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The Penguins and Capitals Destiny:

Destiny sure seems like a Lady this morning. When I woke up this morning there were strains of a song…

Penguins Drop Tough One to the Capitals

I’d touched on it in my series preview. A trait that, unfortunately, surfaced in spades during the Penguins’ come-from-in-front 4-3…

The Penguins’ Guentzel to the rescue again!

The Washington Capitals dominated our Pittsburgh Penguins last night in pretty much every department except on the scoreboard. They out…

Round Two Preview: Will the Penguins’ Mastery Continue?

I confess. I was pulling like mad for Columbus to win its first-round playoff series with Washington. Not that the…

Penguins Nip Capitals on Bonino’s Game Winner

“You guys wanna play?” snapped Penguins coach Mike Sullivan. “Then get the puck in deep.” The object of “Sully’s” ire,…

Penguins Update: NHL Needs to Fix Playoff Format

No offense to the good citizens of Ottawa, or their hockey team. But every time I ponder the second-round playoff…

Pens Lose to Wild While Dominating Play

The shot total tells almost the whole story.  The Pens outshot the Minnesota Wild 35-15.  That is a very lopsided…