Spreading the wealth - 5-28-09
After the Penguins' second game of the second round against the Capitals, we put together a few posts illustrating the need for the Penguins to spread out their scoring. Sidney Crosby was on fire, but he needed some help.
Well help has arrived. This is what the Penguins how the Penguins' scoring was spread out after the first eight games of these playoffs:
| Player | Goals (23) |
Percentage of Team Total |
| Sidney Crosby | 8 | 34.8% |
| Evgeni Malkin | 4 | 17.2% |
| Mark Eaton | 3 | 13.0% |
| Bill Guerin | 2 | 8.7% |
| Tyler Kennedy | 2 | 8.7% |
| Ruslan Fedotenko | 1 | 4.3% |
| Sergei Gonchar | 1 | 4.3% |
| Rob Scuderi | 1 | 4.3% |
| Maxime Talbot | 1 | 4.3% |
This is where those totals stand after Game 4 of the Eastern Conference final:
| Player | Goals (65) |
Percentage of Team Total |
| Sidney Crosby | 14 | 21.5% |
| Evgeni Malkin | 12 | 18.5 % |
| Bill Guerin | 7 | 10.8 % |
| Ruslan Fedotenko | 6 | 9.2 % |
| Mark Eaton | 4 | 6.2 % |
| Maxime Talbot | 4 | 6.2 % |
| Craig Adams | 3 | 4.6 % |
| Tyler Kennedy | 3 | 4.6 % |
| Kris Letang | 3 | 4.6 % |
| Sergei Gonchar | 2 | 3.1 % |
| Jordan Staal | 2 | 3.1 % |
| Philippe Boucher | 1 | 1.5 % |
| Matt Cooke | 1 | 1.5 % |
| Chris Kunitz | 1 | 1.5 % |
| Miroslav Satan | 1 | 1.5 % |
| Rob Scuderi | 1 | 1.5 % |
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