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NHL discovers reanimation procedure

NEW YORK — In a move that shocked even the most radical medical scientists today, the National Hockey League announced it had discovered a way to reanimate players — or to rejuvenate them.

The result? Each team will have two legends from its past join the roster for at least the 2019–20 season.

The process is simple. Beginning with the highest-rated players, the league will move down the list of pre-identified legends and assign them to teams based on which franchise hosted them for the greatest number of games.

Every franchise will receive one offensive player and one defensive player. Goalies will be used as a last resort and in a lottery for legends-less teams.

If a player has played the most number of games in his career with one team, but that team already has a player in that position, then he will be assigned to the team for which he played the second most games.

Because some franchises don't have any legends, or any legends the game rates above an 86 overall, they will receive one or two players from a pool created of legends from Original Six teams.

The results:

Anaheim Ducks:
O Teemu Selanne
D Scott Niedermayer

Arizona Coyotes:
O Mike Gartner
D Teppo Numminen

Boston Bruins:
O Jean Ratelle
D Ray Bourque

Buffalo Sabres:
O Dave Andreychuk
D Phil Housley

Calgary Flames:
O Joe Nieuwendyk
D Al MacInnis

Carolina Hurricanes:
O Brendan Shannahan
D Mark Howe

Chicago Blackhawks:
O Stan Mikita
D Chris Chelios

Colorado Avalanche:
O Peter Forsberg
O Michel Goulet (oops)

Columbus Blue Jackets:
O Henri Richard (lottery)
D Jacques Plante (lottery)

Dallas Stars:
O Mike Modano
D Sergei Gonchar

Detroit Red Wings:
O Gordie Howe
D Nik Lidstrom

Edmonton Oilers:
O Wayne Gretzky
D Paul Coffey

Florida Panthers:
O Pavel Datsyuk (lottery)
D Patrick Roy (lottery)

Los Angeles Kings:
O Luc Robitaille
D Rob Blake

Minnesota Wild:
O Ted Lindsay (lottery)
D Harry Howe (lottery)

Montreal Canadiens:
O Jean Beliveau
D Larry Robinson

Nashville Predators:
O Bernie Geoffrion (lottery)
D Glenn Hall (lottery)

New Jersey Devils:
O Peter Stastny
D Tommy Albelin

New York Islanders:
O Bryan Trottier
D Denis Potvin

New York Rangers:
O Mark Messier
D Richard Park

Ottawa Senators:
O Darryl Sittler (lottery)
D Wade Redden

Philadelphia Flyers:
O Bobby Clarke
D Bernie Parent

Pittsburgh Penguins:
O Mario Lemieux
D Terry Sawchuk (lottery)

St. Louis Blues:
O Brett Hull
D Chris Pronger

San Jose Sharks:
O Jeremy Roenick
D Mike Vernon

Tampa Bay Lightning:
O Martin St. Louis
D Gerry Cheevers (lottery)

Toronto Maple Leafs:
O Mats Sundin
D Brian Leetch

Vancouver Canucks:
O Markus Naslund
D Johnny Bower (lottery)

Vegas Golden Knights:
O Guy Lafleur (lottery)
D Mike Richter (lottery)

Washington Capitals:
O Jaromir Jagr
D Larry Murphy

Winnipeg Jets:
O Dale Hawerchuk
D Serge Savard

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I'm going to play this through the perspective of the Penguins, but I'll be more than glad to answer questions about how any player/team is doing.

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Preseason results:
(I was testing sliders and lines, so didn't plan on posting individual box scores)

@ WSH: 4-1 W
@ NYR: 6-2 W
vs CAR: 4-3 W
vs NJD: 2-3 L
@ PHI: 5-4 W
vs CBJ: 2-6 L
@ NYI: 4-5 L

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Penguins Shore Up Roster Before Season

PITTSBURGH — One of the Penguins' strengths heading into the 2019–20 NHL season is depth.

It's also one of their key weaknesses.

To reduce the hit of some players against the team's salary cap allocation, the Penguins made a few roster moves to give the team some financial flexibility.

On Monday, Pittsburgh traded defenseman Jack Johnson, who signed a controversial five-year contract prior to the last season, to the Ottawa Senators. In return, the Penguins will receive winger Tyler Ennis, Ottawa's fourth-round draft pick in 2020, the Tampa Bay lightning's fifth-round pick in 2020 and a sixth-round 2020 pick, originally held by the St. Louis Blues.

