Pittsburgh Penguins Rumors & News

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The Penguins' power play has led the way for much of this postseason. It came up empty Sunday night in Game 3. The Penguins went 0 for 6 on the power play against Ottawa at Scotiabank Place, failed to convert on a 5-on-3 situation and then allowed a backbreaking short-handed goal with 31 seconds..." May 20

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Over the past few years, Sidney Crosby developed into one of the NHL's best faceoff men. He reinforced his status during the regular season, controlling 54.3 percent of his draws. Crosby has not come close to matching that success in the playoffs. Going into Game 3 of the Penguins' second-round..." May 20

Ottawa Citizen "When Matt Cooke's skate came down on Erik Karlsson's Achilles tendon on Feb. 13, Ottawa's season was truly thrust into its underdog, ragtag phase, all replacements and duct tape. Jason Spezza's back surgery and Jared Cowen's hip surgery were one thing; the loss of Karlsson, who could control..." May 20

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Desperate hockey is that particular brand that explodes onto the ice only this time of year. It's all tension and energy, swirling. It can't be manufactured. The Penguins expect exactly that tonight from the Ottawa Senators, back home inside Scotiabank Place as the series shifts north of the..." May 19

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Brandon Sutter is not alone. Most of the Penguins expect the Ottawa Senators to reach deep in Game 3 of a second-round Stanley Cup playoff series Sunday at Scotiabank Place. After all, these Senators played most of the regular season without their three best players — defenseman Erik Karlsson,..." May 19

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Where Sidney Crosby has been the heart, Marc-Andre Fleury the soul and Brooks Orpik the conscience of the core of these Penguins, Pascal Dupuis doesn't have a label. Just the respect of every player in their dressing room. Perhaps none more so than their captain. “For any player, for any..." May 19

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Just a week removed from the violent turbulence of this postseason's first round, the Penguins have reached a comfortable cruising altitude, even as they keep their seat belts buckled, but since the FAA prohibits more than three aviation metaphors in any lead paragraph, we probably should start..." May 19

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Just three minutes into Robin Lehner's first career playoff appearance, the 21-year-old goalie had James Neal and Jarome Iginla bearing down on him with a lone defenseman between them. Neal slid the puck across the ice to Iginla, and Lehner threw his body back in that director. Improbably,..." May 18

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "On a night when Sidney Crosby recorded his second career playoff hat trick and created a buzz around the hockey world with his jaw-dropping performance in the Penguins' 4-3 victory against Ottawa in Game 2 of their second-round series Friday night, it was up to the player with the worst plus-minus..." May 18

Calgary Herald "Watching the melee of microphones and voice recorders clustered far away, in somebody else’s face, blocking someone else’s view, Jarome Iginla can empathize. “It’s not as if I’m like ‘Oh God, I’m glad THAT’s over,’ ” protests the former Calgary Flames’ captain. “So it’s a tricky question. I..." May 18

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "The Penguins took a step backward Friday. Their timing was perfect. A 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators at Consol Energy Center staked the Penguins a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven second-round Stanley Cup playoff series. “Not a situation you want to be in,” Senators defenseman Chris..." May 18

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Defenseman Kris Letang and winger Craig Adams are not participating in the Penguins' game-day skate at Consol Energy Center today. There was no immediate explanation for that absence and their status for Game 2 of the Penguins' second-round playoff series against Ottawa tonight at 7:38 is not..." May 17

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Sidney Crosby needed a witness for his defense. Evgeni Malkin testified Wednesday by comparing Crosby to fellow Russian center Pavel Datsyuk, a three-time winner of the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the NHL's top defensive forward. “It's tough to say who (is) better,” Malkin said. “Datsyuk has a..." May 16

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "It says something about Evgeni Malkin's hockey talents that he can be the Penguins' top scorer in their first-round playoff series against the New York Islanders, score in all six games, lead the NHL in assists and still feel as if he has to do more for his team. It says Malkin's talents are..." May 15

