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
Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin selected to 60th All-Star Game
When the NHL hosts its 60th annual All-Star game in Columbus on January 25th, the Pittsburgh Penguins will be represented by forwards Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. For Crosby, this will be the ninth All-Star appearance for the Penguins 27-year-old captain. Though his goal scoring is down this season, Crosby still is among the league leaders in scoring with 43 points (11 g, 32 a) and is still widely regarded as one the top players in hockey. Malkin will head to Columbus for his sixth ... 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
Penguins may get Martin & Sill back for matchup with Bruins
It will be a rivalry night in Pittsburgh, as the Penguins will host the Boston Bruins in a nationally televised contest at 8:00 p.m. TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: This is the second meeting between the Penguins and the Bruins this season. The Penguins won the first matchup 3-2 on an Evgeni Malkin overtime game winner. [youtube width="560" height="315" link="http://youtu.be/DaBZUq2Qywc"] Missing from that matchup was Bruins captain and star defenseman Zdeno Chara. Boston head coach Claude Julien often ... Read More
Can Perron turn things around for Pens power play?
With the Penguins acquisition of skilled winger David Perron from Edmonton last week, one of the more interesting dynamics is where he will fit in on the power play. The team’s play on the man advantage, which was such a big part of the team’s early-season success, has cooled of significantly. In their last ten games, the Penguins are 3-for-31 on the power play. Steve Downie and Nick Spaling, who aren’t likely to be major power play contributors going forward, scored two of those three ... Read More
Canadiens spoil Perron’s debut, beat Penguins 4-1
The Montreal Canadiens came into Pittsburgh riding a red-hot Carey Price to a five-game winning streak. The Penguins did very little too cool off Price as he shut down the Penguins offense and the Canadiens put four past Marc-Andre Fleury to win 4-1 at Consol Energy Center on Saturday. “We didn't generate that many chances, and when you face a goalie that good, you don’t give yourself a chance to win the game,” said Penguins defenseman Kris Letang. Montreal’s Max Pacioretty started out the ... Read More
Perron to make Pittsburgh debut vs. Montreal
The Penguins won’t have much time to celebrate last night’s 6-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lighting, as they are right back in action tonight against the Montreal Canadiens. TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: The Canadiens have been on fire lately, having won five consecutive games and eight of their last nine. Their winning ways haven’t been affected by their current five-game road trip necessitated by the IIHF world junior championship being held in Montreal. In their previous four games on the trip, they ... Read More
Downie leads Penguins to victory over former squad
2015 is already looking positive for the Pittsburgh Penguins, because after Friday night’s 6-3 win against Tampa Bay, they are now first place in the Eastern Conference. Steve Downie made a triumphant return to the lineup, scoring two third period goals to seal the Penguins win. “I had a couple of opportunities,” said Downie after the game. “I got lucky tonight. I thought we played well.” His coach was quicker to praise Downie’s game. “He’s an underestimated player,” said Penguins head coach ... Read More