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Another slow start, another win for high-scoring Penguins

COLUMBUS, Ohio — How the Penguins started Saturday's game was hardly a blueprint for success.

Tribune News Service · Oct 23, 2022

Penguins roll past Lightning, 6-2

PITTSBURGH — Mike Sullivan’s squad on Saturday aced its first true test of the young season.

Tribune News Service · Oct 16, 2022

Jason Mackey: Skating alongside the Big 3, Penguins' younger core is not talked about enough

When Mike Sullivan was hired to coach the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the summer of 2015, he remembers meeting a wide-eyed, speedy winger only a couple years removed from his college career at Notre Dame named Bryan Rust.

Tribune News Service · Oct 13, 2022

Paul Zeise: This could be the end of an era for Penguins, but does it need to be?

The Penguins' first-round playoff loss to the Rangers is the fourth consecutive early exit for the team. It is their third straight first-round loss, and it was a series they all but had won and blew. The Penguins led 3-1 in the series, they had a two-goal lead in Games…

Tribune News Service · May 17, 2022

As Sidney Crosby gets evaluated for upper-body injury, the spotlight again shines on Evgeni Malkin

NEW YORK — Back in November 2019, the fire alarm blared inside the visiting locker room at New Jersey’s Prudential Center, a fitting metaphor for the state of panic that permeated throughout the Penguins fanbase that day.

Tribune News Service · May 12, 2022

Ron Cook: Penguins' thrilling Game 1 win vs. Rangers had everything

PITTSBURGH — The Penguins dressed 12 forwards, six defensemen and two goaltenders Tuesday night for Game 1 of their first-round playoff series against the New York Rangers.

Tribune News Service · May 4, 2022

Ron Cook: Avalanche clearly top of NHL class; Rangers a bigger worry right now

All was not lost for the Penguins, who were defeated by the Colorado Avalanche Tuesday night for the second time in four days.

Tribune News Service · Apr 6, 2022

Avalanche outclass Penguins for 2nd time in 4 days

PITTSBURGH — They get no moral victory for this one. The Penguins were simply outclassed.

Tribune News Service · Apr 6, 2022

Penguins hit the 10-goal mark for the first time since 1995 in their 11-2 win vs. Detroit

PITTSBURGH — After Evgeni Malkin’s hat trick Sunday gave the Penguins a 9-2 lead over the Detroit Red Wings, the giddy fans at PPG Paints Arena began to make demands.

Tribune News Service · Mar 28, 2022

Penguins, largely outplayed, steal a point in OT in Buffalo

BUFFALO, N.Y. — With a whiteboard in his hand and the game slipping out of reach on the scoreboard, Penguins assistant coach Todd Reirden drew something up.

Tribune News Service · Mar 24, 2022