PITTSBURGH VERSUS BOSTON MARCH 15, 2021 | 7:00 PM ET | PPG PAINTS ARENA ALL THE STOPS ON A HOT STREAK Casey DeSmith recorded his fifth career shutout on The Penguins current hot streak coincides with new Saturday in Buffalo, stopping all 24 shots. Penguins GM Ron Hextall’s tenure. Since his hiring on PIT n DeSmith’s shutout moves him into a tie with Tristan Feb. 9, Pittsburgh is 12-4-0 for the fourth-best record in VERSUS Jarry and Dunc Wilson for the ninth-most shutouts in the NHL in that span. BOS Penguins history. n Since Feb. 9, the Penguins rank among the best in the n His shutout on Saturday came almost two years to the NHL in several categories: day of his last shutout on March 14, 2019, also in Buffalo. NHL Ranks Since Feb. 9 ‘20-21 OVERALL All-Time Shutouts 12 Wins T-2nd 17-9-1 RECORD 14-7-4 Penguins History .750 Winning % T-4th 7-3-0 LAST 10 GAMES 4-4-2 1. Marc-Andre Fleury 44 3.44 Goals Per Game 5th 2. Tom Barrasso 22 2.38 GAA 6th 18.4% POWER-PLAY 23.9% 3. Les Binkley 11 .922 SV% 6th 75.0% PENALTY KILL 89.4% 3. Matt Murray 11 +17 Goal Differential T-3rd 5. Johan Hedberg 7 3.19 GF/GP 2.72 n On Feb. 9, the Penguins 6. Ken Wregget 6 sat at 24th in the league 2.93 GA/GP 2.32 6. Denis Herron 6 standings with 11 points ‘20-21 HEAD TO HEAD 6. Jean-Sebastien Aubin 6 in 11 games (5-5-1). Today, Pittsburgh is 9. Casey DeSmith 5 10th in the NHL with 35 0-1-1 RECORD 2-0-0 9. Tristan Jarry 5 points through 27 games 0-0-0 RECORD AT PIT 0-0-0 (17-9-1). 9. Dunc Wilson 5 00.0% POWER-PLAY 40.0% GONE STREAKIN’ 60.0% PENALTY KILL 100.0% Pittsburgh is currently on a five-game winning streak, its longest win streak since Oct. 10-18, 2019. While the team is 1.50 GF/GP 3.50 collecting points, several Penguins are riding point streaks of their own: 3.50 GA/GP 1.50 Current Point Streaks by Penguins Players NOTABLES Player GP Goals Assists Points Evgeni Malkin 7 3 7 10 The Penguins have won six- Sidney Crosby 6 3 5 8 straight games against the Bruins Brandon Tanev* 5 1 5 6 at PPG Paints Arena, dating back Teddy Blueger** 4 1 3 4 to Dec. 14, 2016. Jake Guentzel 3 3 0 3 Going back further, the Penguins *Tanev’s five-game point streak ties his career high originally set as a member of the Winnipeg Jets from Jan. 6-13, 2019. have earned points in 11 of their **Blueger’s four-game point streak ties his career high set earlier this season from Feb. 16-23. last 13 games against the Bruins MALK-A-MANIA Point Leaders in Pittsburgh (10-2-1). Since March 2 Sidney Crosby has points in With an assist on Jake Guentzel’s goal on Saturday, Evgeni Malkin 1. Connor McDavid 12 extended his season-long point streak to seven games (3G-7A). seven-consecutive games 2. Ondrej Palat 11 n Malkin’s seven-game point streak is tied with Dougie Hamilton for against the Bruins in Pittsburgh, the longest active streak in the NHL. 2. Leon Draisaitl 11 recording 14 points (1G-13A) in n Since his point streak began on March 2, Malkin’s 10 points rank 4. Evgeni Malkin 10 those contests. fourth in the league. 5. Five Players 9.