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Ray Shero continues to establish his reputation as this summer's Oprah of extensions. Only hours after signing Kris Letang to a whopping eight-year deal, the Penguins have announced a much more reasonable four-year pact with Pascal Dupuis worth $15 million.
From the Penguins, who are excellent...
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The Stanley Cup Final started Wednesday night...
Nobody expected the Boston Bruins to have a 3-0 series lead at this point in the Eastern Conference Final. Not even the Boston Bruins.
They probably shouldn't, either. Boston was outplayed in Game 3. But they weren't outscored, thanks to Tuukka Rask rubbing it in that the Bruins, unlike their...
Adam McQuaid had not scored a true game-winning goal in his NHL career. His very first goal opened the scoring in a 3-0 win back in 2010. On Friday night, he finally scored that game winner and it doubled as the series-closing tally as the Boston Bruins finished their sweep of the Pittsburgh...
No. 1 Star: Adam McQuaid, Boston Bruins
McQuaid's first goal of the playoffs was enough for the Bruins as they beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 1-0 to sweep their Conference Finals series and advance to their second Stanley Cup Final since 2011.
No. 2 Star: Tuukka Rask, Boston Bruins
Rask was...
The Pittsburgh Penguins played much better in Game 3, but they still were unable to solve Tuukka Rask as the Boston Bruins took a commanding 3-0 series lead, thanks to Patrice Bergeron's double overtime goal.
It was one of, if not the, best game of the playoffs, with long stretches of actions...
No. 1 Star: Brad Marchand, Boston Bruins
The Boston pest scored 28 seconds into Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final, after a Sidney Crosby turnover. He closed out the scoring in a dominating first period by Boston with a perfectly placed shot that beat Marc-Andre Fleury, giving the...
Canada, you may want to sit down.
The Pittsburgh Penguins advanced to the Eastern Conference finals Friday, eliminating the Ottawa Senators -- the last remaining Canadian team -- with a decisive 6-2 victory in Game 5.
With that, an American club will win the Stanley Cup for the 19th straight...
No. 1 Star: James Neal, Pittsburgh Penguins
It was epic Neal time in Pittsburgh as the winger scored thrice in the Penguins' 6-2 rout of the Senators, leading his club into the third round of the 2013 postseason. Enjoy this clip of all three goals, unless you're a Senators fan, in which case...
It doesn’t happen often in professional sports, so when a team comes back from a 0-3 deficit in a playoff series, it’s cause for much celebration. There will be plenty of celebrating in Wilkes-Barre as the AHL's Penguins achieved the feat over the Providence Bruins Wednesday night.
After a...
Game 4 began looking like it was going to be another one of those games for the Pittsburgh Penguins. You know those games by now, right? Sloppy play. Turnovers. Questions about their goaltending.
It started off just 2:29 into the game when Milan Michalek's shorthanded goal had Scotiabank Place...
"Thanks for being you, Nabby."
No. 1 Star: Brooks Orpik, Pittsburgh Penguins
He scored the series-winning goal in the 4-3 win, which is about all you need to do get a first star in my opinion. But if that's not enough, he also had an excellent game all-around, finishing a team-high plus-7 in...
UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- When comparing the statistical careers of Mario Lemieux and Brooks Orpik, there are many, many differences in many, many categories. But on Saturday night, the Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman achieved something that his boss never did in his NHL career: score a playoff overtime...
The Pittsburgh Penguins won Game 1 of their first round series with the New York Islanders without Sidney Crosby. Then, when he returned, they lost 2 of the next 3, leading some to joke that Crosby was the problem.
At least I assume everyone was joking. But just in case someone wasn't and...
UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma wouldn't tip his hand about whether or not he'll turn to Tomas Vokoun for Game 5 against the New York Islanders on Thursday, but listening to him speak after the game, the idea will be strongly considered.
The Islanders' 6-4 win...
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Perhaps we’re all streaked out.
Perhaps the Chicago Blackhawks sucked all the air out of the room with their 24 “having not lost in regulation and earning at least a point” game streak earlier in the season. Perhaps the Miami Heat really jaded us on winning streaks with theirs, presented by...
As if there weren't already 14 reasons to watch the Pittsburgh Penguins' try to defend their near-historic winning streak Saturday afternoon versus the New York Islanders, you're looking at one more: Jarome Iginla will be making his debut for the club.
Courtesy the Penguins' Instagram, this is...
No. 1 Star: Tomas Vokoun, Pittsburgh Penguins
The Penguins backup was stellar against the Boston Bruins, stopping 31 shots in a 2-1 victory, including all 12 he faced in the third period when the Pens were outshot 12-3. He made goals by Sidney Crosby and Joe Vitale stand up.
No. 2 Star...