Here’s a peek at how former Penguins are faring around the league at the All-Star break.
The Blues’ David Perron leads the way in goals (17), assists (18) and points (35). Kasperi Kapanen of Toronto is a close second with 15 goals and 30 points. With six goals and nine points in his past seven games, red-hot Nick Bonino (Nashville) has moved into third place. He has 14 goals and 27 points.
With 16 points each, Oskar Sundqvist (St. Louis) and Daniel Sprong (Anaheim) are also moving up the scoring ladder. Greg McKegg has three goals and six points in 11 games for the Hurricanes.
Jake Muzzin of the Kings paces the expatriate defensemen with 21 points, two points ahead of Washington’s Matt Niskanen. Niskanen tops the ex-Pens blueliners with seven goals.
Bonino has the best plus/minus (plus-24) followed by Ron Hainsey of Toronto at plus-23.
Marc-Andre Fleury (Vegas) leads the ex-Pens goalies in several categories, including wins (27), shutouts (6) and goals against average (2.49). Thomas Greiss of the Islanders has the best save percentage (.920).
| SCORING | ||||||||
| Player | Team | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/- |
| David Perron | STL | LW | 45 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 36 | 3 |
| * Kasperi Kapanen | TOR | RW | 49 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 16 | 15 |
| Nick Bonino | NSH | C | 51 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 12 | 24 |
| * Jake Muzzin | LAK | D | 50 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 33 | 10 |
| Matt Niskanen | WSH | D | 48 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 30 | -10 |
| Conor Sheary | BUF | LW | 44 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 10 | -2 |
| Alex Goligoski | ARI | D | 44 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 6 | -10 |
| Oskar Sundqvist | STL | C | 41 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 12 | -1 |
| Daniel Sprong | PIT-ANA | RW | 38 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 4 | -11 |
| Ron Hainsey | TOR | D | 49 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 23 |
| Ryan Reaves | VEG | RW | 51 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 58 | 7 |
| James Neal | CGY | LW | 49 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -10 |
| Carter Rowney | ANA | RW | 31 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | -1 |
| Jordan Staal | CAR | C | 29 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -11 |
| * Kenny Agostino | MTL | LW | 35 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 0 |
| Scott Harrington | CBJ | D | 42 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 |
| Eric Fehr | MIN | C | 41 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -5 |
| Ian Cole | COL | D | 50 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 70 | 6 |
| Josh Archibald | ARI | RW | 36 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Blake Comeau | DAL | LW | 48 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | -11 |
| Derrick Pouliot | VAN | D | 45 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 1 |
| Robert Bortuzzo | STL | D | 30 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 2 |
| Derek Grant | PIT-ANA | C | 29 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Tom Kuhnhackl | NYI | RW | 19 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Greg McKegg | CAR | C | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Trevor Daley | DET | D | 31 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -1 |
| Carl Hagelin | PIT-LAK | LW | 29 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 0 |
| Deryk Engelland | VEG | D | 45 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -5 |
| Ben Lovejoy | NJD | D | 43 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 5 |
| Brandon Sutter | VAN | C | 21 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -13 |
| Brian Gibbons | ANA | C | 39 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -4 |
| Brooks Orpik | WSH | D | 22 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| Chris Kunitz | CHI | LW | 29 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 21 | -10 |
| * Joe Morrow | WPG | D | 29 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| Marc-Andre Fleury | VEG | G | 45 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Antti Niemi | MTL | G | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Clendening | CBJ | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Condon | OTT | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Greiss | NYI | G | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Matt Hunwick | BUF | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| * Chad Johnson | STL-ANA | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Thorburn | STL | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GOALTENDING | ||||||||
| Player | Team | GP | GA | SH | AVE | SV% | W-L-OT | |
| Marc-Andre Fleury | VEG | 45 | 111 | 6 | 2.49 | .911 | 27-14-4 | |
| Thomas Greiss | NYI | 26 | 58 | 2 | 2.50 | .920 | 14-8-1 | |
| * Chad Johnson | STL-ANA | 14 | 36 | 1 | 3.28 | .889 | 2-9-0 | |
| Antti Niemi | MTL | 14 | 51 | 0 | 3.66 | .894 | 8-5-1 | |
| Mike Condon | OTT | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6.38 | .800 | 0-2-0 | |
| 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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