Pittsburgh Versus New York
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PITTSBURGH VERSUS NEW YORK ROUND ONE, GAME 3 | MAY 20, 2021 | 7:00 PM ET | NASSAU COLISEUM JAKE ‘N BAKE HITTING THE ROAD Jake Guentzel has 47 playoff points (25G-22A) in 47 The series shifts to Long Island tonight for the career postseason games, sitting just three points away Penguins’ first road games of the postseason. from becoming the 11th player to tally 50 playoff points n Jake Guentzel thrived on the road in the regular in a Penguins sweater. PIT season, scoring 16 of his 23 goals away from home, VERSUS n Of players to make their playoff debuts with ranking second in the league. Pittsburgh, Guentzel is on pace to require the fifth- n Since his playoff debut in 2017, Guentzel’s 12 goals NYI fewest games to record 50 playoff points: on the road rank second behind only Alex Ovechkin: Fewest GP to Record 50 Playoff Points Playoff Road Goals SERIES STATS Penguins to Debut with PIT Since 2017 1. Mario Lemieux 29 1. Alex Ovechkin 14 1-1 RECORD 1-1 2. Sidney Crosby 37 2. Jake Guentzel 12 0-0 RECORD AT NYI 0-0 3. Evgeni Malkin 40 2. Mark Scheifele 12 4. Kevin Stevens 41 4. Sidney Crosby 10 0.0% POWER-PLAY 0.0% 5. Jake Guentzel 47* 4. Filip Forsberg 10 100.0% PENALTY KILL 100.0% 6. Jaromir Jagr 61 4. Brad Marchand 10 2.50 GF/GP 2.50 *Entering tonight 2.50 GA/GP 2.50 CARTER COMING IN CLUTCH ‘20-21 OVERALL Jeff Carter scored his first playoff goal as a Penguin in Game 2, which doubled as his 40th career goal and seventh playoff game-winning goal of his career. 37-16-3 RECORD 32-17-7 n Carter became the 12th active player to record 40 playoff goals. His 40 playoff goals rank eighth (tied) among 8-2-0 LAST 10 GAMES 3-4-3 active centers: Playoff Goals 23.7% POWER-PLAY 18.8% Active Centers 77.4% PENALTY KILL 83.7% 1. Patrick Marleau 72 4. Joe Pavelski 61 7. Patrice Bergeron 43 2. Sidney Crosby 69 5. Logan Couture 48 8. Jeff Carter 40 3.45 GF/GP 2.71 David Krejci 3. Evgeni Malkin 63 6. Jonathan Toews 45 8. 40 2.77 GA/GP 2.32 n Among the 12 active players to have at least 40 playoff goals, Carter’s 0.33 goals per game ranks eighth (tied): Playoff Goals Per Game ‘20-21 HEAD TO HEAD Among Active Players with 40-Plus Goals 6-2-0 RECORD 2-4-2 1. Alex Ovechkin 0.50 4. Evgeni Malkin 0.38 7. Patrick Marleau 0.37 2. Sidney Crosby 0.41 4. Patrick Kane 0.38 8. Jeff Carter 0.33 2-2-0 RECORD AT NYI 2-0-2 2. Logan Couture 0.41 4. Joe Pavelski 0.38 8. Jonathan Toews 0.33 25.0% POWER-PLAY 35.0% PENALTY KILLIN’ IT 65.0% PENALTY KILL 75.0% The Penguins have not given up a power-play goal in their last eight playoff games (20-for-20), 3.13 GF/GP 2.38 a franchise record stretch, dating back to Game 3 of the 2019 First Round against the Islanders (Previous record: 7 GP; 06.01.16-04.14.17). 2.38 GA/GP 3.13 n Since the beginning of the 2019 playoffs, Pittsburgh’s penalty kill ranks first in the league: Penalty Kill Percentage Since 2019 Postseason 1. Pittsburgh 92.9% 4. Boston 86.1% 2. Washington 90.2% 5. NY Rangers 85.7% 3. Columbus 87.5% 6. NY Islanders 85.3%.