The Pittsburgh Penguins have assigned forward Alex Nylander to their farm team in Wilkes-Barre.… read more »
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NHL’s playoff stretch drive: Minnesota Wild, Dallas Stars can clinch playoff berths Monday
The end of the NHL regular season is rapidly approaching. Here are key questions about playoff races and the best odds to win the draft lottery.… read more »
The week ahead: The scramble for a Wild Card spot is going to get intense for the Penguins
There have been a lot of frustrating things about the 2022-23 Pittsburgh Penguins . The most frustrating of the frustrating has been their ability to throw away points where it looks like a point is a given. Or should be a given. Even one of those blown third period leads against the Islanders. The 4-0…… read more »
Penguins Perspectives: Never take greatness for granted
While I could take the time to go back and look at all of the Penguins Perspectives columns I’ve written this season, I’m going to likely repeat something in this one – we Penguins fans are spoiled rotten. This isn’t to say we shouldn’t have high expectations and demand this team be in the conversation…… read more »
Clear Fork District Elementary in Raleigh County closed
As of Apr 3, 7:07am: Clear Fork District Elementary in Raleigh County will be closed on Mon. Apr. 3, 2023 due to power outages.… read more »
WATCH: Alex Letang introduces Penguins lineup ahead of Kris Letang’s 1000th career game
On Sunday evening at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Kris Letang played in his 1000th career game. In doing so, he joins fellow teammates Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin in reaching that career milestone. As they did for the other two players, the Penguins rolled out the red carpet for Letang to celebrate the milestone…… read more »
Pens Points: The Final Stretch
Here are your Pens Points for this Monday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins hosted the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday in the second half of a back-to-back set. Pittsburgh got out to a comfortable 3-0 lead and was able to deal with their cross-state rivals, winning 4-2 in Kris Letang’s 1,000th career game. [ Recap ] The…… read more »
Pittsburgh visits New Jersey after Rakell’s 2-goal game
Pittsburgh Penguins (38-29-10, fifth in the Metropolitan Division) vs. New Jersey Devils (48-21-8, second in the Metropolitan Division) Newark, New Jersey; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Penguins visit the New Jersey Devils after Rickard Rakell ‘s two-goal game against the Philadelphia Flyers in the Penguins’ 4-2 win. New Jersey is 15-6-2 against…… read more »
Penguins down Flyers, improve wild-card position
Rickard Rakell scored twice Sunday to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins past the visiting Philadelphia Flyers 4-2. The Penguins (38-29-10, 86 points) leapfrogged Florida (85 points) to move into the Eastern Conference’s second wild-card spot by one point and climbed within one point of the New York Islanders, who hold the first wild-card spot. Bryan Rust…… read more »
1KRIS: Getting the Win Makes Letang’s Milestone Night a Perfect One
The milestone evening began after the players arrived at the rink that afternoon. Letang’s teammates, coaches and hockey ops staff – along with Tom Werner and Dave Beeston of Fenway Sports Group – presented him with personalized gifts to commemorate the game. For Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin’s 1,000th games, their teammates copied parts of…… read more »