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PITTSBURGH — The New York Mets' opening-day payroll this season is projected to be $345.1 million, according to Cot's Baseball Contracts. That is $74 million more than the New York Yankees will spend as the next-highest-paying team. The Mets also are expected to pay nearly $100 million in luxury tax,…

ST. LOUIS — Saturday’s contest had all the makings of a playoff game for two teams currently on the outside looking in: a rowdy crowd, chippy play on the ice and a low-scoring affair that required extra time.

PITTSBURGH – There’s no sugarcoating how injury-depleted the Islanders are as they played the first of what will be many games without top-line playmaker Mathew Barzal.

Prior to puck-drop a week ago in Anaheim, Pierre-Olivier Joseph's phone buzzed. The 23-year-old Penguins defenseman could have guessed what the message said.

PITTSBURGH — Savvy fans put on a lucky jersey and a happy face, but they knew what they were likely in for when they walked down Centre Ave. late Saturday afternoon.

ELMONT, N.Y. — The Penguins on Friday got an opportunity to leave the pesky New York Islanders in their dust in the Eastern Conference wild-card race.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Sharks played some of their best hockey of the season on a recently completed road trip but were unable to sustain that momentum in their first game at home in close to a month.

Pittsburgh Penguins suffered a brutal 6-0 defeat to the Los Angeles Kings, but lost their main man Sidney Crosby late on as he was handed a career-first game misconduct

The 18-year veteran had never been tossed from an NHL game.