By the third period, an apparent injury to Sidney Crosby had him sitting on the bench, as the Coyotes beat the Penguins 4-1 on Thursday night, as reported by the Associated Press.

The Penguins signed defenseman Alex Grant to a three year entry-level deal on Monday, according to Yahoo.

Sidney Crosby had his 100th career NHL goal and his 200th assist to surpass the 300-point plateau in leading the Penguins to a 4-1 win over the Maple Leafs on Saturday night, according to an Associated Press report.

After attending the team’s training camp on a tryout basis, Joey Haddad on Friday was signed to a three-year contract by the Penguins, as reported by Yahoo.

Phoenix Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney announced today that the Coyotes have traded center Mike Zigomanis to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for future considerations.

The Ottawa Senators defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins, 3-1, on Sunday to earn a split of the two-game series the clubs played in Stockholm.

Tyler Kennedy scored his second goal with 25 seconds left in overtime to lift the Penguins past the Senators, 4-3 in the first NHL regular-season opener in Sweden on Saturday night, reports the Associated Press.

The Tampa Bay Lightning have acquired the rights to defenseman Michal Sersen from the Pittsburgh Penguins today in exchange for a fifth-round selection in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, executive vice president of hockey operations Brian Lawton announced.