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Penguins forward Sidney Crosby will play tonight. He sat out Satruday's game against the Blackhawks due to groin injury. Crosby is the Penguins' leading scorer with 36 points (19 goals, 17 assists) in 29 games. In today's morning skate, defenseman Alex Goligoski (undisclosed) and Chris Kunitz (undisclosed) both skated but will not play. In Hurricanes news, Carolina recalled defenseman Brett Carson...
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A preview of the Hurricanes. When and where: 7:30 p.m., Mellon Arena TV: FSN Pittsburgh, FSN Carolina. Record: 6-17-5, 17 points. The Hurricanes are in last place in the Eastern Conference and Southeast Division. Leading Scorer: Ray Whitney ( right ), 18 points (seven goals, 11 assists). Last Game: 5-3 home win against the Canucks, Saturday . Erik Cole had a hat trick for the Hurricanes. Last Game...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
A preview of the Blackhawks. When and where: 7:30 p.m., Mellon Arena. TV: FSN Pittsburgh, WGN, RDS. Record: 17-7-3, 37 points. The Blackhawks are in second place in the Western Conference and first place in the Central Division. Leading Scorer: Patrick Kane, 26 points (nine goals, 17 assists). Last Game: 4-1 home loss to the Predators, last night . Jonathan Toews scored the Blackhawks' only goals....
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
According to TSN's Bob McKenzie ( by way of The Confluence ) the Penguins have put forward Chris Bourque on waivers . In 20 games, Bourque has recorded three assists and is a minus-4. The Penguins acquired Bourque ( right, with Chris Kunitz ) off waivers in the preseason from the Capitals who were trying to demote him to Hershey of the AHL due to salary cap reasons. EN Says : Bourque was (and still...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Penguins -Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game . " We will follow him ." - Evgeni Malkin on Sidney Crosby ( right ). -The Denver Post's recap . " If you're asking me, yeah, I thought it was a goal, for sure, but they didn't call it, didn't see it that way." - Avalanche Joe Sacco on forward T.J. Galiardi's would-be goal in the second period which officials waved off. - The...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
During practice at Southpointe today, the Penguins began a shootout competition. That prompted Bill Guerin to jump into the scorer's booth in between the penalty boxes and jump on the microphone to provide play-by-play: -At one point Guerin tried to play some music on the CD player: -Unable to get the CD player operating, Guerin took a cell phone off an equipment manager and played music off it through...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
A preview of the Rangers. When and where: 7 p.m., Madison Square Garden. TV: FSN Pittsburgh, MSG. Record: 13-12-1, 27 points. The Rangers are in 10th place in the Eastern Conference and fourth place in the Atlantic Division. Leading Scorer: Marian Gaborik 35 points (19 goals, 16 assists). Last Game: 8-3 road loss to the Penguins, Saturday . Sidney Crosby had three goals and two assists. Last Game...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
I assume no one will question the use of “pound” tonight. In the first of a home-and-home series, the Penguins took full advantage of the Rangers starting backup goalie Steve Valiquette vice Henrik Lundqvist, with Sidney Crosby scoring his 4th career hat trick and five points in a 8-3 win over the Rangers at the Igloo. The win culminated a triple dose of good news the Pens received before...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
POSTGAME First things first. Here's John Tortorella on Matt Cooke's hit to Artem Anisimov. On Anisimov's health: "He cleared up." On the Cooke hit and Donald Brashear's attempt at a fight: "You know, there's a big thing this year, these head shots, huh? To me it's pretty simple. Change the rule book. Some of these guys that go about doing that have no fear at all as far as a little...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
A preview of the Rangers. When and where: 7:30 p.m. Mellon Arena. TV: FSN Pittsburgh, MSG. Record: 13-11-1, 27 points. The Rangers are in 10th place in the Eastern Conference and fourth place in the Atlantic Division. Leading Scorer: Marian Gaborik ( right ), 33 points (19 goals, 14 assists). Last Game: 5-1 road loss to the Lightning, last night . Ryan Callahan scored the Rangers' only goal. Last...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
POSTGAME -NIce solid, workmanlike win for the Penguins. They played their type of game, kept the pressure on a tired, wounded Candiens team and earned a win tonight. -Granted this was the first game we saw in person with Maxime Talbot, but it looked like his strongest effort since he came back from his injury. -Again, the Crosby-Guerin-Talbot line really clicked tonight. We wouldn't be too upset if...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
A preview of the Canadiens. When and where: 7:30 p.m., Mellon Arena. TV: FSN Pittsburgh, RDS. Record: 12-11-1, 25 points. The Canadiens are in 10th place in the Eastern Conference and in fourth place in the Northeast Division. Leading Scorer: Tomas Plekanec ( right ), 24 points (five goals, 19 assists). Last Game: 5-3 home win against the Blue Jackets, last night . Marc-Andre Bergeron had two goals...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
So the Penguins' power play has risen from the mat. After finding a way to get off the 0-for-30 schneid, it's now gotten goals in four consecutive games. No one's starting to dig up any records or anything due to this recent spike of success, but it's progress. Part of the solution seems to have been Sergei Gonchar. His return to a defensive unit ravaged by injuries boosts the Penguins in just about...
Latest National Hockey League matches (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Pittsburgh Penguins Vs Florida Panthers Time: Monday, 23 November, 2009 at 7:30 PM ET League: NHL – United States of America Last 10 matches: Pittsburgh 4-6-0; Florida 7-2-1 The Penguins are one of the most banged-up teams in the League. Forwards Tyler Kennedy (groin) and Chris Kunitz (lower body) along with defensemen Alex Goligoski (lower body), Jay McKee (finger) [...]
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
A preview of the Panthers. When and where: 7:30 p.m., BankAtlantic Center. TV: FSN Pittsburgh, FSN Florida. Record: 10-9-2, 22 points. The Panthers are in 13th place in the Eastern Conference and fourth place in the Southeast Division. Leading Scorer: Steven Reinprecht ( right ), 17 points (10 goals, seven assists). Last Game: 3-2 road win against the Rangers, Saturday . Tomas Vokoun made 32 saves...
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