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Penguins Doin’ Fine without Jagr

As our Penguins prepare to battle archenemy (and likely first-round playoff opponent) Philadelphia on Sunday, I thought it might be a good time to reflect on the Flyers’ signing of free agent Jaromir Jagr last summer. Kind of a hockey version of Back to the Future, if you will.

Just to refresh your memory, the former Steel City great decided to return to the NHL following a three-year hiatus in the KHL. After expressing through his agent Petr Svoboda that “his heart was in Pittsburgh,” Jagr spoke with Pens owner Mario Lemieux on June 23. Encouraged by the conversation, Mario gave GM Ray Shero the green light to extend the expatriate winger a one-year offer for $2 million.

“We feel he’s a guy who could help us this year and retire as a Penguin,” Shero said.

Much to the surprise of his former team, Jagr opted to test the free-agent waters. On July 1 he signed with Philly for a cool $3.3 million. Predictably, his decision to join the hated Flyers touched off a fresh wave of venom in the city where he once was king.

“Jagr did the Penguins a favor by picking the Flyers,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Ron Cook wrote. “They are better off without him.”

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Crosby, Penguins Carve Up Sabres 5-3

Fresh off a pair of dismal losses to the New York Islanders, the Penguins traveled to Buffalo to take on the Sabres at First Niagara Center on Friday night. Arguably the league’s hottest team, Lindy Ruff’s crew hardly fit the bill of a patsy. Indeed, the hungry young Sabres entered the contest on a five-game winning streak.

Fortunately, the Pens were up to the challenge. Powered by big-time performances from Sidney Crosby, Steve Sullivan, and Evgeni Malkin—not to mention a bounce-back 25-save effort by goalie Brent Johnson—the black and gold more than matched the Sabres’ energy and desperation to capture an electrifying 5-3 win.

“I think tonight we did a better job of playing the right way,” Crosby said.

Bolstered by the return of steady defenseman Matt Niskanen and gritty checker Joe Vitale, the visitors swarmed the Sabres from the opening draw. Three minutes in Drew Stafford was sent to the box for tripping Vitale to hand the Pens an early power play. Moments later Malkin barged into the slot and lashed his own rebound past Ryan Miller.

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Bailey, Okposo Power Islanders Past Penguins 5-3

In the wake of his team’s sloppy 5-3 loss to the Islanders on Tuesday, Penguins coach Dan Bylsma clearly wasn’t a happy camper. He made it plain during Wednesday’s practice session that he expected better defensive play from his troops.

“They realize the situation,” Bylsma said. “Players spoke. Coaches spoke.”

To make sure his charges got the message he broke up the high-powered “Firing Line” for Thursday night’s return engagement with the Islanders. Chris Kunitz joined his old linemates Sidney Crosby and Pascal Dupuis, while Steve Sullivan was grafted onto the top unit with Evgeni Malkin and James Neal. Bylsma completed the facelift by reuniting the Jordan Staal-Matt Cooke-Tyler Kennedy trio.

Unfortunately the Pens’ skipper may have tightened the screws too much. Looking uncharacteristically stiff and mechanical, the black and gold dug themselves a hole through 40 minutes of play en route to a lackluster 5-3 loss.

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Islanders Ice Penguins 5-3

“There are three kinds of lies,” celebrated 19th-Century author Mark Twain was fond of saying. “Lies, damned lies, and statistics.”

Twain’s colloquialism seemed an all-too-fitting way to describe Tuesday night’s contest between the Penguins and Islanders at CONSOL Energy Center. The black and gold outshot the visitors 54-25. They dominated the faceoff circle (40-24). For good measure the Pens out-hit the Isles (23-13), too. And they lost 5-3.

Paced by Frans Nielsen’s two-goal effort and 51 saves from goalies Evgeni Nabokov and Al Montoya, the Islanders exploited an injury-depleted Penguins defense—not to mention some sloppy play by the locals—to snap a 13-game losing streak in the ‘Burgh.

