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Forward Philip Tomasino gets winning goal as Penguins beat Bruins
Philip Tomasino has been a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins for less than a week after being acquired via a trade with the Nashville Predators on Monday. So, he’s still getting acclimated to his new surroundings. But he is under no misconceptions about one aspect of his new gig. Skating...
Penguins are getting power-play goals but still seek improvementVideo
For all the Pittsburgh Penguins’ woes this season — and boy, there are a lot — the power play isn’t exactly one of them. After struggling badly with the man advantage over the past two seasons — the 2023-24 campaign in particular — the Penguins entered Thursday ranked 13th in...
Penguins forward Bryan Rust understands the need to be a leader
Bryan Rust is no stranger to adversity. After all, he is a Detroit Lions fan. That makes Thanksgiving something of a double-edged sword of emotions for him given that franchise’s futility — its last championship came in 1957 — during Rust’s 32 years on earth. “Thanksgiving is awesome in the...
Penguins defenseman Owen Pickering remains sidelined due to illness
Pittsburgh Penguins rookie defenseman Owen Pickering was absent from practice Thursday in Cranberry because of an unspecified illness. He was scratched from a 5-4 home win against the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday for the same reason. After Thursday’s practice, coach Mike Sullivan indicated Pickering is still being evaluated, and it...
Minor league report: Nailers’ winning streak reaches 6 gamesVideo
Two goals by defenseman Mats Lindgren led the Wheeling Nailers to a 4-1 win against the Toledo Walleye at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va. on Wednesday. Goaltender Sergei Murashov made 36 saves on 37 shots to improve his record to 7-2-0 while forwards Atley Calvert and Jordan Martel each contributed...
Penguins thankful for holding on to 3rd-period lead, beating Canucks
Mike Sullivan doesn’t believe in the significance of Thanksgiving. To be clear, he’s totally cool with the holiday. Turkey, pumpkin pie, family, football, the whole deal. He digs it. But the Pittsburgh Penguins head coach doesn’t put much weight into the notion that has become popular in recent years that...
Penguins assign Valtteri Puustinen to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton; activate Blake Lizotte from injured reserve
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Valtteri Puustinen cleared waivers Wednesday and was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. That transaction allowed the team to activate forward Blake Lizotte from injured reserve prior to Wednesday’s home game against the Vancouver Canucks. Lizotte has missed the previous five games due to a...
Penguins assistant Mike Vellucci to return to bench following medical procedure
Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan announced Nov. 18 that assistant Mike Vellucci would be sidelined for approximately a week following an unspecified minor medical procedure. On Wednesday, Sullivan revealed that Vellucci will rejoin the rest of the staff behind the bench when the Vancouver Canucks visit PPG Paints Arena. Vellucci...
Penguins to start Tristan Jarry vs. Vancouver; Blake Lizotte a game-time decision
Tristan Jarry is scheduled to start in net for the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday evening when the Vancouver Canucks visit PPG Paints Arena. Coach Mike Sullivan revealed his starting netminder after his club’s morning skate in Cranberry. Through six starts, Jarry is 1-3-1 with a 4.41 goals-against average and .869...
U mad, bro?: A cornucopia of Pittsburgh sports complaints for the Pirates, Steelers, Penguins
As we approach Thanksgiving, there hasn’t been very much to be thankful for in the Pittsburgh sports world lately. The Steelers just lost in Cleveland … again. Pitt’s football team has lost four in a row, and the Penguins are one of the worst teams in the NHL. I suppose...
New Penguins forward Philip Tomasino wants — and needs — a fresh start
It’s not an apples-to-apples comparison. Maybe apples-to-hot dogs. But the Pittsburgh Penguins traded for a right winger named Phil who is looking for a fresh start. In 2015, they brought in All-Star forward Phil Kessel, and that maneuver led to two Stanley Cup banners as well as countless memes about...
Penguins place winger Valtteri Puustinen on waivers
In addressing what Pittsburgh Penguins winger Valtteri Puustinen could do to better distinguish himself, coach Mike Sullivan recently offered a lengthy answer. “I think he needs to make an impact and not just blend in to the hockey game,” Sullivan said Monday. “When (Puustinen) is at his best, he’s conscientious...
Penguins’ Blake Lizotte, Cody Glass navigate frustrating concussion recovery process
Across sports, concussions rank among the more frustrating injuries for athletes to suffer, in large part because of the nonlinear nature of the recovery process. Pittsburgh Penguins forward Blake Lizotte is working his way back from a concussion suffered Nov. 13 vs. the Detroit Red Wings when a puck struck...
