Impact Currie has been a strong AHL contributor this season, ringing up seven points over nine games.
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Shuffles back to minors Currie was assigned to AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Sunday.
Heads back to minors Bellerive was assigned to AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Sunday.
Impact Bellerive didn't make his NHL debut during his short stint with the big club. The 21-year-old will continue his development in the AHL, where he has accrued nine points and 30 PIM through 12 games this year.
MARCH 28, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 6, Islanders 3 Observations from the Penguins 6-3 win against the Islanders: Hockey doesn’t always make sense. Take the Penguins’ power play for instance....
MARCH 28, 2021 • TRIBLIVE.COM
Crosby and Pittsburgh take on New York
Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins face off against the New York IslandersMARCH 28, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Collects pair of points Letang had two assists and three shots Saturday in a 6-3 win over the Islanders. He also had a plus-3 rating and a pair of assists.
Impact Letang has picked up five points (one goal, four assists) over his last three outings, including helpers Saturday on goals by Sidney Crosby (PP) and Bryan Rust. The 30-year-old Letang is up to six goals and 21 assists in 34 games, leaving him on the verge of a seventh straight campaign of 30-plus points.
MARCH 28, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
Consecutive multi-point games McCann registered two assists in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Penguins.
Impact McCann, who centered Pittsburgh's makeshift second line between Zach Aston-Reese and Evan Rodrigues, set up tallies by Rodrigues and Bryan Rust (PP) to support the Penguins' onslaught. It was the second straight multi-point effort by McCann, who scored a pair of goals Thursday against Buffalo. The 24-year-old has 15 points and a plus-12 rating in 22 games this season.
MARCH 28, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
Hands out two helpers Guentzel had a pair of assists in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Islanders.
Impact Guentzel set up second-period goals by Sidney Crosby (PP) and Bryan Rust to help extend Pittsburgh's lead to 5-0. The effort pushed Guentzel's point streak to six games (three goals, five assists), and he's now reached the scoresheet in 10 of his last 11. For the season, the 26-year-old has 14 goals and 20 assists in 35 contests.
MARCH 28, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
Posts back-to-back wins Jarry stopped 29 of 32 shots Saturday in a 6-3 win over the Islanders.
Impact Jarry and the Penguins were on cruise control after 40 minutes, and while goals by Anthony Beauvillier and Jordan Eberle made things interesting in the third period, Bryan Rust answered with an empty netter to give Jarry his second straight win. The 25-year-old Jarry has won seven of his 10 starts in the month of March and now boasts a 2.83 GAA and .909 save percentage for the season.
MARCH 28, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
Rust’s hat trick leads Penguins past Islanders 6-3 Bryan Rust got his fourth career hat trick, Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist and the short-handed Pittsburgh Penguins blitzed the New...
MARCH 28, 2021 • WASHINGTONTIMES.COM
Erupts for hat trick Rust scored three goals on five shots and had two PIM in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Islanders.
Impact Rust scored his first of three 6:18 into the second period while on a man advantage, burying a wrister from the slot to make it 4-0. He added his second tally 2:03 later on a rebound in front, then completed his fourth career hat trick with an empty-netter in the final minute of the third. Rust extended his point streak to six games (five goals, three assists) and now has 28 points in 35 contests overall.
MARCH 28, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
Chips in with another goal Rodrigues scored a goal on two shots Saturday in a 6-3 win over the Islanders.
Impact Rodrigues lit the lamp for the second time in the last three games, burying a wrister from the top of the left circle to give the Penguins a 2-0 lead midway through the first period. The 27-year-old has four goals and three assists in 19 games in his first full season in Pittsburgh.
MARCH 28, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
Nabs first goal of 2020-21 Gaudreau scored a goal on his only shot and had a pair of hits Saturday in a 6-3 win over the Islanders.
Impact Gaudreau picked up his first goal as a Penguin when he opened the scoring 5:48 into the game, going top shelf on Ilya Sorokin to finish off a 2-on-1. The goal gave the 27-year-old Gaudreau, who spent his first three NHL seasons with Nashville, a three-game point streak.
MARCH 28, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
On offensive tear Crosby registered a goal and an assist, both on the power play, in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Islanders. He also won 15 of 24 faceoffs (62.5 percent).
Impact Crosby gave the Penguins a 3-0 lead early in the second period, banking a shot off of New York defenseman Scott Mayfield in the blue paint. Then he set up a Bryan Rust tally just under two minutes later, the first of three goals by Rust. Crosby has racked up eight points (two goals, six assists) over his last eight games and will draw another clash with the Islanders on Monday.
MARCH 28, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
Penguins blow out the NHL's stingiest team -- before the game was half over The 2,800 fans who walked into PPG Paints Arena on Saturday night expected a playoff-type atmosphere between the Penguins and New York Islan...
MARCH 28, 2021 • POST-GAZETTE.COM
Rust seals victory over Isles with late hat trick
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NHL Game Highlights | Islanders vs. Penguins – Mar. 27, 2021
MARCH 28, 2021 • YOUTUBE
Rust's hat trick leads Penguins past Islanders 6-3
Bryan Rust got his fourth career hat trick as the Pittsburgh Penguins cooled off the New York Islanders 6-3MARCH 28, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mat Barzal Scores A Beauty On A Breakaway
MARCH 28, 2021 • YOUTUBE
Penguins' Bryan Rust Finishes Pretty Passing Play
MARCH 28, 2021 • YOUTUBE
Brandon Tanev, Mark Jankowski placed on NHL's COVID protocol list The Penguins depleted forward corps will be forced to weather even more adversity, this time due to the ongoing pandemic. Forwards Brandon T...
MARCH 28, 2021 • POST-GAZETTE.COM
Joins active roster again Zohorna was promoted to the active roster Saturday, per CapFriendly.
Impact Zohorna played on the fourth line in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Islanders. The 24-year-old has one goal and four hits in two appearances this season.
MARCH 27, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
Promoted to active roster Angello was promoted to the active roster Saturday, per CapFriendly.
Impact Angello has played in the last 12 games for the Penguins. The 25-year-old forward has two points, 47 hits and 15 shots on net through 16 contests.
MARCH 27, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
Scores first goal of season Gaudreau scored a goal and added two PIM in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Islanders.
Impact Gaudreau was promoted from the taxi squad to play in the contest. He's picked up a goal and two helpers through six appearances, mainly in a bottom-six role.
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Surfaces on protocol list Tanev (upper body) was added to the NHL's COVID-19 protocol list Saturday, Mike DeFabo of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
Impact Tanev has already missed five games with an upper-body injury, but he'll have to clear the league's virus protocol as well before he can return. There's no clear timeline as to when he will rejoin the Penguins.
MARCH 27, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
In protocol, out Saturday Jankowski won't play in Saturday's game versus the Islanders after being placed in the NHL's COVID-19 protocol, Seth Rorabaugh of TribLive.com reports.
Impact It's uncertain whether Jankowski tested positive for the virus or simply was a close contact to an infected person. Nevertheless, he'll sit out Saturday, and Drew O'Connor will take his place in the lineup.
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