How did the Penguins’ 2020 regression candidates go?

Photo by Jeanine Leech/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesWay back last September, we looked at some candidates for regression for the Penguins in the 2020-21 season following what happened in 2019-20. Now it’s time to circle back and see how those situations unfolded.

#1 Bryan Rust, point per game player

After scoring a total of 55 goals in the first 253 games played in the NHL (.22 goals/game) from 2015-19, Bryan Rust exploded in 2019-20, scoring 27 goals in 55 games (.49 goals/game). His points took a similar number recording 56 points in 55 games in 2019-20 (1.02 points/game), up from 114 points in those first 253 games (.45 points/game).

This is a big, huge jump into becoming an elite point…