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PITTSBURGH AT BOSTON JANUARY 26, 2021 | 7:00 PM ET | TD GARDEN 100 GUENTZ-GOALS Jake Guentzel secured the Penguins their fourth-straight win on Sunday vs. NYR when he scored with 1:31 minutes left in the game. His goal marked his 100th in the NHL, in just his 249th career game. PIT n Guentzel is the 17th player, and 10th-fastest, to record his first 100 goals with Pittsburgh. AT n He also became the sixth member of the 2013 draft class, and only one outside of the top-10, to score 100 goals. BOS Fastest to 100 Goals 100-Goal Scorers Among 2013 NHL Draftees Penguins History Player Games Played Goals Draft Position ‘20-21 OVERALL 1. Mario Lemieux 159 Sean Monahan 545 196 #6 4-2-0 RECORD 3-1-1 2. Rob Brown 186 Nathan MacKinnon 531 192 #1 3. Pierre Larouche 187 Aleksander Barkov 481 155 #2 4-2-0 LAST 10 GAMES 3-1-1 4. Mike Bullard 206 Bo Horvat 453 125 #9 27.8% POWER-PLAY 35.3% 5. Evgeni Malkin 210 Elias Lindholm 529 122 #5 6. Kevin Stevens 216 Jake Guentzel 249 100 #77 76.2% PENALTY KILL 90.0% 7. Mark Recchi 218 n Guentzel’s 0.40 career goals-per-game ranks second among players from his 3.17 GF/GP 2.60 8. Sidney Crosby 219 2013 draft class, behind only Dominik Kubalik’s 0.43 G/GP. 3.83 GA/GP 2.00 9. Jaromir Jagr 245 n Since his NHL debut on Nov. 23, 2016, Guentzel’s 100 goals rank third on the Penguins and his 10 game-winning goals rank fifth (tied). 10. Jake Guentzel 249 ‘19-20 HEAD TO HEAD 500 GP FOR CECI PROSPECT REPORT 1-2-0 RECORD 2-1-0 Defenseman Cody Ceci is set to skate in his 500th On Sunday, Pittsburgh’s 2019 first-round pick (21st overall) Sam 0-2-0 RECORD IN BOS 2-0-0 career game tonight in Boston. Ceci will become the Poulin was traded in the QMJHL from Sherbrooke to Val-d’Or, fifth player from his 2012 draft class to hit the 500- the same team fellow Pittsburgh prospect Nathan Legare (2019, 0.0% POWER-PLAY 0.0% game milestone. 74th overall) was traded to earlier this season. 100.0% PENALTY KILL 100.0% 2012 Draft Class Games Played Leaders 3.00 4.33 Player Games Played Stat Totals GF/GP Alex Galchenyuk 551 136G-185A-321PTS 4.33 GA/GP 3.00 Tom Wilson 527 81G-113A-194PTS Morgan Rielly 524 55G-219A-274PTS NOTABLES Hampus Lindholm 508 52G-143A-195PTS Cody Ceci 499* 33G-94A-127PTS Tonight is the first of eight matchups between the Penguins *Entering tonight n Poulin has been limited to five games this season due to and Bruins. This is the first season n Ceci played a season-high 22:30 minutes in Sunday’s Team Canada’s WJC camp and Pittsburgh’s training camp. these two teams will face eight win against NYR. In five games, he has recorded 6 points (3G-3A). total times. n He has four assists and is a plus-1 in 24 career n Legare has recorded 14 points (5G-9A) in 14 games this games against the Bruins. season, all with Baie-Comeau prior to his trade. Sidney Crosby has 56 points STREAKIN’ SEASON (14G-42A) in 42 career games against the Bruins, which is the The Penguins swept their four-game homestand against Washington and the NY Rangers to start a perfect 4-0 at most among all active players. home for the first time since 2013-14 (5-0). Pittsburgh’s four-game win streak is the longest active streak in the NHL. Four-Game Winning Streak Stats n Pittsburgh has four-straight comeback wins for the seventh time Evgeni Malkin has 12 points (3G- Goals For 14 in franchise history, and first since 2016-17 - tying the longest such 9A) in his last 10 games against PP% 30.0% streak in club history. the Bruins. PK% 83.3% n The Penguins’ last four straight comeback wins was from Dec. 27, 2016 – Jan. 8, 2017. Faceoff % 57.6%.