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SAN JOSE, Calif. ??The Penguins looked nothing like a Stanley Cup championship club Saturday night in a 5-0 loss to the San Jose Sharks at HP Pavilion.

Matt Cooke is not a pleasant guy to be around. Not during his working hours, anyway.

Here in the Silicon Valley, where high-tech is the hometown staple, the San Jose Sharks have gone old school.

The Penguins are a perfectly respectable 5-3 on home ice this season. They've been at their best, however, on the road.

Jackets forward R.J. Umberger, center, splits Penguins forward Chris Bourque, left, and defenseman Mark Eaton, as he skates towards the goal during the first period.

Sidney Crosby recorded his third career hat trick, and the Pittsburgh Penguins crushed the Montreal Canadiens, 6-1, at Mellon Arena.

Forward Scott Gomez joined the Candiens this summer. The uniform, the Penguins will recognize.

Penguins defenseman Jay McKee leads the NHL with 36 blocked shots. The Penguins don't feature a top-10 scorer despite employing skilled stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.

At 8-1-0 after nine games this season, the Pittsburgh Penguins sit atop the Atlantic Division, the Eastern Conference and the entire NHL, for that matter, and are off to the second-best start in franchise history.

Dan Bylsma talks to the media yesterday about Sergei Gonchar. Mellon Arena statisticians credited players with 60 hits in the Penguins' 5-1 victory Tuesday against St.

The numbers, frankly, are pretty ordinary. Once you get past the 4-0 record, anyway.

Overcoming two, 2-0 best-of-seven series deficits and winning two Game 7s on the road during the Stanley Cup playoffs didn't seem like such a difficult task to the Penguins on Tuesday.

Well the best rivalry in the NHL is being renewed tonight as the Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Philadelphia Flyers in Philly.

Petr Prucha was knocked off his skates in front of the net but still pushed the puck into the net while sitting on a Penguins player's back in the second period, and the Phoenix Coyotes took advantage of nine power plays to beat Pittsburgh 3-0 on Wednesday night.

John Tavares showed he has the stuff to reach the NHL elite one day. Sidney Crosby showed what it takes to stay there.

Sidney Crosby scores in a shootout against Dwayne Roloson The Penguins played New York teams in back to back games and came away with four points after winning 4-3 tonight in a shootout over the New York Islanders at Nassau County Coliseum.

Sid the Kid took the storybook ending away from prized rookie John Tavares and the New York Islanders.Sidney Crosby, who scored a goal in the first period, netted the deciding tally in the shootout and gave the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins a 4-3 victory on Saturday night.Tavares got nearly everything he hoped for in his NHL ...

The Penguins' power play is stocked with talent, but it will be hard-pressed to challenge the best mark in team history.

Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury has won seven of his nine career playoff series.

The last time he stepped onto the ice during a meaningful hockey game, Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik made one of the most important plays few folks have talked about during the Summer with Stanley.