PensBurgh Jan 20, 2023
Pens/Sens Recap: Guentzel’s two goals gets Pittsburgh past Ottawa
Photo by Jeanine Leech/Icon Sportswire via Jason Zucker scores yet again, Jake Guentzel does twice and Pittsburgh gets a win over Ottawa this wek Pregame Big changes for the Penguins, who welcome back Jeff Petry and Tristan Jarry from the injured reserve and back into the lineup. Petry’s return shuffles the pairings and pushes Ty Smith to become a scratch. Up front, an injury from last game has knocked Kasperi Kapanen out and gives Danton Heinen another chance to play. Welcome back to the lineup, Jeff Petry and Tristan Jarry! pic.twitter.com/TiFvVnUMcL—...
PensBurgh Jan 17, 2023
Pens Points: The Great Escape
Photo by Jeanine Leech/Icon Sportswire via Penguins survive against bottom feeding Ducks for crucial victory. Our recap of an exciting comeback and some other headlines here in Pens Points. It took a bunch of dramatics and late heroics, but the Pittsburgh Penguins survived a challenge from the basement dwelling Anaheim Ducks, mounting a last minute comeback to send the game to overtime where Jake Guentzel came up with a clutch winner to give the Pens a 4-3 victory. Breathe easy and wake up with Pens Points... Last night’s game against the Ducks was just one of four...
PensBurgh Jan 17, 2023
Penguins/Ducks Recap: Guentzel and Rust lead Pittsburgh’s comeback against Anaheim
Photo by Jeanine Leech/Icon Sportswire via The Penguins need to rally to defeat the lowly Anaheim Ducks, but find that rally behind a Bryan Rust last minute goal, and a Jake Guentzel OT goal Note: there was some sort of (likely human) publishing error that caused a delay in this recap to publish. Our apologies! Pregame The Penguins get a blueliner back for tonight’s game against the Anaheim Ducks with the return of Marcus Pettersson from an illness that kept him from playing in the prior two games. But Pettersson ends up replacing Jan Rutta in the lineup, who isn’t...
PensBurgh Jan 9, 2023
Mike Sullivan’s ice time delegation is begging Ron Hextall to make a trade
Photo by Joe Sargent/NHLI via The coach speaking through his ice time is sending a message In recent games and days there have been plenty of examples of Mike Sullivan circling the wagons and focusing on playing the players he is comfortable with and trusts. Bryan Rust made some waves when he played over 26 minutes in the Winter Classic. Sidney Crosby has averaged 22:38 per game in the last four games (none of which went to overtime), which is slightly less than than 23:03 that Jake Guentzel has been out there. Even Evgeni Malkin, sometimes lightly used as he ages, has...
PensBurgh Jan 9, 2023
Pens Points: Back On Track
Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports The Penguins snapped their six-game losing streak Sunday evening thanks, in part, to Jake Guentzel. Here are your Pens Points for this Monday morning... The Pittsburgh Penguins continued their Western Conference swing Sunday night with a meeting against the Arizona State Sun Devils Coyotes. Looking to snap a growing, six-game losing streak, Pittsburgh responded with two goals from a snake-bitten Jake Guentzel and a Jason Zucker tally to snap their streak with a 4-1 win. [Recap] The Pittsburgh Penguins and Penguins Foundation will host the...
PensBurgh Jan 8, 2023
Recap: Guentzel scores twice as Penguins end their losing streak
Photo by Norm Hall/NHLI via The Penguins beat the Coyotes 4-1, and end their six game losing streak. Jake Guentzel scores twice to break a drought of his own Pregame The Penguins roll into Arizona with the same lineup and lines as their last game. Here's the line combos and D pairs that the Penguins will utilize tonight in Arizona ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/bisVwjyP9K— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) January 8, 2023 First period Not a great start for Pittsburgh, Marcus Pettersson takes a penalty 56 seconds into the game but the Pens kill it off. It’s Arizona that...
