Pittsburgh Penguins

Power Rankings

Date	Ranking	Previous
04/02/2012	8	1
Suddenly, the team that looked unbeatable for a while looks ... very beatable. It's easy to overlook mistakes or sloppy play when you're beating teams 8-4 and 5-1 but there seems to be a few bad habits that developed out there that need to be broken before the playoffs start.
03/26/2012	1	1
The only game the Penguins have lost in regulation over the past month was Saturday night's 8-4 loss in Ottawa ... which came with a third-string goalie making his fourth NHL start (and first road start) that gave up all eight goals. They followed that up with a 5-2 win over the Devils on Sunday, and improved their record over the past 33 games to 26-5-2.
03/19/2012	1	1
The Penguins are still right there with the New York Rangers and can control their own destiny, as of Monday, when it comes to getting the top seed in the East. They enter the week having not lost a game in regulation since February 19, and are 23-4-2 over their past 29 games.
03/12/2012	1	4
Players like Evgeni Malkin and James Neal get all of the attention (and for good reason) but let's give some credit to one of the more overlooked players on the team, Pascal Dupuis. An absolute bargain at a $1.5 million cap hit this season. He's going to score 20 goals, plays some of the toughest minutes on the team and is a top penalty killer for one of the top penalty killing teams in the league. An excellent complementary player, and a big part of their success this season.
03/05/2012	4	4
Even without Sidney Crosby for almost all of the season, and combined with the rest of their injuries throughout the year, the Penguins still enter the week as the third-highest scoring team in the NHL.
02/28/2012	4	6
Jordan Staal has missed 20 games this season and he's still managed to score over 20 goals. He looks like a completely different player offensively this year.
02/20/2012	6	5
Big move to re-sign James Neal, now one of the core players in Pittsburgh.
02/13/2012	5	7
Sidney Crosby or no Sidney Crosby, these guys look like a major contender now that Jordan Staal is back. He looks like he never missed a game.
02/06/2012	7	7
The following stat comes via the Penguins Radio Network on Twitter (@PensRadioNet). In his career Evgeni Malkin has played 82 games without Sidney Crosby in the lineup, or what amounts to a full season of games. His numbers: 49 goals, 112 points.
01/30/2012	7	11
One of the hottest teams in the NHL coming out of the All-Star break thanks to the offensive firepower of their top line (Evgeni Malkin, James Neal and Chris Kunitz), as well as having their top-four defenseman (Paul Martin, Zbynek Michalek, Kris Letang and Brooks Orpik) all back in the lineup.

Preseason Power Rankings
Date	Ranking	Previous
10/03/2011	5	-
Even though he appears to be getting closer to a return, Sidney Crosby won't be ready for the start of the season. Evgeni Malkin, however, will be ready, and he looks to be completely recovered from last season's knee injury. Based on his preseason play (I know, I know, it's just the preseason) he looks to be back to his 2009 form, and that's a good sign for Pittsburgh, with or without Crosby.