Johnson provided some value to the Penguins in 2018-19, but GM Jim Rutherford found it wasn't enough to hold onto the aging defenseman for another four seasons.

Ennis just signed with the Senators, but for Toronto in the 2018 season he scored 18 points, including 12 goals, in 51 games. Coach Mike Sullivan said Ennis would likely start the season on the third line.

Of course, the Penguins' depth extends to offense, too. That's why they followed Monday's move on Tuesday by dealing center Nick Bjugstad to Las Vegas.

The Pens acquired Bjugstad last season, and he provided the team with 14 points in his 32 games with Pittsburgh. His cap hit coming into the season was $4.1 million.

Vegas will send to Pittsburgh winger Brandon Pirri, their 2020 third-round pick and New Jersey's 2020 third-rounder.

Jared McCann will fill the center role on the third line.

With the amount of cap space the Penguins received as a result of these two trades, they made a small signing, acquiring defenseman Dion Phaneuf on a one-year, $750,000 deal. Sullivan said he doesn't yet know which defensive pair Phaneuf will join.

The team additionally has another $5 million in cap space to deal with as they please.

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Opening Day Lines

PITTSBURGH — Head Coach Mike Sullivan announced the tentative lines slated for the Penguins' opening-day game against the Buffalo Sabres.

Offense:

Crosby - Lemieux - Hornqvist

Galchenyuk-Malkin-Guentzel

Ennis-McCann-Rust

Kahun-Simon-Tanev


Defense:

Phaneuf-Letang

Dumoulin-Pettersson

Riikola-Schultz

Goalies:

Sawchuk

Murray

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First Homestand Results

I'll post every game from now on. Just forgot for two because I have the attention span of a carrot.

Oct. 3: 2-3 OTL vs. Buffalo Sabres

Oct. 5: 4-2 W vs. Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets at Pittsburgh Penguins
Oct 5, 2019 1 2 3 F CBJ (1–1–0) 0 1 1 2 PIT (1–0–1) 1 1 2 4 Three Stars Sidney Crosby, C 2 G, 3 Hits Terry Sawchuk, G .935 SV% Dominik Simon, C 1 G	Team Stats Comparison CBJ PIT Shots on Goal 31 30 Hits 10 31 Faceoffs Won-Lost 25 19 Penalty Minutes 6 4 Power Plays Converted 0 2 Power Play Opportunities 2 3 Time on Attack 6:47 3:41
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD PIT 13:15: PPG: Crosby (2) (Lemieux) SECOND PERIOD CBJ 2:22: Richard (2) (Jenner, Jones) PIT 6:11: PPG: Crosby (3) (Lemieux) THIRD PERIOD PIT 9:50: Simon (1) CBJ 19:12: Anderson (1) (Nyquist, Dubois) PIT 19:41: ENG: McCann (1)
Columbus Blue Jackets - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Joonas Korpisalo 29 26 90% 3.05
Pittsburgh Penguins - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Terry Sawchuk 31 29 94% 2.01

Oct. 8: 4-3 W (SO) vs. Winnipeg Jets

Oct. 10: 4-5 L (SO) vs. Anaheim Ducks

Anaheim Ducks at Pittsburgh Penguins
Oct 10, 2019 1 2 3 SO F ANA (1–2–1) 4 0 0 1 5 PIT (2–0–2) 0 1 3 0 4 Three Stars Matt Murray, G 1.00 SV%, 29 Shots Evgeni Malkin, C 3 A Patric Hornqvist, RW 1 G, 1 A	Team Stats Comparison ANA PIT Shots on Goal 40 42 Hits 11 33 Faceoffs Won-Lost 26 21 Penalty Minutes 0 6 Power Plays Converted 0 0 Power Play Opportunities 3 0 Time on Attack 7:12 4:05
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD ANA 5:08: Getzlaf (1) (Henrique, Manson) ANA 5:50: Ritchie (1) (Sprong) ANA 15:57: Sprong (2) (Manson) ANA 20:00: Henrique (1) (Kase) SECOND PERIOD PIT 13:21: Rust (1) THIRD PERIOD PIT 4:21: Hornqvist (1) (Malkin, Galchenyuk) PIT 15:32: Dumoulin (1) (Malkin) PIT 19:12: Galchenyuk (1) (Malkin, Hornqvist)
Anaheim Ducks - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Johnny Gibson 42 38 90% 3.69
Pittsburgh Penguins - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Terry Sawchuk 11 7 64% 12.00 Matt Murray 29 29 100% 0.00

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Cool idea!!!!

