With the first month of the season complete, let's check in on which teams have outperformed their projections or fallen far ...

Rob Rossi has reported on the Pittsburgh Penguins and National Hockey League since 2004. He has covered almost 2,000 NHL games, including over 150 in the playoffs and four Stanley Cup Final series.

The Pittsburgh Penguins aren't thrilled with their ... that production if the Pens want even the slightest chance of earning a playoff berth. In the meantime, the one thing that has never changed ...

The Penguins come into this contest with a record of 2-2 on the young season. Entering the season, Pittsburgh is viewed as a fringe playoff team. Over the past two decades, Pittsburgh has been one of ...

The Penguins were unable to connect on three power-play chances after Letang's blast in the first. Pittsburgh led 1-0 ... combined 1,800 regular-season and playoffs points. The Leafs continue ...

Goaltending was a question mark for the Pittsburgh Penguins entering this season. Tristan Jarry lost his starter's job to backup Alex Nedeljkovic down the stretch as they battled for a playoff berth.

With Tuesday’s loss to the Minnesota Wild the Pittsburgh Penguins find themselves at the bottom of the Metropolitan Division standings and with one of the worst records in the NHL. They have looked ...

The Penguins were unable to connect on three power-play chances after Letang's blast in the first. Pittsburgh led 1-0 ... combined 1,800 regular-season and playoffs points. The Leafs continue ...

The Penguins were unable to connect on three power-play chances after Letang’s blast in the first. Pittsburgh led ... a combined 1,800 regular-season and playoffs points. The Leafs continue ...

However, that ended with a poor night for Montembeault and the Canadiens defence as the Pittsburgh Penguins won 6-3 ... A team can’t make the playoffs with 35 goals from its second line when ...

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Not to mention frustrating Penguins goaltending, media-inspired NFL angst and general Pittsburgh Pirate ... I’d say the chance of pre-playoff departure is 80%.