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NHL releases full schedule for Penguins-Flyers playoff series
The NHL released the full schedule for the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs early Friday morning. The Pittsburgh Penguins will open their series against the Philadelphia Flyers at PPG Paints Arena on Saturday. The schedule for the best-of-seven series: Saturday, April 18 – Flyers at Penguins, 8 p.m....
Penguins place defenseman Matt Dumba on unconditional waivers
The Pittsburgh Penguins placed defenseman Matt Dumba on unconditional waivers Thursday afternoon for the purposes of a contract termination. Should he go unclaimed by the NHL’s other 31 teams by 2 p.m. on Friday, he will be free to sign elsewhere. Dumba, 31, has been assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the...
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Penguins forwards Connor Dewar, Blake Lizotte likely to ‘go’ against FlyersVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins forwards Connor Dewar and Blake Lizotte didn’t exactly offer much variance — or detail — in explaining their statuses after missing the final games of the regular season because of injuries. “I’m ready to go,” Dewar said. “Good to go,” Lizotte offered. If they actually go into the...
‘This is what you play for’: The Penguins relish return to the Stanley Cup playoffs
Everyone held their breath, even if just for a moment. Roughly 25 minutes into practice Thursday in Cranberry, Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin crashed into the wall after colliding with a teammate. Of all the players on this roster who could least afford any kind of mishap, it was the...
Penguins-Flyers playoff series opens Saturday
Game 1 of the first-round playoff series between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers will happen on Saturday. The NHL announced a start time of 8 p.m. but in reality, the opening faceoff at PPG Paints Arena will happen a handful of minutes after that. As for the rest of...
Penguins forwards Connor Dewar, Blake Lizotte return to practice
Pittsburgh Penguins forwards Connor Dewar and Blake Lizotte, each of whom missed several of the final games of the regular season due to injuries, proclaimed themselves ready for their team’s first game of the postseason against the rival Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. Both players were full participants during a practice...
U mad, bro?: Fans already fretting over Don Kelly’s decisions, Pirates’ bullpen, Pens-Flyers playoff hostility
We’ve got to remember that Pittsburgh Pirates manager Don Kelly is only 142 games into his managerial career. That’s not an excuse for his ridiculous decision to pinch-hit for Brandon Lowe on Tuesday night during a 5-4 loss to Washington. A trained chimpanzee using an AI chatbot could’ve told Kelly...
Gov. Josh Shapiro, Pat McAfee wager on Penguins-Flyers playoff series
The impending NHL hockey playoff series between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers has even the state’s governor getting in on the action. Though he represents all of Pennsylvania, Gov. Josh Shapiro says he is decidedly a Philadelphia fan when it comes to sports. Shapiro made a friendly wager with...
Minor league report: Penguins, Sergei Murashov fall to BearsVideo
Goaltender Sergei Murashov made 24 saves on 27 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-1 loss to the rival Hershey Bears at Mohegan Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday. The result dropped Murashov’s record to 23-9-4. Forward Atley Calvert scored the lone goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (44-17-7-2), which dressed an irregular...
Penguins goalie prospect Sergei Murashov named to AHL All-Rookie squad
Sergei Murashov enjoyed a splash landing into the American Hockey League last season when he began his Wilkes-Barre/Scranton career with an 11-0-0 record. It was an impressive beginning to a North American hockey career for Murashov, who only turned pro in the summer of 2024. This season, Murashov has spent...
Playoff party time in Philadelphia! Flyers, fans rejoice at long-awaited return to postseason
PHILADELPHIA — Flyers fans could have been excused for thinking they entered some kind of time warp as they grabbed their “Let’s Go Flyers” rally towels on their way into the arena. The Grateful Dead cover band Splintered Sunlight jammed out to hits from the 1970s and graybeards old enough...
Forward Anthony Mantha finishes as Penguins’ leader in regular season goalsVideo
ST. LOUIS — Forward Anthony Mantha capped off his first regular season with the Pittsburgh Penguins in a surprising fashion. He led the team in scoring. During the Penguins’ regular season finale, a 7-5 loss to the St. Louis Blues at the Enterprise Center, Mantha scored his 33rd goal of...
Penguins coach Dan Muse’s focus is clear as playoffs approach
ST. LOUIS — Dan Muse has never coached a playoff game at PPG Paints Arena. But he has been behind the bench and won postseason contests at that venue. Back when it was called Consol Energy Center. In 2013, as an assistant with the Yale Bulldogs, he helped that program...
Penguins assign 5 forwards to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned forwards Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Avery Hayes, Ville Koivunen, Joona Koppanen and Rutger McGroarty to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Wednesday. The team did not announce the transactions but they were reflected on the NHL’s media website and the AHL’s website. Harvey-Pinard was recalled to...
Penguins prospect Brady Peddle signs amateur tryout contract with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Pittsburgh Penguins defensive prospect Brady Peddle has signed an amateur tryout contract (ATO) with the American Hockey League’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins for the remainder of the season. A third-round selection (No. 91 overall) in last year’s draft, Peddle, 18, just completed his season at the junior level with the Charlottetown Islanders...
Mark Madden: Penguins vs. Flyers in the Stanley Cup playoffs just means more
The old enemy. Playing Philadelphia in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs seems scripted. Miss the postseason for three years, then get re-introduced via the Battle of Pennsylvania. The Flyers hadn’t made the playoffs since 2020. It will be intense. But the problem with this script is that...
‘We just don’t like them. They don’t like us’: Penguins ready for playoff matchup with FlyersVideo
ST. LOUIS — Jack St. Ivany doesn’t necessarily have any hard or bitter feelings about the Philadelphia Flyers. After they selected him in the fourth round (No. 112 overall) of the 2018 NHL Draft, the parties did not come to an agreement on a contract, and when his NHL rights...
Tim Benz: Penguins versus Flyers. Let the cross-state hate beginVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins are in the playoffs for the first time since 2022. The Philadelphia Flyers are in the playoffs for the first time since 2020. Naturally, they are celebrating those accomplishments by facing each other in Round 1 of the 2026 NHL postseason. Bring on the cross-state hate! I’m...
