Drive to the Net

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Drive to the Net: Pearson creates chances in debut

By Taylor Haase

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 1:25 AM Friday

Tanner Pearson had some golden opportunities in his Penguins debut, a 4-3 loss to the Lightning, but he wasn't able to capitalize on those chances.
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Drive to the Net: How do you ignore the MVP?

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Newark, N.J.

POSTED: 1:51 AM Wednesday

Kris Letang was right. He was doing his job. Mike Sullivan also was right. The two guys behind Letang weren't doing theirs.
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Drive to the Net: Hockey’s fastest recovery

By Chris Bradford

in Washington

POSTED: 2:26 PM November 8, 2018

Evgeni Malkin was given a five-minute major and game misconduct for a hit to the head of the Capitals' T.J. Oshie.
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Drive to the Net: Recalculating the route

By Dejan Kovacevic

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 12:53 AM November 4, 2018

The second-loudest sound inside PPG Paints Arena on this Saturday night came when Morgan Rielly pinged a shot off the far bar for the prettiest of finishes:
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Drive to the Net: Greiss’ backhand swipe

By Chris Bradford

in New York

POSTED: 2:57 AM November 2, 2018

Thomas Greiss looked an awful lot like Marc-Andre Fleury, not some journeyman goalie in denying Sidney Crosby in overtime Thursday.
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Drive to the Net: Compliments of the backhand

By Chris Bradford

in Calgary, Alberta

POSTED: 2:06 AM October 26, 2018

Another game, another highlight reel goal from Sidney Crosby. Again, the Penguins' captain used his weapon of choice: His backhander.
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Drive to the Net: ‘Beautiful play. Beautiful goal’

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Edmonton, Alberta

POSTED: 4:01 PM October 24, 2018

A couple minutes into overtime Tuesday night at Rogers Place, the Oilers' Ryan Strome, owner of zero goals and zero assists, had a chance to go from zero to hero.
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Drive to the Net: Malkin sloppy, sleepwalking

By Chris Bradford

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 12:05 AM October 7, 2018

In the defining moment of Saturday night's loss to the Canadiens, Joel Armia's shorthanded goal was aided by Evgeni Malkin, who gave up on the play.
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Drive to the Net: Simon says, ‘Dumo! Dumo!’ ☕

By Dejan Kovacevic

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 11:42 AM October 5, 2018

Dominik Simon's underappreciated as anyone on the Penguins' roster, and not just among the public.
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Drive to the Net: Odds have been against Penguins

By Chris Bradford

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 5:04 AM May 2, 2018

Washington's Alex Ovechkin delivered the dagger to the Penguins in Game 3, converting a 2-on-1 with Nicklas Backstrom with 1:07 left.
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Drive to the Net: Penguins need help in a pinch

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Washington

POSTED: 5:36 AM April 27, 2018

"We weren't perfect out there," Derick Brassard was telling me late Thursday night inside Capital One Arena. "We know we can do a lot better."
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Drive to the Net: Second line reunites ‘dangerous guys’

By Chris Bradford

in Philadelphia

POSTED: 3:55 AM April 19, 2018

Reunited felt so good for Phil Kessel and Evgeni Malkin in Wednesday's 5-0 win over the Flyers that gave the Penguins a 3-1 series lead.
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Drive to the Net: With one very odd tweak, PK turns perfect

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Philadelphia

POSTED: 1:58 AM April 16, 2018

In football, it would be like assigning a linebacker to chip the opponent's tight end at the line of scrimmage.
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Drive to the Net: Missing that No. 1 power play? So are they

By Dejan Kovacevic

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 3:20 AM April 14, 2018

Ivan Provorov rifled off a run of phrases to describe how he and his mates silenced the NHL's No. 1 power play.
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Drive to the Net: Crosby, Malkin match supreme skill, will

By Chris Bradford

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 2:56 AM April 12, 2018

Highlight reel goals from Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin lead the Penguins to convincing 7-0 win over Flyers in Game 1.
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Drive to the Net: Devils poked Crosby one time too many

By Chris Bradford

in Newark, N.J.

POSTED: 2:36 AM March 30, 2018

Sidney Crosby doesn't need much motivation, but Travis Zajac's butt-end late in regulation certainly angered the Penguins captain.
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Drive to the Net: Penguins having devil of a time with Jersey’s kids, Hall

By Chris Bradford

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 2:02 AM March 24, 2018

If Friday night's game was any indication, a Penguins-Devils playoff series would make for great theater. But do the defending champions really want to take on this challenger?
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Drive to the Net: So Crosby … uh, how to describe it?

By Dejan Kovacevic

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 3:42 AM March 22, 2018

Sorry, but I've got no words for this one. And far more telling, no one else could muster much, either.
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Drive to the Net: Last comeback? Murray, Penguins can hope

By Chris Bradford

in New York

POSTED: 1:46 AM March 21, 2018

Everybody loves a comeback story and Matt Murray has authored a few, but here's hoping that this will be the last for the Penguins goalie.
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Drive to the net: Hagelin, Hornqvist connect around NHL’s hottest player

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Montreal

POSTED: 4:00 AM March 16, 2018

Carl Hagelin's always in a rush, and in this case late Thursday night low inside the Bell Centre, he was bound for the team bus.

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