Categories: PenguinPoop

Ex-Penguins Update: April 24, 2021

As the season turns into the home stretch, I thought I’d look in on former Penguins and see how they’re faring. Stats are updated through games played as of Friday, April 23.

The Blues’ David Perron leads the pack in assists (29) and points (42). Arizona’s Phil Kessel heads the list in goals (16) while occupying second place in points (35), just ahead of Carolina’s Jordan Staal (33) and Florida’s Patric Hornqvist (32). Staal and “Horny” are tied for second in goals with 14 apiece.

In other performances of note, Washington’s Justin Schultz tops all defensemen in scoring (23 points) while enjoying a bounce-back season. Teammate Conor Sheary has likewise experienced a resurgence with the Caps, tallying 12 goals in 44 games…a 22-goal pace over a full 82-game slate.

Sheary’s surprising production and that of present Pen Evan Rodrigues casts last season’s deadline deal for Dominik Kahun in a more favorable light. With only six goals in 37 games for the Oilers, Kahun’s been a mild disappointment.

Minnesota’s rock-steady Ian Cole has the best plus/minus among the Pens’ alum (+19), followed by his former partner Schultz (+12).

Between the pipes, former black-and-gold draft pick Filip Gustavsson (Ottawa) leads in save percentage (.946) and goals-against average (1.81). Marc-Andre Fleury (Vegas) is tied for the NHL lead with five shutouts and ranks among the leaders in goals against average (2.09) and save percentage (.926).

North of the border, Ottawa’s Matt Murray is making headlines. After missing 14 games with an upper-body injury, he’s returned in style to win three of four starts, including two shutouts, while posting a 1.26 goals against average and .967 save percentage.

“He just looks like a different goalie,” said Senators coach D.J. Smith. “He’s under so much more control, he’s tracking pucks and he just looks confident.”

Could it be that Murray’s at long last rediscovered his Stanley Cup form?

FYI: the Sens hired a new goaltending coach, Zac Bierk, to replace Pierre Groulx on April 6. Perhaps that’s had something to do with Matt’s sudden transformation.

SCORING

Player

Team

Pos

GP

G

A

PTS

PIM

+/-

Corsi

David Perron

STL

LW

44

13

29

42

20

0

52.6

Phil Kessel

ARI

RW

47

16

19

35

12

-15

47.9

Jordan Staal

CAR

C

44

14

19

33

28

6

50.6

Patric Hornqvist

FLA

RW

43

14

18

32

35

-2

54.9

Justin Schultz

WSH

D

42

3

20

23

8

12

48.3

Conor Sheary

WSH

LW

44

12

8

20

14

-2

52.1

Nick Bonino

MIN

C

45

6

12

18

26

1

42.3

* Jake Muzzin

TOR

D

45

2

16

18

25

9

50.2

Derick Brassard

ARI

C

44

8

8

16

10

-11

48.2

Nick Bjugstad

MIN

C

37

6

9

15

17

7

45.9

Alex Goligoski

ARI

D

47

3

12

15

12

4

47.7

Daniel Sprong

WSH

RW

34

7

7

14

6

6

48.4

Blake Comeau

DAL

RW

41

4

10

14

14

-3

49.7

Tanner Pearson

VAN

LW

36

8

5

13

24

-5

48.3

Derek Grant

ANA

C

39

5

8

13

23

0

40.1

Carl Hagelin

WSH

LW

47

5

8

13

12

4

45.7

Jamie Oleksiak

DAL

D

46

5

6

11

35

1

52.1

Riley Sheahan

BUF

C

45

3

8

11

6

-10

44.0

Brandon Sutter

VAN

C

38

8

2

10

2

-5

44.6

Dominik Kahun

EDM

C

37

6

4

10

2

-4

47.4

Patrick Marleau

SJS

C

46

4

5

9

10

-5

48.5

Oskar Sundqvist

STL

C

28

4

5

9

14

-6

43.2

Josh Archibald

EDM

RW

41

6

2

8

29

1

45.2

Alex Galchenyuk

OTT-CAR-TOR

C

25

3

5

8

10

-8

50.4

James Neal

EDM

LW

19

3

3

6

7

-1

51.0

Ian Cole

COL-MIN

D

44

1

5

6

24

19

41.9

Carter Rowney

ANA

RW

19

0

6

6

2

-2

41.5

Ryan Reaves

VEG

RW

37

1

4

5

27

0

50.4

Erik Gudbranson

OTT-NSH

D

40

1

2

3

49

-13

48.7

Scott Harrington

CBJ

D

10

1

2

3

6

-3

42.4

Olli Maatta

LAK

D

29

0

3

3

6

-7

48.3

Robert Bortuzzo

STL

D

28

0

2

2

21

-10

50.3

Jack Johnson

NYR

D

13

1

0

1

8

-5

43.0

Greg McKegg

BOS

C

4

1

0

1

2

-2

41.0

Andrew Agozzino

ANA

LW

3

0

1

1

0

0

46.4

Marc-Andre Fleury

VEG

G

31

0

1

1

2

0

 

Matt Murray

OTT

G

26

0

1

1

0

0

 

* Kenny Agostino

TOR

LW

1

0

0

0

0

0

75.0

Thomas Greiss

DET

G

31

0

0

0

2

0

 

Jean-Sebastien Dea

BUF

C

1

0

0

0

2

-1

42.9

* Filip Gustavsson

OTT

G

4

0

0

0

0

0

 

Jayson Megna

COL

C

4

0

0

0

0

0

49.3

Stefan Noesen

SJS-TOR

RW

5

0

0

0

2

0

49.3

Dominik Simon

CGY

C

9

0

0

0

0

0

47.2

GOALTENDING

Player

Team

GP

GA

SH

AVE

SV%

QS%

W-L-OT

* Filip Gustavsson

OTT

4

6

0

1.81

.946

.667

2-1-1

Marc-Andre Fleury

VEG

31

64

5

2.09

.926

.710

21-10-0

Thomas Greiss

DET

31

77

0

2.95

.904

.538

6-15-7

Matt Murray

OTT

26

78

2

3.39

.892

.542

10-13-1

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

 

Rick Buker

Recent Posts

Penguins Update: Drafting Franchise Players a Luck of the Draw

As the Penguins’ fortunes spiral down, down, down to where Gollum and the San Jose…

7 hours ago

A Shot in the Dark: Penguins Blow Lead (Again), Lose to Lightning in OT

For our bumbling Penguins, the more things change, the more they stay the same. In…

2 days ago

NHL Update: Bruins Fire Montgomery

Less than two seasons after he guided Boston to a record setting 135-point season, the…

2 days ago

Penguins This ‘n’ ‘At

With nothing in particular to write about, I thought I’d scrape a few random thoughts…

3 days ago

Shark-Bait No More, Penguins Escape with 4-3 Shootout Win

I apologize ahead of time for the brevity and lateness of this recap, especially in…

4 days ago

Penguins Rally, Then Collapse in Dismal 6-2 Loss to CBJ

I usually have some idea of how I want to approach my PP posts. Well,…

5 days ago