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Penguins Take 2- 1 Series Lead on Speed, Simple Game

May 19, 2016

The Pittsburgh Penguins weathered an early Game 3 storm from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Then they remembered how they need to play to be successful, and the game started to turn on Pittsburgh’s speed, depth and s...

Resilient Penguins Recover from Blown Lead to Eliminate Caps in OT

Angie Carducci

May 11, 2016

In a two-minute span of the third period, the Penguins saw their goal of ending Game 6 with a handshake line on home ice starting to unravel. With a bizarre series of three consecutive delay-of-game penaltie...

Penguins ‘March’ On; Beat Rangers in Five

Angie Carducci

April 24, 2016

Much like this opening-round playoff series, Game 5 between the Penguins and Rangers started off looking like it would be competitive. But this Penguins team was too fast and too skilled for the Rangers to k...

Penguins, Murray Simplify to Take 2-1 Series Lead

Angie Carducci

April 20, 2016

As the Penguins and Rangers shifted their first-round playoff series to New York, the Penguins also shifted things around in goal. Game 1 was 28-year-old Jeff Zatkoff’s chance to start – and shine – in his f...

Photo Gallery: Penguins vs Flyers (4/9/2016)

Bob Fina

April 9, 2016

The Philadelphia Flyers defeated the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins by a score of 3-1 during regulation. Three Star Selections: 1st Wayne Simmonds (#17 PHI) 2nd Claude Giroux (#28 PHI) 3rd Steve Mason (...

Penguins Learning to Play It Close

Angie Carducci

February 13, 2016

The Penguins’ resurgence – going 10-4-3 since Jan. 1 to climb back into playoff position – has largely been driven by offense. In that time, only three teams have found the net for more goals than Pittsburgh’s ...

Penguins Look for Production, Accountability with Coaching Change

Angie Carducci

December 13, 2015

In yet another game where the Pittsburgh Penguins’ power play could’ve made a difference, but instead went 0-for-3 in a 3-2 shootout loss to the L.A. Kings, Mike Johnston lamented the offense that could’ve been...

Analysis: Twenty-five Games In, Penguins Need to Adjust

Angie Carducci

December 6, 2015

Twenty-five games into the 2015-16 season, the Pittsburgh Penguins are a puzzling study in contrasts. Often on the same night. Are they the team that steamrolled to their first win in San Jose in 18 years Tu...

Eight Games In, Penguins Struggle to League’s Second-worst Offense

Angie Carducci

October 25, 2015

After limping out of the gate to an 0-3 start, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ record has evened up at 4-4. Their offense, however – ostensibly featuring four skilled lines with the potential to score – is still a wor...

Penguins Work to Find Chemistry after Offseason of Change

Angie Carducci

October 17, 2015

Four games into the 2015-16 season, the Pittsburgh Penguins finally got into the win column Thursday with a 2-0 shutout of the Ottawa Senators. And they did it by making some changes to what hadn’t been working...

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