PITTSBURGH — The Penguins are engaged in “advanced talks” to sell the team to Fenway Sports Group, a source told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Tuesday.
Ron Burkle, who purchased the team out of bankruptcy in 1999 along with Mario Lemieux, is expected to sell his controlling stake in the team to FSG.
Meanwhile, Lemieux is expected to remain part of the ownership group in some capacity, likely a minority ownership role. The Hall of Fame center will also continue to be involved on the hockey side.
The club’s senior management is also expected to remain intact. That includes the CEO/president David Morehouse and COO and general counsel Kevin Acklin.
FSG, backed by billionaire Red Sox owner John Henry, is expected to vote Thursday to sign off on the deal, according to reports from the Wall Street Journal and Sportico. The agreement will also need NHL approval.
Terms of the deal, including how much FSG will pay for their stake, have not been revealed.
• A former minor league coach in the Pittsburgh Penguins system who also had a brief NHL playing career has been indicted on multiple sexual assault charges in Rhode Island, the state attorney general’s office announced.
Clark Donatelli, 55, of South Kingstown was indicted by a grand jury in July on four counts of second-degree sexual assault, the attorney general’s office said in a statement.
Donatelli pleaded not guilty at his arraignment last week in Providence County Superior Court and was released on $10,000 personal recognizance. He was also ordered to have no contact with his alleged victim, identified by the attorney general’s office only as a 46-year-old woman.
KINGS: Dion Phaneuf, a former Calgary Flames star defenseman and Toronto Maple Leafs captain, announced his retirement after 14 NHL seasons.
Phaneuf, 36, hadn’t played since appearing in 67 games with the Los Angeles Kings in the 2018-19 season.
TUESDAY’S GAMES
PANTHERS 6, ISLANDERS 1: Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 27 shots and Florida overcame the loss of center Aleksander Barkov to remain unbeaten at home with a rout of New York.
Jonathan Huberdeau and Carter Verhaeghe each scored a goal, Ryan Lomberg recorded his first goal of the season and Patric Hornqvist had a goal and an assist. Aaron Ekblad and Frank Vatrano also scored goals for the Panthers.
Ilya Sorokin allowed four goals on 17 shots in the first period for the Islanders and was replaced before the second by Semyon Varlamov, who finished with 17 saves. Kyle Palmieri scored the goal for the Islanders, who ended a 13-game trip.
RANGERS 3, CANADIENS 2: Chris Kreider had another goal, Kaapo Kakko scored for the second straight game, and New York beat Montreal in New York for its fourth straight win.
Julien Gauthier also scored and Igor Shesterkin made 31 saves to help the Rangers beat the Canadiens for the fourth time in five meetings. New York also won at Montreal on Oct. 16, spoiling the Canadiens’ home opener.
Christian Dvorak and Josh Anderson scored for Montreal, which fell to 1-7-1 on the road. Cayden Primeau had 31 saves in his first start of the season.
MAPLE LEAFS 3, PREDATORS 0: Jack Campbell made 24 saves to register his third shutout of the season as Toronto defeated Nashville in Toronto.
Auston Matthews, David Kampf and Mitch Marner scored for Toronto, which has won nine of its last 10 games. Matthews and Kampf both added assists.
Juuse Saros stopped 31 shots as Nashville lost in regulation for just the second time in its last 11 contests.
It was Campbell’s seventh career shutout and his 100th regular-season NHL game.
SABRES 2, PENGUINS 1: Dustin Tokarski stopped a career-high 45 shots as Buffalo won in Pittsburgh.
His previous high was 44 saves on April 1. He turned aside 19 shots in the third period alone, when outshot the Sabres 20-3. Tokarski has stopped 78 of the last 81 shots he’s faced.
Buffalo saw second-period goals from Kyle Okposo and Colin Miller for its second win in three games.
COYOTES 3, BLUES 2: Barrett Hayton scored twice and Scott Wedgewood made 33 saves as Arizona won in St. Louis.
Kyle Capobianco scored his first goal of the season for Arizona, which snapped a three-game losing streak and won in regulation for only the second time in 16 games this season.
Torey Krug scored in his return from COVID-19 protocol for St. Louis, which lost its fourth straight game. Jordan Kyrou also scored and Ryan O’Reilly added two assists for the Blues, who beat Arizona 7-4 on Oct. 18 in Phoenix. Jordan Binnington made 20 saves for St. Louis.
SHARKS 4, WILD 1: Timo Meier had a goal and an assist to keep up his strong start, and San Jose beat Minnesota in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Mario Ferraro, Erik Karlsson and Tomas Hertl also scored for San Jose. Logan Couture and Rudolfs Balcers had two assists, and James Reimer made 26 saves as the Sharks won for the second time in six games.
Joel Eriksson Ek scored for Minnesota, which lost for the second time in seven games. Cam Talbot stopped 17 shots.
FLYERS 2, FLAMES 1: Cam Atkinson scored 45 seconds into overtime and Carter Hart made 33 saves to lift Philadelphia to a victory over Calgary in Philadelphia.
Kevin Hayes also scored for the Flyers.
Oliver Kylington scored for the Flames, who have lost six of eight. Jacob Markström had 41 saves in Calgary’s fourth game of a seven-game trip.
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