News Category: Pittsburgh Penguins

Penguins look to increase points streak to 11 when they face Bruins

The Pittsburgh Penguins are on some kind of roll yet are guaranteed nothing as they get ready to host one of the top teams in the NHL on Saturday, the Boston Bruins. Seemingly out of the hunt for a playoff spot late last month, the Penguins (37-30-12) have stacked together a 10-game points streak (7-0-3). Thursday, they beat Detroit 6-5 in overtime to move into the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. That means

Red Wings visit Pittsburgh with ‘huge’ playoff implications

The calendar says the Stanley Cup playoffs haven’t started yet, but the standings indicate that the game Thursday between the Pittsburgh Penguins and visiting Detroit Red Wings might as well be a postseason affair. The Penguins (36-30-12) and Red Wings (38-32-8) are tied with 84 points each, one point out of the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference, and each has four games remaining. “(Detroit) is a team that we’re directly fighting with, so

Streaking Penguins continue playoff push at Maple Leafs

The Pittsburgh Penguins aim to extend their four-game winning streak and enhance their playoff chances when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night. The Penguins (36-30-11, 83 points) moved into a playoff position Saturday when they defeated the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning 5-4. The Maple Leafs (44-23-9, 97 points) had clinched a playoff spot before their 4-2 road victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. Toronto’s Auston Matthews continued his pursuit of a

Penguins’ playoff push must go through Lightning

Two teams on the rise meet Saturday when the Tampa Bay Lightning visit the Pittsburgh Penguins, each with the bright lights of the upcoming playoffs in their eyes. For the Lightning (43-26-7, 93 points), getting into the postseason, while not official, seems to be pretty much a done deal. Pittsburgh (35-30-10, 81 points) will have to continue its late-season surge just to qualify. Tampa Bay still could have some upward mobility by moving out of

Penguins up next for Rangers’ Artemi Panarin and Alexis Lafreniere

Artemi Panarin and Alexis Lafreniere are enjoying career seasons — among the many reasons for the New York Rangers vaulting to the top of the NHL standings. The duo has clicked for most of the season, and two nights after the pair combined for nine points, the Rangers return home attempting to pad their lead in the Metropolitan Division and the President’s Trophy race Monday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Rangers (50-20-4, 104 points)

Penguins find meaningful games; Jackets seek end to losing skid

And so they meet again. The Pittsburgh Penguins will be looking for a sweep of a home-and-home set with the Blue Jackets in a rematch Saturday in Columbus. Pittsburgh (32-30-10, 74 points) won its second game in a row and ran its point streak to three games (2-0-1) with a 3-2 win Thursday at home against the Blue Jackets (23-38-12, 58 points). The Penguins’ playoff hopes continue to hang by a thread, but as long

Pens seek another quality performance, host Blue Jackets

The Pittsburgh Penguins and visiting Columbus Blue Jackets, who open a home-and-home series Thursday, are focused on finding some consistency and feeling good about their performances with less than a month left in the season. The Penguins (31-30-10), whose playoff chances are extremely thin, and the Blue Jackets (23-37-12), who have been eliminated from postseason consideration, carry different emotions into the game. Pittsburgh on Tuesday knocked off one of the best teams in the league,

Jake Guentzel back in Pittsburgh as Hurricanes face Penguins

Carolina Hurricanes winger Jake Guentzel makes his return to Pittsburgh on Tuesday to play against his original team, the Penguins, and one thing is certain: There will be a tribute video. Surely there will be emotion, but Guentzel, who was traded to Carolina less than three weeks ago, isn’t quite sure what to expect despite seeing such tributes for many other players over the years. “I don’t know,” Guentzel said. “It’s going to be interesting,

Nathan MacKinnon, Avs aim to stay hot vs. Sidney Crosby-led Pens

Cole Harbour has been good to the NHL the past 20 years, producing two No. 1 overall draft picks who have lived up to their expectations. Those two No. 1 picks from the Canadian community in Nova Scotia square off Sunday afternoon when Sidney Crosby’s Pittsburgh Penguins visit the Nathan MacKinnon’s Colorado Avalanche in Denver. Crosby, the top pick in the 2005 NHL Draft, has led Pittsburgh to three Stanley Cup championships and is a

Rolling out West, Stars try to dim Pens’ slim playoff hopes

The Dallas Stars close out a five-game homestand Friday against the Pittsburgh Penguins, and they appear to be headed in a good direction. The Stars (42-19-9, 93 points) are in a tight race for the Central Division and Western Conference title. They lost the first two games of their homestand — their only losses in eight games this month — before winning two straight. In Wednesday’s 5-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes, Dallas got back