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Penguins’ long losing skid comes to an end on road

The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Already down two defensemen to injury, the Pittsburgh Penguins were in desperation mode when Jeff Petry skated off in pain and left them with just three healthy players at the position. Veteran forward Jeff Carter to the rescue. Carter skated a shift on defense in his 1,313th NHL game Wednesday night to fill the void before Petry returned and the Penguins pieced enough together to beat the Washington Capitals 4-1 and snap their seven-game losing streak. “Couldn’t have more confidence in Carts,” said goaltender Casey DeSmith, who made 24 ...

Penguins’ skid reaches 6

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Alex Tuch scored with 9:26 left and the Buffalo Sabres had five goals in the third period to rally past the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Wednesday night. Victor Oloffson, Tage Thompson, JJ Peterka and Kyle Okposo also scored for Buffalo. Eric Comrie made 18 saves. “It’s good that we’re able to finish games,” Tuch said. “I think that’s something that we slowly learned last year, that we needed to bear down and not sit back and continue to press and continue to play our style of game. I thought we did that tonight.” Jason Zucker, Josh Archibald and Jake ...

Pens blow lead to Bruins

PITTSBURGH — Hampus Lindholm scored at 3:37 of overtime and the Boston Bruins rallied past the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-5 on Tuesday night. Boston trailed 5-3 entering the third period before scoring the final three goals of the game. Lindholm scored the game-winner with a wrist shot from the top of the left circle. Pavel Zacha started the Bruins’ comeback at 11:59 of the third when he deflected a shot behind Pittsburgh goaltender Tristan Jarry. Taylor Hall tied the game with 1:17 to play when he scored from the top of the crease. Charlie Coyle scored his fourth, Brad Marchand ...

Sports at a glance

Pens struggle on the road SEATTLE — The Seattle Kraken kept the Pittsburgh Penguins sliding on Saturday night. Jordan Eberle scored midway through the second period after Seattle had two goals disallowed by challenges, Morgan Geekie scored late in the second and the Kraken beat Pittsburgh 3-1 for the Penguins’ fourth straight loss. Jake Guentzel scored on a breakaway midway through the second period and Casey DeSmith had 27 saves, but Pittsburgh’s road trip concluded with a thud. The Penguins lost three straight in Western Canada before closing out its road swing against ...

Pens defeated on road by Flames

CALGARY, Alberta — Nazem Kadri scored two goals in the first period, and the Calgary Flames beat the Pittsburgh Penguins, 4-1, in late Tuesday night. Jonathan Huberdeau added a power-play goal in the second period for the Flames. Evgeni Malkin got the Pens on the board later in the second, but Michael Stone answered to put Calgary up 4-1. Casey DeSmith started in goal for the Pens and faced 20 shots in the first period. The Penguins were coming off a 6-3 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Monday and will play in Vancouver on Friday night and Seattle on Saturday.

Pens’ 3-1 lead not enough to hold off Oilers

EDMONTON, Alberta — Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers used a four-goal second period to rally for a 6-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday night. Evander Kane, Zach Hyman and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had a goal and an assist, and Tyson Barrie and Ryan McLeod also scored for the Oilers. Jack Campbell finished with 32 saves. Rickard Rakell had a goal and an assist, Sidney Crosby and Bryan Rust also scored and Jason Zucker had two assists for the Penguins. Tristan Jarry had 41 saves. “We just got to put a full game together, you know?” ...