Defenseman Martin Skoula wasn't thinking hat trick. In fact, he had never scored two goals in a game before Saturday night. Skoula scored his goals -- one in each of the first two periods -- and the Pittsburgh Penguins held off the Atlanta Thrashers in a 3-2 victory. Atlanta scored both goals in the third period, the last by Maxim Afinogenov with 18 seconds left.
The Calgary Flames begin a stretch Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles where eight of nine are played on the road.
The Vancouver Canucks chased Colorado goalie Craig Anderson after two periods on Nov. 14 and followed up with five goals Friday night for their third win in a row over the Avalanche, 5-2 at General Motors Place.
Slowly but surely the Penguins injured birds are returning to the waddle. First Evgeni Malkin, then Max Talbot and Sergei Gonchar...and finally tonight, Brooks Orpik.
Orpik, who was cleared for contact earlier in the week, has been practicing with the team and is ready for action. There was a slight scare that his comeback was derailed yesterday when he left practice early, but it turned out to...
Quick Note...I will have my rumor update to follow where I discuss what I have found out about yesterday's rumors that I was chasing. There is also some very interesting news breaking out of Calgary that I am chasing. I am juggling family vacation with blogging again today as we embark on Aquatica in Orlando. The new water park that is connected with SeaWorld. as you all know, my family LOVES...
No. 1 star, Kristian Huselius, Columbus Blue Jackets Huselius used special teams to his advantage in...
Things starting entering doom and gloom territory with 0:42 left in regulation as, for the second time on the night, the Bruins surrendered the lead when Maxim Afinogenov buried one behind Tuukka Rask to help pull the Thrashers even at three apiece. Mad Max's tying tally marked the second time the B's had allowed the tying goal in the final minute in their last three contests. Unlike that last occ...
OTTAWA - The 800-game mark will only come along once in Chris Phillips' career.
Chris Phillips waited a long time to reveal his offensive skills. Phillips scored twice in his 800th regular-season game, and Pascal Leclaire made 25 saves, leading the Ottawa Senators to a 6-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night. Phillips, who entered with one goal in 18 games, scored goals 2:03 apart in the third to put Ottawa up 5-1 and chase Pittsburgh goalie Marc-Andre...
Cue the cavalry music! I think that it is pretty appropriate when you consider how depleted the Penguins line-up has gotten... but that starts to change tonight in Ottawa.
Max Talbot and Sergei Gonchar will officially make their triumphant returns to the Penguins line-up. Unfortunately, as has been the case any time this team gets a little bit of good injury news, they might be without the ser...
The Earth is rotating on its axis, which can mean only one thing: More significant injuries in the NHL.
The injury-thinned Pittsburgh Penguins are down another player. Defenseman Jay McKee has an infected finger that will keep him out two to four weeks. He was hurt late in Pittsburgh's 5-2 win over Anaheim on Monday, and is the fifth of the team's top six defensemen to be sidelined since late October.
The Edmonton Oilers will try to put an awful road trip behind them as they begin a five-game homestand against the Northwest Division-leading Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday (9 p.m. ET).
There was a movie out recently called "The Box." I haven't seen it, but the commercial shows a couple who is given the opportunity to procure $1,000,000 dollars by doing nothing more than pressing a red button that sits in a box. Sounds like a great idea... however, as with anything in life, there is a catch.
In this situation, pressing the button and earning your $1,000,000 kills someone...so...
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Max Talbot let it be known last night that he would more than likely be ready to give it go on Thursday night in Ottawa. That wasn't officially confirmed as of yet, though the team's actions seem to speak to the fact that he is indeed ready... (Talbot's comments were that he "hoped" to return Thursday)
The team today, reassigned Mark Letestu to their AHL affiliate in Wilkes Barre-Scranton. Lete...
Bill Guerin still has some goals left in him at age 39. What's surprising is he has a few left jabs and right hooks, too. Guerin ended Pittsburgh's eight-game streak without a power-play goal by scoring in the first period, Jordan Staal scored short-handed and the Penguins wrapped up Anaheim's winless four-game road trip by beating the Ducks 5-2 on Monday night.
Third Period:
What a way to start the third period... Ryan Getzlaf took a couple of extra shots at Bill Guerin in the Ducks zone after he fell down. Guerin answered by catching up to him as they skated up ice and laying a check on him. Getzlaf, who has seemed pretty frustrated tonight, didn't seem to appreciate it and started slashing Guerins stick. The duo eventually exploded into a cloud of g...
Alex Goligoski is expected to miss two to three weeks because of an unspecified lower body injury, leaving the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins with only two healthy defensemen among their top six. The Penguins already were playing without Sergei Gonchar (wrist), Kris Letang (shoulder) and Brooks Orpik (undisclosed injury), plus forwards Max Talbot (shoulder), Tyler Kennedy (groin) and...
The Chicago Blackhawks closing in on contract extensions for Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews is something Pierre...
As expected, Alex Goligoski will be out for 2 to 3 weeks with what is being called a lower body injury. If this had been lingering, he seemed to aggravate it on Saturday night when he fell awkwardly and struggled back to the bench moments before the Bill Guerin tying goal.
"He's getting an MRI today; He's got a lower-body injury," head coach Dan Bylsma said. "We are going to estimate 2 to 3 we...
The Penguins are supposed to update the world on the status of Alex Goligoski this morning, but I think that the writing might have just appeared on the wall.
The team has recalled defenseman and Pittsburgh's own, Nate Guenin from their Wilkes Barre-Scranton AHL affiliate. I am sure it is a safety net move, but the possibility does exist that they could have three AHL regulars on their blue li...
Kovalchuk Update...
While I am told with almost complete certainty that the KHL is not an option, I am also told that Kovalchuk talks are not even getting going yet. Yes all sides are optimistic and saying that the preliminary talks are going well. Both sides are very professional here. Waddell, and Grossman are two of the more admirable in their respected fields. They will likely get this...
Bylsma's comment on Goligoski...
"He's been banged up. It was a maintanence day. Monday we'll take a look at him again. Hopefully he's in the same condition but we'll see. We're trying to treat him and get him better. We'll see Monday."
Some good news and some bad coming out of the Penguins morning skate....
First of all, Sergei Gonchar has been cleared for contact. Great news for a tea...
With 1:30 left in the third period, Brent Johnson peered out from the bench, his cage vacated for the extra attacker. The Penguins, at that point, had let four leads slip away and found themselves trailing the Bruins 5-4 after Marco Sturm got a piece of a Zdeno Chara bomb that put Boston up a minute prior.
Bound for their fifth consecutive loss, the Penguins watched as the Bruins tried their h...
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