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Paul Zeise: This could be the end of an era for Penguins, but does it need to be?

The Penguins' first-round playoff loss to the Rangers is the fourth consecutive early exit for the team. It is their third straight first-round loss, and it was a series they all but had won and blew. The Penguins led 3-1 in the series, they had a two-goal lead in Games…

Tribune News Service · May 17, 2022

Rangers eliminate Penguins on Artemi Panarin's overtime goal

NEW YORK – A series that began in Game 1 with a triple overtime marathon that tested both teams’ stamina and Louis Domingue’s stomach was bookended in the same way.

Tribune News Service · May 16, 2022

Penguins' Sidney Crosby, Tristan Jarry out for Game 6 against Rangers

PITTSBURGH — The Penguins enter Game 6 against the New York Rangers without their captain Sidney Crosby, their No. 1 netminder Tristan Jarry and top-pairing defenseman Brian Dumoulin.

Tribune News Service · May 13, 2022

Ron Cook: Avalanche clearly top of NHL class; Rangers a bigger worry right now

All was not lost for the Penguins, who were defeated by the Colorado Avalanche Tuesday night for the second time in four days.

Tribune News Service · Apr 6, 2022

Avalanche outclass Penguins for 2nd time in 4 days

PITTSBURGH — They get no moral victory for this one. The Penguins were simply outclassed.

Tribune News Service · Apr 6, 2022

Penguins drop first of two games in four days vs. Avalanche, 3-2

DENVER – The Penguins stood up to Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar and a Colorado Avalanche club that is the betting favorite to claim the Stanley Cup.

Tribune News Service · Apr 2, 2022

Rangers top Penguins, move into second place

PITTSBURGH — The NHL schedule makers got this one right, for sure. Saving all these Rangers-Penguins for the stretch run of the season is producing some really fun, high-stakes, late-season hockey games.

Newsday · Mar 30, 2022

Kreider tallies two goals as Rangers beat Penguins, 5-1

NEW YORK — The way the Metropolitan Division standings look these days, it seems more and more as if the Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins are going to be meeting up with each other in the first round of the playoffs six weeks from now.

Newsday · Mar 26, 2022

In a measuring stick game, Penguins beat Hurricanes for the first time this season

PITTSBURGH — Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry scooped the puck with time winding down in the second period and flicked it, dangerously, through the center of the ice.

Tribune News Service · Mar 13, 2022

Tristan Jarry outduels Igor Shesterkin as Penguins outlast physical Rangers, 1-0

PITTSBURGH — The fire that Evgeni Malkin showed after the Penguins finally blasted through the brick wall at the other end of the ice hammered home just how difficult that task was and how physically and emotionally draining Saturday’s game was.

Tribune News Service · Feb 27, 2022