The Pittsburgh Penguins are in trouble. They lost four of the five games on their crucial homestand despite holding their last two opponents to only two shots each in the first period.

Pittsburgh played its most complete, four-line effort of the season against a stingy defensive team in Los Angeles

The heartbreak and realizations inside the Pittsburgh Penguins dressing room Saturday night were palpable. From coach Mike Sullivan’s subtle shift in tense and tone to captain Sidney Crosby’s trailing voice,

The Penguins played what Head Coach Mike Sullivan called "one of the better games we played all year" in a 5-1 win over Los Angeles on Monday at Crypto.com Arena, which was especially impressive considering the circumstances.

Pittsburgh will be without their top goal-scoring forward when they take on Los Angeles, who will play their first home game since the onset of the wildfires

Where was that Pittsburgh Penguins effort against the Washington Capitals Saturday and on the recent five-game homestand? The Penguins found a deep level of urgency, if not outright desperation, as they scrambled for every loose puck,

Marcus Pettersson landing on injured reserve forced the Pittsburgh Penguins to do some tinkering on the blue line. Pettersson had been Erik Karlsson’s defensive partner since Karlsson debuted with the Penguins last season.

The road is narrowing for the Pittsburgh Penguins. There are three weeks until the 4 Nations' Face-Off and just over six weeks until the NHL's annual trade dead

The Pittsburgh Penguins locker room was a mixture of sullen and encouraged. From coach Mike Sullivan to Sidney Crosby and Rickard Rakell, the internal reaction to their 4-1 loss to the Washington Capitals was an expansive mixture of emotions.

Pittsburgh has now lost eight of its 10 games since the holiday break and has fallen to seventh in the wild card race

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.

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.