Penguins -Shelly Anderson's recap from last night's game . Things were pretty much a total disaster. And that doesn't even include Kris Letang's injury. -The San Jose Mercury News' recap . " If we ever see them again, they're going to be a different team. " - Sharks defenseman Dan Boyle on the injury-depleted Penguins. -The Associated Press' recap. Joe Pavelski returned to the lineup in...
PREGAME -Greetings from our living room. A fantastic 60 degree day here in Western Pennsylvania. It was completely sunny all day. -Right off the bat, Rob King come flying in our faces with a great stat. The Penguins haven't won in San Jose since the Kevin Constantine era. They beat the Sharks, 5-2, Oct. 22, 1997 . Jaromir Jagr had a goal and two assists. Alex Hicks added two assists. -Dan Potash had...
Penguins -Shelly Anderson's recap from last night's game . Tyler Kennedy was a scratch for undisclosed reasons. -The Los Angeles Times' recap . The Kings showed they could hang with a Stanley Cup contender. -The Associated Press' recap . " They forced us into a lot of the mistakes that we made ." - Dan Bylsma. - NHL.com's recap . " Against a team like that, if you're not playing well...
When you think about the faces of the Penguins franchise - Sidney Crosby, Marc-Andre Fleury and Evgeni Malkin - you think of youth. All four of those players are under the age of 25. Then you get to Brooks Orpik. You might not think of him as part of that vital internal core. He doesn't win Hart Trophies or Conn Smythe Awards. He wasn't one of the top two picks in a draft. He never made a clutch,...
Penguins -Jordan Staal ( above ) isn't your typical third-line center . ( Most don't have 23 brothers after all. ) -How good is Dan Bylsma ? -PensBurgh dishes out some grades for the Penguins . -Former Penguins goaltender Joe Daley was not keen on wearing a mask . -Brad Thiessen made 24 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-2 road loss to the Toronto Marlies . -The great Mike Zigomanis,...
Penguins -Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game . The Penguins finished October as one of five teams in NHL history to rack up 12 win in October. -The Star Tribune's recap . The WIld has won back to back games for the first time this season. -The Pioneer Press' recap . It was Nicklas Backstrom's ( above, with Sidney Crosby ) night. -The Associated Press' recap . The WIld is 3-0 against the...
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...
POSTGAME -Wow. What a game. This was a near duplicate of last season's game between these two teams with one minor difference; The Penguins won. Either way, this was a spectacular contest that had the feel of a late-season playoff push. -The Blue Jackets let up in the third and paid the price for it. They quit pressing the attack and essentially were playing vintage Ken HItchcock hockey. Get the puck...
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...
Before we get into this post, let us point out that Penguins broadcaster Bob Grove should get the credit for this list and a big primary assist goes to Penguins communications coordinator Erik Heasley. We'll gladly take the weak, secondary assist on this one. We're essentially Dick Tarnstrom here. Evgeni Malkin's consecutive games streak will come to an end tonight. And with that, his chance at topping...
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...
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin will be out of the lineup "a couple weeks" due to a strained right shoulder . According to coach Dan Bylsma, Malkin had been playing with the injury for some time and is being taken out of the lineup as a precautionary measure. Malkin is second on the team in scoring this seson with 14 points (four goals, 10 assists). He does currently have the longest consecutive...
FIRST PERIOD 19:13: Roman Hamrlik air-mails a slapper from the neutral zone on the Penguins' net. Fleury steers is away. 19:10: Bourque takes the ice along with Malkin and Fedotenko. 17:35: Jordan Staal coasts down the right wing and backhands a pass into the slot. Matt Cooke is there but can't get a clean shot off. Craig Adams has taken Kennedy's place on the third line. We guess Dupuis is stuck...
Penguins -Matt Cooke's ( above ) a hitter, not a scorer . -The Hockey News profiles Jordan Staal: -Dan Bylsma apparently has a twin brother: -Penguins prospect Simon Despres, the club's first-round pick in this summer's draft, has been selected to play in the Subway Super Series , a six-game series which pits what are essentially all-star junior teams from Canada and Russia against each other. -The...
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...
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