PITTSBURGH — Mike Sullivan's regular film sessions with the Pittsburgh Penguins don't lack for clues on why one of the NHL's marquee franchises is in the midst of its bumpiest stretch in more than a decade.The defense can morph into a disjointed mess...
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... nother game we lost." One thread, however, has been a constant: defense. The Penguins — particularly early in the season during the Crosby era — have occasionally ...
The Flyers are only one of two teams in the NHL that has not been assessed a fighting major
PITTSBURGH — Brayden Point scored three straight power-play goals in 1:31 — the sixth-fastest three goals in NHL history — and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Thursday night.Billy Mosienko holds the record, scoring three times.
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... areer-best four straight games. Kris Letang passed Syl Apps for sixth on the Penguins' assists list. Letang has points in 11 of his last 14 games against Tampa Ba ...
PITTSBURGH — Jim Rutherford celebrated a new contract in the most expected of ways: by putting together a trade he hopes will jump-start his struggling team.The Pittsburgh Penguins general manager signed a contract extension on Wednesday that will keep...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins have traded forward Carl Hagelin to the Los Angeles Kings for forward Tanner Pearson.The teams announced the trade Wednesday.The 30-year-old Hagelin is off to a sluggish start for Pittsburgh this season, with...
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... mpty-net goal in Game 6 of the 2017 Cup Finals against Nashville assured the Penguins of a second straight title. Hagelin, who is making $4 million this season, i ...
PITTSBURGH — General manager Jim Rutherford is sticking with the Pittsburgh Penguins.The team announced Wednesday it has extended Rutherford's contract through the 2021-22 season. His old deal was set to expire at the end of this season.The 69-year-old...
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... en Pittsburgh won it all in 2016 and 2017. Penguins co-owners Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle called Rutherford "one of the best ge ...
NEWARK, N.J. — Taylor Hall scored the game-winning goal on a breakaway at 8:07 of the third period and added an empty-net tally to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 4-2 victory over the struggling Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night.Hall also had two...
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... The Devils, who are 6-1-1 at home, took leads of 1-0 and 2-1 only to see the Penguins tie it. Guentzel's sixth goal of the season tied the game at 2 after withsta ...
Agreement, worth $18.9 million, significantly less than what NFL and its players settled on
PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist, Casey DeSmith stopped 39 shots and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Arizona Coyotes 4-0 on Saturday night to snap a five-game losing streak.The losing streak was Pittsburgh's longest since it lost five.
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... 19, 2015, which included the first four games under coach Mike Sullivan. The Penguins haven't lost six straight since 2006. Pittsburgh also ended a four-game home ...
WASHINGTON — Evgeni Malkin will not have a disciplinary hearing for his shoulder to the head of T.J. Oshie during the Pittsburgh Penguins' 2-1 loss at the Washington Capitals.Two people with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press that.
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... t something that was more serious and he was able to come back." Malkin, the Penguins' leading scorer, will be eligible to play Saturday against the Arizona Coyot ...
WASHINGTON — T.J. Oshie left for the second time after taking Evgeni Malkin's shoulder to the head but returned to score late and lift the Washington Capitals over the rival Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Wednesday night in a meeting of the two most recent...
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... ht began a few minutes in when he took an inadvertent stick to the face from Penguins defenseman Olli Maatta and missed the rest of the first period getting stitc ...
Around this time a year ago, there was a nervous feeling around the Washington Capitals' locker room. The team had scuffled out of the gate, 6-6-1 through the first 13 games, and while Washington had shown flashes of the talented team it could be, it...
