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Desperation Gets Results as Penguins Tie ECF

Desperation Gets Results as Penguins Tie ECF

The Pittsburgh Penguins were disappointed with their effort Wednesday in Game 3 and promised a better performance in Game 4. They brought it, with an aggressive forecheck, penalty kill and willingness to put pucks on the net. With a 3-2 Penguins win, the Eastern...

Not Boring: Sens’ Offense Buries Pens in Game 3

Not Boring: Sens’ Offense Buries Pens in Game 3

It stands to reason that, if the league’s highest-scoring team can win a game 1-0, a team known for its trapping, shutdown defense can win one in a blowout. Ottawa center Mike Hoffman opened the scoring just 48 seconds into Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final, and...

‘Galvanized’ Penguins Knot ECF with 1-0 Win

‘Galvanized’ Penguins Knot ECF with 1-0 Win

It had been a while since the Pittsburgh Penguins had outshot an opponent. Since April 16, to be exact, when they outshot the Columbus Blue Jackets, 47-37 – and had 94 shot attempts – in the third game of their first-round series. Generating that kind of offense...

Opportunistic Sens Grab 1-0 Series Lead

Opportunistic Sens Grab 1-0 Series Lead

The Senators’ 1-3-1 system didn’t come as a surprise to the Penguins. And, while Ottawa executed it nearly to perfection in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference Final series, Pittsburgh still managed to get their chances. They just didn’t get nearly enough of the...

History Repeats

History Repeats

This was supposed to be the Washington Capitals’ year. Again. After another dominant regular season where they ran away with the Presidents’ Trophy, the Caps entered the playoffs as a runaway favorite to finally capture their elusive Stanley Cup. As usual, though, the...

Caps Suffocate Pens to Force Game 7

Caps Suffocate Pens to Force Game 7

Late in the first period of a potential elimination game in which they had generated three shots – and none of them particularly threatening – the Penguins’ home-ice advantage had turned to boos. By a second period that went much the same way, fans derisively cheered...

Not So Fast; Caps Send Series to Game 6

Not So Fast; Caps Send Series to Game 6

With a three-goal third period, including two in 27 seconds, the Washington Capitals staved off elimination Saturday at Verizon Center and forced a Game 6 Monday in Pittsburgh. Things started well for the Penguins even before Game 5 as captain Sidney Crosby and winger...

Penguins ‘Win One for Sid’ in Game 4

Penguins ‘Win One for Sid’ in Game 4

As the Pittsburgh Penguins headed into Game 4 against the Washington Capitals without Sidney Crosby, there was only one kind of retaliation on their minds for the play that sidelined their captain with a concussion. “In the postseason, if you do retaliate and take a...

Penguins Lose Crosby as Caps Get Back into Series

Penguins Lose Crosby as Caps Get Back into Series

The Pittsburgh Penguins already knew they’d have to defend the Stanley Cup without their best defenseman. Now they might also have to face the postseason without their best player. Just 5:24 into Game 3, with Sidney Crosby headed to the net for a close-range chance on...

Opportunistic Penguins Take 2-0 Series Lead

Opportunistic Penguins Take 2-0 Series Lead

For the second straight game, the Penguins didn’t have the chances the Washington Capitals did. They were outshot, 36-24, including a 16-5 first period, and had to block 33 more on their way to the net. They didn’t have the better of the puck possession or zone time,...

Fleury, Crosby Line Steal Game 1 for Penguins

Fleury, Crosby Line Steal Game 1 for Penguins

With apologies to Sidney Crosby’s line and goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, the Pittsburgh Penguins had no business emerging from Game 1 with a win. The statistics say the Washington Capitals outshot the Penguins, 35-21, and took more than double the shot attempts at...

Penguins Wrap ‘Emotional Rollercoaster’ of a Series

Penguins Wrap ‘Emotional Rollercoaster’ of a Series

For a little while, it looked like the Pittsburgh Penguins’ chance to clinch their first-round playoff series on home ice was slipping away. After building a 3-0 lead on a first-period laser from Phil Kessel in the first and two goals, just 2:43 apart, from Bryan Rust...

Blue Jackets Jam On; Head Back to Pittsburgh for Game 5

Blue Jackets Jam On; Head Back to Pittsburgh for Game 5

The Columbus Blue Jackets can finally jam with their postgame victory music and feel good about themselves. “This team has played really well this year; has grown tremendously,” head coach John Tortorella said Tuesday morning. “I do not want them leaving tonight not...

Fleury, Crosby Line Steal Game 1 for Penguins

Penguins’ Skill Rises to the Top in Game 2 Win

You couldn’t blame the Blue Jackets if Sid and the Kids are in their heads. Columbus came out for Game 2 of their first-round series in Pittsburgh with another strong start, firing the first nine shots at goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury. Fleury, still in for the injured...

