Penguins Fumble Finale, Fall to Islanders, 5-4
In many ways, last night’s 5-4 season-ending loss to the Islanders was an all-too-fitting microcosm of the 2023-24 campaign. One…
Penguins Reverse Natural Order, Subdue Predators, 4-2
Our Penguins did what they needed to do last night. Namely, took care of business. Skating before a throng of…
Bruins Derail Penguins Playoff Push, 6-4
When I wrote my article yesterday comparing this season’s playoff scenario to last spring’s, I detailed some of my concerns.…
Penguins Despoke Red Wings in OT, 6-5
Somewhere, embedded deep down in some remote corner of our Penguins’ DNA lurks a self-destruct gene. It surfaces at the…
Geno Nets Two, Penguins Malkin-ize Lightning, 5-4
Back in 2009, my friend Tom Blanciak predicted the Penguins would acquire feisty left wing Chris Kunitz from Anaheim at…
Washington Cap-itulates to Streaking Penguins, 4-1
Four short weeks ago, the Capitals barged into PPG Paints Arena and destroyed a Penguins team utterly demoralized by the…
Cue the Cannon Blast, Blue Jackets Puncture Penguins in Shootout
It seems we’ve seen this scenario play out before, haven’t we? Our Penguins take a lead, then score what appears…
Avalanche Bury Fragile Penguins in OT
Back in the 1970s, the theme song to the movie Love Story (ironically about a hockey player) began with the…