Of the league-leading nine rookies the Pittsburgh Penguins have played this season, forward Ben Kindel leads the pack with 18 games. At all of 18 years of age, Kindel isn’t exactly the graybeard of th...

Sure, getting a goal has its obvious appeal. But for Rutger McGroarty, there was a much more basic, primal reason to celebrate. He was simply playing hockey again. One of the top prospects in the Pitt...

The Pittsburgh Penguins went four days between games following a taxing trek to Sweden to spread the gospel of the NHL in Europe. On Friday, they looked as though they might have needed a fifth day — ...

Evgeni Malkin offered a rare type of celebration Thursday. A triumph in a shootout. During a practice session in Cranberry, the Pittsburgh Penguins split into two squads and staged a shootout competit...

Rookie defenseman Harrison Brunicke was not in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ lineup Wednesday. And for good reason. There was no lineup. The team is idle until it hosts the Minnesota Wild on Friday. If Bru...

The Connors are comfortable with contact when it comes to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Forward Connor Dewar and defenseman Connor Clifton are the team’s two leaders in recorded hits this season. Dewar pac...

The Penguins’ goalie went on the injured list on Nov. 4. In recent years, the Pittsburgh Penguins have made it a priority to stock up on goaltenders. That surplus was on display Monday morning as they...

The Pittsburgh Penguins are in the midst of a youth movement this season. Part of that is by design, as they have integrated teenagers such as Harrison Brunicke and Ben Kindel into their lineup. But a...

The morning of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ first game of the preseason on Sept. 22, no one knew what to do. Given that it was the opener to the exhibition schedule and the contest was on the road against...

The Pittsburgh Penguins understand they are in Sweden to conduct business for the NHL as ambassadors of the league this weekend. With a pair of contests against the Nashville Predators, all parties in...

TORONTO (AP) — Joe Thornton always did things his way. Larger than life on the ice and away from the rink, the big forward with a radiating personality, elite vision, soft hands and a sparkling smile ...

The 21-year-old Russian goaltender stopped 24 shots in the 3-2 defeat. Penguins rookie goaltender Sergei Murashov is still getting used to his surroundings in Pittsburgh (and America, for that matter)...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby scored twice and Bryan Rust delivered the go-ahead goal midway through the third period as the Pittsburgh Penguins edged Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals 5-3 o...

On Monday, Erik Karlsson did something he’s expected to do on a regular basis. He scored a goal. The defenseman’s first goal of the season opened the scoring during a 4-3 road loss to the Toronto Mapl...

Goaltender Tristan Jarry stopped 26 of 27 shots in the 4-1 victory. Even if they have a handful of 30-somethings close to becoming 40-somethings, the Pittsburgh Penguins are in the midst of a youth mo...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists to become the ninth player in NHL history with 1,700 points and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the St. Louis Blues 6-3 on Monday night. Crosby,...

Dan Muse is in his first year as a head coach in the NHL. But he’s experienced enough to understand success in October isn’t cause to celebrate. “It’s so early, I don’t think for anybody you’re feelin...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby scored his fourth goal and Kris Letang became the 20th defenseman in NHL history to reach 600 career assists as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-1 o...

Dan Muse isn’t a carbon copy of his predecessor as coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Mike Sullivan. But similarities do exist. Both hail from Boston, and each speak with accents rooted in the Bay Stat...

At no point did Matt Dumba look further away from being the player the Minnesota Wild drafted seventh overall in 2012 than last season’s NHL playoffs. Dumba, in his first year with the Dallas Stars, w...