The Pittsburgh Penguins this week headed out for the West Coast portion of their season-long road trip with, at least at first, mixed results. A win that could serve as a template for how to play. Then a loss that left the Penguins perhaps wanting to throw away the game tape.

Penguins brass is pleased with how the crop of forwards is developing in Wilkes-Barre. If the Penguins stay within range of a playoff spot, don’t be surprised to see at least one, and possibly more, of these players promoted to Pittsburgh. The Big Three would surely welcome it.

The Pittsburgh Penguins might hold their breath a little while longer regarding the status of winger Bryan Rust. Rust left the Penguins’ 5-1 loss to the Anaheim Ducks later in the second period after defenseman Radko Gudas delivered a heavy check along the boards.

The Pittsburgh Penguins entered the Christmas break as one of the hottest teams in the NHL. Riding a 9-3-1 stretch, the Penguins were briefly holding down a spo

Even if the Penguins go on an outrageous hot streak, I still fully anticipate Dubas to sell at the deadline. He knows what he has to do. He’s not in this to grab the second wild card and lose in the first round. Dubas’ vision is much more grand than that. The problem is that fans might need to find some patience.

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.

Many of the Penguins think the spark Nedeljkovic provides on and off the ice might be just what they need to make a postseason push.

Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic unofficially made 25 saves on 26 shots in a 5-1 win against the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Monday. The result boosted Nedel

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

All signs point to Kyle Dubas and the Pittsburgh Penguins being sellers leading up to this year's NHL trade deadline.

It was only fitting that, a game removed from pouring it on against the NHL’s stingiest defensive team, the Pittsburgh Penguins couldn’t keep the league’s least prolific offense in check.

The untouchables remain the same and would not be placed on the block by the Penguins to get a deal going with the Sabres. Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Bryan Rust, Philip Tomasino and promising defenseman Owen Pickering are not for sale and the Pens have other trade chips to offer to Buffalo in order to land younger players: