Penguins/NHL
The Pittsburgh Penguins capped off the 2024-2025 season with a 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals.
 2024-2025 Penguins |  Tidbits |
|---|---|
| Record: 34-36-12, 80 pts | 24th In NHL | 7 Points Below 2023-2024 Team |
| Goals For: 243 (19th) | Goals Against: 293 (30th) | Minus-50 Goal Differential (29th) |
| Home: 21-15-5 | Away: 13-21-7 | Tied for 4th Least Amount of Roads Wins in NHL |
| PP%: 25.8 (6th | PK%: 77.8 (18th) | 1st Top-6 Finish in PP% since 2020/2021 (4th) |
| 5 vs 5 CF%: 51% (10th) | 2nd Straight Season of 50CF% or better |
The revolving target is how aggressive will the Penguins be this summer with easy moves to make to give them close to $30 million in cap space and an abundance number of draft picks to potentially play the game of towing the line of building for the future, while trying to maximize Sidney Crosby final great seasons. Expect a fun summer I’m told compared to the conservative plan last off-season where let’s be honest the Penguins punted on the season in 2024-2025 well before it started. Yes, this is a bottom-10 roster right now but there is at least a door cracked open for a turnaround next season. Among the biggest developments over the final handful of games is Ville Koivunen being To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
As Bryan Rust on Thursday Night joined Sidney Crosby and Rickard Rakell as 30 Goal Scorers this season, it marked the first time in 24 years and the first time in the Sidney Crosby era of the Penguins have three 30 Goal Scorers.
 30+ Goal Scorers 2024/25 Penguins |  30+ Goal Scorers 2000/01 Penguins |
|---|---|
| Rickard Rakell – 35 Goals | Jaromir Jagr – 52 Goals |
| Sidney Crosby – 33 Goals | Alex Kovalev – 44 Goals |
| Bryan Rust – 31 Goals | Mario Lemieux – 35 Goals |
| Next Closest: Evgeni Malkin – 16 Goals | Robert Lange – 32 Goals |
The last season this happened was Mario Lemieux’s comeback season in 2000-2001 when Jagr, Kovalev, Lemieux (35 Goals in 43 Games) and Robert Lange all topped 30 goals. They almost had five as Marty Straka had 27 goals. What a top-5 group of forwards that team had, Jagr 121 points in what felt like a somewhat off year, Kovalev 44G/95pts; Straka 27G/95Pts; Lang 32G/80Pts and some guy named Mario Lemieux joined the team in December and goes and puts up 35G/70Pts in 43 games after three in a half years off. And Craig Patrick almost landed Keith Tkachuk at the 2001 deadline but Pittsburgh got cold feet at the altar of moving Milan Kraft and To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
Not set in stone but scouting meetings thus far in outlining an attack plan for the off-season, has Penguins GM Kyle Dubas To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
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