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Ex-Penguins Update: October 28, 2017

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ByRick Buker

Oct 28, 2017

Here’s a peek at how former Penguins are performing around the league. Stats are updated for games played through Friday, October 27.

Leading the pack are a pair of Vegas Golden Knights—James Neal and David Perron—sandwiched around Los Angeles defenseman Jake Muzzin. Neal tops the Pens alumni in goals (7) and points (10), one point better than Muzzin and three ahead of Perron. Fellow Golden Knight Deryk Engelland leads the way with a plus-8.

With four goals in nine games, New Jersey reclamation project Brian Gibbons has been hands-down the biggest surprise. The diminutive forward hasn’t played in the NHL since 2014-15. Ron Hainsey (six assists) is off to a productive start for Toronto. Chris Kunitz has a goal and two assists for Tampa Bay. Derrick Pouliot has three assists for Vancouver.

Among the goalies, Ottawa’s Mike Condon boasts the lowest goals against average (2.23), followed by Marc-Andre Fleury (2.48). “Flower’s” been out since October 13 with a concussion.

SCORING
Player Team Pos GP G A PTS PIM +/-
James Neal VEG LW 9 7 3 10 6 5
* Jake Muzzin LAK D 10 2 7 9 8 2
David Perron VEG LW 9 3 4 7 4 3
Brian Gibbons NJD C 9 4 2 6 2 7
Ron Hainsey TOR D 10 0 6 6 2 4
Jordan Staal CAR C 9 2 3 5 4 -1
Blake Comeau COL LW 10 1 3 4 2 4
Deryk Engelland VEG D 9 1 3 4 6 8
Brandon Sutter VAN C 10 1 3 4 2 3
Alex Goligoski ARI D 10 0 4 4 8 -8
Dominic Moore TOR C 6 3 0 3 0 -2
Robert Bortuzzo STL D 11 1 2 3 10 4
Chris Kunitz TBL LW 11 1 2 3 8 3
Derrick Pouliot VAN D 7 0 3 3 4 1
Mark Letestu EDM C 9 2 0 2 2 -3
Daniel Winnik MIN LW 8 1 1 2 6 1
Jaromir Jagr CGY RW 5 0 2 2 2 1
Oskar Sundqvist STL C 9 0 2 2 0 0
Nick Bonino NSH C 5 1 0 1 2 -2
* Kenny Agostino BOS LW 3 0 1 1 4 0
Taylor Chorney WSH D 7 0 1 1 2 5
Adam Clendening ARI D 4 0 1 1 0 -3
Mike Condon OTT G 3 0 1 1 0 0
Matt Cullen MIN C 8 0 1 1 4 -1
Trevor Daley DET D 11 0 1 1 6 -1
Jussi Jokinen EDM LW 8 0 1 1 2 -2
Ben Lovejoy NJD D 4 0 1 1 4 0
Antti Niemi PIT-FLA G 3 0 1 1 0 0
Matt Niskanen WSH D 5 0 1 1 8 1
Brooks Orpik WSH D 10 0 1 1 8 -2
Beau Bennett STL RW 2 0 0 0 0 0
Eric Fehr TOR C 4 0 0 0 2 -1
Marc-Andre Fleury VEG G 4 0 0 0 0 0
Tanner Glass CGY LW 7 0 0 0 5 -2
Thomas Greiss NYI G 5 0 0 0 0 0
Scott Harrington CBJ D 1 0 0 0 2 -1
* Chad Johnson BUF G 6 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Martin SJS D 2 0 0 0 0 -2
* Joe Morrow MTL D 3 0 0 0 6 -3
* Matt Moulson BUF LW 8 0 0 0 0 -6
Cal O’Reilly MIN C 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Streit MTL D 2 0 0 0 0 -2
Chris Thorburn STL RW 5 0 0 0 7 -1
Scott Wilson PIT-DET LW 6 0 0 0 0 -2
GOALTENDING
Player Team GP MIN GA SH AVE W-L-OT
Mike Condon OTT 3 188 7 0 2.23 1-0-2
Marc-Andre Fleury VEG 4 242 10 0 2.48 3-1-0
Thomas Greiss NYI 5 276 17 0 3.70 2-2-1
* Chad Johnson BUF 6 310 21 0 4.06 1-3-1
Antti Niemi PIT-FLA 3 128 16 0 7.50 0-3-0
Italics—Draft pick or free agent who began his pro career with the Penguins
Asterisk—Draft pick who didn’t appear in a regular season or postseason game for the Penguins
4 thoughts on “Ex-Penguins Update: October 28, 2017”
  1. Rick, this is always a favorite post of mine.

    I think the main players of interest for me changes year to year. This year I’m watching are the guys that just left. Pouliot, Sundqvist, Bonino & Daley. Of the bunch, it looks like only Pouliot has enjoyed a change of scenery. Sundqvist never impressed me and still isn’t. I’m actually rooting for Bonino, he doesn’t seem to be fairing to well, but has earned the paycheck. Daley, well, I thought he was done with how bad he looked at the end of last year, interesting.

    1. Hey Phil,

      I’m the same as you…I especially like to check on the guys who recently left town to see how they’re doing.

      Agree about Sundqvist. Not that I’m rooting against him, but he’d won a Malkin-esque 35.9 percent of his faceoffs last time I checked.

      Vancouver’s bringing Pouliot along slowly, using him on the third pairing. So far, it seems to be working.

      I read that Bonino was recently put on IR with a leg injury. Hope it’s not related to the broken leg he suffered in the playoffs last spring.

      Rick

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