Penguins Update.

A hopeful sign: Sidney Crosby drew six penalties against the Panthers Tuesday night.

Either way, Tuesday night's game against the Florida Panthers at Mellon Arena was going to be an important one.

Win, and the Penguins' would gain their first victory of the year and end a franchise-worst eight-game winless streak to start the season.

Lose, and, well, none of the players wanted to even think about the option heading into the game. Although general manager Craig Patrick said before the game that they weren't considering making player moves and that coach Eddie Olczyk was their guy, there's no telling what could happen when a team hoping to contend for the Stanley Cup starts pushing 10 games with no wins.

The Penguins lost, 4-3, to bring their record to 0-4-5 with five points, still the fewest in the Eastern Conference.

But not before they gained then lost a third-period lead to force the game to overtime, where center Stephen Weiss scored a power-play goal to win with Mario Lemieux in the penalty box.

"I think of all the ones we played, we deserved to win this one," said rookie forward Sidney Crosby, the only player in the locker room to field reporters' questions immediately following the game. "I think we did everything right (Tuesday night). I think we deserved to win. I'm not making excuses; we deserved to win but we didn't come out with it. But I think we can honestly tell ourselves we put an honest effort out."


Starkey: Time to put the puck on Crosby's stick
Mario Lemieux jumped out of the penalty box and made a beeline for referee Stephane Auger after the final horn Tuesday. He had to be restrained by the two linesmen.


Penguins Notebook

Penguins general manager Craig Patrick said they have options available when it comes to changing player personnel, but at the moment they're not interested in making any changes.

"We believe in this group of people and until that changes, we're happy where we are," Patrick said before Tuesday night's game.

+Scouts from nine different NHL teams - the Dallas Stars, Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Buffalo Sabres, Tampa Bay Lightning, Colorado Avalanche, Los Angeles Kings, Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers -- were credentialed for last night's game. The Oilers had three scouts at the game.

"I don't even know who's here," Patrick said when the large number of scouts - including three teams that the Penguins don't play this year - were mentioned.

The vultures are circling?

+Penguins forward Andre Roy will be out of the lineup indefinitely with a broken orbital bone and will be reevaluated in two weeks. Patrick said they weren't considering bringing anyone up from Wilkes-Barre in the meantime, however.

"We have plenty of people," he said. "And (forward) Shane Endicott's going to start skating with the team soon so there's a possibility he might be back in a couple of weeks. Right now, unless we have another injury, there's no need to do anything."

Endicott is recovering from a high ankle sprain suffered the first week of training camp.

+If they did want to add a player, the Penguins still have first dibs at anyone who goes on the waiver wire up until Nov. 1 based on draft selection. After that, the order of selection is based on points relative to games played.

"If we make a claim, we're going to get him up until Nov. 1," Patrick said. "Then, it's based on standings, and hopefully we're not in that position anymore." (Thanks to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review for the heads up.)