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Kingerski: It’s Either Sullivan or Make Big Moves, Something Has to Give

The Pittsburgh Penguins are falling apart. The team that has seven wins in 23 games is devolving into a disorganized group of players whose poor defensive zone coverage only serves to mask a weak-willed team that has laid down for opponents so often

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Published: 2 weeks ago

Penguins’ Lack of Depth Scoring Still Costing the Team Games

The Pittsburgh Penguins made a lot of changes over the summer, however, so far this season many of last season’s problems are still haunting them. One of the biggest issues…

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Published: 1 year ago

Monday NHL Notes on Matthews, Bedard, Nylander & More

While my beat is the Pittsburgh Penguins, I am first and foremost a fan and keep an eye on a number of teams, players, and as much of the goings…

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Published: 1 year ago

NHL Power Rankings: Early overreactions for each team

This is the first in-season edition of theScore's NHL Power Rankings for the 2023-24 campaign. Check back for updated rankings every other Monday.In this edition, we offer an early overreaction based on each's teams performance thus far.

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Published: 1 year ago

The week ahead: Schedule is not getting any easier for the Penguins

Photo by Rick Ulreich/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images After losing back-to-back games the schedule gets really difficult for the Pittsburgh Penguins this week. The past week did not go particularly well for the Pittsburgh Pe

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Published: 1 year ago

Dan’s Daily: Ovechkin in Decline? More on the Penguins Struggles

The Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals are front and center in NHL news. Perhaps we will look back and notice a poetic symmetry that would be incorrect and premature to notice now. The Canadian media is already asking the question of whether

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Published: 1 year ago

Pens Points: Pettersson The Protector

Photo by Darren Clark/NHLI via Getty Images Marcus Pettersson is nowhere near the biggest player on the Penguins’ roster, but he sure has a knack for getting into tussles with the opposition. Here are your Pens Points for th

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Published: 1 year ago

Penguins Room: Third Line Struggles, Drew O’Connor, ‘I Can Be Better’ (+)

The Pittsburgh Penguins tale of two teams continued Saturday during their 4-2 Loss to the St. Louis Blues. The Penguins’ top players have filled the net. Evgeni Malkin is among the top five in NHL scoring, Sidney Crosby has five points in five game

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Published: 1 year ago

Malkin: Penguins 'better start playing better' as tougher matchups loom

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin thinks his team better get its act together with matchups against a pair of Central Division titans next on the docket. "Great teams coming up on our schedule," Malkin told The Athletic's Josh Yohe after Satu

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Published: 1 year ago

Crosby: ‘A Lot’ Must Improve After Penguins’ Stumbling Start

The Pittsburgh Penguins have opened the 2023-24 season with five games against teams that missed the Stanley Cup playoffs this spring. They’ve won exactly two of them. No surprise, then, that in the immediate aftermath of the Penguins’ 4-2 loss i

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Published: 1 year ago

Sunday Standings: October history repeating in the Metropolitan Division

Photo by Scott Rovak/NHLI via Getty Images Just in time for spooky szn; this October is looking a lot like the last one It’s deja vu all over again. Let’s go back to last fall in October 2022, the Pens jumped out to a very

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Published: 1 year ago

Blue in St. Loo, Penguins Fall 4-2

In the wake of last night’s disturbing 4-2 loss to St. Louis, the Penguins seem to have stumbled upon a new formula. We’ll call it lather, rinse…defeat. In many ways the contest was a virtual clone of our 5-2 loss to the Red Wings on

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Published: 1 year ago

Latest On Pittsburgh Penguins Roster

The Pittsburgh Penguins finally found a goal scorer in their bottom six forwards as Radim Zohorna lit the lamp in the final minutes of the Penguins’ 4-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues last night. Zohorna was playing in his first game of the season aft

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Published: 1 year ago