Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby will return from an 11-game absence against the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday in Raleigh, N.C. Crosby, 38, was expected to be sidelined at least four weeks after sustaining a lower-body injury during Canada's 4-3 overtime win against Czechia in the quarterfinals at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Feb.
Sidney Crosby is back. Projected to be in the lineup as the Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Carolina Hurricanes, this will be Sid’s first game since suffering an injury in the quarterfinals against Czechia at the Olympics.
In the lore of the NHL, it's the Stanley Cup-winning teams that are remembered the most from seasons past. Yet, when looking back on the best of the best
The Kid is back. When skating off the ice from morning skate, Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin glowingly reported that captain Sidney Crosby would be back in the lineup on Wednesday night when the team takes on the Carolina Hurricanes.
Penguins star Sidney Crosby was a full participant in this morning’s skate and is expected to come off injured reserve for tonight’s game against the Hurricanes, per Josh Getzoff of SportsNet Pittsburgh.
At the beginning of the 2025-26 season, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that the Pittsburgh Penguins would trade Erik Karlsson and use Anthony Mantha as a half-year rental before dishing him at the trade deadline.
Barring a huge collapse, the Pittsburgh Penguins will be returning to the playoffs for the first time since 2022. They have had a much better season than anyone predicted and at times it has looked like they could go on a deep playoff run.
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Blake Lizotte recently sustained an upper-body injury and will be re-evaluated in four weeks, the club announced Tuesday afternoon.
Evgeni Malkin spoke to the media on Monday, discussing his five-game suspension and talks he’s had with GM Kyle Dubas about returning next season with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin continues to turn back the clock, and it looks like his phenomenal season may keep him around with the Penguins longer than previously anticipated.
Evgeni Malkin returned from a five-game suspension and scored two of Pittsburgh's four first-period goals, sparking the Penguins to a 7-2 rout of the Colorado Avalanche in Denver on Monday night.
Another lineup change is inbound for the Pittsburgh Penguins. The team will add star Evgeni Malkin back into the fold in Monday night’s game against the Colorado Avalanche after the conclusion of a five-game suspension for slashing.
The NHL Trade Deadline has passed, and the Pittsburgh Penguins roster stayed relatively the same when the clock struck the proverbial midnight on Friday, Mar.
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The Pittsburgh Penguins had moderate success this past week (March 9-15), playing three times and earning three of six possible points. They did this while playing all three games on the road and still playing without captain Sidney Crosby (injury) and Evgeni Malkin (suspension).
Noel Acciari scored with just less than 12 minutes left in regulation for the Pittsburgh Penguins, who rallied from an early two-goal deficit to beat the Utah Mammoth 4-3 Saturday in Salt Lake City.
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When Kyle Dubas and the Pittsburgh Penguins made a move to add Yegor Chinakhov back in December, the hope was that Chinakhov could find his form and become the player that the Columbus Blue Jackets had hoped he would be after taking him in the first round of the 2020 NHL Draft.