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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Matt Murray missed practice Wednesday while being evaluated for an upper-body injury. Murray, who played in a 4-0 loss to Carolina on Tuesday night, will travel with the team when it heads to Florida to start a three-game road trip on Thursday night...

The Penguins began Tuesday tied with Washington for second place in the crowded Metropolitan Division while Carolina sat three points behind Columbus for the second wild-card spot in the jam-packed Eastern Conference with 30 games left to play.

Justin Schultz was able, for the first time since breaking his left leg just four games into the season, to practice with contact and with the rest of his Pittsburgh teammates on Monday.

Crosby and Teddy Blueger scored for Pittsburgh, which was without Evgeni Malkin for a second straight game because of an upper-body injury. Matt Murray stopped 30 shots.

The newly-acquired Bjugstad and McCann made it to the arena minutes before puck drop, and new teammates Bryan Rust and Jake Guentzel each scored twice to help the Penguins beat the Ottawa Senators 5-3 on Friday night.

A bit flustered, new Penguins forward Jared McCann looked at the media assembled around his locker in a bit of a daze. “I haven’t seen this many cameras in I don’t know how long,” he said, before being asked about, likely, the wildest day of his professional career. McCann, as well as forward Nick...

Penguins center Evgeni Malkin will miss Friday’s game against the Ottawa Senators and Saturday’s game against the Maple Leafs in Toronto.

The Penguins have traded center Derick Brassard and forward Riley Sheahan and three draft picks to the Florida Panthers.

The Penguins have unveiled the jersey they'll wear when they play the Stadium Series game against the Flyers.