50 things to remember from the 2017-18 Penguins regular season

The NHL regular season is long.

Too long, some might say.

But the upside is that 82 games provide ample opportunity for stuff to happen.

Here, then, are 50 highlights from the 2017-18 Penguins regular season. In no particular order:

• Sidney Crosby routinely batting pucks out of the air and banking shots off goaltenders.

• Evgeni Malkin going bonkers after New Year’s Day, leading the league in goals (28) and ranking second in points (62).

• Patric Hornqvist scoring 29 goals, his most since 30 in 2009-10. More important — the contract extension that’ll keep Hornqvist here through 2022-23.

• Carl Hagelin’s drastic splits — two goals and six points in his first 42 games, eight goals and 17 points in…