The Islanders jumped on the home team early. Three minutes in Nielsen parlayed a long carom off the end boards into his 16th goal of the season. The Pens responded by pelting Nabokov with 17 shots during the opening frame, to no avail. Seconds before the buzzer speedy Michael Grabner beat Marc-Andre Fleury with a wrister to give his team a two-goal edge.

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Penguins Rebound, Whip Devils 5-2

As they prepared to square off at CONSOL Energy Center for Sunday night’s tilt, both the Pittsburgh Penguins and New Jersey Devils felt they had something to prove. The Penguins were determined to bounce back from a sloppy 8-4 loss to Ottawa on Saturday. For the visiting Devils, it was more personal. They hoped to atone for an embarrassing 5-2 loss suffered at the hands of the Pens eight days ago.

While Peter DeBoer’s crew fell short of their quest, it was mission accomplished for the black and gold. Powered by Marc-Andre Fleury’s 32 saves and two-point efforts from five different players, the Pens defeated the Devils 5-2 to earn their 10th straight win on home ice.

Despite playing their third game in four nights, the Penguins opened the game with plenty of hop. After Fleury stopped Travis Zajac in the first minute, Evgeni Malkin pried the puck loose from Martin Brodeur along the end boards and fed Chris Kunitz. “Kuny” made no mistake, whipping his 23rd goal into a wide-open net.

As the old saying goes, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. With Fleury running interference behind his cage Sidney Crosby chipped the puck past Deryk Engelland to the Devils’ Zach Parise. The hustling winger pounced on the opportunity to knot the score at 1-1.

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Penguins Maul Predators 5-1

When the Nashville Predators rolled into town to take on the Penguins in a big cross-conference tilt on Thursday evening, all eyes were focused on an intriguing matchup between Marc-Andre Fleury and the Preds’ equally gifted Pekka Rinne. However, the battle of the league’s winningest goalies proved to be no contest. Paced by Fleury’s 29 saves and an eight-point night by the “Firing Line,” the Pens bombed the Preds 5-1.

Bolstered by trade-deadline acquisitions Hal Gill and Andrei Kostitsyn—not to mention Evgeni Malkin’s pal Alexander Radulov—Nashville figured to provide a stiff test for the black and gold. Indeed, many experts are touting the refurbished Predators as a legitimate Cup contender. But the white-hot Pens (25-4-2 since January 13) took control early and never let up.

Just past the one-minute mark Malkin barreled into the Preds’ zone and beat Rinne with a knuckling slap shot to the glove hand side. Before the visitors could regroup Pascal Dupuis deflected a Kris Letang rocket past Rinne at 4:06 to stake the blue-clad Pens to a 2-0 lead.

At the far end of rink, Fleury quickly established his superiority over his more heralded counterpart. Six minutes in “Flower” stopped Mike Fisher cold from the doorstep. With three minutes left in the period No. 29 made another sparkling save to deny Gabriel Bourque from close range.

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Big Guns Roar as Penguins Pound Jets 8-4

Two days after swallowing perhaps their most bitter defeat of the season at the hands of archenemy Philadelphia, the Penguins vented their considerable frustration Tuesday night on the poor Winnipeg Jets. The result was a resounding 8-4 victory before another sellout throng at CONSOL Energy Center.

There was no shortage of heroes for the home team. James Neal notched his first black-and-gold hat trick en route to a four-point night. Evgeni Malkin—inspired by the presence of his parents Vladimir and Natalia—piled up two goals and three assists with yet another MVP-worthy performance. Tyler Kennedy snapped a lengthy scoring drought with a pair of goals. Oh, and Sidney Crosby (remember him?) registered four assists while playing the role of setup man extraordinaire.

Eschewing a more defensive approach, Winnipeg once again engaged the high-powered Penguins in a run-and-gun battle. Again the strategy failed miserably.

“You give them space and they eat you up,” Jets coach Claude Noel said. “That’s what they did.”

The bloodletting began early as Kennedy whipped a pretty feed off the end boards from Crosby past Ondrej Pavelec at 2:04. Although Winnipeg rallied to snatch a brief 2-1 lead on goals by Jim Slater and Brian Little it was just a matter of time before the boys from the ‘Burgh got untracked.

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