The 2016-17 Stanley Cup Playoffs have been unique. There have been upsets, unexpected goaltending performances, injuries, overtimes and pivotal Game 7s. The Penguins and Nashville Predators have experienced some or all of the above.It wasn鈥檛 easy, but the Penguins weathered multiple injuries, ...
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) 鈥� Mike Hoffman scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period to give the Ottawa Senators a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night and force a decisive Game 7 in the Eastern Conference Finals.Hoffman fired a slap shot through traffic off a pass ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� The Penguins were doing everything right. They were putting loads of shots of goal, spending tons of time in the Senators鈥� offensive zone and playing tough defense.But they just couldn鈥檛 score. Not in the first period. Not in the second period. And not for the first 13:05 of ...
CRANBERRY TWP. 鈥� As the course of a series plays out, there鈥檚 a strategical back and forth that unfolds. Over the first six games of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Penguins and Capitals, that chess match was apparent, like when the Capitals moved Alex Ovechkin to the third ...
Three goals in five minutes sparked sing-song chants of 鈥淔LEU-RY! FLEU-RY!鈥� and might鈥檝e planted enough of a seed of belief for the Washington Capitals against the Pittsburgh Penguins.All series the Capitals had struggled to beat goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, but he allowed four goals on ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� The loss of Sidney Crosby has forced Penguins coach Mike Sullivan to experiment.The trickle-down effect of Crosby being lost for the Penguins鈥� 3-2 Game 4 Eastern Conference semifinals win over the Capitals and likely longer due to a concussion he suffered in Game 3 is that ...