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Pens Run Wild on Minnesota

Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh Penguins
Oct 18, 2019 1 2 3 F MIN () 2 1 1 4 PIT (3–0–2) 0 0 1 1 Three Stars Matt Murray .970 SV% Sidney Crosby 2G Alex Galchenyuk 2G	Team Stats Comparison MIN PIT Shots on Goal 24 33 Hits 23 14 Faceoffs Won-Lost 20 16 Penalty Minutes 10 4 Power Plays Converted 0 0 Power Play Opportunities 1 6 Time on Attack 7:17 5:19

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Winnipeg Jets Past Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Penguins at Winnipeg Jets
Oct 13, 2019 1 2 3 F PIT (3–1–2) 1 1 1 3 WPG () 0 3 2 5 Three Stars Kyle Connor 2 G, 2 A Blake Wheeler 2 G, 1 A Mark Scheifele 1 G, 1 A	Team Stats Comparison PIT WPG Shots on Goal 25 25 Hits 30 7 Faceoffs Won-Lost 15 26 Penalty Minutes 7 15 Power Plays Converted 2 1 Power Play Opportunities 5 1 Time on Attack 5:43 4:55
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD PIT 9:45: Brandon Tanev (1) (Dominik Kahun) SECOND PERIOD WPG 4:55: Kyle Connor (2) PP (Mark Scheifele, Josh Morrissey) WPG 10:11: Kyle Connor (3) (Mark Letestu, Nathan Beaulieu) PIT 14:42: Sidney Crosby (7) PP (Evgeni Malkin, Justin Schultz) WPG 17:41: Blake Wheeler (2) (Kyle Connor, Josh Morrissey) THIRD PERIOD WPG 11:51: Blake Wheeler (3) (Kyle Connor, Brad Little) PIT 13:15: Evgeni Malkin (1) PP (Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel) WPG 16:44: Mark Scheifele (2) (Blake Wheeler)

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Jake Rakes Aves

Colorado Avalanche at Pittsburgh Penguins
Oct 16, 2019 1 2 3 F COL () 0 1 1 2 PIT (4–1–2) 1 2 2 5 Three Stars Jake Guentzel 2 G Dion Phaneus 1 G Matt Murray .931 SV%	Team Stats Comparison COL PIT Shots on Goal 29 28 Hits 13 32 Faceoffs Won-Lost 24 14 Penalty Minutes 21 19 Power Plays Converted 0 1 Power Play Opportunities 2 3 Time on Attack 6:12 6:21
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD PIT 8:42: Bryan Rust (2) (Jared McCann) SECOND PERIOD PIT 4:47: Jake Guentzel (1) (Patric Hornqvist, Brian Dumoulin) COL 15:08: Andre Burakovsky (1) PIT 18 Dion Phaneuf (1) (Sidney Crosby, Matt Murray) THIRD PERIOD COL 6:43: Nathan MacKinnon (3) (Ian Cole, Andre Burakovsky) PIT 9:25: Mario Lemieux (3) PP (Sidney Crosby, Justin Schultz) PIT 19:51: Jake Guentzel (2) EN

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Powerplay Special

Dallas Stars at Pittsburgh Penguins
Oct 18, 2019 1 2 3 F DAL () 0 1 1 2 PIT (5–1–2) 1 2 0 3 Three Stars Matt Murray .941 SV% Evgeni Malkin 1 G Roope Hintz 2 G	Team Stats Comparison DAL PIT Shots on Goal 34 36 Hits 13 31 Faceoffs Won-Lost 25 21 Penalty Minutes 22 20 Power Plays Converted 2 2 Power Play Opportunities 4 6 Time on Attack 5:49 6:09
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD PIT 6:35: Dominik Kahun (1) (Tyler Ennis, Justin Schultz) SECOND PERIOD DAL 11:11: Roope Hintz (1) PP PIT 16:01: Sidney Crosby (8) PP (Jake Guentzel) PIT 18:00: Evgeni Malkin (2) PP THIRD PERIOD DAL 11:13: Roope Hintz (3) PP (Jamie Benn, Corey Perry)