A bad mood won’t help the Penguins avoid more bad results
Everything came down to a one-on-one confrontation Monday in Cranberry. Forward Matt Nieto vs. goaltender Tristan Jarry. Nieto attacked. Jarry reacted. Nieto scored. As Nieto skated toward the left-wing boards to celebrate, half of the Penguins roster — all clad in yellow practice jerseys — mobbed Nieto to celebrate winning...
Penguins acquire forward Philip Tomasino from PredatorsVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired forward Philip Tomasino from the Nashville Predators on Monday. In return, they exchanged a fourth-round pick in the 2027 draft. Tomasino, 23, was a first-round draft pick (No. 24 overall) in 2019. A right-handed shot, he has appeared in 11 games this season and has recorded...
Penguins reassign forward Sam Poulin to AHL
The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned forward Sam Poulin to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League Monday following a team practice in Cranberry. Poulin, the Penguins’ first-round (No. 21 overall) draft pick in 2019, skated in a career-high six NHL contests this season after playing in three both in 2022-23 and 2023-24....
Kevin Hayes returns to Penguins’ lineup as club attempts to pull out of tailspin
Kevin Hayes has not enjoyed the experience of having to watch from the press box as the Pittsburgh Penguins navigate an early-season tailspin. Hayes, who suffered an unspecified upper-body injury Nov. 5, returned to the Penguins’ lineup Saturday vs. Utah Hockey Club, but he missed the eight previous games as...
Tim Benz: Penguins’ weekend on center stage shows how bad things have gotten
In the not-too-distant past, a pre-Thanksgiving mini-bye for the Steelers would’ve been the perfect time for many Pittsburgh sports fans to shelve their NFL obsessions and take in a little Penguins hockey for a few days. Not only were the Steelers off this past weekend because of their Thursday night...
Penguins rookie defenseman Owen Pickering earns promotion to top pairing
Ryan Shea probably could say he knows Pittsburgh Penguins rookie defenseman Owen Pickering better than most in the club’s locker room. Pickering, 20, was promoted to the NHL just over a week ago, and through his first three games, had paired with Shea. Naturally, Pickering and Shea have conversed quite...
Minor league report: Nailers, Sergei Murashov conquer KometsVideo
Goaltender Sergei Murashov made a season-high 48 saves on 52 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 6-4 road win against the Forth Wayne Komets at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Ind., on Saturday. Murashov improved his ECHL record to 6-2-0 as Wheeling (9-3-1-0) extended a...
Utah spoils Sidney Crosby’s milestone night as Penguins suffer 8th loss in past 10 games
Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic didn’t have to ruminate a great deal when asked how to describe his team last week. “Inconsistent is probably a good word, a good way to describe it,” Nedeljkovic said in Cranberry on Wednesday. “Game to game, period to period, sometimes even shift to shift....
Penguins’ Sidney Crosby scores 600th career goal in 2nd period vs. UtahVideo
Both symbolically, as one of the most important figures in Pittsburgh Penguins franchise history, and statistically, as arguably the most gifted all-around player of his generation, Sidney Crosby walks on the same ground as Mario Lemieux. With his 600th career goal Saturday against Utah Hockey Club at PPG Paints Arena,...
Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic scheduled to start against Utah Hockey Club
Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic is scheduled to start Saturday’s home game against the Utah Hockey Club at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Nedeljkovic’s status approximately two hours before the opening faceoff. In 10 games this season, Nedeljkovic has a 3-3-3 record, a 3.17 goals against average and...
Penguins activate Kevin Hayes from injured reserve, send Vasily Ponomarev to AHL
Ahead of their Saturday night home game against Utah Hockey Club, the Pittsburgh Penguins activated forward Kevin Hayes from injured reserve. Hayes has missed the past eight games with an unspecified injury and last suited up Nov. 5 against the New York Islanders. In 14 games, the 32-year-old has three...
West Mifflin’s Logan Cooley finds comfort in his second NHL season with Utah
Coming home is always special for Logan Cooley. It’s even more special when his mother, Cathy, offers a grand feast in their West Mifflin abode. Such was the case on Friday as Cooley, a forward with the Utah Hockey Club, had a day off before facing the Pittsburgh Penguins on...
