Pittsburgh Penguins Offense – All Articles
When the Pittsburgh Penguins acquired Jeff Carter, it didn’t seem like that big of news. The guy was 36 years old at the time, how much of an impact could he have made with the team? Turns out, that impact was pretty big. Since then, he’s been a pretty big part of the team and…
This season was do or die for some players. With underwhelming performances in the previous season and playoffs, some of the guys on the Pittsburgh Penguins’ roster needed to prove themselves. Two of those players, John Marino and Marcus Pettersson, have bounced back this year. However, their performance pales in comparison to Tristan Jarry‘s incredible…
The Pittsburgh Penguins have always had an extensive history with their players suffering from injuries. Of course, in recent history this extends to the COVID-19 pandemic that has interrupted nearly all facets of society for years. After losing an incredible number of man-games already, the Pittsburgh Penguins could finally be healthy. The Injuries and COVID…
When the Pittsburgh Penguins acquired Jason Zucker from the Minnesota Wild, expectations were high. Zucker was just coming off of a 42-point season. At the time of being traded, he had 29 points in 45 games. With the Penguins, however, Zucker had struggled immensely. Now, Zucker needs to prove to the organization that he was…
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin has finally returned to the lineup, and no, he didn’t mess up the team’s dynamic. Sure, the line combinations did get a little interesting, but as always head coach Mike Sullivan made it work. With Malkin’s return to the lineup, Sullivan had to make a difficult call whether or not…
What a display of pure dominance from the Pittsburgh Penguins these past few weeks. They’ve outplayed, outmuscled and outscored their opposition more often than not. Because of that, they went on an impressive 10 game winning streak. Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end as the Dallas Stars defeated Pittsburgh Saturday. What does…
Anytime the Pittsburgh Penguins organization announce that they’ve made a trade, fans hold their breath. This is largely in part thanks to former general manager, Jim Rutherford. He made some questionable trades in the latter part of his tenure, so fans are still scarred from that. However, it seems that current general manager Ron Hextall…
These past few weeks have been nothing short of disastrous for the entirety of the NHL. Games have been postponed left and right, and players are coming down with the more contagious variant of COVID-19, Omnicron. Both fortunately and unfortunately, there is some good and bad news for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Starting Off with the…
What a rough time for the NHL these past two weeks. Everything was going nice and well with minimal COVID-19 cases. Then, all of a sudden, the cases started rolling in. Every day, more and more players are going into the NHL’s COVID protocol. In the case of the Pittsburgh Penguins, they haven’t come out…
Bryan Rust has exploded on the scene with the Pittsburgh Penguins in the past few seasons. He’s been arguably one of their most consistent wingers and has been monumental to both Stanley Cup victories in 2016 and 2017. Now, with his contract expiring after this season, Rust’s future with the Penguins looks uncertain as he…
To put it bluntly, the Pittsburgh Penguins are on fire right now. They have been firing on all cylinders, and it shows. Not only are they on a seven-game winning streak, but they’ve outscored their opponents 22 goals to nine. Not only is the offense showing signs of drastic improvement, but the defense and the…
Leave it to head coach Mike Sullivan to create magic when facing adversity. First, Bryan Rust gets injured and will be out for quite some time. Then, Jake Guentzel suffers an upper-body injury and is now week-to-week. With both of Sidney Crosby‘s wingers out, it was hard to say if anything was going to work…
This last weekend posed a great challenge for the Pittsburgh Penguins. They had just lost their leading goal scorer, Jake Guentzel, to an upper-body injury. It was hard to say how the team would respond to losing such a dominant offensive force. However, it seems like the Penguins took it in stride as they continued…
These last few games have been fantastic for the Pittsburgh Penguins. In the last two games, the Pens have outscored the opposition 10 goals to two. A huge part of that scoring is none other than Jake Guentzel. After all, he has five of those goals and amassed a total of seven points throughout those…
The Pittsburgh Penguins have been sporting three of some of the best talents in hockey for quite some time. Normally, the big three are Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang. However, with Malkin still out, winger Jake Guentzel has become the temporary third. So far, they look like they’ve been getting the team back…
Every team needs to score goals. Sometimes, a team may get lucky and acquire somebody with a natural-born ability to put the puck in the net. With the Pittsburgh Penguins, that player is Jake Guentzel. Lately, he’s been absolutely stunning for the Penguins. However, he can’t do it all on his own as the offense…
There’s always multiple factors that can influence a team’s recent performance. Sometimes, there could be some questionable calls by the referees, or other times the crowd could influence the flow of the game. Most of the time, however, it could be chalked up to a handful of players. In the case of the Pittsburgh Penguins,…
Fans expected the Pittsburgh Penguins to come back from their slump, but not like this. After a three-game losing streak and being spotty all season, the Pens came back in style. With back-to-back shutouts, their confidence should be skyrocketing right now. This is a breakdown of both games, and then a prediction of whether or…
What a rough start of the season for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Their game on Tuesday against the Buffalo Sabres marked the third consecutive loss. Despite the loss, there were some bright spots to their game, believe it or not. Of course, the game wasn’t all bright because of the loss, so there are still things…
