Paul Martin News

Pens GM Ray Shero meets with Kris Letang's agent today in what could be a franchise alterting meeting.

The Penguins' Ray Shero pulled the trigger when he felt he needed to trade core player Jordan Staal last year, and again when he made four big acquisitions near the NHL trade deadline this season.

There were a few amazing things about Ray Shero's news conference Wednesday at Consol Energy Center, including the fact that for an hour he did not so much as look at his cell phone.

Penguins forward Beau Bennett will spend his offseason working out in the California sunshine, strengthening his legs for speed and preparing his body for an 82-game NHL season.

Paul Martin said Sunday that he played the end of the playoffs with an injury coach Dan Bylsma called 'significant.'

Dan Bylsma talked Sunday as if he knows he will be coaching the Penguins next season.

Boston held Pittsburgh, the league's highest-scoring team, to two goals in the four-game whitewash.

Here is TribLIVE's Penguins page . Rob Rossi, Josh Yohe and I are covering. Not much at all to report from the skate.

Tonight's Round 3, Game 4 of the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Boston Bruins will be televised on RDS, CBC and NBC Sports Network.

Patrice Bergeron's goal with 4:41 left in the second overtime lifted the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins early on Thursday.

Tomas Vokoun will start in goal for the Penguins tonight in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden.

Boston's Brad Marchand puts a shot behind Pittsburgh goalie Tomas Vokoun for a goal during first-period of Game 2 in the Eastern Conference finals in Pittsburgh Monday.

Aaron Ward, former Bruins defenseman and now ace TSN analyst, made the point a week ago about the Bruins-Penguins series: "The biggest thing for me - and this is for both teams - is who has the ability to adjust? If Boston is doing something that works well, how does Pittsburgh adjust?" Well, in Game 1 on Saturday, the Bruins did many things well ... (more)

David Krejci scored two more goals during his torrid postseason, and the Bruins shut down the Penguins 3-0 in Round 1 - make that Game 1 - on Saturday night.

Hooks Orpik from Penburgh was nice enough to answer more than our usual three questions out ahead of the series that starts tonight.

Fact is, there are quite a few people who seem certain the Bruins will beat them in the best-of-seven series that begins at 8:10 p.m. today at Consol Energy Center and earn the right compete for the Stanley Cup later this month.

Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tomas Vokoun, left, is congratulated by teammates Sidney Crosby and Paul Martin after they defeated the Ottawa Senators in their Eastern Conference semifinal series.

While Pittsburgh still has the likes of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang leading the way, there is one big difference between this Penguins team and the club that beat Detroit four years ago for the Stanley Cup.

May 3, 2013; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Pittsburgh Penguins right wing Jarome Iginla and center Sidney Crosby celebrate a goal by Crosby against the New York Islanders during the first period in game two of the first round of the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs at the CONSOL Energy Center.

The climax to the Penguins' five-game defeat of the Ottawa Senators in an Eastern Conference semifinal series came in a 6-2 win Friday at Consol Energy Center.