As it stands, the Penguins are in fourth-to-last place in the Eastern Conference and carry a goal differential of minus-36. It's a Penguins season that is on pace to be the worst since Sidney Crosby's rookie year in 2005-06.

The Senators went into Friday night’s action sitting three points behind the Columbus Blue Jackets for the final wildcard spot in the National Hockey League’s Eastern Conference. It just so ...

Everyone is in place but Sidney ... Crosby broke into the NHL in 2005-06, their careers largely overlapped, featuring 48 regular-season games against one another, as well as the 2013 Eastern ...

Sidney Crosby scores a pair of first-period assists for Penguins in clash with Oilers, climbs the ladder to 9th place on NHL scoring list

After a trio of overtime games, none of which became wins, the Pittsburgh Penguins badly needed a victory. However, facing a team that has beaten, if not embarrassed, them for a few years running was not the most advantageous situation.

With an assist in the first against the Edmonton Oilers, Sidney Crosby registered ... the postseason picture in the Eastern Conference at age 37. Crosby's also made a habit of adding more tallies ...

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 have developed an intense rivalry and at the same time become good friends since both began their NHL careers in 2005-06.

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 Top 100 People of Power & Influence in hockey are featured annually in The Hockey News' Money and Power issue, available at THN.com/free. Crosby's two-year contract extension is great for the Penguins and the NHL as a whole. ‘The Kid’ has grown into a tremendous ambassador for the sport. It's impossible to overlook his continued influence.

Long before Maxx Crosby developed into an NFL superstar with the Las Vegas Raiders, he grew up rooting for the Detroit Lions. Crosby, who was born in 1997 in Michigan, was a diehard fan during some of the franchise's roughest years.

Vegas Golden Knights captain Mark Stone has a team-lead nine points, including four goals and five assists, in his last seven games

The Pittsburgh Penguins are continuing to battle for a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, but likely will be sellers at the deadline.