The Latest Breaking News from Marcus Pettersson

PITTSBURGH — There were no signs of rust, no softies let in or questionable plays with the puck behind the net.

PITTSBURGH — Coach Mike Sullivan’s willingness to switch up his lines in light of an unwelcome absence was rewarded against the Penguins’ hapless intrastate rivals to the east.

PITTSBURGH — If the PPG Paints Arena crowd’s timid reactions to the Penguins’ pregame introductions were any indication of how the team’s Friday-night game against Winnipeg was expected to go, there was correctly little reason to hope for a winning effort.

LAS VEGAS – If the Pittsburgh Penguins’ weren’t paralyzed by the Las Vegas Golden Knights’ colorful and raucous pregame theatrics, they sure seemed like it in the first period.

PHILADELPHIA – Death, taxes and Penguins captain Sidney Crosby making the Stanley-Cup starved fans in this miserable city sob in their cheesesteaks.

MONTREAL — The Penguins earned five of six points on a road trip where they needed to bounce back, but good luck singing the virtues of that. With the lead at several points during the third period Saturday, the Penguins surely wanted point No. 6 to complete a perfect trip.

PITTSBURGH — The postseason matchup that felt inevitable for weeks will come to fruition after all.

PITTSBURGH — Sunday at PPG Paints Arena, Sidney Crosby hopped off the bench – and right onto the score sheet.

All was not lost for the Penguins, who were defeated by the Colorado Avalanche Tuesday night for the second time in four days.