by Angie Carducci | Dec 31, 2022 | Pittsburgh Penguins
How does a team with no shortage of multi-time Stanley Cup winners forget how to win? No, the Penguins haven’t gone the entirety of the 2022-23 season without winning. They’re still over .500, in fact, with a 19-10-6 record, good for 44 points, third place in the...
by Angie Carducci | Nov 6, 2022 | Pittsburgh Penguins
If this feels like unfamiliar territory for the Penguins during the Sidney Crosby era, that’s because it is. With a 3-2 loss to the Seattle Kraken Saturday night, Pittsburgh has lost seven straight for the first time since Crosby’s rookie season, from Jan. 26 to Feb....
by Angie Carducci | May 14, 2022 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
There’s no way around it. This one will be tough to swallow. If the Penguins’ offseason begins Sunday, with a first-round exit for the fourth time in as many years, this is the year that will sting the worst. Because, after sitting in the driver’s seat with an...
by Angie Carducci | May 12, 2022 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins
With a 3-1 lead in their first-round series, the Pittsburgh Penguins had plenty of reason to feel confident, even as they headed into the unfriendly confines of Madison Square Garden. They’d been better than the Rangers in nearly every facet of the series so far....
by Angie Carducci | May 10, 2022 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
The start of Game 4 didn’t bode well for the Penguins. Just two minutes in, 20-year-old Alexis Lafrenière found the back of the net for his first career playoff goal, with Penguins blueliner Kris Letang screening goalie Louis Domingue while not providing much in the...