Brooks Orpik News

Injured Penguins defenseman Kris Letang has been cleared for contact in practice.

Though he has skated the past three days, Penguins winger Tyler Kennedy is unlikely to play Wednesday night in the club's return to Mellon Arena after a three-game road trip.

You would think the defending Stanley Cup Champions would not need any breaks and dodgy calls to beat the upstart Florida Panthers.

You might have heard that the Penguins' power play has struggled a bit lately. It has been mentioned once or twice in the newspaper, and there might even have been a couple of references on talk shows and messsage boards.

Defenseman Brooks Orpik, who has not played since Nov. 10 because of an unspecified injury, plans to return to the Penguins' lineup when they face Atlanta at Philips Arena Saturday night.

Defenseman Martin Skoula scored two goals, and the Pittsburgh Penguins held off the Atlanta Thrashers in a 3-2 victory on Saturday night.

With all due respect to Deryk Engelland, Ben Lovejoy and Nate Guenin, the current Pittsburgh Penguins roster is short several household names from the squad that won the Stanley Cup five months ago.

Defenseman Brooks Orpik did not make it into the Penguins' lineup for their game against Ottawa at Scotiabank Place last night, but he expects to be back soon.

The Penguins will get a couple of injured players back when they face Ottawa tonight at 7:38 at Scotiabank Place, but might lose another.

Bruins Vs. Penguins Preview Share + Nov 14, 2009 7:49 am US/Eastern Bruins Vs. Penguins Preview Pittsburgh Penguins Blog By: Casey Shea The Pittsburgh Penguins will once again try and snap a losing skid when they take on the Boston Bruins at Mellon Arena Saturday night.

A few hours before Saturday night's game with the Boston Bruins, Dan Bylsma and the Pittsburgh Penguins announced that top-line left wing Chris Kunitz would miss two weeks with an always ridiculously specificA "lower body injury." Bylsma calmly explained to the media, " Chris [Kunitz] has been dealing with a lower-body injury for a while now.

Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Alex Goligoski will miss the next two-to-three weeks with a lower body injury, head coach Dan Bylsma announced Monday.

After witnessing the Pittsburgh Penguins' fourth loss in rowA myself at Mellon Arena on Nov.

Penguins defenseman Deryk Engelland fights with Blue Jackets defenseman Doug Lynch during a preseason game, Sept.

The injury bug continues to feast on the defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins as Brooks Orpik joined the ranks of the walking wounded.

The New Jersey Devils ' road winning streak keeps going on and on. Or exactly how an unaccustomed run of losing feels to the beaten-up Pittsburgh Penguins .

Ex-Penguin Mark Recchi knows Sidney Crosby too well to think that his current slump might be a long-term condition.

The hits keep on coming for the Penguins, even for the player whose primary role is to dish them out.

Penguins president David Morehouse may owe his life to head athletic trainer Chris Stewart.

Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik will not return to the game against the Bruins tonight because of an undisclosed injury.