Here’s a peek at how former Penguins are faring around the league.
Former first-round pick Kasperi Kapanen of Toronto leads the way in goals (19) and points (42). The Blues’ David Perron, on IR since January 17 with an upper body injury, is second with 17 goals and 35 points.
Maple Leafs defenseman Jake Muzzin is tops in assists (26), with Kapanen (23) and Alex Goligoski of Arizona (21) following close behind. Muzzin paces the expatriate defensemen with 32 points, eight points ahead of Goligoski. Washington’s Matt Niskanen tops the ex-Pens blueliners with eight goals.
Ron Hainsey of Toronto has the best plus/minus (plus-36) followed by Nashville’s Nick Bonino at plus-28.
A number of recent Pens prospects have established themselves with other teams, including Kapanen, Buffalo’s Conor Sheary (31 points) and the Blues’ Oskar Sundqvist (12 goals). Rounding out the list, Josh Archibald (Arizona) and Daniel Sprong (Anaheim) have 10 goals each.
Since being dealt back to Dallas on January 28, Jamie Oleksiak is a minus-1 with no points in 15 games. He’s averaging 12:29 of ice time per game.
Between the pipes, Marc-Andre Fleury (Vegas) leads the pack in wins (34) and shutouts (8). Thomas Greiss of the Islanders has the best goals against average (2.33) and save percentage (.924).
| SCORING | ||||||||
| Player | Team | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/- |
| * Kasperi Kapanen | TOR | RW | 68 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 23 | 13 |
| David Perron | STL | LW | 45 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 36 | 3 |
| * Jake Muzzin | LAK-TOR | D | 69 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 45 | 16 |
| Conor Sheary | BUF | LW | 64 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 12 | -3 |
| Nick Bonino | NSH | C | 69 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 18 | 28 |
| Oskar Sundqvist | STL | C | 60 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 20 | 2 |
| Alex Goligoski | ARI | D | 62 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 12 | -10 |
| Matt Niskanen | WSH | D | 66 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 39 | -6 |
| Derick Brassard | PIT-FLA-COL | C | 57 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 35 | -16 |
| Ron Hainsey | TOR | D | 68 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 36 |
| Josh Archibald | ARI | RW | 54 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 15 | 2 |
| Daniel Sprong | PIT-ANA | RW | 51 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 6 | -16 |
| Ryan Reaves | VEG | RW | 68 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 60 | 2 |
| Jordan Staal | CAR | C | 36 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 22 | -9 |
| Scott Harrington | CBJ | D | 62 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 2 |
| Tanner Pearson | LA-PIT-VAN | LW | 67 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -18 |
| Carter Rowney | ANA | RW | 49 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 1 |
| * Kenny Agostino | MTL-NJD | LW | 50 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 30 | -1 |
| Riley Sheahan | PIT-FLA | C | 68 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 15 | -12 |
| James Neal | CGY | LW | 55 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 24 | -10 |
| Eric Fehr | MIN | RW | 59 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -7 |
| Blake Comeau | DAL | LW | 64 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 36 | -5 |
| Derrick Pouliot | VAN | D | 61 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 0 |
| Greg McKegg | CAR | C | 28 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| Derek Grant | PIT-ANA | C | 43 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | -1 |
| Jamie Oleksiak | PIT-DAL | D | 51 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 4 |
| Ian Cole | COL | D | 58 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 111 | 2 |
| Brian Gibbons | ANA-OTT | C | 51 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -8 |
| Carl Hagelin | PIT-LAK-WSH | LW | 45 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 1 |
| Tom Kuhnhackl | NYI | RW | 29 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| Robert Bortuzzo | STL | D | 45 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 4 |
| Deryk Engelland | VEG | D | 62 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 12 | -5 |
| Ben Lovejoy | NJD-DAL | D | 58 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 5 |
| Brooks Orpik | WSH | D | 40 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 3 |
| Trevor Daley | DET | D | 41 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -3 |
| Chris Kunitz | CHI | LW | 43 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 23 | -9 |
| Jean-Sebastien Dea | NJD-PIT-FLA | C | 23 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Brandon Sutter | VAN | C | 26 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -12 |
| * Joe Morrow | WPG | D | 39 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 2 |
| Marc-Andre Fleury | VEG | G | 58 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Scott Wilson | BUF | LW | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 |
| Thomas Greiss | NYI | G | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Matt Hunwick | BUF | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -5 |
| Antti Niemi | MTL | G | 17 | 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 |
| * Chad Johnson | STL-ANA | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Letestu | CBJ | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Lee Stempniak | BOS | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Tangradi | NJD | LW | 1 | 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 | |
| Thomas Greiss | NYI | 36 | 74 | 4 | 2.33 | .924 | 19-11-2 | |
| Marc-Andre Fleury | VEG | 58 | 143 | 8 | 2.48 | .912 | 34-19-5 | |
| * Chad Johnson | STL-ANA | 19 | 49 | 1 | 3.63 | .879 | 2-11-0 | |
| Antti Niemi | MTL | 17 | 61 | 0 | 3.78 | .887 | 8-6-2 | |
| 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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