The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Patric Hornqvist’s grit helped the Pittsburgh Penguins win a pair of Stanley Cups. To keep their championship window opened, they decided it was time to move on without him. The Penguins traded the 33-year-old forward to Florida on Thursday in exchange ...
The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Todd Reirden is back with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The team hired Reirden as an assistant coach under Mike Sullivan on Wednesday, just over a week after Reirden was fired as head coach of the Washington Capitals following a playoff loss to the New York ...
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby underwent arthroscopic wrist surgery on Monday but should be ready to go well before the start of training camp. The team announced the procedure on Tuesday. It did not specify which wrist was injured. General manager Jim Rutherford says ...
By Will Graves The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The retooling of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ roster has begun. The team acquired forward Kasperi Kapanen from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday, reuniting the 24-year-old with the team that originally drafted him with the 22nd overall ...
The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins had a specific vision last summer when they examined the rubble of a first-round sweep at the hands of the New York Islanders. General manager Jim Rutherford, coach Mike Sullivan and his staff then spent the offseason revamping a ...
By Will Graves The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Jim Rutherford is not ready to blow up the core that’s led the Pittsburgh Penguins to three Stanley Cups in a little more than a decade. Still, the longtime general manager understands there’s some serious retooling necessary ...
TORONTO — The Pittsburgh Penguins entered their qualifying round matchup against Montreal healthy but wary. Optimistic but guarded. While they’d shown plenty of grit during a regular season that featured extended absences by high-profile names on their star-laden roster, in a short series ...
From Mirror, wire reports TORONTO — Jeff Petry scored 5:33 into the third period as the Montreal Canadiens rallied from two goals down and beat Pittsburgh 4-3 in Game 3 on Wednesday night, pushing the Penguins to the brink of elimination in the best-of-five series. Shea Weber had a goal ...
On deck Tonight: Pittsburgh vs. Montreal, 8 p.m. Best-of-5 series: Tied at 1-1 TV: NBC Sports Network The Associated Press TORONTO — The C’s have it: Crosby and Connor, that is. It didn’t take long for the two captains — Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby and Edmonton’s Connor ...
On the ice Tonight: Idle Next up: Montreal vs. Pittsburgh, Wednesday, 8 p.m. Best-of-5 series: Series tied 1-1 TV: NBC Sports Network The Associated Press TORONTO — Sidney Crosby, Jason Zucker and Jake Guentzel scored for the Pittsburgh Penguins in a 3-1 victory over the Montreal ...
On the ice Tonight: Montreal vs. Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. Best-of-5 series: Canadiens lead series, 1-0 TV: NBC Sports Network The Associated Press Trouble keeps following Winnipeg Jets, from one of their best players not reporting to training camp to a bevy of injuries throughout the regular ...
On the ice Saturday: Montreal vs. Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. Best-of-five-game series: 0-0 TV: NBC The Associated Press TORONTO — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman took a short break from watching the final few exhibition games Thursday to ponder the significance of awarding the Stanley Cup some ...
On the ice Tonight: Idle Next up: Montreal vs. Pittsburgh in first round of NHL playoffs, Saturday, 8 p.m. TV: NBC Sports Network The Associated Press Seth Jones stood on his surgically repaired right ankle as his Blue Jackets teammates practiced and played without him. That took its ...
On the ice Who: Pittsburgh vs. Montreal What: Best-of-5-game series When: Game 1, Saturday at 8 p.m. The Associated Press Fans counted down the seconds to the final buzzer, “Brass Bonanza” played over the speakers at Hartford Civic Center and Whalers players Dave Tippett, Joel ...
Zach Aston-Reese pondered the question for a minute. “I’m not exactly sure who is on their first line,” the Penguins forward said when asked how Pittsburgh plans to slow down Montreal’s top line in their best-of-five play-in series that begins Saturday in Toronto. The answer made ...
TORONTO — The Pittsburgh Penguins got in their one exhibition game prior to this weekend’s NHL playoff opener with the Montreal Canadians, losing in overtime to the Philadelphia Flyers, 3-2, Tuesday night. Scott Laughton ended it with a goal in overtime for Philadelphia. Conor Sheary ...
The Associated Press When the Boston Bruins boarded their flight bound for Toronto, they thought of it as just another long road trip. Sure, they were spaced out and masked up on the plane, but they were en route to compete for the Stanley Cup that they fell one win short of earning last ...
The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Evgeni Malkin is already thinking about the future, the one where the hockey star in the family isn’t the four-time All-Star forward for the Pittsburgh Penguins but his 4-year-old son, Nikita. The younger Malkin certainly seems to be on his way. The ...
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby did not practice on Sunday, a day after leaving a team scrimmage with an undisclosed health issue. The team captain and two-time NHL MVP scored during an organized scrimmage on Saturday. Head coach Mike Sullivan declined to offer specifics ...
The Associated Press St. Louis Blues goalie Jordan Binnington is so accustomed to wearing a mask, he didn’t mind doing so for the past four months during the coronavirus pandemic. “Sometimes, I forgot I’m wearing it while driving,” Binnington said Monday, when the Blues were among ...