Why is Pittsburgh's PK Always So Good?

[Callista Rhian]

... the one area I have to give Craig Adams credit. *hurls*

Also Fleury. Flower is baller when shorthanded.

 

[ziggo66]

they also only focus on just killing the penalty by only using the guys that produce approximately nothing offensively. every year, they're near the top of the league in pk % but damn near the bottom in SHG. (surprised to see they actually have 4 this year though)

on the flip side, take a team like the islanders who have the league's worst pk % but they lead the league in SHG. perhaps they take bigger risks with the personnel they use while the penguins play it safe.

Might be worth to take a look at the actual numbers of the Penguins:

2006: 13 SHG (t-8th)
2007: 14 SHG (t-5th)
2008: 6 SHG (t-20th)
2009: 7 SHG (t-16th)
2010: 8 SHG (t-5th)
2011: 13 SHG (t-2nd)
2012: 11 SHG (3rd)
2013*: 2 SHG (t-17th)
2014: 4SHG (t-24th)
2015**: 4 SHG (t-11th)

* = 48 games
** = 53 games