Jay McKee News

General manager Ray Shero expressed a considerable degree of satisfaction Saturday night that the Penguins went 5-3 over a stretch when at least two AHL defensemen were in the lineup, and they split two games over that span when three had to play.

Streak: Lost 1 Season series: Penguins lead, 1-0. The Penguins started the season by beating the Rangers , 3-2, on the evening the 2009 Stanley Cup banner was raised at Mellon Arena.

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

Despite being hit hard by injuries, the Pittsburgh Penguins are atop the Atlantic Division and challenging for the league's best record.

It wasn't long ago that the Pittsburgh Penguins were raising the Stanley Cup to Queen's "We Are the Champions," but with their injury report beginning to rival that of their actual depth chart, it seems their theme song should be "Another One Bites the Dust." On Wednesday, defenseman Jay McKee became the latest victim.

After practicing with teammates for the first time since Nov. 3, Penguins winger Tyler Kennedy refused Saturday to tip his hand on a return date.

The 800-game mark will only come along once in Chris Phillips' career. Scoring two goals in the same game has arrived with only slightly more frequency for the Ottawa Senators defenceman.

Penguins defenseman Jay McKee is dealing with an infected finger. Penguins coach Dan Bylsma could not help but notice Max Talbot when the fireball of a forward reported to the Mellon Arena locker-room complex yesterday.

Hard to believe that just a few days ago the Pittsburgh Penguins were dealing with a goal shortage.

Two or three weeks were all that Penguins defenseman Kris Letang said he hoped to miss, according to his agent, Kent Hughes.

Malkin, the reigning NHL scoring champion, had three assists in his return to the lineup after he missed seven games because of a shoulder injury.

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 .

It was a red-letter day, a red-jersey day and a day Evgeni Malkin was more than ready for.

Matt Cooke is not a pleasant guy to be around. Not during his working hours, anyway.

Here in the Silicon Valley, where high-tech is the hometown staple, the San Jose Sharks have gone old school.

The Penguins fell to the San Jose Sharks, 5-0, tonight at HP Pavilion and in the process lost another player to injury.

The accoutrement that Pascal Dupuis will strap on tonight when the Penguins play the Los Angeles Kings at Staples Center will be standard hockey issue -- jersey, pads, thick pants, skates, gloves, helmet.

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Defending Stanley Cup champions, who have a league-high 11 victories, continue working at getting even better.

Jordan Staal has three goals and two assists this season while appearing in -- naturally -- every game.