Penguins GM Kyle Dubas made a big decision last week by placing goalie Tristan Jarry, with three years remaining on his contract at $5.38M, on waivers.

The Pittsburgh Penguins (20-21-8) were firmly in control until a pair of late second-period penalties. The LA Kings (30-11-5) converted on a two-man advantage to close within 3-1 and seize palpable momentum.

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.

Saturday’s loss in Seattle dropped L.A. to 2-3-0 on what coach Jim Hiller called an “unsuccessful” five-game trek.

As it stands, the Penguins are in fourth-to-last place in the Eastern Conference and carry a goal differential of minus-36. It's a Penguins season that is on pace to be the worst since Sidney Crosby's rookie year in 2005-06.

Sitting in a quiet dressing room on Tuesday night after another blown lead turned into another crippling loss in a season increasingly filled with them, Evgeni Malkin spoke quietly. The Pittsburgh Penguins star has long served as the franchise's emotional core,

LOS ANGELES -- Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist to pass the 50-point mark for the 18th time in his NHL career, and the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Los Angeles Kings 5-1 at Crypto.com Arena on Monday.

The Kings slipped up, 3-2 in overtime, to those same Penguins in Pittsburgh back on Dec. 17, when Sidney Crosby ... includes Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Erik Karlsson, and Kris Letang comes to ...

the Russian's passion serving as the yin to longtime captain Sidney Crosby's more reserved yang. Malkin is well aware his historic partnership with Crosby and Kris Letang is nearing an end.

Pittsburgh's game at Washington on Saturday night will be the 71st regular-season meeting of the team's superstar captains, the Penguins' Sidney ... Kris Letang (illness) a late scratch. Crosby ...

Not just pending free agents, but all big name players in play.

Tonight marked 125th time Sid and Geno both scored in the same game and second time v. Kings (3/20/09 @ Pgh). Pens 109-10-6 in those games, 48-3-5 on the road. That’s 306 goals on which Sid and Letang have combined, per @pens tying them with Orr and Esposito for second-highest total by a F and D pair. Gretzky and Coffey have 350.