Mark Eaton News

The Pittsburgh Penguins don't suffer many decisive losses these days, but the defending Stanley Cup champions will try to bounce back from a rough outing when they host the Ottawa Senators tonight at Mellon Arena.

Mark Eaton is expected to miss a week due to an undisclosed injury. It looks as if Penguins defenseman Mark Eaton will miss at least a couple more games.

Zach Parise made Marc-Andre Fleury's night even more miserable by pushing this puck past him for a goal in the second period at Mellon Arena.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 31 saves and stopped three more tries in the shootout, and Kris Letang scored the only goal in the tiebreaker in the Pittsburgh Penguins' 2-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.

Three years ago a winger named Petr Sykora signed with the Penguins because he wanted to play on a team with a trio of skilled centers in Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Jordan Staal.

Although top-line winger Bill Guerin did not practice with the Penguins yesterday at Southpointe, he flew with them to Philadelphia afterward and likely will play against the Flyers tonight.

You knew something ridiculous was going to happen at Mellon Arena last night even before the Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers hit the ice for what was supposed to be a hockey game between Atlantic Division rivals.

Sidney Crosby had his fourth career hat trick and added two assists for his second five-point game and the Pittsburgh Penguins won for the fourth time in five games, 8-3 over the New York Rangers on Saturday night.

A recently concluded call-up to the NHL was literally a positive experience for defenseman Ben Lovejoy.

Losing to the weakest teams in the league is apparently becoming a Pittsburgh epidemic.

There was jubilation when the Penguins acquired star right wing Marian Hossa at the 2008 NHL trade deadline and a feeling of regression and anger when he bolted for Detroit a few months later.

's two-game suspension is the talk of the Hockey world, and many of the Penguins expected the NHL to discipline the reigning MVP.

Mike Rupp got his first career hat trick and Sidney Crosby scored twice to lead the Penguins to a 5-2 victory against the New York Rangers tonight at Madison Square Garden.

Here is the list of names unveiled on a plaque at NHL Headquarters in New York honoring the 2009 Stanley Cup champions.

Fleury, who celebrated his 25th birthday with NHL victory No. 126, couldn't hold a candle last night to Crosby, whose second hat trick of the season and five points pulled him within six of San Jose's Joe Thornton, who did not play but began the day as the league leader with 36 points.

Just one day after a dud of an offensive performance for the Penguins, the offense came alive on Saturday night inside the Mellon Arena, as the Pens crushed the New York Rangers 8-3. Sidney Crosby led the charge by scoring a hat trick and adding 2 assists.

Sidney Crosby, left, of the Pittsburgh Penguins celebrates his goal with teammate Bill Guerin in their game against the New York Rangers Saturday at Mellon Arena.

Neither winger Tyler Kennedy nor defenseman Kris Letang will play today at the New York Islanders, coach Dan Bylsma said Thursday after practice.

Mark Eaton gets it. And really, why wouldn't he? It's pretty easy to see why people find it noteworthy, and maybe even amusing, that after sitting out 107 games because of injuries during the past three seasons, he is the only Penguins defenseman to dress for all 24 of their games this season.

Ottawa defeated the Penguins, 6-2, at Scotiabank Place tonight. It was the fourth consecutive loss on the road for the Penguins , who had won their previous seven.