Ray Shero and the Pittsburgh Penguins certainly surprised many of us with the last minute deal today, especially given the pre-trade day belief that the Penguins were not looking for a blockbuster deal.   It would be hard to refute that snatching Marian Hossa, one of the league’s top wingers, to [...]

BREAKING TRADE NEWS
TRADE DEALS JUST ANNOUNCED…..the Pittsburgh Penguins and Atlanta Thrashers have completed a trade with less than an hour to go to before the deadline. 
To the Penguins:  Marian Hossa and Pascale Dupuis
To Atlanta:  Colby Armstrong, Erik Christensen, Angelo Esposito and a 1st Round Draft Pick

Marian Hossa:  6′1″, [...]

The Pittsburgh Penguins can thank Ty Conklin for keeping them in the game until the 3rd period before they finally awoke to score 4-goals and beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 on Saturday night.  Despite playing arguably his worst two periods of hockey this season, Evgeni Malkin recovered in [...]

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 [...]

The Pittsburgh Penguins lit the lamp 6-times, with 3 goals coming in just 48-seconds of the 3rd, to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-2 on Thursday night.  Evgeni Malkin picked up his 1st career hat trick and Ty Conklin won his 6th straight game with the Penguins to advance [...]

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Boston Bruins for the 2nd time in 4-days on Sunday by a score of 4-2.  Unlike Thursday’s game in Boston, the Penguins held onto the lead in the 3rd period and managed to score an empty net insurance goal to seal the win.  Pittsburgh’s [...]

The Pittsburgh Penguins lost to the New York Islanders on Saturday night at Mellon Arena by a score of 4-2 after giving up 2-goals midway through the 3rd period in a sloppy game.  In a bit of irony, the tie-breaking goal was scored by rookie Blake Comeau who was called [...]

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Boston Bruins 5-4 on Thursday night in a thrilling game that was decided in a shootout after the Bruins posted a mighty comeback.  After going down 4-0 against the Penguins in the first half of the game, the Bruins battled back to tie the [...]

The Pittsburgh Penguins winning streak ended at 3-games on Saturday night as they lost to Toronto Maple Leafs by a score of 4-2.  Despite a 3rd period surge, the Penguins were unable to break the stifling defense played by the Leafs.  Vesa Toskala, in net for the Leafs, frustrated the [...]