Evgeni Malkin and Alex Ovechkin have spent more than two decades linked by Russian hockey, the 2004 NHL Draft and the Penguins–Capitals rivalry. After Ovechkin announced on Monday that the 2026-27 season will be his final NHL campaign, Malkin reacted by hinting that his own retirement could come at the end of this season as well.
The NHL’s most prolific goal scorer will hang up his skates at the end of the 2026-27 campaign, with Alex Ovechkin announcing Monday that his 22nd season in the league will be his last.
That's not exactly how you draw it up if you are the Pittsburgh Penguins. They are 2-1 after dropping their first game of the season to a Winnipeg Jets team who started a goaltender who they picked up from the waiver wire.
Kyle Dubas remains an active general manager for the Pittsburgh Penguins, and he even openly stated players they are on the search for. They would like to target players both in free agency and on the trade market who are in the young to mid 20s who have a chance to become their next era of star players.
Here’s the trade worth starting with: Kyle Dubas picked up Nick Robertson from Toronto for a fourth-round pick, and in Pittsburgh’s opening-night 7-0 blowout over Philadelphia, Robertson scored twice.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin entered the NHL together in 2005-06 and spent more than two decades linked by rivalry, playoff battles and constant comparisons.
Following the announcement by Alex Ovechkin that this would be final season in the NHL, players around the NHL were asked for their thoughts. In Pittsburgh, where Ovechkin had rivalries with Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, both showed their respect.
PITTSBURGH-- It isn't a true Pittsburgh sports game let alone a hockey game without a heart attack and blown leads. The crowd in Pittsburgh live in person from my point of view was vibrant for the team and the longest tenured trio in North American sports history.
Lyle Odelein’s last NHL stop was the Pittsburgh Penguins, and Pittsburgh is where he stayed. The former Penguins defenseman died Friday of a heart attack, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.
Tommy Novak scored two goals, including the game-winner at 1:33 of overtime, and also had an assist to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a wild 6-5 victory over the visiting Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.
The Pittsburgh Penguins made a pair of roster moves on Saturday afternoon ahead of their game against the Montreal Canadiens that evening. Sophomore forward Ben Kindel is slated to make his 2026-27 season debut on Saturday after being activated off the Penguins’ injured reserve list.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
No one is off to a rougher start to the Pittsburgh Penguins season than Rutger McGroarty. He didn't last long in the NHL after barely squeaking onto the big-league club due to injuries surrounding the team.
Two teams that began the season with impressive road victories face off on Saturday when the Montreal Canadiens visit the Pittsburgh Penguins. Pittsburgh opened its season with a 7-0 win at Philadelphia while Montreal edged the Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-2.
Penguins forward Andrei Kuzmenko will change his jersey number to 62 in honor of his father, who was killed in a bear attack in Russia last week at age 62.
The Pittsburgh Penguins announced they have assigned forwards Tristan Broz and Oliver Okuliar to the AHL’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Both players were designated as injured/non-roster at the beginning of the season after suffering preseason injuries.
OTTAWA-- Getting revenge always tastes sweet but nothing better then shutting out your state rivals in their arena on opening night and making a statement right away.
Nick Robertson scored twice in his Pittsburgh debut and Arturs Silovs made 19 saves as the visiting Penguins demolished the Philadelphia Flyers 7-0 on Wednesday in the season opener for both teams.
Making history just by setting foot on the ice on Wednesday night, Sidney Crosby captained the Pittsburgh Penguins to a win in their season-opening game in Philadelphia.