PITTSBURGH – Henrik Lundqvist’s right eye is just fine, thanks.So too are the New York Rangers with their franchise goaltender back to looking like the foundation for New York’s near annual postseason run.Three days removed from a freakish run-in between his face and teammate Marc ...
PITTSBURGH – It would have been easy for Jeff Zatkoff to go through the motions.Nobody would have blamed him really.Bumped out of the Pittsburgh Penguins backup goaltender spot by rookie Matt Murray over the winter, Zatkoff spent the last six weeks of the regular season a healthy scratch, ...
PITTSBURGH — Banished to the third string in January, Jeff Zatkoff could have checked out. Instead, the Pittsburgh goalie kept showing up at the rink every day, cracking jokes to keep things loose and helping rookie Matt Murray — who took Zatkoff’s job as primary backup to Marc-Andre ...
PITTSBURGH – Marc Staal noticed the gaudy record, the highlight reel goals, the unrelenting speed and can’t help but be impressed with the way the Pittsburgh Penguins have ripped through the NHL over the last three months.Yet, the veteran New York Rangers defenseman has seen it before. Many ...
PITTSBURGH – Matt Cullen can’t quite find the right words to describe it. Maybe because the seemingly ageless Pittsburgh Penguins center has never experienced a season quite like this in a career that spans eight cities and nearly two decades.Lifeless and listless in December, the Penguins ...
PHILADELPHIA – With their ailing owner watching from home, the Philadelphia Flyers clinched a playoff berth.Wayne Simmonds scored two goals, Steve Mason stopped 18 shots and the Flyers beat the playoff-bound Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 Saturday to earn the No. 8 seed in the Eastern ...
