Pittsburgh Penguins News and Rumors
Penguins This ‘n’ ‘At
As our Penguins prepare to take on Rick Tocchet’s Canucks on Turkey Day Eve, I decided to fire a shot or two across the opinion bow. I’m not super disappointed that the Pens placed forward Valtteri Puustinen on waivers to make room for Blake Liz
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Published: 1 month ago
WXPI Final Word: The Penguins Start; Has Anyone Checked on Tay Tay??
Five words on the Pittsburgh Penguins start, should Penguins fans have chanted “Fire Canada” and a few football topics, too. Our Dan Kingerski with former NFL GM Doug Whaley and former NFL cornerback Justin King mixed it up on WXPI’s Final Word
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Published: 1 year ago
Penguins Are Working Towards Staying Consistent
The Pittsburgh Penguins began their regular season on Tuesday, Oct. 10 against the Chicago Blackhawks. This was probably one of the most anticipated season openers for both fan bases with…
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Published: 1 year ago
Wilkes-Barre’s roster revamp on display at start of AHL season
@wbspenguins The Wilkes-Barre Penguins are dramatically better than the last time they were on the ice in the spring The final lineup for the end of the Wilkes-Barre Penguins (AHL) season in 2022-23 was pretty sad listing of p
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Published: 1 year ago
Penguins Update: Will Depth Scoring Be an Issue?
I had planned to write an article about our bottom six when I noticed Dave Molinari of Pittsburgh Hockey Now beat me to the punch (Here’s the Early Bottom Line on the Penguins’ Bottom-Six). But I figure, what the heck, the more the merrier.
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Published: 1 year ago
Penguins One-Timers: Eller Getting Boxed In?; Off to Healthy Start
Lars Eller is one of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ most important penalty-killers. They have taken 15 faceoffs during 10 shorthanded situations in their first three games, and Eller has handled 10 of them, going 5-5. He’s averaging two minutes, 13 sec
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Published: 1 year ago
The Week Ahead: Building on a strong start
Photo by Joe Sargent/NHLI via Getty Images The Pittsburgh Penguins have a two-game road trip this week against two very similarly built opponents. Even though the Pittsburgh Penguins opened the 2023-24 regular season with a d
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Published: 1 year 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