PITTSBURGH – Sidney Crosby is in no mood to get caught up in his own personal narrative, the one eager to attach whatever happens to the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals tonight against Tampa Bay to the superstar’s legacy.Forget that Crosby has the game-winning ...
TAMPA, Fla. – The bigger the playoff moment, the more Nikita Kucherov shines.The young Russian has a knack for scoring when Tampa Bay needs it most, which is one of the reasons the Lightning are within one victory of reaching the Stanley Cup final for the second straight year.Kucherov has ...
PITTSBURGH — The Tampa Bay Lightning are one win away from a return trip to the Stanley Cup Final.Tyler Johnson deflected Jason Garrison’s wrist shot past Marc-Andre Fleury’s glove 53 seconds into overtime to give the Lightning a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 5 of the ...
PITTSBURGH – Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan has been stressing for weeks his team has multiple goaltenders capable of taking the franchise to the Stanley Cup.Might be time to find out if he’s right.Rookie Matt Murray’s precocious postseason play came to a sudden and abrupt halt ...
TAMPA, Fla. – Few NHL teams have the quickness, speed, skill and depth to overwhelm the Tampa Bay Lightning, which the Pittsburgh Penguins have done through three games of the Eastern Conference finals.Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and a talented supporting cast that includes the sizzling line ...
TAMPA, Fla. — Sidney Crosby and Co. kept pressing and shooting until the Pittsburgh Penguins finally imposed their will.Crosby, Phil Kessel and Chris Kunitz scored third-period goals, helping the Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals Wednesday ...
