http://www.post-gazette.com/penguins/ Penguins coverage / NHL news en-us Copyright 2012, post-gazette.com. Sun, 5 Feb 2012 16:09:24 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12036/1208373-61.stm?cmpid=penguins.xml Ilya Kovalchuk scored one goal and assisted on two others to lead New Jersey to a 5-2 victory today over the Penguins at the Prudential Center. Sun, 5 Feb 2012 15:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12036/1207982-61-0.stm?cmpid=penguins.xml It would make sense, of course. When a guy's medical records from a 13-month period look like Sidney Crosby's do, making a few adjustments might seem prudent. Might seem, for example, like a good time to spend some more time out on the perimeter. Sun, 5 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12036/1208266-61-0.stm?cmpid=penguins.xml It seemed, at the time, to be a completely unnecessary penalty. Looked that way in hindsight, too. But Kris Letang saw things a bit differently from ice level Saturday as the middle of the third period in the Penguins' 2-1 victory against Boston at TD Garden approached. He figured he was doing something that might help the Penguins to preserve their one-goal lead. Sun, 5 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12036/1208270-61.stm?cmpid=penguins.xml TD Garden is not the most hospitable venue in the NHL. The team that resides there is big, tough and talented, and fans can be pretty hostile at times. Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury is aware of all that. Probably more than most. Sun, 5 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12036/1208337-61.stm?cmpid=penguins.xml Ilya Kovalchuk's fists outshined his team's sparkling special teams. Kurtis Foster scored two power-play goals as the visiting New Jersey Devils held on for a 6-4 victory Saturday against the Philadelphia Flyers. Kovalchuk, Dainius Zubrus, Zach Parise and Alexei Ponikarovsky also scored for the Devils, who have won three in a row and will play host to the Penguins today. Sun, 5 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12035/1208239-100.stm?cmpid=penguins.xml BOSTON -- The Penguins defeated Boston, 2-1, at the TD Garden this afternoon for their ninth victory in the past 10 games. Sat, 4 Feb 2012 17:07:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12035/1208209-61-0.stm?cmpid=penguins.xml Sam Gagner was still having trouble Friday believing his name is in the Edmonton Oilers record book alongside the likes of Wayne Gretzky and Paul Coffey. Gagner moved himself into such lofty company with a club record-tying eight points Thursday night in host Edmonton's 8-4 win against the Chicago Blackhawks. Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:10:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12035/1208154-61.stm?cmpid=penguins.xml Penguins center Joe Vitale maintains a particular perspective when it comes to his place in the NHL. "There's a lot of skill, a lot of talent in this league," he said Friday after practice at Southpointe. "God hasn't given me the most talent as far as that goes, so I feel like I have to work harder to kind of keep up and stand out a little bit. "It's been a good mentality so far. Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12035/1208142-61.stm?cmpid=penguins.xml When the Penguins and Boston last met, Sidney Crosby was in the lineup for the Penguins, the Bruins were on a 13-0-1 roll, and the teams were the class of the Eastern Conference. That was Dec. 5 at Consol Energy Center. The Bruins won, 3-1, to climb to within a point of the first-place Penguins in the East. Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12034/1207898-100.stm?cmpid=penguins.xml Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:55:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12034/1207819-61-0.stm?cmpid=penguins.xml Circumstances dictated that it was time to make a move. The general manager had watched his team, studied his depth chart, and concluded he had no choice but to bring in a center. Especially because he had no way of knowing when the gifted young player considered a major piece of the franchise's foundation would make it into the lineup. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12034/1207833-61.stm?cmpid=penguins.xml The NHL is investigating a scoreboard error Wednesday night in Los Angeles that could have an "enormous impact" on playoff races in the Western Conference. Near the end of the game at Staples Center, the clock briefly stopped in the closing seconds -- giving Los Angeles defenseman Drew Doughty enough time to score the winning goal in the Kings' 3-2 victory against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12034/1207871-61.stm?cmpid=penguins.xml Sweeping the defending Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins is nice, but the Carolina Hurricanes would trade all four wins for a better spot in the standings. Cam Ward made 47 saves, 22 in the first period and 20 in the third, and Brandon Sutter had a goal and an assist Thursday night as the visiting Hurricanes finished their first season sweep of Boston with a 3-0 victory. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12033/1207622-61.stm?cmpid=penguins.xml The Penguins have been living on the edge lately. A lot. Just about every time they reported for work, really. And when a team spends enough time on the edge -- as the Penguins had done by going to overtime or a shootout in five of their previous six games -- it eventually falls off. Like the Penguins did in a 1-0 loss to Toronto Wednesday night at the Air Canada Centre. Thu, 2 Feb 2012 01:13:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12033/1207615-61.stm?cmpid=penguins.xml Henrik Lundqvist stopped 34 shots for his 41st career shutout and sixth of the season and the Sabres' Ryan Miller made 29 saves for his second shutout this season as the Rangers won a five-round shootout, 1-0, at First Niagara Center. Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12033/1207616-61-0.stm?cmpid=penguins.xml Center is, on paper, the Penguins' deepest position. Fact is, they have the finest collection of centers in the NHL. When it is intact, anyway. It has not been very often over the past two seasons, however, which is why the Penguins claimed Cal O'Reilly from Phoenix on re-entry waivers Wednesday. Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500