PITTSBURGH AT NEW YORK FEBRUARY 1, 2021 | 7:00 PM ET | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN THE ROOKIE With Kris Letang leaving Saturday’s game early and five defensemen already out of the lineup due to injuries, rookie P.O Joseph stepped up in his fifth career game and recorded three assists and skated a career-high 25:58 minutes. PIT AT Pens Rookie DMen to Record Three-Plus Points in a Game Player Date Stats NYR P.O Joseph Jan. 30, 2021 3A Alex Goligoski Dec. 22, 2008 2G-1A ‘20-21 OVERALL Ryan Whitney Nov. 3, 2005 3A Paul Stanton Oct. 25 & 28, 1990 3A (2x) 5-3-1 RECORD 2-4-2 Zarley Zalapski Nov. 23 & Mar. 19, 1988 1G-2A & 1G-3A 5-3-1 LAST 10 GAMES 2-4-2 Chris Dahlquist Jan. 10, 1988 3A Doug Bodger Nov. 16, 1984 1G-2A 16.1% POWER-PLAY 14.7% Mario Faubert Feb. 8, 1976 3A 74.2% PENALTY KILL 75.0% Jack Lynch Nov. 22, 1972 3A 3.00 GF/GP 2.75 n Joseph is the seventh Pittsburgh rookie defenseman to skate over 25:00 minutes in franchise history (John Marino, Olli Maatta, Alex Goligoski, 3.78 GA/GP 3.00 Kris Letang (3x), Ryan Whitney (22x), and Michal Rozsival (4x)). ‘20-21 HEAD TO HEAD CAPTAIN CLUTCH 3-0-0 RECORD 0-1-2 Captain Sidney Crosby came in clutch yet again for the Penguins on Saturday, securing the team two points with his 18th career overtime goal. 1-0-0 RECORD IN NYR 0-0-1 Overtime Goals n Saturday marked the first time three 16.7% 18.2% NHL History former first overall picks each scored an POWER-PLAY OT goal in the same night (Crosby, Alex 1. Alex Ovechkin 24 Ovechkin, Connor McDavid). 81.8% PENALTY KILL 83.3% 2. Jaromir Jagr 19 n Crosby is the only player in the NHL with 3.67 GF/GP 3.00 3. Sidney Crosby 18 two overtime goals this season. 4. Ilya Kovalchuk 17 n Crosby’s three OT goals against NYR 3.00 GA/GP 3.67 are tied for his most against any team 5. Two Players 16 (PHI, NYI). NOTABLES HAPPY KAPPY BY THE NUMBERS Pittsburgh has points in On Saturday, Kasperi Kapanen recorded his first multi- 10-straight games versus New point night as a Penguin. He has five points (2G-3A) in Yannick Weber made his PIT debut on York (7-0-3). Saturday. The Penguins have now used a six games this season. 11 league-leading 11 blueliners this season. Point Leaders Pittsburgh only has one regulation Since Kapanen’s Debut on Jan. 19 Evgeni Malkin passed Jaromir Jagr for loss in its last 11 trips to Madison third-place on the Pens all-time scoring Square Garden (8-1-2). 1. Sidney Crosby 6 3rd list with his 1080th point. 2. Kasperi Kapanen 5 The Penguins will debut their Teddy Blueger has six points in nine 3. Teddy Blueger 5 adidas Reverse Retro jersey games this season. Only Sidney Crosby 4. Bryan Rust 5 (8PTS) and Bryan Rust (7PTS) have tonight against the Rangers. The 6 recorded more points than Blueger. Penguins will wear these jerseys 5. Three Players 4 a total of six times. n Since his season debut on Jan. 19, the Penguins are On Saturday, Brandon Tanev scored his 4-1-1 with Kapanen in the lineup. third goal of the season and added four n After a two-point night on Saturday, Kapanen has six 48 hits to his league-leading total of 48. points (1G-5A) in his last six games vs. NYR..