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Penguins Six-Pack: Graves Gains Ground; Scenario for Guentzel Return

The Pittsburgh Penguins are a lot of things. In denial is not one of them. They are all too aware of where they sit in the Eastern Conference and Metropolitan Division standings. Of how remote their chances of getting into the Stanley Cup playoffs ar

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Published: 6 months ago

Penguins Grades: Team Battles Heartbreak and Distraction

The Pittsburgh Penguins were energetic and aggressive in the first period. They were utterly terrible in the second period. They got by later in the third period when they finally buckled down for a 5-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets at PPG Paint

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Published: 6 months ago

Foreshadowing Trades? Penguins Move O’Connor to Center, Suffers Concussion

Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan made several changes to his lines Tuesday, in what could have been foreshadowing the Penguins’ lineup following the NHL trade deadline on Friday. After three straight bruising losses on the recent four-game r

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Published: 6 months ago

NHL Highlights: Penguins 5, Blue Jackets 3

After coughing up a 2-0 and 3-2 lead, Jeff Carter and Reilly Smith put an end to the Columbus Blue Jackets’ comeback with third-period goals to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 5-3 win.

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Published: 6 months ago

Pens/Blue Jackets Recap: Pens win sloppy, choppy contest over Columbus with trade deadline looming

Photo by Joe Sargent/NHLI via Getty Images It was far from a classic, but the Pens downed the Blue Jackets 5-3 on Tuesday night Pregame Noel Acciari and Jansen Harkins are both unable to play due to injury, so the Penguins dec

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Published: 6 months ago

Blue Jackets strike twice in under a minute to erase two-goal deficit vs. Penguins

Watch as Johnny Gaudreau finds the back of the net from the slot just 57 seconds before Andrew Peeke capitalizes on a deflection as the Columbus Blue Jackets quickly erase a two-goal deficit in the second period against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

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Published: 6 months ago

My Mourning Jackets: Penguins Hold Off Columbus, 5-3

The Pittsburgh Penguins have whittled their magic number to 29. Not to clinch, say, a division championship or home-ice advantage for the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, but to avoid finishing last in the Metropolitan Division. OK, so that

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Published: 6 months ago

Penguins’ Malkin wires home slapshot off between-the-legs touch pass from Smith

Watch as Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin fires home a slapshot against the Columbus Blue Jackets off a nifty between-the-legs touch pass from teammate Reilly Smith.

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Published: 6 months ago

Canucks Chasing Guentzel Trade, Flipping Newly-Acquired Top Star

The post Canucks Chasing Guentzel Trade, Flipping Newly-Acquired Top Star appeared first on NHL Trade Talk. The Vancouver Canucks are considering flipping newly acquired center Elias Lindholm to trade for Penguins Forward Jake Guentzel. The post Canu

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Published: 6 months ago

Penguins Update: Be Careful What You Wish For

In what figures to be the first of a spate of moves to maximize assets and reshape our roster, the Penguins placed recently claimed forward Matthew Phillips on waivers yesterday. If he passes through unclaimed, he’ll likely be assigned to the Baby

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Published: 6 months ago

Report: Coyotes holding out Zucker for trade-related reasons

The Arizona Coyotes are keeping winger Jason Zucker out of the lineup for Tuesday's tilt with the Chicago Blackhawks for trade-related reasons, according to The Athletic's Chris Johnston. Zucker is drawing interest from multiple teams leading up to t

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Published: 6 months ago

Penguins Recall Joona Koppanen from Wilkes-Barre

The Pittsburgh Penguins made a personnel move a few hours before their game against Columbus Tuesday night at PPG Paints Arena, but it wasn’t one of the franchise-altering deals people have expecting since the Penguins dropped to the fringe of the

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Published: 6 months ago