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Penguins Fab Fours

Being an old geezer who loves classic rock ‘n’ roll nearly as much as hockey, I’m a big fan of The Beatles. Groovin’ to the timeless tunes of John, Paul, George and Ringo brought to mind our own Fab Four–Sid, Phil, Tanger and Geno.

In honor of the mop-topped Liverpool lads and their Steel City counterparts, I compiled a list of the top four Penguins in key statistical categories. Some categories include an extra honoree due to ties. An ode to fifth Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe, if you will.

Players need a minimum of 10 games played to qualify. League-leading stats are indicated in bold.

*Goals*		*Average Time on Ice*
Sidney Crosby Evgeni Malkin Phil Kessel Bryan Rust	26 16 12 10	Kris Letang Trevor Daley Brian Dumoulin Sidney Crosby	26:03 20:38 19:45 19:13
*Assists*		*Hits*
Evgeni Malkin Phil Kessel Kris Letang Justin Schultz	27 26 19 17	Patric Hornqvist Chris Kunitz Ian Cole Scott Wilson	104 100 83 83
*Points*		*Blocked Shots*
Evgeni Malkin Sidney Crosby Phil Kessel Justin Schultz	43 42 38 24	Ian Cole Olli Maatta Trevor Daley Kris Letang	84 67 56 50
*Shots on Goal*		*Faceoff %*
Evgeni Malkin Patric Hornqvist Sidney Crosby Phil Kessel	121 117 112 103	Matt Cullen Eric Fehr Nick Bonino Sidney Crosby	52.2% 51.6% 49.7% 48.7%
*Shooting %*		* Corsi For %
Sidney Crosby Matt Cullen Bryan Rust Evgeni Malkin	23.2% 18.4% 15.2% 13.2%	Patric Hornqvist Sidney Crosby Bryan Rust Conor Sheary	55.2% 54.9% 53.7% 53.3%
*Even Strength Goals*		*Plus/Minus*
Sidney Crosby Evgeni Malkin Bryan Rust Phil Kessel Conor Sheary	17 10 10 8 8	Justin Schultz Ian Cole Patric Hornqvist Olli Maatta Evgeni Malkin	+23 +15 +11 +11 +11
*Power Play Goals*		* Offensive Zone Starts %
Sidney Crosby Patic Hornqvist Evgeni Malkin Phil Kessel	9 6 6 4	Evgeni Malkin Phil Kessel Chris Kunitz Conor Sheary	77.1% 69.4% 66.9% 62.5%
*Shorthanded Goals*		* Defensive Zone Starts %
Nick Bonino Matt Cullen	1 1	Tom Kuhnhackl Eric Fehr Matt Cullen Scott Wilson	80.3% 76.8% 69.7% 63.7%
* Even Strength