This evening the New York Rangers (30-18-7) came to Pittsburgh to face the Penguins (27-18-7) and would leave with a 3-0 victory, padding their lead ahead of the Pens. Midway through the first period, Kevin Hays scored his eighth goal of the season to give the Rangers an early lead.Henrik Lundqvist stopped 34 shots from Pittsburgh, doing a great job in going out and getting the job done. The Penguins missed key opportunities that were a post’s width away from getting a goal.Early PushAlthough ... Read More
Pens fall to Lightning, 6-3
On Friday night, the Pittsburgh Penguins (25-18-7) faced off against the Tampa Bay Lightning (29-18-4) in Amalie Arena. Goalies Marc-Andre Fleury and Jeff Zatkoff were both off of their game, with a 6-3 loss for the Penguins.The Penguins started out strong with Patrick Hornqvist scoring the first goal of the game as well as his 300th career NHL assist. Tampa Bay fought back, scoring two goals in the second period (Anton Stralman and Alex Killorn) taking the lead 2-1 at the end of the ... Read More
Malkin to rehab over weekend; Fehr out for at least a month
Today, Coach Mike Sullivan confirmed that Eric Fehr has suffered a significant lower-body injury that will keep him out for at least a month. Additionally, Sullivan said that Evgeni Malkin will not be traveling with the team this weekend. Malkin is also said to have a lower-body injury and will stay in Pittsburgh for rehab.Both were not participating at the team's skate today in Cranberry Township. Fehr, who took a vicious hit against the boards during Tuesday's game against the Ottawa Senators, ... Read More
Recharged Penguins win fourth straight game
After a week of rest the Pittsburgh Penguins (24-17-7) hosted the Ottawa Senators (23-21-6) this evening at Consol Energy Center. Sidney Crosby continued his hot streak picking up his ninth hat trick of his career in tonight’s 6-5 win.Not much defense was seen as a total of 11 goals were scored tonight, but each team was not without their cheap goals. Pittsburgh came out swinging with two early goals, but the Senators continued throughout the game to get the puck behind Marc-Andre ... Read More
Pens hold their own destiny in the second half
The Pittsburgh Penguins had a tale of two stories in the first half of their season. Limping into December, Coach Mike Johnston was eventually relieved of his duty with Mike Sullivan stepping in his shoes. However, headed into the All-Star break, Pittsburgh found themselves on a three-game win streak and are threatening to move up even further in the Metropolitan Division. Before Sullivan’s arrival the Penguins struggled in just about every faucet of the game. The defense struggled to support ... Read More
Kris Letang named NHL third star for month of January
The NHL named Pittsburgh Penguins blueliner Kris Letang the third star for the month of January on Tuesday. In 10 games, Letang scored three goals and finished with 14 points, helping the Penguins go 6-2-3 and regain a playoff spot.Letang, along with Evgeni Malkin, represented the Penguins and the Metropolitan Division at the 2016 NHL All-Star Game on Sunday in Nashville, scoring a goal and assisting on a Malkin tally in a 4-3 loss to the Atlantic Division All-Stars.Evgeny Kuznetsov, a center ... Read More
Craig Adams announces retirement
Craig Adams announced Tuesday that he will be retiring from the NHL after 14 seasons. Playing a total of 951 career games, Adams is finishing his career with a total of 55 goals and 105 assists. Adams played for three NHL teams: the Carolina Hurricanes, Chicago Blackhawks and the Pittsburgh Penguins.After playing four years (1995-99) with the Harvard Crimson’s, Adams was drafted in the ninth round of the 1996 draft by the Hartford Whalers. However, Adams did not play his first NHL game until the ... Read More
Marc-Andre Fleury leads Penguins to third straight win entering All-Star Break
The Pittsburgh Penguins (23-17-7) finished the first half of their season on a high note after defeating the New Jersey Devils (25-19-5) 2-0 this evening at the Consol Energy Center. Sidney Crosby continued his hot streak scoring a power play goal with Patric Hornqvist and Kris Letang finding an assist.The Penguins opened up the game in the second period putting up a two-goal lead with a Phil Kessel wrist shot. Recently acquired Carl Hagelin picked up his 12th assist of the season and Derrick ... Read More
Penguins winger Beau Bennett injured … again
Right winger Beau Bennett will miss Tuesday’s game against the New Jersey Devils due to an undisclosed injury. Saturday’s game against the Vancouver Canucks seems to have brought back the return of Bennett’s upper-body injury that caused him to miss 17 games so far this season, after a hit to defenseman Luca Sbisa landed Bennett in the locker room for medical attention. He did return for the end of the game but did not skate during Monday’s morning practice.Coach Mike Sullivan says Bennett will ... Read More
Penguins overcome early deficit to beat Flyers, 4-3
The Pittsburgh Penguins faced off against the Philadelphia Flyers Thursday night. The first period proved shaky for the Penguins after a 2-0 Flyers lead with two power-play goals. However, the Penguins came into the second period ready to play hockey, taking the lead with three goals. Phil Kessel scored the Penguins fourth goal of the night, taking the lead 4-2 in the third period. However, the Flyers came back scoring yet another power-play goal, fighting for the tie. However, the Penguins ... Read More