 loss to the Dallas Stars. He was removed from the game on a stretcher and did not return. “He looked fine this morning; he did skate a little bit on his own,” head coach Mike Johnston said after practice, “He came into the room, got checked out by the medical staff, he’s been basically cleared by them. … All signs are ... Read More
Stars score late to beat Pens 3-2
In what has become an epidemic for the Penguins, the Dallas Stars scored a power play goal to beat the Penguins 3-2 in Pittsburgh on Thursday night. Tyler Seguin collected a cross-ice pass from Jason Spezza and flicked a shot under the blocker of Marc-Andre Fleury to give the Stars their first lead of the game with just 2.9 seconds remaining. It seemed as if Fleury had a chance to make a save on the shot, but it skipped off the underside of his blocker and into the net. Fleury has stopped ... Read More
Pens set to host Stars
The Penguins will look to extend their winning ways as they host the Dallas Starts at Consol Energy Center tonight. Mike Johnston’s squad is off to a 2-0 start and will face their second Western Conference opponent of the 2014-15 season. The Penguins were 10-4 while hosting Western Conference teams last season. TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: The Stars are coming off a 4-2 win in Columbus on Tuesday night. Dallas was lead offensively by left-winger Jamie Benn and center Tyler Seguin. The duo combined for ... Read More
Penguins make final roster cuts
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2014 first-round pick Kasperi Kapanen remains on the active roster despite the fact that he has returned home to his native Finland. General Manager Jim Rutherford announced that five players were cut on Tuesday afternoon. Defenseman Scott Harrington was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. Forwards Zach Sill and Andrew Ebbett and defenseman Taylor Chorney were assigned to Wheeling of the ECHL. Forward Oskar Sundqvist was returned to ... Read More
Penguins downed by Jason Pominville and Wild
The Pittsburgh Penguins only gave up 18 shots on goal against the Minnesota Wild but Jason Pominville found the back of the net with three of them to lead the Wild to a 4-1 win in St. Paul, MN on Monday night. The Penguins (3-2) outshot the Wild (2-2) 33 to 18 but Minnesota goaltender Darcy Kuemper was able to shut down the Pens offense, which was still without Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. Jeff Zatkoff took the loss as he stopped only six of eight shots over the final period and a ... Read More
Adam Payerl among Penguins first camp cuts
The Pittsburgh Penguins trimmed their training camp roster by 18 this morning, following a 2-0 loss at the hands of the Columbus Blue Jackets last night. The team is 0-2 after two preseason games and has yet to see participation from many of its star players, including Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. Forwards Scott Wilson, Anton Zlobin, Josh Archibald, Jean-Sebastien Dea, Matia Marcantuoni, Tom Kuhnhackl, Adam Payerl, Bryan Rust, Nick Drazenovic, Conor Sheary, and Tom Kostopoulous, ... Read More
Penguins continue preseason with trip to Columbus
Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets 7:00 PM, Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH TV: Jackets TV (Will only works for fans in Columbus broadcast market) Radio: 105.9 The X and the Penguins Radio Network Projected Penguins Lineup: 42 Kasperi Kapanen 57 Marcel Goc 23 Steve Downie 63 Conor Sheary 25 Andrew Ebbett 27 Craig Adams 54 Tom Kuhnhackl 38 Zach Sill 36 Bryan Rust 46 Dominic Uher 45 Adam Payerl 53 Tom Kostopoulos or 32 Pierre-Luc Leblond 58 Kris Letang 10 Christian Ehrhoff ... Read More
Penguins’ Kasperi Kapanen to miss rookie tournament
Pittsburgh Penguins’ rookie forward Kasperi Kapanen will miss this weekend’s rookie tournament. The 18-year-old Finnish winger was the Penguins first-round pick in this year’s NHL entry draft. Kapanen injured his hand this August in a game while playing for Team Finland’s U20 World Junior squad. The Penguins anticipate that he will be ready to play at the start of the team’s training camp, which begins next week. It is unknown what effect, if any, this injury will have on his chance of making ... Read More
Penguins sign Daniel Carcillo
The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed free agent left-winger Daniel Carcillo to a professional tryout contract. Originally drafted by the Penguins but traded while he was still in the minors, Carcillo played 57 games with the Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers last season, scoring only four goals and one assist. His career high in points is just 24, achieved seven years ago with Phoenix. His possession stats don’t suggest that he is due for a huge gain in scoring, either, with a ... Read More