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Penguins Practice: Guess Who’s Back? Koivunen Gets Big Promotion

DALLAS — The Pittsburgh Penguins seemed to get a little bit of good news Friday at practice at American Airlines Center. After participating in the optional morning skate Thursday, Evgeni Malkin was a full participant at practice, even barking at h

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Published: 2 hours ago

Sidney Crosby and Rutger McGroarty could be the duo next season

Photo by Joe Puetz/NHLI via Getty Images Sidney Crosby and Rutger McGroarty are certainly off to a strong start playing alongside one another in the NHL. No matter what your rooting interests are for the Pittsburgh Penguins o

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Published: 7 hours ago

The End is Nigh; Elimination from Playoff Race Looms for Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ presence in the Eastern Conference playoff race could end before the weekend does. Of course, the Penguins sitting out the postseason again been all but guaranteed for quite a few weeks — perhaps even longer — but the s

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Published: 7 hours ago

Dan’s Daily: McGroarty Gets 1st; UFA Rumors; Big LTIR Rule Change Coming?

ST. LOUIS — The Pittsburgh Penguins rallied from a two-goal third period deficit only to lose on a power-play goal. Popular rookie Rutger McGroarty netted his first point and his first goal on the late-third period tying goal. However, their OT los

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Published: 10 hours ago

Pens Points: St. Louis wins 11 straight

Photo by Scott Rovak/NHLI via Getty Images The Penguins get a clutch first-career goal from Rutger McGroarty to force OT, but come up short in the end. Here are your Pens Points for this Friday morning... The Pittsburgh Pengui

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Published: 11 hours ago

Penguins Grades: A Problem that Can’t Be Fixed; Why the Rookies are Sparkling

ST. LOUIS — The Pittsburgh Penguins rallied from a two-goal deficit in the third period to put a scare into the St. Louis Blues at the Enterprise Center, but the reasons for the deficit were entirely the Penguins’ fault. The Penguins lost in over

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Published: 16 hours ago

Blues’ Incredible Streak Continues With Overtime Win Over Penguins

The red hot St. Louis Blues (42-28-7) were back on home ice for the second of their three-game homestand as they hosted the Pittsburgh Penguins (30-34-12) Thursday night. Despite blowing…

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Published: 17 hours ago

NHL Highlights: Blues 5, Penguins 4 (OT)

Jake Neighbours scored two goals, Robert Thomas buried the overtime winner, and the St. Louis Blues earned a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4.

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Published: 18 hours ago

Penguins/Blues Recap: St. Louis overcomes RUTGERmania in Overtime

Photo by Joe Puetz/NHLI via Getty Images Rutger McGroarty gets his first two NHL points and helps force overtime but the Blues down the Penguins Pregame The Penguins bring a similar lineup to what they’ve had re

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Published: 18 hours ago

Blues beat Penguins in OT, extend win streak to 11

The St. Louis Blues are peaking at the right time. The Blues extended their win streak to 11 on Thursday with a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in overtime. With the win, St. Louis moved up to 91 points on the season and broke a tie with the

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Published: 18 hours ago

McGroarty Scores Late; Penguins Can’t Overcome Mistakes in OT Fall

ST. LOUIS — After a good start and some good goaltending, the Pittsburgh Penguins heaped mistakes and chances upon the already red-hot St. Louis Blues. The Penguins gifted St. Louis a trio of breakaway goals with unexplainable defensive coverages

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Published: 18 hours ago

Former Penguins Shining Like Stars

With the NHL regular season (along with the Penguins’ flickering playoff hopes) winding down like an old Timex watch, I confess I’m pretty much out of fresh ideas for articles. However, this morning as I was perusing Hockey Reference an

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Published: 19 hours ago