Ex-Penguins Update: Season Pause

Here’s a look at how former Penguins have fared around the league prior to the season pause. Stats are updated through games played as of March 11.

The Blues’ David Perron continues to lead the pack in goals (25), assists (35) and points (60). Vancouver’s Tanner Pearson is second in goals (21) and points (45).

Arizona’s Phil Kessel ranks third on the scoring list with 38 points, including 14 goals. Although he has the worst plus-minus among the expatriates (minus-21), “Phil the Thrill’s” improved of late, registering a plus-1 over his last 17 games. The Oilers’ James Neal is third in goals with 19. Following a jack-rabbit start, he’s goalless in his last 13 games and has only five in his last 29, including a hat trick.

Josh Archibald (Edmonton), Nick Bonino (Nashville), Derick Brassard (NY Islanders), Kasperi Kapanen (Toronto), Dominik Kahun (Buffalo), Oskar Sundqvist (St. Louis) and surprising Derek Grant (Philadelphia) round out the double-figure goal scorers. Grant’s numbers are especially intriguing…he’s a plus-1 and has 15 goals despite dreadful advanced stats (39.8 Corsi and a -220 5-vs-5 shot attempts differential).

The top possession drivers? Jordan Staal of the Hurricanes leads in 5-vs-5 shot attempts differential (216) and Corsi (55.9). Perron, Carl Hagelin (Washington), Jake Muzzin (Toronto), Jamie Oleksiak (Dallas), Ryan Reaves (Vegas) and Matt Niskanen of the Flyers are among the leaders.

Niskanen leads ex-Pens defensemen in scoring with eight goals and 33 points, one ahead of Arizona’s Alex Goligoski. A plus-16 in his last 10 games, Matt’s been one of the driving forces behind Philly’s recent hot streak.

Colorado’s rock-steady Ian Cole leads all former Pens with a plus-21.

Between the pipes, Thomas Greiss of the Islanders still leads in most major categories, including save percentage, goals against average and quality starts percentage. Mirroring his team’s woes, he hasn’t recorded a quality start since the All-Star break. Marc-Andre Fleury (Vegas) continues to rebound from a midseason funk no doubt influenced by the untimely death of his father. “Flower’s” posted three shutouts since the All-Star break.

SCORING
Player	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM		+/-	5v5SD	Corsi
David Perron	STL	LW	71	25	35	60	52		2	79	52.5
Tanner Pearson	VAN	LW	69	21	24	45	27		-4	-41	47.7
Phil Kessel	ARI	RW	70	14	24	38	22		-21	-7	51.4
* Kasperi Kapanen	TOR	RW	69	13	23	36	22		0	53	52.0
Nick Bonino	NSH	C	67	18	17	35	16		17	-6	50.4
Matt Niskanen	PHI	D	68	8	25	33	29		15	82	52.6
Derick Brassard	NYI	C	66	10	22	32	16		-2	-125	45.1
Alex Goligoski	ARI	D	70	4	28	32	24		8	-52	48.4
James Neal	EDM	LW	55	19	12	31	12		-20	-3	49.2
Dominik Kahun	PIT-BUF	C	56	12	19	31	8		8	-6	51.2
Jordan Staal	CAR	C	68	8	19	27	40		3	216	55.9
Ian Cole	COL	D	65	4	22	26	36		21	66	51.7
Derek Grant	ANA-PHI	C	56	15	10	25	30		1	-220	39.8
Carl Hagelin	WSH	LW	58	8	17	25	16		12	93	53.6
Alex Galchenyuk	PIT-MIN	C	59	8	16	24	16		-5	-41	49.2
Oskar Sundqvist	STL	C	57	12	11	23	28		5	-45	48.5
* Jake Muzzin	TOR	D	53	6	17	23	40		12	135	52.8
Josh Archibald	EDM	RW	62	12	9	21	12		-8	-127	44.2
Carter Rowney	ANA	RW	71	8	11	19	14		5	-219	41.6
Brandon Sutter	VAN	C	44	8	9	17	25		1	-91	44.1
Olli Maatta	CHI	D	65	4	13	17	20		0	-54	49.2
Blake Comeau	DAL	RW	55	8	8	16	36		-6	-8	48.5
Ryan Reaves	VEG	RW	71	8	7	15	47		-5	70	54.4
Riley Sheahan	EDM	C	66	8	7	15	6		-13	-138	43.7
Ron Hainsey	OTT	D	64	1	11	12	12		10	-108	46.3
Jamie Oleksiak	DAL	D	69	3	7	10	41		-6	83	53.4
Stefan Noesen	PIT-SJS	RW	40	7	2	9	32		-1	3	50.6
Greg McKegg	NYR	C	53	5	4	9	17		-2	-130	40.8
Erik Gudbranson	PIT-ANA	D	51	4	5	9	95		0	-13	50.0
Scott Harrington	CBJ	D	39	1	7	8	16		-3	-69	46.8
Trevor Daley	DET	D	43	0	7	7	20		-22	-186	40.1
Tom Kuhnhackl	NYI	RW	28	3	3	6	2		-4	-98	43.2
Robert Bortuzzo	STL	D	42	2	4	6	21		12	28	50.8
Deryk Engelland	VEG	D	49	1	5	6	37		6	26	52.6
Cameron Gaunce	TBL	D	3	1	3	4	4		2	2	51.9
Andrew Agozzino	PIT-ANA	LW	22	1	2	3	4		3	12	56.2
Daniel Sprong	ANA-WAS	RW	8	1	1	2	0		-2	30	55.7
Scott Wilson	BUF	LW	6	1	1	2	2		1	5	53.2
Jean-Sebastien Dea	BUF	C	3	0	0	0	0		0	-4	43.5
Marc-Andre Fleury	VEG	G	49	0	0	0	8		0
Brian Gibbons	CAR	C	15	0	0	0	4		-7	-21	46.9
Thomas Greiss	NYI	G	31	0	0	0	2		0
Mark Letestu	WPG	C	7	0	0	0	0		0	-23	42.0
Jayson Megna	COL	C	8	0	0	0	2		-1	-10	43.3
Derrick Pouliot	STL	D	2	0	0	0	2		-1	7	62.5
GOALTENDING
Player	Team	GP	GA	SH	AVE	SV%	QS%	QS		W-L-OT
Thomas Greiss	NYI	31	73	0	2.74	.913	.536	15		16-9-4
Marc-Andre Fleury	VEG	49	133	5	2.77	.905	.500	24		27-16-5
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