The Pittsburgh Penguins may have to go an extended period of time without one of their most promising youngsters. Second-year centre Ben Kindel is being considered week-to-week after suffering a lower-body injury in pre-season action, the team told reporters on Thursday. “It’s looking more week-to-week at this point,” Amanda Kessel, director of minor-league operations and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins assistant general manager, said. “We’re awaiting some more testing results today.” He had pr...
Kuzmenko has taken a leave of absence from the club to return home to Russia.
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Andrei Kuzmenko will be away from the team after his father was killed in a bear attack. The Penguins confirmed that Alexander Kuzmenko, 62, was on a fishing trip in southern Siberia when he was attacked by a bear, suffering injuries to his head and face. Sport24, a Russian media outlet, reported […]
On this episode of Tip of the Ice-Burgh, Nick Belsky takes a closer look at the growing list of Pittsburgh Penguins injuries and which absences could carry over into the regular season. He also reacts to Arturs Silovs’ troubling preseason performance and explains why the Penguins NEED their goaltender to find his game before Opening Night. Plus, Nick highlights the players who have stood out — both positively and negatively — through the first stretch of the preseason — tune in! Check out our ...
"Andrei and the Kuzmenko family have the full support of the Penguins organization during this time," Penguins president and general manager Kyle Dubas said in a statement.
The Penguins didn’t have a good injury update today regarding forward Ben Kindel. After the injury he suffered in the first period of the preseason game on Monday night Kindel has been downgraded from day-to-day to week-to-week. Kindel only played the first period of the game. TV cameras caught him blocking a weak shot towards […]
Hockey will take a back seat for Pittsburgh Penguins forward Andrei Kuzmenko for the time being. We learned this morning of the tragic news that Kuzmenko's father was killed in a bear attack in Siberia. Tragic news. A bear attacked the father of Penguins forward Andrei Kuzmenko while fishing in Tuva. He passed away in the hospital. Deepest condolences to Andrei and his family. pic.twitter.com/z8JGnRqTpD — Uggg (@Uggg_uggg) September 24, 2026 Alexander Kuzmenko, 62, was on a fishing trip with f...
Alexander Kuzmenko, the father of Pittsburgh Penguins winger Andrei Kuzmenko, was killed in a bear attack in Siberia.
During his team’s run to the Stanley Cup back in 2015-16, then-Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan was asked a question about the play of his third line. At the time it consisted of Phil Kessel, Nick Bonino and Carl Hagelin to form the vaunted HBK line. I don’t remember who asked the question, or […]
Game three of the Pittsburgh Penguins preseason slate is scheduled for later this evening as they head west to take on the Columbus Blue Jackets. This will be the first of two road preseason games, with the second coming on Saturday in the preseason finale. Most importantly, the countdown to the regular season is now […]
DK's Daily Shot of Penguins: Older? Younger?
Here are the players the Penguins are bringing to Columbus for their preseason game tomorrow night. From the team: Below is the Penguins’ lineup for Thursday night’s preseason game against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena. Puck drop is set for 7:00 PM ET, and fans can tune in to the game on the […]
Kaedan Korczak is ready to elevate his game with the Penguins.
Opening night for the Philadelphia Flyers is inching closer and closer. We are now just a week away until the Flyers host the archrival Pittsburgh Penguins for Game 1 of their 2026-27 season — and we have what could be a season-opening lineup.
At Flyers training camp on Wednesday morning, the team really solidified who was making the final roster (or is still in the race) and who is certainly not. For the past week, the groups were mainly a mix of prospects, young AHLers, veterans, farmha...
The Penguins made some roster cuts today during their off day, trimming away nine players. Besides Gauthier, the fourth goalie in the organization, only Tomas Galvas is on an NHL contract from this group. The Penguins stuck with the plan to loan the 20-year old 2026 second round pick back to his Czech team for […]
After looking over some of the Flyers defensemen on the bubble earlier on this week, it’s time to move onto a couple of more concrete roster staples in Cam York and Jamie Drysdale.
Both players had seasons filled with positive moments, and scored goals that served as a bookend to a memorable Flyers series win against the Penguins in round one, with Drysdale scoring the first goal of the series, and York potting the last, (the Flyers beat Pittsburgh in Game 6, if you didn’t remember). He...
First-rounder Michael Brandsegg-Nygard scored twice as the Red Wings buried Pittsburgh 7-4 in preseason. #RedWings
Todd McLellan expects Michael Brandsegg-Nygård to make Detroit after the prospect posted two goals and eight hits versus Pittsburgh.
The Avs are hopeful that Cale Makar will be ready to play on Friday, Mother Nature is taking care of Dylan Larkin, and other injury notes from around the NHL.
The Avs are hopeful that Cale Makar will be ready to play on Friday, Mother Nature is taking care of Dylan Larkin, and other injury notes from around the NHL.
A lot can change quickly for the picture of building the NHL roster. Take a look at the last 48 hours, where Blake Lizotte was announced as being out on a week-to-week basis, and Ben Kindel got injured during the preseason game with a day-to-day designation. Add in more injuries to Ville Koivunen and Justin […]
Here are your Pens Points for this Wednesday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins fell 7-4 to the Detroit Red Wings in Pittsburgh’s second preseason game on Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena. Nick Robertson scored in his Penguins debut, while Kaeden Korczak and Rutger McGroarty also found the net in the loss. [Recap] Forward Nick Robertson is […]
DK's Daily Shot of Penguins: Why anoint Arturs Silovs?
The NHL got its first look at its newest pair of brothers Tuesday night. Identical twins, Markus Ruck and Liam Ruck, made their NHL preseason debuts together, suiting up for the Pittsburgh Penguins against the Detroit Red Wings. The twins skated on the same line in Pittsburgh’s 7-4 loss. It's twin time at @PPGPaintsArena 😁
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This ain't it. And I'm fairly confident that, in stating such a thing, it'd be clear I'm not referring even remotely to the Penguins' 7-4 preseason loss to the Red Wings tonight here at PPG Paints Arena. At least not in any isolated or inflated way. The first real game's next Wednesday in Philadelphia, and neither this nor anything else in the interim counts.