Familiar foes - 9-22-09
Seeing Toronto's Jason Blake (above) and Montreal's Scott Gomez put up some points against the Penguins within the past week of exhibition play isn't anything new for Penguins fans. It should come as no surprise that each player is among the top 20 active players when it comes to career regular season points against the Penguins:
| Player, Current team | Games Played | Goals- Assists- Points |
| Rod Brind’Amour, Hurricanes | 76 | 28-52-80 |
| Mark Recchi, Bruins | 70 | 22-52-74 |
| Brendan Shanahan, Devils | 60 | 27-24-51 |
| Daniel Alfredsson, Senators | 51 | 18-33-51 |
| Patrick Elias, Devils | 59 | 18-33-51 |
| Scott Gomez, Canadiens | 56 | 10-38-48 |
| Saku Koivu, Ducks | 45 | 20-28-48 |
| Jason Blake, Maple Leafs | 46 | 24-23-47 |
| Joe Thornton, Sharks | 33 | 14-29-43 |
| Marc Savard, Bruins | 32 | 11-32-43 |
| Marian Hossa, Blackhawks | 36 | 10-32-42 |
| Simon Gagne, Flyers | 47 | 19-21-40 |
| Ray Whitney, Hurricanes | 37 | 10-29-39 |
| Slava Kozlov, Thrashers | 38 | 17-21-38 |
| Owen Nolan, Wild | 33 | 15-21-36 |
| Sergei Samsonov, Hurricanes | 37 | 10-26-36 |
| Mike Knuble, Capitals | 53 | 23-12-35 |
| Vincent Lecavalier, Lightning | 39 | 23-12-35 |
| Corey Stillman, Panthers | 28 | 11-24-35 |
| Alex Kovalev, Senators | 41 | 15-19-34 |
Note: Mats Sundin, who is in pseudo retirement from the Canucks, has 81 points (38 goals, 43 assists) in 54 games against the Penguins.
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