PITTSBURGH VERSUS NEW YORK
ROUND ONE, GAME 1 | MAY 16, 2021 | 12:00 PM ET | PPG PAINTS ARENA
O’ CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Penguins captain Sidney Crosby enters his 14th playoffs today as one of the best playoff performers among active players, as well as in NHL history. Career Playoff Points Sidney Crosby’s Playoff Stats NHL History PIT Rank in NHL Rank Among Rank in PIT VERSUS Wayne Gretzky Stat 1. 382 History Active Players History Mark Messier 2. 295 68 Goals T-19th 3rd 2nd NYI 3. Jari Kurri 233 121 Assists 10th 1st 1st 4. Glenn Anderson 214 189 Points 8th 1st 1st SERIES STATS 5. Jaromir Jagr 201 1.13 P/GP (Min. 25GP) T-12th 4th 4th 6. Paul Coffey 196 0-0 RECORD 0-0 7. Brett Hull 190 n Crosby sits four goals away from tying Patrick Marleau (72) for the most goals among active players, and eight away from tying Mario Lemieux (76) for the most 0-0 RECORD AT PIT 0-0 8. Sidney Crosby 189 in franchise history. -- POWER-PLAY -- PITTSBURGH, GUENTZELVANIA -- PENALTY KILL -- Jake Guentzel proved himself as a clutch playoff performer as soon as he arrived on the scene during the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Since his playoff debut in 2017, few players have produced more in the playoffs than Guentzel: -- GF/GP --
Playoff Points Playoff Goals -- GA/GP -- Since 2017 Since 2017 1. Brad Marchand 56 1. Alex Ovechkin 28 ‘20-21 OVERALL 2. Nikita Kucherov 53 2. Jake Guentzel 25 2. David Pastrnak 53 3. Brayden Point 22 37-16-3 RECORD 32-17-7 2. Evgeny Kuznetsov 53 4. Evgeny Kuznetsov 21 8-2-0 LAST 10 GAMES 3-4-3 5. Sidney Crosby 52 4. Brad Marchand 21 18.8% 6. Brayden Point 50 4. Joe Pavelski 21 23.7% POWER-PLAY 7. Alex Ovechkin 49 77.4% PENALTY KILL 83.7% 8. Jake Guentzel 46 3.45 GF/GP 2.71
TRIPLE THREAT 2.77 GA/GP 2.32 The Penguins enter the playoffs with accomplished veterans as their top three centers, who each have multiple Stanley Cups to their name. Sidney Crosby (‘09, ‘16, ‘17), Evgeni Malkin (‘09, ‘16, ‘17) and Jeff Carter (‘12, ‘14) have a combined eight ‘20-21 HEAD TO HEAD Stanley Cup rings and represent three of the top-nine playoff goal scorers among active centers: Playoff Goals 6-2-0 RECORD 2-4-2 Active Centers 4-0-0 RECORD AT PIT 0-4-0 1. Patrick Marleau 72 4. Joe Pavelski 61 7. Patrice Bergeron 42 2. Sidney Crosby 68 5. Logan Couture 48 8. David Krejci 40 25.0% POWER-PLAY 35.0% 3. Evgeni Malkin 63 6. Jonathan Toews 45 9. Jeff Carter 39 65.0% PENALTY KILL 75.0% n Crosby, Malkin and Carter have each led the NHL in goals and/or points in previous seasons: 3.13 GF/GP 2.38 Player Playoff Year League-Leading Stat 2.38 GA/GP 3.13 2008 27 Points (tied) Sidney Crosby 2009 15 Goals* 2009 36 Points* Evgeni Malkin 2017 28 Points Jeff Carter 2012 8 Goals (Tied) *Career high