Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby - fresh off Team Canada's victory at 4 Nations - scored his 18th of the season on a pretty backhand 6:36 into the second that briefly tied the game before Washington t

Before starting a radio or television broadcast, the late Mike Lange famously told his audience, “It’s a hockey night in Pittsburgh.” It was his first famous catchphrase in a Hockey Hall of Fame career full of unforgettable ones.

The Canadian great and Pittsburgh star had three assists to help to beat Sweden 4-3 on Wednesday night in a thrilling opener of the 4 Nations Face-Off.

The Pittsburgh Penguins face the Washington Capitals Saturday at PPG Paints Arena in just another in a long line of nationally televised games between the lions of the Metro Division. The Penguins got some good news,

Team Canada coach Jon Cooper is the longest tenured coach in the NHL and has faced Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby many times, including the 2016 Eastern Conference Final, which Crosby won.

The 4 Nations Face-Off is over, and the hockey world will turn its attention next to the Stanley Cup Playoff races and Alex Ovechkin ’s chase of Wayne Gretzky =’s NHL record of 894 goals. Ovechkin will resume play when the Washington Capitals visit the Pittsburgh Penguins and Sidney Crosby (a game-time decision after returning from playing for Canada at 4 Nations) at PPG Paints Arena on Saturday (3 p.

Evgeni Malkin did not necessarily have the most direct relationship with Mike Lange, at least not like other franchise pillars such as Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr or Sidney Crosby. But he is certainly aware of Lange’s seismic importance to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

I went to my first Pittsburgh Penguins game when I was 7. My late mother and I had season tickets for the best part of a decade beginning in 1971. It was all I wanted to watch. It’s the team I supported as a boy.

The NHL is trying something new this year in place of their annual All-Star Game, opting for what they're calling the 4 Nations Face-Off. The round-robin tournament—being played between four teams of NHLers from Canada,

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby is scheduled to play in Saturday’s home game against the Washington Capitals at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Mike Sullivan provided Crosby’s status approximately two hours before the opening faceoff.

Watch the current edition of the Pittsburgh Penguins often enough, and a certain sense of deja vu sets in. Oh, not because almost anything that transpires during games — aside from the relentless excellence of Sidney Crosby,