No Malkin?  No problem. With the hottest scorer in the league out of the lineup with a lower body injury, the Pittsburgh Penguins destroyed the San Jose Sharks 5-1, Thursday night. The Sharks, boasting a 19-3-5 record and six consecutive victories, were shut down by Marc-Andre Fleury and allowed four goals in the opening seven and a half minutes of the second period. San Jose was strong early on, dominating zone time in the first half of the first period.  But Fleury was up the task, ... Read More

The Penguins have won four straight, are 19-9-1 and have the game’s best two players. It's no mystery why the Pittsburgh Penguins are currently the odds-on favorite to win the Stanley Cup, paying 7-1.  They’re an astounding 3-1 favorite to win the Eastern Conference.  These Penguins are winners, right? I wouldn’t touch that bet.  Not a single dollar. For these Pittsburgh Penguins, winning is not curing all ills; it is masking them. The Penguins are not winning because they’re a ... Read More

There's a battle brewing between two players vying for best player in the NHL and, unfortunately to the 29 other teams, the Pittsburgh Penguins have both players. Tuesday night, at Nassau Coliseum both players made their cases as the Penguins defeated the Islanders 3-2 in overtime. After falling into a 2-0 hole, Evgeni Malkin setup James Neal for the first goal.  Sidney Crosby scored a power play goal to tie the game in the third setting up his heroics in overtime with an unbelievable ... Read More

A few months ago, I wrote an article saying that the Penguins would be searching for answers in net. During the preseason, Tomas Vokoun was lost to a blood clot in his pelvis. The veteran netminder, coming off a strong 2013 playoff stint with a .933 save percentage and a stout 2.01 GAA, looked to be pushing Marc-Andre Fleury for the starting netminder coming into the 2013-14 season. In the wake of Vokoun's absence, Fleury, to this point, has regained his form and claimed his role as the starting ... Read More

Evgeni Malkin has a message out to the rest of the NHL: he cannot be stopped and this won't be a down year. Malkin tallied four points and Jeff Zatkoff made 39 saves as the Pittsburgh Penguins bludgeoned the Florida Panthers, 5-1, Saturday night in Ft. Lauderdale. The Penguins were able to light the lamp several times, chasing Tim Thomas after two periods, despite being heavily outshot 40-22 in the contest. That was attributed to the effort by Jeff Zatkoff, who looked completed ... Read More

Marc-Andre Fleury wanted to bounce back from a poor showing on Wednesday night when he was pulled after letting up three goals in just over one full period of play. How about a shutout? Fleury stonewalled the Tampa Bay Lightning, stopping all 21 shots while the Penguins score three goals, including two in the final period to win 3-0 Friday night. Chris Kunitz scored his twelfth goal of the season less than seven minutes into the game.  Kunitz went cross-ice to Sidney Crosby while Pascal ... Read More

It took three straight times for the Penguins to come back from a deficit but they finally found a way to do it in a 6-5 shootout victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs. After falling short in a 3-2 loss to Montreal on Saturday, and losing in overtime to the Bruins after scoring with less than a second remaining in regulation, the Penguins were able to finish the job against Toronto, climbing out of a 4-1 deficit in the second period. Chris Connor, who was called up from Wilkes-Baare to ... Read More

Beau Bennett, who has missed the last two games, has now been placed on IR and is expected to miss 2-3 months with a wrist injury. The 21 year old former first round draft pick has three points in twelve games this season.  Bennett scored his only goal of the season against the Washington Capitals last Wednesday, but left the game against the Islanders two days later and did not return. With Bennett out and Tanner Glass scratched with a hand injury, the Penguins recalled Andrew Ebbett and ... Read More