VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- There's been a pretty glaring trend though the first two weeks of the Penguins' season.
Sidney Crosby has been taking noticeably fewer faceoffs.
We're seeing Evgeni Malkin take draws more on the power plays, and we were even seeing Jake Guentzel step in for some faceoffs at 5-on-5 prior to his injury. Crosby has taken more faceoffs than anyone else on the team, averaging 16.7 draws per game. That's down from last season when he averaged 21 faceoffs per game, and the year before that when he averaged 22.