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The Penguins knew they were down two goals. Realized there were only about three minutes left in regulation, too.

Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby has accomplished a lot over his 300-game NHL career, yet somehow he continues to find ways to amaze.

Penguins star Evgeni Malkin is going to miss the next two weeks with what coach Dan Bylsma called a "shoulder strain." The injury is not to the shoulder Malkin injured three years ago.

It's never good news when a team loses its best defenceman. The Canadiens know that, but they appear to have made some adjustments after Andrei Markov suffered torn tendons in his leg during the season opener in Toronto.

In case any of the Penguins were in a bad mood following their 4-1 loss to New Jersey on Saturday night, those feelings disappeared within 24 hours.

Don't fall into the trap of presuming the New Jersey Devils showed teams how to beat the Penguins on Saturday night with a 4-1 win at Mellon Arena.

The sizzling Pittsburgh Penguins will try for a sixth consecutive victory tonight when they welcome the St.

Sergei Gonchar 's broken left wrist will not keep him off the ice. With a hockey glove over his cast, wearing a red non-contact jersey and using only his right hand on his stick, the Penguins' top defenseman took part in the team's optional morning skate yesterday.

What to watch for in hockey on Friday: Fast starters The March of the Penguins, 2009 version, resumes when the Florida Panthers visit Mellon Arena amid whispers that the Pens have become, well almost boring.

The Pittsburgh Penguins will shoot for a seventh straight win tonight when they welcome the Florida Panthers for a battle at Mellon Arena.

When a coaching vacancy opened at Shattock-St. Mary's in Minnesota a few years ago, St.

The defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins will be deprived of All-Star defenseman Sergei Gonchar four to six weeks because of a broken wrist, a source told ESPN.com Wednesday.

Matt Cooke had a goal and an assist, four other Pittsburgh players scored, and the Penguins earned their sixth straight win by beating the St.

Sergei Gonchar and Bill Guerin The Penguins returned home tonight from a perfect road trip and continued to just find ways to win games.

While the Penguins were getting ready to don their baby-blue sweaters for the first time this season, there also was an air of intrigue about getting their first look at a baby blue-liner. Tampa Bay's Victor Hedman, a 19-year-old Swede who stands an imposing 6-foot-6, 230 pounds, and had four assists in the first six games.

The photographer provides a different perspective of Mellon Arena as the Penguins entertained the Phoenix Coyotes earlier this month.

Sergei Gonchar had a goal and an assist and the Pittsburgh Penguins improved to 7-1 on the season with a 4-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night.

Penguins defenseman Sergei Gonchar said Wednesday he is finally over a nasty cold that afflicted him from the final week of training camp through the opening weeks of the regular season.

Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury on his rookie year, "I remember when I first started, and we couldn't give tickets away." Defenseman Sergei Gonchar arrived in Pittsburgh in 2005 after the NHL lockout and just in time for a front-row seat to a saga that saw the Penguins' future go from iffy to spiffy in just a few years.

Kris Letang was in genuine pain when, he said, Philadelphia winger Scott Hartnell bit him on the right ring finger during a scrum in the waning seconds of the Penguins' 5-4 victory in Philadelphia Thursday.

It's still too early to know whether claiming Chris Bourque off waivers from Washington Sept.

The mayor of Quebec City, Regis Labeaume, and former Nordiques president Marcel Aubut met with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman on Friday in New York to discuss the city's possible return to the NHL.

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

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The Penguins raise the Stanley Cup championship banner at Mellon Arena In an emotional night, the Penguins raised the Stanley Cup championship banner to the ceiling of Mellon Arena and rode that emotion for a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers.

Ergo, the thinking here is that the Penguins are a pretty good bet to start the season 2-0, with a couple of narrow victories over the New York Rangers and New York Islanders.

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.

After another frenzied summer of free agency, the NHL regular season gets under way tonight.

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

While the regular season doesn't begin until Friday for the defending Stanley Cup champions, the Penguins have already trimmed their roster down to sufficient size.