Penguins Franchise Milestone Guide 2017-18

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:

1. Mario Lemieux - 915
2. Jaromir Jagr - 806
3. Sidney Crosby - 782
4. Jean Pronovost - 753
5. Evgeni Malkin - 706

Goals:

1. M. Lemieux - 690
2. J. Jagr - 439
3. S. Crosby - 382
4. E. Malkin - 328
5. J. Pronovost - 316

Game-Winning Goals:

1. J. Jagr - 78
2. M. Lemieux - 74
3. E. Malkin - 56
4. S. Crosby - 51
5. J. Pronovost - 42

Assists:

1. M. Lemieux - 1,033
2. S. Crosby - 645
3. J. Jagr - 640
4. E. Malkin - 504
5. Ron Francis - 449

Points:

1. M. Lemieux - 1,723
2. J. Jagr - 1,079
3. S. Crosby - 1,027
4. E. Malkin - 832
5. 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

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Playoffs

Games Played:

1. E. Malkin - 149
2. S. Crosby - 148
3. J. Jagr - 140
4. C. Kunitz - 126
5. K. Letang - 116

Goals:

1. M. Lemieux - 76 (107 games played)
2. J. Jagr - 65
3. E. Malkin - 58
4. S. Crosby - 57
5. Kevin Stevens - 46

Game-Winning Goals:

1. J. Jagr - 14
2. M. Lemieux - 11
3. E. Malkin - 10
4. S. Crosby - 9
5. K. Stevens - 9

Assists:

1. S. Crosby - 107
2. E. Malkin - 99
3. M. Lemieux - 96
4. J. Jagr - 82
5. R. Francis - 68

Points:

1. M. Lemieux - 172
2. S. Crosby - 164
3. E. Malkin - 157
4. J. Jagr - 147
5. K. Stevens - 106

Goalie Games Played:

1. Marc-Andre Fleury - 115
   62-51 record; .908 SV%, 2.65 GAA, 10 SO
2. Tom Barrasso - 101
   56-42 record; .907 SV%, 2.91 GAA, 6 SO
3. 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