The Penguins’ three-man core of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang has played together for 19 seasons, a record for North American sports. It’s a nice story. The unbreakable bond of eternal brotherhood.

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ decision to weld Kris Letang with Marcus Pettersson on a defensive pairing in recent weeks wasn’t necessarily rooted in a sense of familiarity between the two long ...

Rickard Rakell missed his first game of the season ... Ice chips • With Rakell out, Beauvillier skated on Crosby’s line. Kris Letang also filled Rakell’s spot on the top power play unit.

The Pittsburgh Penguins and perhaps Rickard Rakell got some good news since Sunday. Rakell left the team sometime after the loss on Saturday to the Washington Capitals to return to Pittsburgh and tend to a family matter.

Kevin Hayes, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Cody Glass and Anthony Beauvillier scored for the Penguins. Alex Nedeljkovic, fresh off making history by becoming the first goalie in NHL history to score a goal and record an assist in the same game on Friday in Buffalo, stopped 25 of 26 shots to earn the victory.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Rickard Rakell got things going ... but Nedeljkovic thwarted the breakaway. Ice chips — Kris Letang (illness) was a surprise scratch, and his absence forced coach Mike Sullivan ...

The Pittsburgh Penguins players and coaches honored the LA firefighters Monday. The coaches donned the hats on the ice while the players wore the LAFD hats in the locker room Monday after the team’s morning skate.

Over 5.5 goals (-115) Kraken Over 2.5 goals (-165) Jaden Schwartz Over 0.5 points (-150) Rickard Rakell Over 0.5 points (-150) These two teams clashed just over a week ago and the result was a ...