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Sidney Crosby goes airborne as Minnesota's Greg Zanon ducks under him in the game last night at Mellon Arena -- a rare Penguins loss despite the fact that they gave up just 13 shots to the Wild.

Fans at Mellon Arena once turned the phrase "shoot the puck" into a nightly battle cry.

Also on the active roster : LW Eric Godard, G Marc-Andre Fleury. Jackets chat Aaron Portzline, noon Wednesday, dispatch.com/cbjchat Live Scoreboard Puck-rakers Blog Dispatch Blue Jackets beat reporters Aaron Portzline and Tom Reed keep you up to date with news and notes from on the ice and off.

Sidney Crosby delivered a hat trick Wednesday, leading the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 6-1 whipping of Montreal in a meeting of two of the NHL's hottest teams.

Superstitious Sindey Crosby didn't want to jinx his shot at a hat trick after his first two goals.

In case any of the Penguins were in a bad mood following their 4-1 loss to New Jersey on Saturday night, those feelings disappeared within 24 hours.

Paul Mara #22 of the Montreal Canadiens and teammate center Scott Gomez #91 of the Montreal Canadiens and right wing Brian Gionta #21 of the Montreal Canadiens celebrate the first goal during the NHL game against the Atlanta Thrashers on October 20, 2009 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Since his rookie season, Roberto Luongo has been the league's most consistent goalie and proved he can compete at an elite level with the likes of other Team Canada potentials Martin Brodeur, Cam Ward and Marc-Andre Fleury.

Playing in the stead of Marc-Andre Fleury, Brent Johnson stopped 27 shots in last night's win against the Florida Panthers.

Devils Vs. Penguins Preview Share + Oct 24, 2009 1:37 pm US/Eastern Devils Vs. Penguins Preview Pittsburgh Penguins Blog By: Casey Shea The Pittsburgh Penguins climbed on the broad shoulders of Sidney Crosby Friday night en route to a 3-2 comeback win over the Florida Panthers in a shootout.

Nicklas Bergfors, Travis Zajac and Zach Parise each had a goal and an assist and the New Jersey Devils snapped the Pittsburgh Penguins' winning streak at seven with a 4-1 victory Saturday night.

Pittsburgh's next opponent knows first-hand just how good he can be. Crosby and the Penguins look to be the league's first team to 10 wins Saturday night as they try to hand the New Jersey Devils their first road loss of the season.

Former Penguins winger and Upper St. Clair native Ryan Malone has had to convince people that it was not torture to watch his old team win the Stanley Cup.

Former Penguins defenseman Darryl Sydor joined the Blues this past offseason. For much of the summer, Darryl Sydor was unsigned.

Penguins defenseman Sergei Gonchar will be out four to six weeks with a broken left wrist, his third significant injury in slightly more than a year.

There's been no post-Stanley Cup slump yet for the champion Pittsburgh Penguins.

I'm not alone in hoping the Penguins one day become a Blue Man Group, but those of us who favor their original colors to Pittsburgh black and gold are seemingly a minority smaller than the number of men to have coached the Steelers since 1969.

One is young, one is a veteran. One has significant offensive potential, one has never scored more than five goals in a season.

Sergei Gonchar had a goal and an assist and the Pittsburgh Penguins improved to 7-1 on the season with a 4-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night.

Who would have thought that the Penguins might be a little disappointed to have to return to Pittsburgh? Then again, the recent success the Lightning have had in the Steel City might have something to do with that.

The Pittsburgh Penguins ended the Canes' playoff run last season and did it in convincing fashion, with a four-game sweep that ended at the RBC Center.

Pittsburgh Penguins' Chris Kunitz reacts after making the game-winning goal against the Carolina Hurricanes during an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Oct.

The Old Guard remains a majority party among influential NHL goalies, but the two puck stoppers set to square off tonight at RBC Center represent change fans can believe in.

Meet Pascal Leclaire, role model for Stanley Cup champion Marc-Andre Fleury of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Tyler Kennedy scored a pair of goals and Marc- Andre Fleury made 30 saves, as the Pittsburgh Penguins took a 4-1 win over the Ottawa Senators at Scotiabank Place.

This is not a typical start to an NHL season, because something bigger is happening: Players are auditioning for the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.

Hours before his first goal of the NHL season, veteran Penguins winger made a point to crack jokes with several reporters.

Sidney Crosby scored a pair of power-play goals to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 5-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre.

The Penguins have signed first-round draft pick Simon Depres to a three-year, entry-level contract.

The defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins will try to continue their hot start to the 2009-10 season when they host the Phoenix Coyotes tonight at Mellon Arena.

Goaltender Brent Johnson will make his first start for the Penguins tonight when they play Phoenix at Mellon Arena.

So one game into the season, one loss into the season, and we really don't know very much more about the Rangers than we did before they were defeated 3-2 last night by the Penguins.

After the Penguins began to accumulate elite young talent a few years back -- around the time guys such as Marc-Andre Fleury, Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby started showing up on the organizational depth chart -- it was widely accepted in hockey circles that there was at least one more Stanley Cup in the franchise's future.

Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby watched the Pittsburgh Penguins raise their Stanley Cup banner, then got the defending champions off to a familiar start by scoring their first two goals during a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers last night.

Kevin Gorman can be reached via e-mail or 412-320-7812. When the white curtains draped from the scoreboard dropped dramatically, the Stanley Cup sparkled under a spotlight at center ice in the darkness of a sold-out Mellon Arena, formally welcoming home its world champions.

Dan Bylsma will stand behind the Pittsburgh Penguins' bench in an NHL season opener for the first time Friday night against the New York Rangers, and he knows it will be impossible not to be excited.

NHL 10 A simulation run by EA SPORTSTM NHL 10 predicts that cover boy Patrick Kane will fall just short of claiming the Stanley Cup as the Pittsburgh Penguins repeat as Cup champions.

Opening night of the NHL's 2009-10 season puts the focus back where it belongs -- on games.