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.

Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Erik Karlsson had a rough night and more than a few decisions that would make one kindly question his thought process.

These days, Sidney Crosby doesn’t even try to fight it. No matter what he does, it’s going to happen and happen fast. When Crosby gets on the team plane to travel to away games, a countdown begins. “I’m like,

The Penguins looked lethargic and disinterested most of the night in a 2-1 loss to the lowly Sharks in San Jose.

Crosby tied the game 1-1 just 24 seconds into the third period. Bryan Rust drove to the net and had his pass broken up by Cody Ceci, but the puck bounced right to Crosby, who scored five-hole from a sharp angle.

SAN JOSE -- Macklin Celebrini scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period, and the San Jose Sharks ended a six-game losing streak with a 2-1 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins at SAP Center on Monday.

Sidney Crosby scored an emotional overtime winner with a backhand shot that amazingly sliced between the almost nonexistent space between Utah HC goalie Connor Ingram’s pad and glove.

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

His absence was offset a bit by the return of Bryan Rust, who returned to the ... but Penguins forward Drew O’Connor was unable to convert a penalty shot during a Sharks power-play opportunity.

Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Erik Karlsson had a rough night and more than a few decisions that would make one kindly question his thought process. And then Karlsson finished his own rush by wiring a wrist shot over Utah Hockey Club goalie Connor Ingram to tie the game 2-2 in the third

Perhaps it was the sleepy, San Jose crowd at a half-empty SAP Center. Or, it could have been the reality that Evgeni Malkin will be out week-to-week more seriously settling in with the team. Whatever the reason,

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: