How Are the Penguins Faring Against Eastern Conference Heavyweights?
Given the Penguins’ recent struggles against Metro Division rivals Carolina and the Rangers, there’s a general perception that our guys aren’t performing too well against other playoff teams. So I decided to take a look at how the Eastern Conference heavyweights are faring against each other in head-to-head competition.
Without further ado, here are the results:
PIT
CAR
NYR
WSH
FLA
TBL
TOR
BOS
PIT
2-1-0
2-1-0
2-1-0
2-1-0
1-2-0
1-2-0
0-1-0
CAR
1-1-1
1-1-0
3-1-0
3-0-0
1-1-1
2-1-0
0-3-0
NYR
1-2-0
1-1-0
1-1-0
1-2-0
0-2-1
1-0-1
0-1-1
WSH
1-1-1
1-2-1
1-1-0
2-1-0
2-0-0
1-0-0
2-0-0
FLA
1-1-1
0-1-2
2-1-0
1-1-1
1-2-0
1-0-0
1-1-0
TBL
2-1-0
2-0-1
3-0-0
0-1-1
2-0-1
1-1-0
2-0-1
TOR
2-1-0
1-1-1
1-1-0
0-1-0
0-1-0
1-0-1
0-2-0
BOS
1-0-0
3-0-0
2-0-0
0-2-0
1-0-1
1-2-0
2-0-0
Total
9-7-3
10-6-5
12-5-0
7-8-2
11-5-2
7-9-3
9-4-1
5-8-2
Points
21
25
24
16
24
17
19
12
Points%
0.553
0.595
0.706
0.471
0.667
0.447
0.679
0.400
No, we’re not burning up the track by any means.