The Pittsburgh Penguins locker room was a mixture of sullen and encouraged. From coach Mike Sullivan to Sidney Crosby and Rickard Rakell, the internal reaction to their 4-1 loss to the Washington Capitals was an expansive mixture of emotions.

Crosby helped the Penguins get on the board Saturday, when he found Bryan Rust on a 2-on-1 breakaway midway through the third period. The Penguins have lost four of their last five games, and over that span, Crosby has recorded two assists, 14 shots on goal and a minus-8 rating.

Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby dropped a very sincere confession about Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid's three-game suspension issued by the NHL's Department of Player Safety.

The Penguins and Capitals renewed arguably the highest-profile rivalry of the salary-cap era on Saturday night.

It's clear who Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is supporting ahead of Saturday night's clash between the Commanders and lions!

It was his 27th career overtime goal, extending his record. Sidney Crosby is second with 22. Washington Capitals' Andrew Mangiapane (88) falls with the puck in front of Ottawa Senators goaltender Leevi Merilainen (1) as Nikolas Matinpalo (33) defends ...

Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby offered his perspective on Connor McDavid’s three-game suspension for cross-checking Conor Garland during Saturday’s Edmonton-Vancouver clash. Speaking to The Athletic on Monday, Crosby acknowledged McDavid’s actions but framed them within the physical nature of hockey.

A third-period goal from Pittsburgh’s Bryan Rust snaps goalie Logan Thompson’s scoreless streak at just shy of 120 minutes.

Pittsburgh's game at Washington on Saturday night will be the 71st regular-season meeting of the team's superstar captains, the Penguins' Sidney Crosby and the Capitals' Alex Ovechkin. The pair ...

Vince Dunn scored the go-ahead goal with a two-man advantage late in the second period as the Seattle Kraken defeated the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Saturday, spoiling a historic afternoon for Sidney Crosby.

Alex Ovechkin scores his 875th career goal, now 20 shy of surpassing Wayne Gretzky's record pic.twitter.com/VDDNEGI3lP Ovechkin scored career goal no. 875 on Thursday night against the Seattle Kraken in a 3–0 victory for his team.

It was almost 16 years ago that Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby and the Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin both registered hat tricks in the same game, during their dramatic playoff series before the Penguins went on to win that best-of-7 and their third Stanley Cup Championship.