Pittsburgh Penguins
41-25-16 · 98 pts · GF 293 / GA 268
#2 Metropolitan · #7 Eastern · #10 NHL
Alpha model: deserved 43.6 wins · got 41 · 2.6 wins unlucky
Slowing down
5-5-0 in their last 10 - a tick below their season pace
Report card
overall B · graded vs all 32 teamsOffense
A+
3.54 GF/GP
#3 of 32
Defense
D
3.15 GA/GP
#24 of 32
Power play
B+
24.1%
#7 of 32
Penalty kill
A
81.4%
#6 of 32
Faceoffs
D
48.2%
#24 of 32
Shot volume
B
+1.2 SOG/GP
#10 of 32
Season games
click any game to open it in the Game LabComparable teams
nearest statistical profiles · match = fit across all categoriesProjected lines
last tracked game (04/29 @ PHI) + Alpha-model fills for the restForwards
LW
C
RW

Sidney Crosby
#87 · C
First-line player · Top-Six Threat
29G · 45A · 74P · 0 · 68 GP
$8.70M cap hitB+$1.4M

Rickard Rakell
#67 · RW
First-line player · Top-Six Threat
24G · 24A · 48P · -2 · 60 GP
$5.00M cap hitA+$4.0M

Bryan Rust
#17 · RW
First-line player · Dual Threat
29G · 36A · 65P · 0 · 72 GP
$5.13M cap hitA++$4.6M

Connor Dewar
#19 · C
Middle-six player · Depth Forward
14G · 16A · 30P · +16 · 78 GP
$1.10M cap hitA+$2.1M

Blake Lizotte
#46 · C
Bottom-six player · Depth Forward
7G · 12A · 19P · +6 · 55 GP
$1.85M cap hitC+$0.2M

Ben Kindel
#81 · C
Middle-six player · Middle-Six Engine
17G · 18A · 35P · -5 · 77 GP
$0.97M cap hitA+$3.8M

Evgeni Malkin
#71 · C
First-line player · Playmaker
19G · 42A · 61P · +13 · 56 GP
$6.10M cap hitA+$4.0M

Tommy Novak
#18 · C
Middle-six player · Depth Forward
16G · 26A · 42P · +1 · 82 GP
$3.50M cap hitB+$1.0M

Egor Chinakhov
#59 · RW
Middle-six player · Middle-Six Engine
21G · 21A · 42P · -2 · 72 GP
$2.10M cap hitA+$2.7M

Andrei Kuzmenko
#10 · LW
Middle-six player · Depth Forward
13G · 12A · 25P · -4 · 52 GP
$4.30M cap hitC−$0.6M

Hendrix Lapierre
#22 · C
Depth player · Depth Forward
4G · 12A · 16P · 0 · 74 GP
$0.85M cap hitC+$0.0M

Justin Brazeau
#16 · RW
Middle-six player · Middle-Six Engine
17G · 17A · 34P · +5 · 64 GP
$1.50M cap hitA+$3.6M
Defense
Rest of the roster

Nicholas Robertson
#14 · LW
Middle-six player · Depth Forward
16G · 16A · 32P · -13 · 78 GP
$1.82M cap hitB+$1.3M

Elmer Soderblom
#25 · LW
Bottom-six player · Depth Forward
7G · 6A · 13P · -1 · 59 GP
$1.13M cap hitC+$0.3M

Kaedan Korczak
#6 · D
Depth D · Depth Defenseman
3G · 13A · 16P · +6 · 78 GP
$0.82M cap hitC+$0.7M
Cap breakdown
grades vs our Alpha market model (beta) · cap data: CapWages$77.5M of $95.5M · $18.0M in space
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