playoffs

Hockey players are conditioned to think that winning the Stanley Cup means going through the best teams to be the best team.

It may be the end of the line for veteran Penguins forward Matt Cullen. If this is the finish to Cullen’s 21-year career, it seems he is going out in an unpleasant way following Pittsburgh’s first-round sweep at the hands of the New York Islanders. “It’s disappointing,” Cullen said Thursday. “I...

Jim Rutherford is not going to stand for what he saw from his team this season.

Kris Letang has no intentions of changing his game.

Evgeni Malkin feels the Penguins just did not have it. But identifying what ‘it’ might be seems like it may be a struggle. Malkin spoke for nearly six minutes following the Penguins 3-1 loss to the Islanders Tuesday night, capping a 4-0 New York sweep and the Penguins’ earliest exit from the...

There has been no celebrating for the Islanders… yet. New York leads the Penguins 3-0 in the best-of-seven series, but Islanders players on Monday were focused singularly on Tuesday night’s Game 4 at PPG Paints Arena. “Our job here is to prepare ourselves for tomorrow, for a big game,” defenseman...

Unable to generate offensive chances and having production from its star players disappear, Pittsburgh is now facing a 3-0 hole to the surprising New York Islanders following Sunday’s 4-1 Islanders victory at PPG Paint Arena. “At this point, we just have to take a step back, we’ve got to look at it...

The Penguins are heading back to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Pittsburgh extended its NHL best streak of playoff berths to 13 years with Thursday’s 4-1 win over Detroit at PPG Paints Arena. “The fact that this organization has had the longstanding success that they’ve had is a reflection of their...

Carolina beat Philadelphia 5-2 on Saturday, officially eliminating the Flyers from playoff contention.

The Penguins are playing their best hockey. And it’s coming at the perfect time.