Penguins
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4.4KWith Letang out, Pouliot could be next man up
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 12:53 PM December 16, 2016Mike Sullivan described the Penguins' plan to continue winning with Kris Letang out as a "sorting out process," and it appears it could begin with Derrick Pouliot back in the...
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10.5KDrive to the Net: Hornqvist paves the path
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 2:00 AM December 15, 2016Be nice to Tuukka Rask, Pittsburgh. If it weren't for him, there'd be no Patric Hornqvist around here and, thus, no fourth Stanley Cup.
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13.9KDrive to the Net: How Sullivan, staff built up Schultz
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 12:45 AM December 7, 2016On the morning of June 12, 2016, as franchise history should duly note for so many reasons, Mike Sullivan spoke a two-word admonition to Kris Letang.
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13.9KKovacevic: Yeah, yeah, eight goals … but something’s still off
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 1:51 AM December 6, 2016It was 1986 gloriously revisited Monday night at PPG Paints Arena, with the Penguins going chili-plus on the Senators, 8-5, while overcoming a two-goal deficit.
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8.6KNow this, hockey fans, is how to do a third-period rally
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 3:58 AM December 2, 2016Four times already this NHL season, these Penguins have rallied in the third period to prevail, with three of those overcoming multiple-goal deficits.
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10.6KKovacevic: When Fleury has fun, as Stars find out, all’s well
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 9:34 PM December 1, 2016The Sidney Crosby goal train, a runaway from his first shift of this NHL season, served up another beauty, and it brought the Penguins a 3-2 victory over the Stars.
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7.5KDrive to the Net: How Sullivan can build up from the back … again
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 10:55 PM November 29, 2016Mike Sullivan needed just one game as the Penguins' coach, almost a year ago now, to fully grasp the whole slew of what was systematically missing from his group.
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11.7KKovacevic: Why the worry over Murray vs. Fleury?
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:00 AM November 29, 2016The Penguins perform better as a group in front of Matt Murray than in front of Marc-Andre Fleury. It's not a myth, and it's not a narrative.
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Grueling stretch ends with a bang-bang denial of Devils
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 2:35 AM November 27, 2016Evgeni Malkin didn't have to say it. His slumped shoulders, his snail-like removal of his skates and, yeah, a soft smile told the story.
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15.5KKovacevic: Crosby’s outrageous goal deserves lead role in rampage
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 10:03 PM November 26, 2016The blade of Sidney Crosby's stick is straight enough that, if he so chose, he could carry around a glass of wine on any section of the thing.
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6.9KDrive to the Net: Clogging neutral zone is a bore, but it can be beaten
in Cranberry Township, Pa.POSTED: 3:57 PM November 22, 2016Hockey's neutral-zone trap isn't nearly as much about checking as it is about cheese. The cheese that just sits there on that slab of wood, tempting the mouse
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4.3KPractice report: Sullivan shakes up D-pairs, downplays it
in Cranberry Township, Pa.POSTED: 12:14 PM November 22, 2016Good morning from the Lemieux Sports Complex, where I'll have your live coverage from the Penguins' practice that begins at noon, followed by this week's Drive to the Net.
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9.1KKovacevic: Guentzel’s goals should sound alarm for others
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 12:00 AM November 22, 2016When the Penguins fly over to New York for a rematch at Madison Square Garden, if we're being candid, their charter will be carrying a few too many passengers.
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13.7KKovacevic: Why would any hockey player do this to his own face?
in Buffalo, N.Y.POSTED: 12:12 AM November 20, 2016I, first and foremost, feel compelled to ask, on a bigger scale, the following: Why would a hockey player launch his own face into the boards?
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6.9KFleury’s fight to stay sharp off to a fine start
in Buffalo, N.Y.POSTED: 9:59 PM November 19, 2016The only thing harder than starting only two of the Penguins' previous eight games, Marc-Andre Fleury would attest, was being back Saturday night and still not seeing many pucks.
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5.4KDrive to the Net: Power-play goals from post to post
in Cranberry Township, Pa.POSTED: 12:01 AM November 16, 2016The Penguins' suddenly prolific power play, as easily evident with the eyes as through the statistics, has undeniably been rooted in one simple facet.
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7.6KKovacevic: Letang’s night symptomatic of greatest challenge
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 3:01 AM November 11, 2016It was a momentary rush of hockey magic, how the Penguins moved the puck in a full-speed pack, back and forth, up and down, all five players' sticks taking possession.