by Angie Carducci | Apr 17, 2019 | Homepage, New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins
For the first 35 seconds – the first 2:08, really – things were going the Penguins’ way in Game 4. The Penguins’ top-line pair of Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel, held off the scoresheet throughout this series so far by the Islanders’ suffocating fourth line, were...
by Angie Carducci | Apr 14, 2019 | Homepage, New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins
Down 0-2 in their first-round playoff series, Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan was asked how he hoped his team would approach Game 3. “A lot of people use the word ‘desperation’ to describe certain situations. I’m not sure I like that word because it implies a...
by Angie Carducci | Apr 13, 2019 | Homepage, New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins
Sidney Crosby was back in his practice stall Saturday in the Pittsburgh suburb of Cranberry, away from the hostile environs of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders had sent Crosby’s Penguins packing with an 0-2 deficit, the first time they’ve been in that...
by Angie Carducci | Apr 11, 2019 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
On paper, the challenge for the Penguins seemed clear as they entered their first-round playoff series against the New York Islanders. How would the NHL’s sixth highest-scoring team crack a system that, under first-year head coach Barry Trotz, allowed the fewest goals...
by Angie Carducci | Apr 6, 2019 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby have never missed the playoffs since they’ve been on the Penguins’ roster together, and they’re not going to start now. After coming up short in their first attempt to clinch Tuesday in Detroit, the Penguins turned in a dominant, 4-1...
by Angie Carducci | Mar 23, 2019 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
The Philadelphia Flyers’ Jakub Voracek started it all with 19.7 seconds remaining in regulation, outdoors at Lincoln Financial Field on Feb. 23. The Sabres’ Brandon Montour was next, with 2:32 remaining March 2 in Buffalo. Philly did it again in Pittsburgh on March...
