Flyers winger Tyson Foerster wasn’t expected to return to the lineup this season but after a somewhat new development at morning skate Saturday, that might be wrong.
All the way back on December 1, Foerster wound up and attempted a big one-timer slap shot against the Penguins and went down in excruciating pain. It was a bad scene that then got worse, as he was declared out for two to three months almost immediately, and then that timeline got extended to the entire season after undergoing...
The Penguins have had their struggles this season with the shootout, though the worm has turned in the past week with two straight victories in the game deciding gimmick. The problem has been two-fold in that their goalies can’t keep the puck out of the net (opponents are scoring a dreadful 54.2% this season) and […]
Defenseman Erik Karlsson is getting most of the attention right now for the Pittsburgh Penguins, and deservedly so given the way he is playing. He is not only playing the best hockey he has ever played as a member of the Penguins, he is playing some of the best hockey that he has ever played […]
The Penguins got a bit of a boost Thursday night when it comes to their chances of making the NHL’s postseason for the first time since 2022. With a shootout win against the Ottawa Senators, the Penguins got a significant boost in their playoff chances. Going into Thursday night’s game, HockeyViz had listed the Penguins […]
Here are your Pens Points for this Friday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins traveled up to Canada’s capital city on Thursday night to fight the Senators, another team jockeying for position in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Pittsburgh lost Sidney Crosby to injury early in the second period, but others stepped up, leading to the second […]
Almost Sens'd 'em!
Pregame The Penguins had called up forwards Avery Hayes and Joona Koppanen during the day, but Anthony Mantha is able to play so the lineup of skaters remains the same with Stuart Skinner in net. First period Not the best of starts, Erik Karlsson is quick to the penalty box for tripping. With Karlsson unavailable […]
He'd only been back for five games, but Pittsburgh Penguins legend Sidney Crosby is back on the shelf, it appears. Crosby suffered an injury late in the first period of their game Thursday night against the Ottawa Senators. According to Dan Kingerski of Pittsburgh Hockey Now , Crosby left the Penguins bench with three minutes to go in the first, but didn't appear to be limping or laboring in any way. He will not return to the game. Forward Sidney Crosby will not return to to...
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The goals against numbers are starting to pile up, and there are not many cards left for the Pittsburgh Penguins to play in an effort to fix it. The trade deadline has come and gone, so there is no move to be made to add outside defensive help. There is also no immediate help available […]
The Anaheim Ducks and Pittsburgh Penguins are no strangers to making trades, however, turns out they almost made a deal together ahead of the Mar.6 trade deadline. Reports have indicated before the Ducks shipped Ryan Strome to the Calgary Flames, they were in talks with Kyle Dubas and the Penguins about a potential deal. Frank Seravalli: The Penguins were...one of the teams that was calling Anaheim to get in on Ryan Strome; don't have to give up anything, it's just cap space, maybe...
Who: Pittsburgh Penguins (35-20-16, 86 points, 3rd place Metropolitan Division) @ Ottawa Seantors (38-24-9, 85 points, 5th place Atlantic Division) When: 7:00 p.m. eastern How to Watch: Locally broadcast on Sportsnet Pittsburgh, TSN5 and RDS2 up in Canada, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: The games keep on coming, the Pens head back to Pittsburgh to face […]
Evgeni Malkin will not be in the lineup tonight when the Pittsburgh Penguins face the Ottawa Senators. The veteran Penguins center will miss his second straight game with an upper-body injury after head coach Dan Muse said that Malkin wouldn’t be traveling with the team to face Ottawa. Malkin missed the Penguins’ game earlier this […]
With both teams desperate for points in their fight for playoff positioning, tonight’s game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators should have a playoff feel when the teams hit the ice. Right now, the Penguins are holding onto third place in the Metro division while the Senators cling to the second and final wild […]
Allowing too many goals has been a major problem for the Penguins. As recently as March 3rd, the team was sitting sixth in the NHL with 2.78 goals against per game. In the last 11 games since then, that’s gone out the window – the Pens sit 31st over the last three weeks with an […]
Though Colorado Avalanche fans tried to forget everything about the 7-2 loss against the Pittsburgh Penguins last week (and a big win last night helps ease that memory), one positive was the Erik Johnson experience between the benches. The former Avalanche defenseman is flourishing in his new television career which seems to be a natural […]
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins managed to win two out of three games on a road trip through Canada last week. WBSPenguins.com with the details on each game: Wednesday, Mar. 18 – PENGUINS 1 at Laval 5Gabe Klassen scored Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s only goal in its first meeting with the North Division-leading Rocket. As a result, the Penguins have lost […]
Here are your Pens Points for this Wednesday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins hosted the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night at PPG Paints Arena. One week after the Penguins dispatched the Avalanche on their home ice, the Colorado hockey team returned the favor, pulling away early and defeating Pittsburgh 6-2. [Recap] The Penguins received a mixed […]
As the road trip continues, the Colorado Avalanche made a stop in Pittsburgh to get revenge on the Penguins for the ugly 7-2 loss from a week ago. This game was neatly the exact opposite of that game as the Avalanche scored early and often to take a 6-2 win in Pittsburgh. Prior to the […]
Pregame No Evgeni Malkin tonight due to an undisclosed upper body injury, Ville Koivunen back in the lineup like he never left (though he did for a few days). Arturs Silovs in net. The visiting Colorado Avalanche bring this lineup to the table tonight. First period Colorado gets on the board first, 4:57 into the […]
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After a 3-2 overtime win against the Washington Capitals on Sunday, the Colorado Avalanche are continuing their East Coast road trip with a matchup against the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight. This will be the second and final regular-season matchup between these two teams, with Pittsburgh having won the first one by a final score of 7-2 […]
According to insider Pierre LeBrun on TSN, Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas has addressed the mounting speculation about the future of defenseman Erik Karlsson. And the GM made it clear that Karlsson will not be traded this summer. Penguins GM Kyle Dubas has confirmed that veteran defenceman Erik Karlsson will not be traded this summer. While Karlsson remains signed through next year at a cap hit of $10 million, he is owed a $6 million signing bonus on July 1 of this year and jus...
After a 3-2 overtime win against the Washington Capitals on Sunday, the Colorado Avalanche are continuing their East Coast road trip with a matchup against the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight. This will be the second and final regular-season matchup between these two teams, with Pittsburgh having won the first one by a final score of 7-2 […]
If there was a glaring weakness for the 2025-26 Pittsburgh Penguins it was always going to be on defense and their ability to keep pucks out of their own net. When the season began Erik Karlsson had not yet turned things around, Kris Letang was another year older, nobody knew what to expect from Parker […]