by Angie Carducci | May 26, 2017 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
They don’t call Ottawa the Pesky Sens anymore, but the Pittsburgh Penguins probably thought of their opponent that way more than once during the Eastern Conference Final. And, fittingly, after winning Game 6 at home to force Game 7 in Pittsburgh, the Senators were...
by Angie Carducci | May 24, 2017 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
For the third time in as many series, the Pittsburgh Penguins failed to close out a playoff series the first time they had the chance. Unlike the eggs they laid in Game 4 at Columbus and Game 6 versus Washington, though, it would be hard to accuse the Penguins of not...
by Angie Carducci | May 21, 2017 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
After scoring a total of three goals in the first three games of the Eastern Conference Final, the Pittsburgh Penguins are starting to look a lot like the Pittsburgh Penguins again. If the Penguins’ 3-2 win in Friday’s Game 4 signaled that they had started to poke...
by Angie Carducci | May 20, 2017 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins
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...
by Angie Carducci | May 18, 2017 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins
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...
by Angie Carducci | May 16, 2017 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
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...
