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Playoff-less Penguins want to sign up Sidney Crosby long-term. Might be easy part of busy offseason
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins eventually became the team Kyle Dubas envisioned in his first season as the club's general manager/director of hockey operations. That evolution, however, came a touch too late for Sidney Crosby and company to make the playoffs....
Holmstrom scores go-ahead goal in Isles' win over Penguins. Sorokin stops Crosby's late penalty shot
NEW YORK (AP) — Simon Holmstrom scored the go-ahead goal in the third period, Ilya Sorokin stopped Sidney Crosby on a late penalty shot and the playoff-bound New York Islanders edged the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 on Wednesday night. Samuel Bolduc and Brock Nelson each had a goal and...
Crosby scores 42nd goal, Penguins keep playoff hopes alive with 4-2 win over Predators
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins are playing like a playoff team. They're only too aware it still might not be enough to reach the postseason. Sidney Crosby scored his 42nd goal and added an assist as the Penguins preserved their playoff hopes with a 4-2 win...
A Manic Monday in the NHL features 7 of 8 games that could affect the playoff picture
Washington Capitals players run the gamut from being plugged into all the NHL playoff scenarios to having no clue what else is going on. “It’s a really big game for us and them,” rookie defenseman Vincent Iorio said Sunday ahead of facing the Boston Bruins on Monday night....
Brad Marchand caps Bruins' four-goal second period in 6-4 win over Penguins
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brad Marchand scored short-handed to cap Boston’s four-goal second period, and the Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-4 on Saturday night. Pavel Zacha had a goal and an assist, and Jake DeBrusk, Kevin Shattenkirk, Danton Heinen and Morgan Geekie also scored...
Crosby reaches 1,000 assists, Karlsson nets winner as Pens boost playoff odds by edging Detroit 6-5
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby is too consumed with the moment to think about the history he's making. Too focused on trying to will the Pittsburgh Penguins into a playoff berth that seemed unlikely a month ago to consider the weight of all that he's done. Besides, there's really...
Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins were lost two weeks ago. Now they're in the playoff mix
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby insists he's not a scoreboard watcher. Not publicly anyway. Maybe it's because the Pittsburgh Penguins’ longtime captain is too occupied with his team to worry about anyone else. Or maybe it's because Crosby never had much reason to...
McCabe scores in OT, Matthews gets No. 65 as Maple Leafs beat Penguins 3-2
TORONTO (AP) — Jake McCabe scored at 1:30 of overtime and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Monday night. Auston Matthews got his NHL-leading 65th goal of the season to go along with an assist, while Matthew Knies also scored for Toronto. Ilya Samsonov...
Referee Steve Kozari taken off ice on stretcher after collision with Lightning's Haydn Fleury
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Referee Steve Kozari was taken off the ice on a stretcher after colliding with Tampa Bay defenseman Haydn Fleury in the third period of the Pittsburgh Penguins' 5-4 win over the Lightning on Saturday. Kozari and Fleury ran into each other at center ice 6:11 into...
Michael Bunting scores in 3rd period as the Pittsburgh Penguins top the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-4
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Michael Bunting snapped a tie with 5:28 left in the third period, and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-4 on Saturday. Referee Steve Kozari was taken off the ice on a stretcher after colliding with Lightning defenseman Haydn Fleury 6:11 into...
