Posts About "Kris Letang"
Penguins’ 3 Stars of the Week: Top Players Producing
December 1st, 2019 With four games in six days, this week was always going to be difficult for the Pittsburgh Penguins. After beating the Calgary Flames 3-2 and a crazy 8-6 comeback win against the Vancouver Canucks, they suffered back-to-back defeats against the Columbus Blue Jackets and St. Louis Blues. With injuries to Bryan Rust and Brian Dumoulin on...
Peerless Penguins: 5 Unforgettable Seasons Since 2008
November 10th, 2019 The era of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin has produced a number of memorable moments in Pittsburgh Penguins history. From the 2008 playoff run, which saw the team come within two wins of winning the Stanley Cup, only to hoist it the next season, and the back-to-back Cups in 2016 and 2017. The Penguins have also had a number of...
Penguins' Keys That Could Generate Long-Term Success
October 27th, 2019 The season opener against the Buffalo Sabres caused some Pittsburgh Penguins fans to be nervous about the teams’ future. The Penguins lost to the Sabres, 3-1, with a noticeably less-than-spectacular performance plagued with similar mistakes that haunted the team in the 2018-19 season. However, the season opener is in the past, and...
Penguins Defense Generating Offense
October 20th, 2019 Friday night the Pittsburgh Penguins scored a 4-2 win over the Dallas Stars to secure the longest active win streak in the NHL (which was then broken Saturday night by the 3-0 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights). It’s been quite a whirlwind for the team that was swept by the Islanders last season and had a dubious start to the season....
Letang, Penguins Rally Past Stars 4-2 for 5th Straight Win
October 18th, 2019 PITTSBURGH — Kris Letang scored twice, including the go-ahead goal in the third period, and the undermanned Pittsburgh Penguins rallied to win their fifth straight, 4-2 over the Dallas Stars on Friday night. Letang dangled his way past a sliding Tyler Seguin to skate in and beat Anton Khudobin from in close 6:34 into the third,...
Penguins' 3 Stars of the Week: Oct. 9-15
October 16th, 2019 Another week of hockey is in the books and what a week it was for the Pittsburgh Penguins. During their three-game winning streak, two in back-to-back road games against the Minnesota Wild and Winnipeg Jets, the Penguins have somehow put pucks in the net despite their five injured forwards. With $22 million in salary on injured reserve,...
