Categories: PenguinPoop

Penguins Quarter Pole Projections

With the Penguins’ 2022-23 season roughly at the quarter pole, I thought it would be fun to project individual stats based on the numbers to date.

There’s nothing scientific about this exercise. I simply multiplied current output by 4.1. Some rounding was involved.

The only exception is Teddy Blueger. Since he missed all but five games due to injury and figures to be a lineup staple when healthy, I assumed he’d play the remaining 62 games and applied his current output rates.

Although the plus/minus stats are a bit out of whack due to the linear projection, I decided to include them.

As for the team? Again based on this simple projection, we’ll finish with a record of 41-29-12 and 94 points. The cutoff line to qualify for the playoffs in the Eastern Conference last year was 100 points. We’re presently tied with Tampa Bay for the last wild card spot.

Without further ado, here are the numbers.

*Player*	GP	G	A	*PTS*	*PIM*	*+/-*
Crosby	82	41	70	111	57	-4
Malkin	82	33	49	82	66	8
Guentzel	66	41	33	74	74	-4
Zucker	74	21	41	62	25	25
Rakell	82	33	21	54	0	49
Carter	70	12	33	45	33	8
Letang	78	4	41	45	33	-37
Rust	82	21	21	42	45	-41
McGinn	82	25	12	37	8	25
Heinen	82	12	25	37	16	-8
Pettersson	82	0	37	37	33	21
Petry	82	12	21	33	57	21
Joseph	66	0	21	21	49	49
Rutta	82	12	8	20	49	41
Poehling	82	8	12	20	0	12
Kapanen	53	4	16	20	0	-12
Archibald	78	12	4	16	57	25
Dumoulin	82	0	16	16	0	4
Blueger	67	0	13	13	133	-13
Jarry	49	0	8	8	8	0
Poulin	12	0	4	4	8	-12
Ruhwedel	25	0	4	4	16	0
Caggiula	12	0	0	0	0	-4
DeSmith	33	0	0	0	8	0
Hallander	8	0	0	0	0	0
O’Connor	12	0	0	0	0	-4

*Goalie*	GP	GA	SH	*AVE*	*SV%*	*W-L-OT*
DeSmith	33	94	0	2.88	0.908	12-17-4
Jarry	49	152	4	3.06	0.910	29-12-8