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When he took home All-Star Game MVP honors this past Saturday Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby managed to win one of the few awards in professional hockey that he had yet to claim in his ongoing Hall of Fame career. It is definitely not the most important or relevant award he has won, and it will ultimately just be a footnote on his career when he hangs up his skates for good, but it's still something to add to the collection that already includes three Stanley Cups, two Conn Smythe Trophies, two MVP awards, two Rocket Richard awards, two scoring titles, and a couple of Olympic gold medals. Continue to Article

January 30, 2019 9:45:am EST

Heading into their meeting Wednesday, the Tampa Bay Lightning and Pittsburgh Penguins have contrasting demeanors. Tampa Bay (37-10-2), comfortably in first place in the Eastern Conference, has been off since Jan. 19 because of a bye week and the All-Star break and has been able to take a couple days to practice, shake some rust and gear up for the stretch run. The Penguins (26-17-6) also started their break on Jan. 19 but got back to playing Monday and were less than thrilled with their performance in a 6-3 loss to New Jersey. Continue to Article

January 29, 2019 5:01:pm EST

Whenever the Pittsburgh Penguins have had some sort of defensive breakdown, or danger zone turnover, or simply a “what the heck was that!?” kind of play with the puck this season coach Mike Sullivan has usually followed it up after the game by talking about the delicate balancing act he has to walk with his roster. When you have Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Phil Kessel, and Kris Letang on your roster you have an advantage over almost every other team in the league every single night. Given the way the season has gone, with the Penguins going through equal stretches of dominance and sloppiness, he has had to hit these talking points a lot. Continue to Article

January 29, 2019 1:46:pm EST

For Steven Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning, just about everything has gone right so far this season. But as they get ready to return from the All-Star break as the NHL's top team, the Lightning knows there is little they can do before April to make this a successful campaign. Tampa Bay leads the league with 76 points so far this season, opening up a 13-point edge over the next best team in the Eastern Conference. Continue to Article

January 27, 2019 1:37:pm EST

Barry Trotz's message to Mathew Barzal before he left for the 2019 NHL All-Star Game was simple. “Take note of the top, top players, the absolute top players, how they interact with not only the fans, but other players and how prepared they are,” the New York Islanders head coach said earlier this week. Set up with Crosby and Penguins defenseman Kris Letang, the trio helped guide the Metropolitan Division to the All-Star title, first topping the Atlantic Division 7-4 before winning the $1M prize after a 10-5 victory over the Central Division in the final. Continue to Article

January 27, 2019 7:00:am EST

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