The Pittsburgh Penguins surged at the end of the regular season and made a run at the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Despite a record of 8-2-2 in their last 12 games, the Penguins failed to make the playoffs for the second consecutive season.
CRANBERRY — The Pittsburgh Penguins traded Jake Guentzel to Carolina on March 7. A few hours after the deal, which netted a package that included Michael Bunting, was announced, the Penguins absorbed a 6-0 loss to Washington at PPG Paints Arena, the by-product of their most dispirited effort of the season.
It is, Mike Sullivan said Thursday, still too early to offer an in-depth assessment of all that went wrong for the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 2023-24 season.
CRANBERRY — Tristan Jarry entered the 2023-24 season as the Pittsburgh Penguins’ franchise goaltender, owner of a new five-year, $26,875,000 contract, as well as the unqualified confidence of the coaching staff and management.
ELMONT, NY — The Pittsburgh Penguins will close their 2023-24 season Wednesday against the New York Islanders at UBS Arena. They were oh-so-close to erasing an impossible nine-point deficit that existed as late as March 27 and qualifying for the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
ELMONT, N.Y. -- Penguins players gathered in their Long Island hotel rooms on Tuesday evening. The coaching staff gathered in their own room, glued to a pair of TVs ...
Twenty-two men have coached the Pittsburgh Penguins since they entered the National Hockey League in 1967. Mike Sullivan has won more games than any of the others.
In the face of all logic, the Pittsburgh Penguins surged back into the Stanley Cup playoff race. They rode a chaotic and frantic 10-game points streak back into contention even as their best came and went, sometimes from shift to shift.
The Pittsburgh Penguins lost to the Boston Bruins 6-4 on Saturday at PPG Paints Arena. They showed heart and resilience but also many bad habits, which have been their constant companions on the 82-game schedule.
Many Penguins fans were angry and questioning coach Mike Sullivan’s unusual decision against Toronto to start Lars Eller Drew O’Connor and Erik Karlsson in overtime.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Pittsburgh Penguins locker room was just different. The smiles were beaming. The sense of accomplishment was eclipsed by the overflowing optimism.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Alex Nedeljkovic will start in net again for the Pittsburgh Penguins. It’s “Ned’s net,” as coach Mike Sullivan has tabbed the Penguins’ backup goalie to start his fourth straight game when the Penguins visit the Columbus Blue Jackets Saturday at Nationwide Arena.
The game was not well played nor a sparkling example of the capabilities of the Pittsburgh Penguins, yet they beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 at PPG Paints Arena.
The people running Fenway Sports Group, a Boston operation to the bone, love their Bostonian brethren Mike Sullivan. That's been the case since they bought the Penguins in 2021, it was still the case when they signed Sullivan to a three-year extension in 2022, and it's still the case right now.
DALLAS — The Pittsburgh Penguins started well and finished well, but it was the 40 minutes in between that were the more accurate descriptor of their season and the deciding factor of the game.
There have been too many times that the Pittsburgh Penguins have looked like a beaten bunch before the game is several minutes old. There have been too many no-show losses, too many festering problems, and too many players not performing to their own standards.
The Pittsburgh Penguins will likely miss the playoffs for the second consecutive season in 2024. They have also failed to advance past the first round of the playoffs since 2018.
OTTAWA -- I can't respect Mike Sullivan more than I do, and it feels fair to emphasize that, first and foremost. He's the consummate professional in how he carries himself, behind the Penguins' bench, on the ice for practices, off the ice in his countless other processes.
Concerning news for one depth player in the Pittsburgh Penguins forward group. Head coach Mike Sullivan announced that Drew O’Connor had been ruled out of the team’s Thursday night matchup with the Washington Capitals due to a concussion.
PITTSBURGH – The 2023-24 season has been a massive disappointment for the Pittsburgh Penguins. In Kyle Dubas’ first year as president and general manager, he loaded up the Penguins’ roster with guys like Erik Karlsson and Reilly Smith in hopes of a Stanley Cup run.
PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Penguins haven’t had a memorable season, and many in the fan base want to point fingers at why the wins aren’t coming. Many have looked at Kyle Dubas’ roster construction, while others have looked squarely at the Penguins coaching staff.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Mike Sullivan considers himself a skeptic by nature. And as he said after Monday's practice in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Penguins' analytics department would probably tell you the same.
Best player on the rink was Erik Karlsson. Biggest impact on the event came from ... a couple of kids. And if I'm being blunt, there's no reason that couldn't
PITTSBURGH – After dropping games on back-to-back nights, Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan called out his players, saying guys need to step up.
The Pittsburgh Penguins continue to furiously battle for a postseason berth in 2024, but didn’t do themselves any favors after a 5-2 loss to the Florida Panthers on Wednesday night.
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