The Pittsburgh Penguins welcomed back former Head Coach Dan Bylsma as the Buffalo Sabres came to town. The team provided a touching tribute video highlighting his years with the team and he received a standing ovation from the crowd. The Penguins walked away with a 4-3 win, finishing the night with a perfect special teams record by stopping both chances against them and scoring on their own opportunity. The Sabres outshot the Penguins 53-29, much of that coming during the 3rd period as the ... Read More
Fleury, timely scoring lead Pens over Caps
After two periods of defensive hockey and solid goaltenders, the Penguins and Capitals burst out for three goals in the first 3:49 of the third period. Fortunately for the Pens, they emerged from the outburst with a 2-1 lead and were able to escape Washington with a 3-1 victory. In an even first period, the Penguins had three straight power plays, including a 47-second 5-on-3, but they were unable to solve Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby. Holtby In the second, the ice tilted towards the ... Read More
Bennett will return for Pens vs Caps
Penguins winger Beau Bennett will return to the lineup tonight after missing the last five games. Bennett was injured celebrating a goal in the team’s 3-2 loss against the Montreal Canadiens on October 13. In that game, Bennett was one of the Penguins best players, scoring a goal on six shots in 14:05 of ice time. Now, after two weeks on the injured reserve, he’ll try to get back in the swing of things. “Beau will play tonight,” Penguins head coach Mike Johnston confirmed after morning ... Read More
Is keeping Sprong the right move?
At some point in the next week, the Pens will have to make a decision on rookie winger Daniel Sprong. As an 18-year old out of Canadian junior, the Penguins are able to keep rookie Daniel Sprong around for a nine-game tryout period without burning the first year of his entry level contract. He has already played in six, and if he remains in the lineup the final three will be played this week. The decision on Sprong will most likely have to be made before the team leaves for Western Canada ... Read More
AM Joe: Pens head to DC for first Metro matchup
Good morning, Pittsburgh. Here's your day in sports for Wednesday, October 28, 2015. What's on tap for today: The Penguins (4-4-0) will visit the Washington Capitals (6-1) tonight for their first game of the season against a Metro Division opponent. The Pens mediocre start has them in sixth place in the eight-team Metro. The Caps sit in third. Face-off is at 8:30 p.m. NBCSN Pittsburgh headlines: The Pens hired former defenseman Sergei Gonchar to be the team's defenseman ... Read More
New lines make more sense for Pens
Only eight games into the 2015–16 season, the Pittsburgh Penguins decided to break up Phil Kessel and Sidney Crosby and move the former on a line with Evgeni Malkin. The move bumped up Patric Hornqvist to the first line with Crosby. When comparing the new line combinations to personnel Crosby and Malkin found success with in the past, Kessel with Malkin and Crosby with Hornqvist allows all four player to better utilize specific skillsets. In the 2013–14 season, Crosby and Chris Kunitz tore ... Read More
Bobby Farnham claimed by Devils
The Pittsburgh Penguins lost a player on Monday, when forward Bobby Farnham was claimed on waivers by the New Jersey Devils. Farnham was placed on waivers on Sunday by the Penguins. He signed a two-way contract before the season, so it was expected he would clear waivers and be assigned to the Penguins' farm team in Wilkes-Barre. But the Devils are taking a shot on the forward. The 26-year old Farnham had no points and five penalty minutes in three games with the Penguins this season. ... Read More
Kessel nets OT winner over Neal, Preds
Phil Kessel made his first major impact in a Pittsburgh uniform Saturday at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena as the Penguins (4-4-0, 8 pts) knocked off the Predators (6-1-1, 13 pts) in overtime. The Western Conference points leader lost for just the second time this season, but still earned a point thanks to former Penguins winger James Neal tying the game 1-1 in the third period. Pittsburgh's Chris Kunitz had the game's only goal up until that point when he made it 1-0 at 15:04 of the second ... Read More
Pens fall to Stars in return of Dupuis
The Dallas Stars spoiled the return of Pascal Dupuis and snapped the Pittsburgh Penguins winning streak at three games with a 4-1 win Thursday night. The Penguins came out firing, but Stars goaltender Antti Niemi stymied the attack, stopping 33 shots in the game, including 11 in the first period. Seemingly everything went right for the Stars in the first 20 minutes. Seconds after the halfway mark, Johnny Oduya floated a shot from the left point through a few bodies and past the right shoulder ... Read More
Dupuis to return to Penguins tonight
The last time that Pascal Dupuis took the ice for the Pittsburgh Penguins, he skated off a winner, as the Penguins beat the New York Rangers, 3-2. That was November 15, 2014. Since then, it's been a losing battle for Dupuis that has kept him off the ice. Doctors found a blood clot in Dupuis' lung shortly after, requiring six months of blood thinners and putting Dupuis on the shelf. Then, as the Penguins prepared to open the 2015-2016 season, Dupuis was diagnosed with a lower-body injury that ... Read More