With the Penguins win over the Carolina Hurricanes, it secured them a spot in the playoffs, and as one of the top three seeds in the Eastern Conference. With eight games left, the Penguins are in first place in the conference and have a five-point lead over the Montreal Canadiens who have 55 points and a game in hand on the Pens. If thing play out as expected then the Pens should keep that No. 1 seed and there are quite a few options of who they could play in the first round. The playoffs ... Read More
Penguins clinch Atlantic Division with win
The Pittsburgh Penguins are Atlantic Division champions. Beau Bennett and Evgeni Malkin scored 13 seconds apart in the third period to erase a 3-2 deficit and push the Pens to a 5-3 win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday at PNC Arena. With the victory, the Penguins (30-10-0) clinched the Atlantic Division crown, guaranteeing them one of the top three seeds in the Eastern Conference. After Bennett scored his third of the season on a backhander, Malkin cleaned up the rebound of a Jarome ... Read More
Malkin not the only one who needs improvement
The Penguins have a few needs heading into the playoffs; Evgeni Malkin dominating isn't one of them. Does Malkin need to play better? Absolutely. He has more penalty minutes than points, and is averaging barely over a point per game. That is not the level of play everyone expects from a two-time MVP. But Evgeni Malkin dominating games in Sid's absence wont matter if the rest of the team doesn't improve in the process. We saw Geno dominate most of last season while Crosby dealt with ... Read More
Fleury, Jokinen lead the charge in 2-1 win over Rangers
A player gained, a player lost, and a game won. That has been the theme for the Pittsburgh Penguins over the past week. The Penguins rebounded from back to back losses to win in a shootout against the New York Rangers, Friday night. Jussi Jokinen, acquired at the trade deadline for a conditional pick from Carolina, scored the Penguins' lone goal in regulation, then scored the lone goal in the shootout to give the Penguins their 29th win of the season. After playing the first two periods ... Read More
Ryan Clowe leads the way in 6-1 blowout over Pens
Since acquiring Jarome Iginla last week, the Penguins continue to look completely lost on the ice. The New York Rangers, on the other hand, needed a few hours to get their newly acquired players acclimated to playing in blue and red. The Rangers handed the Penguins their second straight loss with a dominating 6-1 victory at MSG, Wednesday night. Newly acquired forwards, Derick Brassard and Ryane Clowe, and defenseman John Moore, each scored at least one goal and combined for eight points ... Read More
Sabres snap Pittsburgh’s win streak at fifteen games
The Pittsburgh Penguins won games when Paul Martin and Kris Letang went down with injuries. They slugged through close battles when Evgeni Malkin was out, and they found a way to shutout back to back opponents without the help of Marc-Andre Fleury. But in their first full game without Sidney Crosby, the Penguins came out flat and couldn't come back from a three goal deficit. The Buffalo Sabres scored four goals in the first two periods and cruised to a 4-1 victory over the Penguins to ... Read More
Penguins’ trades put Eastern Conference in a tough spot
Unless a team trades for Wayne Gretzky and the DeLorean, the Pittsburgh Penguins will emerge as the winners of the trade deadline and all moves leading up to it. And unless an Eastern Conference team makes a move within the next two days, fourteen teams not named the Penguins, will be in big trouble down the final stretch. Ray Shero did not make the same mistake as last year, standing pat despite the fact that his team was racing for a long playoff run. He acquired a bruising defenseman ... Read More
Yinzer of the Week: Ray Shero
The Pittsburgh Penguins were very active in the trade market this week as Ray Shero showed why he's one of the better general managers in the NHL. For that, Shero is this week's Yinzer of the Week. It all started on Sunday. Shero sent Joe Morrow and a fifth-round draft pick out west and acquired a third-round pick and Stars' captain Brenden Morrow from Dallas. The newly acquired Morrow is a lofty veteran and has been in the league for 12 years as compared to their previous Morrow, who was a ... Read More
Domination: Pens defeat Jets 4-0
Just wait until everyone comes back. The Pittsburgh Penguins welcomed back Evgeni Malkin after a nine game absence, and welcomed Douglas Murray to Pittsburgh for his first game in black and Vegas gold. The result? A 4-0 drubbing of the Winnipeg Jets and a 14th straight victory. The Penguins had been relying on secondary scoring in some of their previous games but tonight it was all about the big guns. Evgeni Malkin and Chris Kunitz each scored while Pascal Dupuis added a pair of goals. ... Read More
The rich get richer: Penguins acquire Iginla
Around midnight last night, Aaron Ward of TSN reported that the Boston Bruins traded for Calgary Flames captain Jarome Iginla. It was a great move by them and at that point, I was ready to go to bed early for once. At 1:30 a.m., however, Ward deleted his tweet and it was announced that it was in fact the Pittsburgh Penguins that traded for Iginla. Are you kidding me, Shero? How did you do this. So I'm not taken out of context, I LOVED the move. I was nervous because I saw what the Bruins ... Read More