Four Games In, Penguins Looking for Consistency

Four games into the 2018-19 season, the Penguins are still trying to put it all together. Their 2-1-1 record seems about right for a team that’s turned in one run-and-gun performance (their 7-6 opening night...

Capitals End Penguins’ Three-peat Bid

The Capitals had burned the Penguins on odd-man rushes early in their second-round series, but Pittsburgh had done a much better job of limiting those chances over the past two games. And now, 5:27 into over...

For Pens and Caps, It’s Now a Best-of-Three

With the Capitals holding a 2-1 lead in their second-round series, Game 4 was as close to a must-win for the Penguins as a non-elimination game can get. The result, too, couldn’t have been much closer. How c...

Poor Start, Bad Breaks Cost Penguins in Game 2 Loss

The Penguins had plenty of reasons to feel like nothing went their way in Sunday’s Game 2 at Washington. To name a few: Center Evgeni Malkin, a full participant in practice Saturday, nonetheless had to mis...

Game 6: Exiting Flyers Gave Pens a Fight

The Penguins gave the Flyers life in Game 5. And, for the better part of two periods, they continued to do the same in Game 6. Playing in front of their home crowd for a chance to tie the series, Philadelphi...

Photo Gallery: Penguins vs Flyers (04/18/2018)

The visiting Pittsburgh Penguins shutout the Philadelphia Flyers by a score of 5-0 during regulation. Matt Murray of the Pittsburgh Penguins posted his second shutout in only four games against the Philadelphia...

Game 4: Penguins Push Flyers to the Brink

Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin had already gotten the all-important first goal just 4:33 into the contest, draining much of the energy out of the home crowd. But the Flyers weren’t about to roll over. Midway thr...

Photo Gallery: Penguins vs Flyers (04/15/2018)

  The visiting Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Philadelphia Flyers by a score of 5-1 during regulation. Three Star Selections: 1st Sidney Crosby (#87 PIT) 2nd Matt Murray (#34 PIT) 3rd Evgeni...

Next Goal for Penguins: Home Ice

For the third consecutive year, the Washington Capitals will hang a Metropolitan Division Champions banner from the rafters. The Pittsburgh Penguins hope they, too, will celebrate a three-peat this spring, b...

It’s Time to Figure Out Goalie Interference

Brian Dumoulin is not an offensive defenseman. The reliable, 26-year-old blueliner averages about 15 points a season and has six goals in his NHL career – four of them this year. Saturday night in Toronto, t...