PensBurgh · Oct 31, 2023
Penguins finish October with worst points percentage since 2005
Photo by Jeanine Leech/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThe 2022-23 Penguins have drawn a concerning parallel with the 2005-06 team through October.
In Sidney Crosby’s first season and Mario Lemieux’s last, the Penguins finished the year with 22 wins, a second-to-last finish in the NHL standings, and a playoffs miss.
This year, with a retooled roster built around at least two (and potentially four) future Hall-of-Famers, the Pens were hoping for better.
But that’s not the trajectory they’re on so far.
With Monday night’s heartbreaking 4-3 loss to the Anaheim Ducks, the Penguins finished out the first calendar month of the season having earned one out of every three possible points.