Skating Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins News and Rumors

Penguins Report Card: Nedeljkovic Saves; What Pens Needed to Improve

There are nights when answering the bell means fighting or raising the intensity. On other nights, both teams need to answer the bell because it’s more like an alarm clock to awaken from a snoozer. By late in the first period, the Pittsburgh Pengui

Read the full story on Pittsburgh Hockey Now

Published: 3 months ago

Penguins Grades: Capitals Rebuild Shows Up Pens, Big Lessons to Learn

WASHINGTON D.C. — The Pittsburgh Penguins locker room was a mixture of sullen and encouraged. From coach Mike Sullivan to Sidney Crosby and Rickard Rakell, the internal reaction to their 4-1 loss to the Washington Capitals was an expansive mixture

Read the full story on Pittsburgh Hockey Now

Published: 3 months ago

NHL Roundup: Capitals win fourth straight, beating Penguins

Jakob Chychrun, Aliaksei Protas and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored, Logan Thompson made 18 saves and the NHL-leading Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Saturday night for their fourth consecutive victory.

Read the full story on SportsNet

Published: 3 months ago

Capitals Take Advantage of Penguins’ Mistakes in 4-1 Win

For the second time this season, two of the NHL’s greats went head-to-head as Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins met with Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals in DC.…

Read the full story on The Hockey Writers

Published: 3 months ago

Penguins/Capitals Recap: Pens tripped up by Caps, fall 4-1

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images Pittsburgh ruins Washington’s shutout streak, but that’s about it Pregame The Penguins get good news in that Kris Letang is able to play after missing one game with illness. But in bad n

Read the full story on Pensburgh

Published: 3 months ago

NHL Highlights: Capitals 4, Penguins 1

Aliaksei Protas scores and gets an assist to help the Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins. Final score 4-1.

Read the full story on SportsNet

Published: 3 months ago

Penguins Smothered By Dominant Capitals, Rivalry Changing

WASHINGTON D.C. — One night after getting a goalie goal, the Pittsburgh Penguins (19-21-8) struggled to get a skater to score. The revamped and increasingly dominant Washington Capitals (31-10-5) smothered the Penguins’ every offensive hope and g

Read the full story on Pittsburgh Hockey Now

Published: 3 months ago

Ned-Led Penguins Skewer Sabres, 5-2

In what’s proving to be the most unpredictable of seasons, to say our Penguins have had a way of fooling me is an understatement too massive to properly describe. Waddling headlong into daunting a seven-game road trip on the heels of an ugly 1-3-1

Read the full story on Penguins Poop

Published: 3 months ago

Projected Lineups for the Penguins vs Capitals – 1/18/25

The Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Washington Capitals tonight at Capital One Arena. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. PENGUINS (19-20-8) at CAPITALS (30-10-5) 7 p

Read the full story on The Hockey Writers

Published: 3 months ago

Penguins Game 48, Great 8 Awaits; Lines, Notes, & How to Watch vs. Capitals

WASHINGTON D.C. — The Pittsburgh Penguins (19-20-8) remain below .500 after leaving a smoldering crater where a five-game homestand was supposed to be. However, the Penguins clicked with A-level goaltending Friday night against the Buffalo Sabres

Read the full story on Pittsburgh Hockey Now

Published: 3 months ago

3 Keys to a Penguins Win Over the Capitals

The Pittsburgh Penguins are coming off a 5-2 win last night against a streaky Buffalo Sabres club. The game saw Bryan Rust and Rickard Rakell continue their hot run since…

Read the full story on The Hockey Writers

Published: 3 months ago

What Alchemy is This? Penguins Cook Up Some Unlikely Wins

The Pittsburgh Penguins have one of the oldest teams in the National Hockey League. Their most important players — guys like Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin and Erik Karlsson — generally are their oldest. It stands to reason, then, t

Read the full story on Pittsburgh Hockey Now

Published: 3 months ago

Game Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins @ Washington Capitals 1/18/2025

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images Crosby and Ovechkin are set for their 71st regular-season matchup today in D.C. Who: Pittsburgh Penguins (18-20-8, 44 points, 7th place Metropolitan Division) @ Washington Capitals (30-10-5,

Read the full story on Pensburgh

Published: 3 months ago