NHL.com "If earning status as a finalist for the Selke Trophy as the NHL's top defensive forward wasn't enough of a compliment for Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron, teammate Jaromir Jagr paid Bergeron another one after practice at TD Garden on Wednesday. Bergeron, Pavel Datsyuk of the Detroit Red..." May 15

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The Penguins downed the Ottawa Senators, 4-1, tonight at Consol Energy Center in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series. Paul Martin opened the scoring with a power-play goal. His shot from the right point glanced off of Ottawa's Jared Cowen and past goaltender Craig Anderson to give the..." May 15

NHL.com "Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby, Minnesota Wild goaltender Josh Harding and Boston Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid have been named finalists for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, awarded to "the National Hockey League player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance,..." May 14

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Evgeni Malkin is uneasy about his play so far this postseason. He also is the Penguins' leading scorer in the Stanley Cup playoffs. “I could say it's going good, but (Game 6), like the rest, was probably up and down,” Malkin said after he set up the Penguins' tying and winning goal against..." May 13

NHL.com "Marc Bergevin of the Montreal Canadiens, Bob Murray of the Anaheim Ducks and the Pittsburgh Penguins' Ray Shero on Monday were named the finalists for the 2013 NHL General Manager of the Year Award. The award is voted on by the 30 NHL GMs and a panel of NHL executives and members of the print..." May 13

NHL.com "The Ottawa Senators learned Saturday night that they would be facing the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, leading some to wonder how the Senators will handle another round of drama after their emotional series with the Montreal Canadiens. The Senators have a postseason..." May 12

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "So many times, the Penguins had faced this situation. Approaching the New York Islanders blue line or being just inside of it, carrying the puck, looking to make something happen. Evgeni Malkin was no different. The Penguins center had been thwarted earlier in Saturday's game more than once by..." May 12

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "he Penguins advanced in the playoffs with a 4-3 overtime win over the New York Islanders in Game 6 of their best-of-seven first-round postseason series tonight at Nassau Coliseum. The Penguins' Brooks Orpik won it on a shot from the left point at 7:49 of overtime. The Penguins will next face the..." May 12

NHL.com "If the New York Islanders established a scouting report for their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series listing the most dangerous scorers on the Pittsburgh Penguins vaunted roster, it's fair to say Douglas Murray's name probably wasn't on it. Boasting one of the most star-studded lineups in..." May 11

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Penguins coach Dan Bylsma would not name his starting goaltender for Game 6 tonight in New York, but it sounded as if it again will be Tomas Vokoun. Bylsma sang the praises of his veteran backup, whose calming presence was impossible to miss in Game 5 of the team's Stanley Cup playoff series..." May 11

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Sidney Crosby already has a golden goal. Now, the Penguins captain has one that belongs in bronze. When Crosby split New York Islanders defensemen Lubomir Visnovsky and Thomas Hickey at the blue line and beat Evgeni Nabokov in the Penguins' 4-0 Game 5 victory Thursday night, it was..." May 10

NHL.com "Now in his fourth NHL season, New York Islanders center John Tavares has entered the ranks of the elite players in the League. Tavares on Friday joined Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby and Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin as finalists for the Hart Trophy, awarded annually to..." May 10

NHL.com "The National Hockey League moved closer to an agreement to send its players to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia during a meeting in Stockholm on Friday. The meeting included representatives from the NHL, National Hockey League Players' Association, International Olympic Committee,..." May 10

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Goaltender Thomas Vokoun shut out the New York Islanders, 4-0, tonight at Consol Energy Center, giving the Penguins a 3-2 lead in the first-round playoff series. Following a scoreless first period -- just the second period of the series without a goal, the other being the third period of Game 1..." May 10

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The debate that raged through the night about the Penguins' goaltending situation was cleared up in a swift opening sentence Wednesday from coach Dan Bylsma: Tomas Vokoun will start Game 5 of the playoff series Thursday night against the New York Islanders at Consol Energy Center instead of..." May 09

NHL.com "Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin and Martin St. Louis of the Tampa Bay Lightning were announced Thursday as the finalists for the 2013 Ted Lindsay Award. The award is presented annually to the most outstanding player in the NHL, as voted by fellow..." May 09

