Pittsburgh Penguins News and Rumors

Time to have that hard talk about the woeful Penguins and Sidney Crosby’s future

Things were looking grim in Steeltown even before the weekend, when the Pens lost two home games by a combined score of 10-1. Pittsburgh has now lost a league-high nine games by three-plus goals and its minus-34 goal differential is the worst in the

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Published: 1 month ago

Dan’s Daily: Flyers Pushing for Trades; Malkin Pushes Penguins

Evgeni Malkin is carrying the Pittsburgh Penguins even as he jokingly chided Pittsburgh media that it’s only three games into the season. The Penguins’ bottom six is decidedly not carrying their share of the offensive burden yet. The Vancouver Ca

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Published: 1 year ago

Pens Points: Instant Chemistry

Photo by Jason Mowry/Getty Images Although it’s early, the signs are promising that the Evgeni Malkin/Reilly Smith tandem will benefit the Penguins. Get this story and more in today’s Pens Points. Here are your Pens Points

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Published: 1 year ago

Here’s the Early Bottom Line on Penguins’ Bottom-Six

CRANBERRY — Upgrading the Pittsburgh Penguins’ third and fourth lines was a priority for Kyle Dubas this summer and, by most accounts, he succeeded. Resoundingly. Sure, patiently constructing the trade that netted defenseman Erik Karlsson was his

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Published: 1 year ago

Penguins’ Third-Period Surge Seals 5-2 Win Over Flames

What was that 3rd Period from the Penguins? Scoring goals in the 3rd instead of coughing up leads? Yeah, I could get used to this. The Penguins pulled off a classic third-period heist against the Flames, scoring all five of their goals in the final f

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Published: 1 year ago

Hard Lesson Learned: Resurgent Malkin ‘So Much Better Mood’

It was not the loss to the Chicago Blackhawks in the season’s penultimate game that cost the Pittsburgh Penguins their highly valued 16-year playoff streak. The Penguins veterans instead look back with regret on the number of opportunities they pun

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Published: 1 year ago

Sunday Standings: Penguins in first place* (with a bullet)

Photo by John McCreary/NHLI via Getty Images A new season begins It’s Sunday and the NHL regular season is in session, so you know what that means. Grab your coffee and let’s take a look at the very brief opening standings

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Published: 1 year ago

Penguins Wrap: Up-and-Down Start; NHL’s Shortsighted Decision

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2023-24 season, like almost every other, figures to be a mix of victories and defeats, of strong efforts and disappointing ones. That’s pretty much inevitable over the course of an 82-game season. Their first few games we

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Published: 1 year ago

Penguins Show Mettle, Rally to Snuff Out Flames 5-2

Impressed. It’s been a long (long) time since I’ve felt that way about our Penguins. I felt that way last night. There are just so many things to like about our scintillating 5-2 victory over Calgary. The way we hung tough, for one. The

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Published: 1 year ago

Penguins Report Card: Feisty & Explosive, Pens Core Leads Win Over Flames

The Pittsburgh Penguins fans put down their hatred of Steelers offensive coordinator Matt Canada for a few moments in the third period to unleash a chant that has not been heard as often in recent seasons. “Geno” cheers rained from the upper deck

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Published: 1 year ago

Penguins/Calgary Recap: Flames get burned by Pittsburgh’s stars

Photo by Jason Mowry/Getty Images The Pens down Calgary 5-2 on Saturday for their second win in two days Pregame The Pens encounter their first back-to-back situation of the season, which means the Pittsburgh debut of goalie A

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Published: 1 year ago

Malkin, Penguins surge past Flames with five-goal third period

Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist during a five-goal third-period surge and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Calgary Flames 5-2 on Saturday night.

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Published: 1 year ago

NHL Highlights: Penguins 5, Flames 2

Jake Guentzel collected three points and Bryan Rust netted twice as the Pittsburgh Penguins took down the Calgary Flames 5-2.

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Published: 1 year ago