Surprise Starter Fleury Leads Penguins to Game 1 Win

Surprise Starter Fleury Leads Penguins to Game 1 Win

From the time their first-round playoff opponent started coming into focus, the Penguins knew what they were getting from the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Blue Jackets, as always, would try to establish a physical game. They’d bring a heavy forecheck, pressure the...

Penguins Down Letang, But Not Out

Penguins Down Letang, But Not Out

The calvary isn’t coming. But if you’re writing off the Pittsburgh Penguins’ chance of defending their Stanley Cup without their most important defenseman, they plan to do their best to prove you wrong. “We’ve talked to our group all year long about this, and I think...

Still Having Fun, Masterton Nominee Fleury Puts Team First

Still Having Fun, Masterton Nominee Fleury Puts Team First

As a hockey player, Marc-Andre Fleury has pedigree. Drafted first overall by the Penguins in 2003, he claimed the starting netminder’s job in 2005-06 and kept it for a decade. He sealed the franchise’s third Stanley Cup when he slid across the crease to deny Detroit’s...

Sid and the Kids Leading the Way

Sid and the Kids Leading the Way

Not everyone proves to be the right fit alongside arguably the best hockey player in the world. It takes speed to keep up with Sidney Crosby. It takes hockey IQ. And being a little crafty doesn’t hurt. Those attributes have been true of some of Crosby’s most...

Penguins Hope Adversity Makes Them Stronger

Penguins Hope Adversity Makes Them Stronger

They’re called the Penguins, but the defending Stanley Cup champions have come into March more like a lion. After opening the month with a 4-1 loss at Chicago, Pittsburgh has gone on a five-game tear at what might be just the right time. And they’re doing it without...

Penguins Down Letang, But Not Out

Bolstered Blueline Paying Off for Penguins

Time will tell if Jim Rutherford’s trade-deadline additions of Ron Hainsey and Mark Streit to the Penguins’ blueline will help Pittsburgh defend the Stanley Cup. But the acquisitions are already paying dividends for a club whose depleted defense may have cause for...

Crosby Reaches 1K Milestone in Costly Game

Crosby Reaches 1K Milestone in Costly Game

It hardly stood out as a marquee matchup on the schedule, other than the first Pittsburgh appearance of one of the NHL’s most exciting rookies. But, when Patrik Laine and the Winnipeg Jets came to town on an ordinary Thursday in February, the Penguins managed to make...

NWHL All-Stars Showcase Skills, Inclusion in Pittsburgh

NWHL All-Stars Showcase Skills, Inclusion in Pittsburgh

In the National Hockey League, February is Hockey Is for Everyone month. Its purpose is to foster safe, positive and inclusive environments at all levels of the game, from youth organizations to the pros. A few of the National Women’s Hockey League All-Stars, asked...

Caps Suffocate Pens to Force Game 7

All-Star Crosby Prepares for Second-Half Sprint

January has been streaky for the Pittsburgh Penguins, with a three-game losing streak followed by a four-game winning streak, then another two-game downturn heading into the All-Star break. Much like the World Cup of Hockey did last summer, however, a successful...

Murray Taking Reins as Penguins’ No. 1 Netminder

Murray Taking Reins as Penguins’ No. 1 Netminder

Last Monday, the Penguins, losers of three straight, limped into their matchup with the Washington Capitals, owners of a nine-game winning streak. Pittsburgh was playing uninspired hockey, relying on bursts of offense instead of sticking to their system. They’d...

Penguins Shaking Off Bye-week Rust

Penguins Shaking Off Bye-week Rust

Evgeni Malkin ended the Penguins’ 2016 in fitting fashion, as the NHL’s leaders in third-period comebacks did it again. When Conor Sheary brought them back from a 3-2 deficit to tie the game with 55 seconds remaining, in fact, anyone who’s watched much of the 2016-17...

Schultz Steps Up to Lead Penguins’ Decimated D

Schultz Steps Up to Lead Penguins’ Decimated D

The Penguins’ decimated blueline has created an opportunity, and Justin Schultz is running with it. He’s likely also pricing himself right out of a Penguins’ jersey next year – but, for now, they’ll take what their resurgent, 26-year-old defenseman is bringing. “He...

After Three Straight Losses, Penguins Need to ‘Heed the Lesson’

No Lead, No Problem for Third-Period Penguins

For the 13th time this season, the Pittsburgh Penguins were down heading into the third period Saturday. For the seventh time this season, it didn’t matter. The Penguins once again came from behind, overcoming a 3-1 deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning, 4-3. With a...

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