The Latest Breaking News from Evgeni Malkin

WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Penguins picked up another two points on the road. Perhaps more important was the identity of the player who earned them.

TORONTO — Through nine games this season, Brock McGinn had very little to show for his efforts. Just one goal and plenty of frustration.

The Penguins are mired in a seven-game losing streak.

Even on nights when a lot of bad things happen to them, the Bruins continue to make you believe something special is brewing with this team.

CALGARY, Alberta – The big boys of Alberta were quite rude to the Penguins.

MONTREAL – The Penguins coughed up a two-goal lead in the third period and lost to the Montreal Canadiens, 3-2, when Kirby Dach scored in overtime.

Perhaps it's the start of something bigger, a season-long tour de force where the Penguins prove to the rest of the NHL that rumors of their demise were premature, that the old guys can keep up and the younger core can play a little, too.

PITTSBURGH — No, that was not another preseason game for the Penguins. It just felt like it.

When Mike Sullivan was hired to coach the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the summer of 2015, he remembers meeting a wide-eyed, speedy winger only a couple years removed from his college career at Notre Dame named Bryan Rust.

PITTSBURGH — When the dust finally settled on the Penguins' 2021-22 season, after a frustrating batch of injuries contributed to another first-round loss and questions persisted about whether the core of the team would remain intact, assistant coach Todd Reirden popped open the hood of Pittsburgh's power play to take…

The predominant theme for the Penguins this offseason was continuity. Sticking with the core despite Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang now closer to 40 than 30. Returning capable wings such as Bryan Rust and Rickard Rakell. Bringing back Casey DeSmith instead of shopping for a snazzier complement to…