Here’s a look at how former Penguins performed during the 2017-18 NHL regular season.
David Perron of Vegas was the runaway scoring leader with 66 points. Carolina’s Jordan Staal and the Golden Knights’ James Neal finished a distant second and third, with 46 and 44 points respectively.
Neal paced the Ex-Pens with 25 goals, followed by Staal (19). Perron led the black-and-gold alum with 50 assists. Los Angeles defenseman Jake Muzzin finished second with 34 helpers.
Washington defenseman Matt Niskanen (+24) topped the list in plus/minus by a wide margin, followed by the Blue Jackets defender Ian Cole (+14). Ryan Reaves (94 PIM) and Cole (76 PIM) were the most penalized.
Marc-Andre Fleury (Vegas) led ex-Pens goalies in all major categories, including wins (29), shutouts (4), goals against average (2.24) and save percentage (.927).
| SCORING | ||||||||
| Player | Team | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/- |
| David Perron | VEG | LW | 70 | 16 | 50 | 66 | 50 | 1 |
| Jordan Staal | CAR | C | 79 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 26 | -4 |
| James Neal | VEG | LW | 71 | 25 | 19 | 44 | 24 | -11 |
| * Jake Muzzin | LAK | D | 74 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 40 | 10 |
| Alex Goligoski | ARI | D | 78 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 26 | -31 |
| Blake Comeau | COL | LW | 79 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 50 | 5 |
| Chris Kunitz | TBL | LW | 82 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 35 | 8 |
| Matt Niskanen | WSH | D | 68 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 36 | 24 |
| Brian Gibbons | NJD | C | 59 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 20 | 10 |
| Brandon Sutter | VAN | C | 61 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 8 |
| Nick Bonino | NSH | C | 71 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 20 | 4 |
| Mark Letestu | EDM-CBJ | C | 80 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 10 | -17 |
| Daniel Winnik | MIN | LW | 81 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 27 | 5 |
| Deryk Engelland | VEG | D | 79 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 6 |
| Ron Hainsey | TOR | D | 80 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 12 |
| Matt Cullen | MIN | C | 79 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 20 | -1 |
| Derrick Pouliot | VAN | D | 71 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 39 | -22 |
| Ian Cole | PIT-OTT-CBJ | D | 67 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 76 | 14 |
| Jussi Jokinen | EDM-LAK-CBJ-VAN | LW | 60 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 2 |
| Trevor Daley | DET | D | 77 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 36 | -5 |
| * Joe Morrow | MTL-WPG | D | 56 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 26 | -4 |
| Scott Wilson | PIT-DET-BUF | LW | 69 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | -20 |
| Robert Bortuzzo | STL | D | 72 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 41 | 11 |
| Dominic Moore | TOR | C | 50 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 3 |
| Josh Archibald | PIT-ARI | RW | 42 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 25 | -2 |
| Ryan Reaves | PIT-VEG | RW | 79 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 94 | -7 |
| Brooks Orpik | WSH | D | 81 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 68 | -9 |
| * Kasperi Kapanen | TOR | RW | 38 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | -1 |
| Lee Stempniak | CAR | RW | 37 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | -8 |
| Ben Lovejoy | NJD | D | 57 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 7 |
| Jaromir Jagr | CGY | RW | 22 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
| Chris Thorburn | STL | RW | 50 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 60 | -4 |
| Scott Harrington | CBJ | D | 32 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Oskar Sundqvist | STL | C | 42 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -5 |
| David Warsofsky | COL | D | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Eric Fehr | TOR-SJS | C | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Taylor Chorney | WSH-CBJ | D | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 |
| Adam Clendening | ARI | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 |
| Mike Condon | OTT | G | 31 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Martin | SJS | D | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| * Kenny Agostino | BOS | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 |
| Marc-Andre Fleury | VEG | G | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Antti Niemi | PIT-FLA-MTL | G | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Beau Bennett | STL | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| Tanner Glass | CGY | LW | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | -4 |
| Thomas Greiss | NYI | G | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| * Chad Johnson | BUF | G | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayson Megna | VAN | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| * Matt Moulson | BUF | LW | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -9 |
| Cal O’Reilly | MIN | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Streit | MTL | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| GOALTENDING | ||||||||
| Player | Team | GP | GA | SH | AVE | SV% | W-L-OT | |
| Marc-Andre Fleury | VEG | 46 | 100 | 4 | 2.24 | .927 | 29-13-4 | |
| Antti Niemi | PIT-FLA-MTL | 20 | 63 | 1 | 3.12 | .911 | 7-9-4 | |
| Mike Condon | OTT | 31 | 88 | 0 | 3.25 | .902 | 5-17-5 | |
| * Chad Johnson | BUF | 36 | 105 | 0 | 3.55 | .891 | 10-17-3 | |
| Thomas Greiss | NYI | 27 | 95 | 1 | 3.82 | .892 | 13-8-2 | |
| Italics—Draft pick or free agent who began his NHL career with the Penguins | ||||||||
| Asterisk—Draft pick who didn’t appear in a regular season or postseason game for the Penguins | ||||||||
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