Ryan Johansen Is First Player Taken In NHL All-Star Draft
Captain Nick Foligno, showing allegiance to a teammate, has selected Columbus Blue Jackets center Ryan Johansen with the first pick in the NHL All-Star draft.
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Captain Nick Foligno, showing allegiance to a teammate, has selected Columbus Blue Jackets center Ryan Johansen with the first pick in the NHL All-Star draft.
The Columbus Blue Jackets again showed the resilience they often displayed last year during the best season in franchise history.
Kasperi Kapanen and Andrew Ebbett scored in the first period to help the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Saturday in an exhibition game.
After scoring 3 goals and registering two assists in the six-game series against the Columbus Blue Jackets, Penguins forward Jussi Jokinen joined Joe Starkey of Starkey and Mueller to talk about how the team is gearing up for their second round matchup with the New York Rangers.
The Pens advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs on Monday night, but their second round opponent is still unknown as it will come down to either the Rangers or Flyers.
With the potential to close out their series with the Columbus Blue Jackets Monday night, Evgeni Malkin decided to take matters into his own hands, essentially carry the team to a 4-3 game 6 victory by recording a hat trick.
Jay Caufield says if the Pens stars do what they are supposed to do, he likes them in any series.
The playoffs are never easy and the Pittsburgh Penguins proved that fact last night in Game 6. A 4-0 lead should be an automatic win, but nobody told that to the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Fans were forced to bite their nails Monday night as the Pittsburgh Penguins held on for a 4-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets to win the series 4-2.
The Pittsburgh Penguins dug deep and put their best foot forward in these playoffs Saturday night at CONSOL Energy Center. The effort led to a 3-1 win in the game and a 3-2 edge in the series.
Jussi Jokinen scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and the Pittsburgh Penguins topped the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-1 on Saturday night to take a 3-2 lead in their Eastern Conference playoff series.
As the Pens find themselves tied in their opening round playoff series with the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-2, many are trying to identify what exactly it is that holds this team back in the postseason.
Seth Rorabaugh, of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette's Empty Netters Blog, joined The Fan's John Phillips to react to the Penguins' performance in Game 4 and to look ahead to Game 5.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have found themselves in a series of twists and turns with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Penguins Captain Sidney Crosby led the league in points in the regular season, but all the focus right now is on the playoffs and his 9-game drought without scoring a goal in the postseason.
Playoff hockey is rarely dull and the first four games against the Columbus Blue Jackets are keeping fans on the edge of their seats.
He's allegedly the Columbus Blue Jackets' biggest fan, and he made his return to Nationwide Arena in time for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Blue Jacket's game four matchup.
This is the kind of series that drive stats people crazy. There's no way to explain this anomaly. It's just simply bizarre.
Brandon Dubinsky scored with 22.5 seconds left in regulation to force overtime and Nick Foligno's wrist shot just inside the blue line 2:49 into the extra session gave the Columbus Blue Jackets a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night.
The Eastern Conference quarterfinal matchup between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Columbus Blue Jackets took another strange, yet familiar twist Monday night.
The Pittsburgh Penguins also have another P-word going for them: patience.
With the series tied 1-1 and shifting to Columbus for the next two games, the Penguins' big guns need to start contributing - immediately.
Matt Calvert's first career playoff goal gave the Columbus Blue Jackets a badly needed boost. His second ended 4,493 days of futility for a franchise that is quickly morphing from laughingstock to something considerably more potent.
Bob Pompeani talked about the Penguins-Blue Jackets series with former Penguins defenseman Peter Taglianetti.
The Pens showed some good signs and some bad signs in Game 1 against the Columbus Blue Jackets, but the real key is that they came out of the game with a 1-0 series lead.
