One more day until the Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Islanders kick off their playoff series. So let’s go out with a bang with the most comprehensive preview you could hope to find.
Shoutout Japers Rink for the model we’ll follow. And as they put it perfectly as a disclaimer:
these categories are not meant to be taken as being evenly weighted, and the degree to which one team has the edge isn’t going to be noted on the chart (though we’ll talk about it)
5v5 offense
The Penguins finished with 126 5v5 goals this year, good for 5th in the league.