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With the preseason less than a week away, a new season is soon to be upon us. Let’s take a look at some of the Penguins franchise’s numbers. These are only the stats the player accumulated while playing in Pittsburgh.
Games Played:
- Mario Lemieux - 915
- Jaromir Jagr - 806
- Sidney Crosby - 782
- Jean Pronovost - 753
- Evgeni Malkin - 706
Goals:
- M. Lemieux - 690
- J. Jagr - 439
- S. Crosby - 382
- E. Malkin - 328
- J. Pronovost - 316
Game-Winning Goals:
- J. Jagr - 78
- M. Lemieux - 74
- E. Malkin - 56
- S. Crosby - 51
- J. Pronovost - 42
Assists:
- M. Lemieux - 1,033
- S. Crosby - 645
- J. Jagr - 640
- E. Malkin - 504
- Ron Francis - 449
Points:
- M. Lemieux - 1,723
- J. Jagr - 1,079
- S. Crosby - 1,027
- E. Malkin - 832
- Rick Kehoe - 636
*Next active is Kris Letang at 14th with 386, two behind Chris Kunitz for 13th.
Career Milestones - regular season only:
Sidney Crosby - 782 GP, 382 G, 645 A, 576 PIM, 51 GWG (13% of career goals)
- 18 games away from 800 career games
- 25 games will surpass J. Jagr for 2nd most in franchise history
- 18 goals away from 400
- 55 assists away from 700
- 73 points away from 1,100
- Currently 77th all-time in scoring in the NHL
- 53 points will surpass J. Jagr for 2nd all-time in franchise history
- 696 points(!) will surpass M. Lemieux for most all-time
- 9 playoff points will surpass M. Lemieux for most all-time in franchise history
Evgeni Malkin - 706 GP, 328 G, 504 A, 726 PIM, 56 GWG (17% of career goals)
- 68 points away from 900
- Currently 10th in franchise history with 726 PIM
- Leads S. Crosby by 1 game, 1 goal, and 1 GWG in the playoffs
- Currently sits 7 points behind S. Crosby in playoff points
- 16 playoff points will surpass M. Lemieux for most in franchise history
- Currently 7th all-time in NHL points by a Russian player with 832
-22 points will pass Vyacheslav Kozlov for 6th
-87 points will pass Pavel Datsyuk for 5th - Currently 2nd all-time in playoff NHL points by a Russian player with 157 points
-20 points will pass Sergei Federov for most all-time
Kris Letang - 603 GP, 87 G, 299 A, 438 PIM, 18 GWG (21% of career goals)
- 13 goals away from 100
- 1 assist away from 300
- 14 points away from 400
- 21 goals behind Coffey for most by defenseman in Penguins history
- 33 assists behind Coffey for most by defenseman
- 54 points behind Coffey for most by a defenseman
- 18 games behind Ron Stackhouse for 8th overall, and 2nd most by defenseman
- 100 games behind Brooks Orpik for most games played by a defenseman
Phil Kessel - 164 GP, 49 G, 80 A, 38 PIM, 9 GWG (18% of career goals)
- One goal away from 50 goals as a Penguin
- 71 points away from 200 as a Penguin
- 21 hits! That equals .128 per game!
- 49 GP, 18 G, 27 A, 6 PIM, 2 GWG in back-to-back Stanley Cup runs
- 164 games in two seasons. Iron man streak at over 600 games. What’s not to love about this guy?
Matt Murray - 62 GP, 41-12-5; .925 SV%, 2.32 GAA, 5 SO
- 32 GP, 22-9; .928 SV%, 1.98 GAA, 4 SO career Playoff numbers
- Played in 62 regular season games. Currently, 14 goalies have played in 100 or more Penguins games between the pipes
- Currently sits 13th with 41 wins. Will pass GMJR for 10th with 4 more wins (45)
- 24 wins will put him 5th all-time, passing J.S. Aubin with 63 currently
- An NHL record tying 48 wins this season will put him solely in 4th with Denis Herron with 88 currently
- Is tied for 8th all time with 5 shut outs. 3 more will pass Johan Hedberg who currently has 7. Les Binkley is in 3rd with 11.
- It will take a few more years before he can pass Tom Barrasso’s 22 shut outs with Pittsburgh, and much longer to tie Marc-Andre Fleury’s 44.
Conor Sheary - 105 GP, 30 G, 33 A, 30 PIM, 6 GWG (20% of career goals. All in 2016-17)
- 37 points away from 100
- His 6 GWG last season were tied for most w/ E. Malkin and Patric Hornqvist
- His 5vs5 numbers were nearly identical to E. Malkin:
-Sheary: 61 GP, 21 G, 27 A @5vs5; 2 G, 3A @PP
-Malkin: 62 GP, 22 G, 27A @5vs5; 11G, 12A @PP
Mike Sullivan, 83-37-16 regular season record; 32-17 playoff record
- Currently 13th all-time in games behind the bench for the Penguins
- Assuming he coaches all 82 games, he will be 7th at the end of this season
- 17 wins away from 100. Sullivan was promoted on December 12, 2015. He will likely get to 100 wins before he surpasses the two year mark. Not too shabby.
- 13 wins will pass Scotty Bowman for 4th in franchise history with 95 wins.
- 12 playoff wins will pass Dan Bylsma’s record of 43 playoff victories
- Sullivan is currently first in regular season PTS%, but not by much:
Mike Sullivan - .669 PTS% in 136 games
Dan Bylsma - .668 PTS% in 401 games - However, Sullvan has a much better record in the playoffs compared to Bylsma:
Sullivan, 32-17
Bylsma, 43-35
Notable Games Played as a Penguin:
- Sidney Crosby - 782 (3rd all-time, 24 behind Jagr for 2nd)
- Evgeni Malkin - 706 (6th all-time)
- Kris Letang - 603 (10th all-time, 3rd most for D)
- Olli Maatta - 220
- Patric Hornqvist - 216
- Ian Cole - 171
- Brian Dumoulin - 163
- Tom Kuhnhackl - 99
- Carl Hagelin - 98
- Derrick Pouliot - 67
- Jake Guentzel - 40
Playoffs
Games Played:
- E. Malkin - 149
- S. Crosby - 148
- J. Jagr - 140
- C. Kunitz - 126
- K. Letang - 116
Goals:
- M. Lemieux - 76 (107 games played)
- J. Jagr - 65
- E. Malkin - 58
- S. Crosby - 57
- Kevin Stevens - 46
Game-Winning Goals:
- J. Jagr - 14
- M. Lemieux - 11
- E. Malkin - 10
- S. Crosby - 9
- K. Stevens - 9
Assists:
- S. Crosby - 107
- E. Malkin - 99
- M. Lemieux - 96
- J. Jagr - 82
- R. Francis - 68
Points:
- M. Lemieux - 172
- S. Crosby - 164
- E. Malkin - 157
- J. Jagr - 147
- K. Stevens - 106
Goalie Games Played:
- Marc-Andre Fleury - 115
62-51 record; .908 SV%, 2.65 GAA, 10 SO - Tom Barrasso - 101
56-42 record; .907 SV%, 2.91 GAA, 6 SO -
Matt Murray - 32
22-9 record; .928 SV%, 1.95 GAA, 4 SO
Weird Playoff numbers:
- M. Lemieux: 87 PIM
- S. Crosby: 71 PIM
- E. Malkin: 200 PIM - 30 more than Stevens for most in franchise history