In my January Preview, I predicted that the Penguins would have a very strong January, with the potential to go 8-3-2 and pick up 18 of 26 available points on the month.  In fact, the Penguins finished the month going 8-3-2 and picked up 18-points.  This was the [...]

The Pittsburgh Penguins lost to the Atlanta Thrashers 4-1 on Wednesday, one night after beating the New Jersey Devils 4-2.  The Penguins outshot the Atlanta Thrashers 30-27, but were only able to put 1 (legitemately) past Kari Lehtonen on a chip shot by Ryan Whitney midway through the 3rd period.  Despite [...]

The injury-riddled Pittsburgh Penguins continued their strong play without several key players as they came from behind twice to roll over the New Jersey Devils 4-2 on Tuesday night.  With Sidney Crosby, Marc-Andre Fleury, Gary Roberts, Mark Eaton, Colby Armstrong and Tyler Kennedy all out of the lineup, the [...]

Each week, Comcast presents a 30-minute show entitled “Inside Penguins Hockey” that airs on FSN Pittsburgh.  The show provides an exclusive inside look at the Pittsburgh Penguins from game strategies to behind the scenes action.  One of the best elements of the show is the Q&A with various players.  Episode 8 [...]

Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin and Sergei Gonchar will participate in the 2008 NHL All Star Game and activities this weekend at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.  Neither Malkin or Gonchar were on the original All-Star ballot.  Gonchar was overlooked, but later added during the final selection process.  Malkin [...]

The Pittsburgh Penguins lost to the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night by a score of 4-3.  For the Penguins, it was just their 2nd regulation loss since December 23rd.  Ty Conklin got the call for the Penguins and made 29-saves on 33 shots to move his record to [...]

Sidney Crosby was re-evaluated by team doctors on Tuesday and they confirmed the high-ankle sprain injury.  Unfortunately, the prognosis for recovery is worse than originally projected with Crosby now expected to miss 6-8 weeks of play.  That would put his return in early to mid-March, at best.  That [...]

The Pittsburgh Penguins suffered an overtime shootout loss to the Washington Capitals on Monday night in a spirited high scoring affair.  Despite the score, the Penguins were outshot 30-15 by the Capitals and were fortunate to pick up a point on the night to move them back into [...]

Since the beginning of December, the Pittsburgh Penguins have been dealt their fare share of adversity.  Despite injuries to key elements of their lineup, they managed to overcome the struggles and put together a 16-6-1 record since December 1st.  They put together this impressive run despite losing their #1 [...]

The Pittsburgh Penguins won their 1st Sid-less game in the Crosby Era on Saturday night as they shutout the Canadiens 2-0 in Montreal.  Pittsburgh netminder Dany Sabourin picked up his 2nd career shutout as turned aside 31 shots in his first start in the last 12 Penguins’ outings (since [...]