The three Cup rings — from Penguins championships in 2009, 2016 and 2017 — were initially believed to have been missing.

The Pittsburgh Penguins have placed forward Evgeni Malkin on injured reserve and recalled forward Jesse Puljujarvi from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. Those transactions have not yet been announced by the team but they were reflected on the NHL media Web site Monday afternoon.

Pittsburgh Penguins star Evgeni Malkin says his struggling team needs to start playing harder if it wants to return to the playoffs.

Evgeni Malkin and the Pittsburgh Penguins got off to a poor start this season, prompting rumors of a potential firesale to kickstart a rebuild.

The Penguins forward left Saturday's game against the Kraken with a lower-body injury after colliding with Chandler Stephenson.

Vince Dunn scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period, and Eeli Tolvanen and Matty Beniers both scored in the third as the Seattle Kraken beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Saturday.

Pittsburgh Penguins star Evgeni Malkin's home was burglarized on the same day the Penguins hosted the Ottawa Senators.

Losing one of their top offensive play drivers, even if he's been struggling of late (10 points in 20 games), is a blow the Penguins can't afford. Their goal-scoring has fallen off a cliff in January,

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Malkin, now in his 19th NHL season, has recorded nine goals and 25 assists in 47 games this year. Career-wise, the Russian has won three Stanley Cup titles with the Penguins and an Art Ross Trophy, recently hitting the 500-goal plateau (something only 48 players have done) in Pittsburgh.

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