NHL.com "Following a 6-4, Game 4 loss to the New York Islanders in which goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury allowed six goals on 24 shots, Pittsburgh Penguins coach Dan Bylsma refused to name either Fleury or backup goaltender Tomas Vokoun as the starter for Game 5 Thursday night in Pittsburgh. "One of the..." May 08

NHL.com "Pittsburgh Penguins coach Dan Bylsma announced Wednesday that Tomas Vokoun would start in goal for Game 5 of his team's Eastern Conference Quarterfinals series against the New York Islanders, which resumes Thursday at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. "Tomas is capable of being a great goalie..." May 08

Ottawa Sun "Eugene Melnyk hasn't closed the book on the Erik Karlsson investigation. Speaking on Sportsnet radio The Fan 590 in Toronto Tuesday night, Melnyk told the station he shouldn't have used the word "forensic," but his experts are still working to find out if Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke skate slash on..." May 08

Newsday "The Islanders have evened the series, and they may have chased Marc-Andre Fleury in the process. John Tavares' third-period goal, with 9:49 to play, pulled the Isles in front and they went on to a 6-4 win Tuesday at the Coliseum, helped by the Penguins goaltender who allowed six goals on 24..." May 08

NHL.com "The field for the James Norris Memorial Trophy received a makeover this season. Kris Letang of the Pittsburgh Penguins, P.K. Subban of the Montreal Canadians and Ryan Suter of the Minnesota Wild are this year's finalists for the trophy awarded to the defenseman that shows the "greatest..." May 07

New York Post "There is a realism and practicality to the Islanders’ collective attitude that is surprising in its simplicity. With all the available extra motivation lying around a team picked to go nowhere and now proving almost all of the pundits wrong, never once has this group of young and inexperienced..." May 07

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "They are a young and impressionable bunch, these New York Islanders. Most are taking their first dip into a best-of-seven acid bath that is the Stanley Cup playoffs, and if they had been convinced early that they should be content to make a token appearance and simply get a feel for hockey at..." May 06

New York Post "A very tough lesson was learned, and with it the most precious of opportunities may have been lost. The upstart Islanders outplayed the top-seeded Penguins yesterday afternoon at a raucous Nassau Coliseum, but a handful of mistakes cost the home team dearly. Behind three power-play goals, the..." May 06

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "A day after a 4-3 come-from-ahead loss against the New York Islanders in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series, the Penguins weren't too happy with themselves. But they weren't at a loss for what comes next, with Game 3 of their tied series to be staged this afternoon at Nassau..." May 05

New York Post "Sidney Crosby’s health is fine, and his two first-period goals Friday night proved his world-class talent didn’t go away in the five weeks he missed after suffering a broken jaw when he was struck in the face with a puck shot by teammate Brooks Orpik, ironically in a game against the..." May 05

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Chris Kunitz scored in overtime to shift a topsy-turvy series between the Penguins and New York Islanders. Kunitz scored on a power play with 11:16 left in overtime to give the Penguins a 5-4 victory in Game 3 of an Eastern Conference quarterfinal playoff series. Fans at Nassau Coliseum..." May 05

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The Penguins said from the time their first-round playoff matchup with the New York Islanders was set that they anticipated a long series. For a while, that seemed mostly like an expression of respect for their opponents. Based on the way the Penguins played in their 4-3 loss against the..." May 04

New York Post "There was laughter, and smiles, and the kind of small competitions that are less for practical purposes as for mental relief. In all of yesterday afternoon’s fun and games, there was no way to know that just 15 hours prior, on the same ice at the CONSOL Energy Center, the same group of..." May 03

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Center Sidney Crosby will be in the Penguins' lineup tonight when they face the New York Islanders at Consol Energy Center in Game 2 of their opening-round playoff series against the New York Islanders. He confirmed that after the Penguins' game-day skate today. "I feel good," Crosby said. "I'm..." May 03

NHL.com "Pittsburgh Penguins forward James Neal left Game 1 of his team's Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series against the New York Islanders on Wednesday after taking two second-period shifts. He did not return. Neal was spotted limping after absorbing a hit during a Pittsburgh power play during the..." May 02