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Evgeni Malkin ended his four-game goal-less streak with a power-play goal at 1:16 of the third period, giving the Penguins a 1-0 lead in Game 3 against Montreal with a one-timer from the right point.

The Penguins missed a couple of prime scoring chances — and an opportunity to break a scoreless tie — in the final minutes of the second period of Game 3 of their Eastern Conference semifinal at Bell Center.

When he beat Montreal defenseman Ryan O’Byrne to a puck on the right-wing boards, Matt Cooke found himself on a breakaway against Canadiens goalie Jaroslav Halak.

The Penguins were outshot, 7-5, in the first frame, as the Canadiens had several scoring chances in the final three minutes.

Sidney Crosby doesn’t regret revealing that the Montreal Canadiens were his favorite club in childhood.

Penguins winger Bill Guerin, who didn’t practice this morning, is out with an undisclosed injury for tonight’s Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Montreal Canadiens.

There were scoffs and rolled eyes when Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said Selke Trophy finalist and third-line center Jordan Staal was “day-to-day” Saturday after surgery to repair a severed tendon in his right foot. So, it was to the surprise of almost everyone watching the Penguins practice inside Montreal’s Bell Center when Staal took the [...]

The Penguins return to Canada with a 1-1 split in their best-of-seven series in the Eastern Conference semifinal, a similar scenario from their first-round rumble with the Ottawa Senators. This time, the Pens are in the hockey capital at Montreal’s Bell Center. We’re left wondering if this is going to be another case of Capital [...]

A turnover in the neutral zone led to a Montreal goal by Michael Cammalleri, who tallied for an NHL-best eighth time in the playoffs to give the Canadiens a 3-1 lead with 2:54 remaining in Game 2 at Mellon Arena. Sidney Crosby tried to pass from center ice to Evgeni Malkin on the boards and [...]

Jaroslav Halak owes a debt of gratitude to this guy. Nearing the end of the Penguins’ second power play of the third period, winger Chris Kunitz fired a slap shot from the top of the right circle that sounded like it hit the crossbar. Actually, it ricocheted off the Montreal goaltender’s mask. The Canadiens escaped [...]