MILAN, Italy -- Sidney Crosby waited 12 years to be back at the Olympics but the Canada captain said on Sunday that he sometimes felt as though no time had passed, as he stepped onto the ice at the Milan Cortina Games for the first time.
The Penguins appeared to fall back to earth in December after a strong start had them in playoff contention. A ten-game stretch dropped Pittsburgh to the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings.
Hockey Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee made it official on February 8, 2026: Sidney Crosby will captain Canada’s men’s hockey team at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.
The past few days have been surreal for Penguins forward Avery Hayes. He got the call to make his NHL debut for Pittsburgh on Thursday in their final game before the Olympic break.
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
Hockey Canada announced its leadership group for the 2026 Winter Olympics at Milano-Cortina, naming Sidney Crosby as the captain, with Connor McDavid and Cale Makar serving as his alternates.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have found themselves in a peculiar spot at the 2026 Olympic break. Many people expected them to be in the Gavin McKenna sweepstakes, but they have far surpassed those expectations.
With NHL action halted due to the 2026 Winter Olympics, all eyes shift to Italy and the hockey contest underway. With NHL players back at the international even for the first time in over a decade, the race for the gold medal and the MVP of the tournament is a much more heated one.
In the NHL, certain numbers are inseparable from the hockey stars who wore them. You can't see number "99" without thinking of Wayne Gretzky, or number "66" without picturing Mario Lemieux.
Sometimes, hockey provides stories that seem almost scripted. Stuart Skinner landing in Pittsburgh and suddenly looking like he belongs there — that’s one of them.
The Penguins headed into the Olympic break on a high note Thursday night when they visited the Buffalo Sabres, snapping a two-game skid with a gritty 5-2 victory.
2/6/26: The Penguins announced today that McGroarty will be spending the Olympic break with AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, as he was reassigned to the team today.
Avery Hayes lit the lamp twice in an unforgettable NHL debut as the Pittsburgh Penguins put a stop to their two-game losing streak with a 5-2 road victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are facing a shakeup on offense in their final game before the Olympic break. Winger Avery Hayes was recalled to the NHL and will make his NHL debut to help Pittsburgh address absences for Noel Acciari, Rickard Rakell, and Blake Lizotte.
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Caleb Jones addressed the 20-game suspension handed down by the NHL for violating the league’s performance-enhancing substances policy.
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Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Caleb Jones received a 20-game suspension Wednesday for violating the terms of the NHL's performance enhancing substances policy.
Stuart Skinner spent parts of six campaigns with the Edmonton Oilers. He was often the subject of ridicule from fans and the media, blaming him when the Oilers struggled, especially in the playoffs.
Stuart Skinner is on an unreal run right now with the Pittsburgh Penguins. He’ll start again tonight against the New York Islanders. If he wins, it will be his sixth straight.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have announced that defenseman Ryan Graves has been activated from injured reserve. Graves had missed the last four games with an undisclosed injury after sustaining one during their 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames on January 21st, although at what point of the game he suffered the injury is not known.
The Pittsburgh Penguins head into the last stretch before the Olympic break on fire. They won both of their games this past week (Jan. 26- Feb. 1) and are currently on a six-game win streak (points in nine straight games).
The Pittsburgh Penguins were expected to be bottom feeders at the start of the NHL season. They had failed to make the playoffs in each of the last three seasons and they had not appeared to make the kind of major moves in the offseason that would have changed that perspective in 2025-26.
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang is sidelined a minimum of four weeks due to a broken foot, the team said Saturday. Letang, who was placed on injured reserve Saturday, joined forward Evgeni Malkin in missing practice on Friday.
The NHL trade deadline is March 6, and not many predicted that the Pittsburgh Penguins would be in the playoff hunt at this point in the season. As the