POWER PLAY QUICK HITS
The Penguins have gone 11-for-34 on the power play this season, and the team’s 32.4% success rate is second in the NHL. Below are a few tidbits on Pittsburgh’s power play:
Only Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl (6), Minnesota’s Kirill Kaprizov (5) and Vegas’ Pavel Dorofeyev (5) have more power-play goals this season than Sidney Crosby (4).
Evgeni Malkin’s seven power-play points are tied for 12th in the league.
The Penguins are 5-2-1 when notching a power-play goal.
Seven different players have scored on the man advantage for the Penguins. Only the Ottawa Senators (8), Minnesota Wild (8), Florida Panthers (8) and Dallas Stars (8) have more players with a power-play goal on their teams.
Only the Columbus Blue Jackets (26) have received fewer power-play opportunities than Pittsburgh (31), but only five teams (Minnesota, 17; Dallas, 14; Edmonton, 14; Ottawa, 13; Montreal, 12) have scored more power-play goals than the Penguins (11).
Pittsburgh has scored multiple man-advantage goals in a game three times this season (3-0-0).
