Penguins Note: Co-worker Dejan Kovacevic has offered his tremendous talents to this forum in order to cover the induction of our esteemed colleague, Dave Molinari, into the Hockey Hall of Fame today in Toronto. Be nice and he might just come back and play with us from time to time. -Kris Letang's ( above ) shoulder/arm will be looked at today . -Introducing Deryk Engelland . -They're using Consol...
After a few rough games, we all could probably use something simple to digest. So here's some reader submitted photos. This comes from Matthew Crawford who spotted this Marc-Andre Fleury-esque drawing on the wall of a Mexican restaurant in Charleston, S.C.: -Justin Dumont was watching a Sharks-Blue Jackets game and spotted a Devils fan sporting a jersey foul: -Speaking of jersey fouls, Brian Jackson...
A preview of the Sharks. When and where: 10:30 p.m., HP Pavilion. TV: FSN Pittsburgh, CSN California. Record: 11-4-2, 24 points. The Sharks are second place in the Western Conference and in first place in the Pacific Division. Leading Scorer: Patrick Marleau, 22 points (11 goals, 11 assists). Last Game: 2-1 shootout loss to the Red Wings, Thursday . Logan Couture scored the Sharks' only goal. Last...
Bill Guerin ( above ) appeared in his 1,200th career game last night. Guerin's nearly played for that many teams. Not really, but when you break down his numbers, you'll see that he's spread those games out. Note: The percentages of his 1,200 games are broken down by team as well: Team Games Played (Percent) Goals Assists Points Devils 380 (31.7%) 108 106 214 Oilers 211 (17.6%) 79 82 161 Bruins 142...
More photos » by Don Heupel - AP Browse more photos » Following up on a look at the hottest Canadian players in the NHL so far this season, here's a look at which American players may be impressing the Team USA brass so far: Goal Player Team GP GS W L OT GAA Sv% 1 Ryan Miller BUF 10 10 8 1 1 1.86 0.936 2 C. Anderson COL 15 15 10 3 2 2.11 0.936 3 Ty Conklin STL 5 4 2 2 0 2.34 0.921 4 Tim...
FIRST PERIOD 20:00: " LET'S GO PENS! LET'S GO PENS! " 19:40: Sidney Crosby rushes up the ice and challenges Brent Burns one-on-one from the right wing. Burns hacks the puck off Crosby's stick. 19:10: Chris Bourque, Ruslan Fedotenko and Jordan Staal are on a line once again. Bourque snaps off a wrister from the top of hte slot. Backstrom knocks it away. 17:53: Matt Cooke, Craig Adams and...
SECOND PERIOD 20:00: We forgot to mention this but Brooks Orpik and Bill Guerin are your alternate captain tonight in place of Sergei Gonchar and Malkin. The Penguins will have 22 seconds of power play time left to start the period. Crosby, Guerin, Kunitz, Goligoski and Letang are on for the power play. 19:37: Dorsett's second penalty is killed. The Penguins didn't generate much of a threat with that...
FIRST PERIOD 19:42: " LET'S-GO JACK-ETS! LET'S-GO JACK-ETS! " 19:18 : " LET"S GO PENS! LET'S GO PENS! " 19:00: Jordan Staal takes a shift with Ruslan Fedotenko and Chris Bourque. 18:21: Matt Cooke rattles a Blue Jackets player in the corner in Columbus' zone. During a stoppage, the Columbus player (sorry, we couldn't identify him), has words with Cooke at center ice. Officials...
A preview of the Blue Jackets. When and where: 7 p.m., Nationwide Arena. TV: FSN Pittsburgh, FSN Ohio. Record: 6-5-0, 12 points. The Blue Jackets are in 10th place in the Western Conference and second place in the Central Division. Leading Scorer: Rick Nash ( right ), 15 points (6 goals, 9 assists). Last Game: 4-1 home loss to the Coyotes, Wednesday . Derick Brassard scored the Blue Jackets' only...
Think about this for a moment. The last time the Penguins had a lineup in a game of consequence that didn't include Evgeni Malkin, John Leclair, one of the final mistakes of the Craig Patrick regime, was still a member of the club. That's how long Evgeni Malkin's consecutive streak was (or still is technically). The last 254 regular season games the Penguins have played have seen Evgeni Malkin take...
** SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO ** (AP) PITTSBURGH -- Superstitious Sindey Crosby didn't want to jinx his shot at a hat trick after his first two goals. Perhaps for the same reason, he isn't willing to acknowledge he's morphing into a top pure goal-scorer. Crosby had his third career hat trick and the Pittsburgh Penguins became the first NHL team to reach 10 victories this season, snapping the Montreal Canadiens'...
Penguins -" Everyone's contributing, and that's why we're winning and our numbers are up. " - Sidney Crosby on his team's 9-2 start. -How much longer should the Penguins keep Chris Kunitz ( right ) on the first line ? -Mike Rupp apologized to former Devils teammate Jay Pandolfo for a hit from behind in Saturday's game . The hit separated Pandolfo's shoulder. (PG+) -PensBurgh has the Penguins...
Penguins -Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game . The Penguins couldn't get much by Martin Brodeur ( above ). -The Newark Star-Ledger's recap . New Jersey won but lost defenseman Paul Martin (forearm) and forward Jay Pandolfo (shoulder) to serious injuries. -The Associated Press' recap . Evgeni Malkin. No shots. - NHL.com's recap . Brodeur was 10 minutes away from making history. -Highlights...
FIRST PERIOD 20:00: Dan Bylsma gives Mike Rupp a start against his former team. He's on a line with Evgeni Malkin, Ruslan Fedotenko. Kris Letang and Orpik man the points. 19:10: Martin Skoula takes a shift with Mark Eaton. 18:30: Jay McKee and Alex Goligoski are back together. We're going to assume Bylsma will treat his defensemen much like his forwards and mix and match them a bunch. 18:06: Tyler...
A preview of the Devils. When and where: 7:30 p.m., Mellon Arena. TV: FSN Pittsburgh, MSG Plus 2. Record: 5-3-0, 10 points. The Devils are in sixth place in the Eastern Conference and third place in the Atlantic Division. Leading Scorer: Zach Parise ( right ), 10 points (5 goals, 5 assists). Last Game: 4-2 road win against the Rangers, Thursday . Parise had two goals and an assist. Last Game against...