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3 In a Row for Pittsburgh

Vegas Golden Knights at Pittsburgh Penguins
Oct 19, 2019 1 2 3 F VEG () 1 2 0 3 PIT (6–1–2) 0 1 4 5 Three Stars Jared McCann 2 G, 1 A Mario Lemieux 1 G, 1 A Sidney Crosby 1 G	Team Stats Comparison VEG PIT Shots on Goal 25 28 Hits 21 39 Faceoffs Won-Lost 17 23 Penalty Minutes 6 10 Power Plays Converted 0 0 Power Play Opportunities 5 3 Time on Attack 4:15 5:35
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD VEG 18:15: Mark Stone (5) (Reilly Smith, William Karlsson) SECOND PERIOD VEG 3:23: Nick Bjugstad (6) PIT 8:35: Jared McCann (2) VEG 16:56: Cody Glass (1) (Alex Tuch, Jon Merrill) THIRD PERIOD PIT 2:52: Sidney Crosby (9) (Mario Lemieux) PIT 16:02: Jared McCann (3) (Marcus Pettersson) PIT 18:28: Dominik Kahun (2) (Brian Dumoulin, Justin Schultz) PIT 19 Mario Lemieux (4) EN (Jared McCann, Chad Ruhwedel)

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Florida Snaps Streak

Pittsburgh Penguins at Florida Panthers
Oct 20, 2019 1 2 3 F PIT (6–2–2) 0 2 1 3 FLA () 0 4 1 5 Three Stars Anton Stralman 2 G Pavel Datsyuk 2 G Evgenii Dadonov 1 G	Team Stats Comparison PIT FLA Shots on Goal 25 27 Hits 41 6 Faceoffs Won-Lost 22 24 Penalty Minutes 15 13 Power Plays Converted 2 2 Power Play Opportunities 4 5 Time on Attack 5:20 5:13
Scoring Summary SECOND PERIOD FLA 2:42: Pavel Datsyuk (2) PP (Justin Huberdeau) FLA 4:45: Pavel Datsyuk (3) PP (Justin Huberdeau, Keith Yandle) FLA 13 Anton Stralman (1) PIT 16:04: Evgeni Malkin (3) PP (Justin Schultz, Sidney Crosby) PIT 18:12: Mario Lemieux (5) PP (Justin Schultz, Jake Guentzel) FLA 19:56: Anton Stralman (2) (Aleksander Barkov, Mike Matheson) THIRD PERIOD PIT 00:54: Jake Guentzel (3) (Mario Lemieux, Kris Letang) FLA 19:19: Evgenii Dadonov (2) EN

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Bolts Strike Pens

Pittsburgh Penguins at Tampa Bay Lightning
Oct 23, 2019 1 2 3 F PIT (6–3–2) 0 1 0 1 TAM () 1 0 4 5 Three Stars Yanni Gourde 2 G Martin St. Louis 1 G, 2 A Andrei Vasilevskiy .967 SV%	Team Stats Comparison PIT TAM Shots on Goal 23 34 Hits 16 8 Faceoffs Won-Lost 17 21 Penalty Minutes 18 10 Power Plays Converted 0 3 Power Play Opportunities 0 4 Time on Attack 4:53 7:28
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD TAM 11:08: Yanni Gourde (2) SECOND PERIOD PIT 4:16: Alex Galchenyuk (4) THIRD PERIOD TAM 2:20: Yanni Gourde (3) PP (Ryan McDonagh, Tyler Johnson) TAM 4:40: Nikita Kcuherov (3) PP (martin St. Louis) TAM 11:29: Brayden Point (6) (Steven Stamkos, Martin St. Louis) TAM 14:26: Martin St. Louis (6) PP (Viktor Hedman, Steven Stamkos)

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Shootout at the O.K. Corral

Pittsburgh Penguins at Dallas Stars
Oct 26, 2019 1 2 3 F PIT (7–3–2) 2 0 4 6 DAL (6–5–2) 2 1 1 4 Three Stars Mario Lemieux 3 G, 1 A Sidney Crosby 1 G, 2 A Evgeni Malkin 1 G, 1 A	Team Stats Comparison PIT DAL Shots on Goal 23 28 Hits 37 6 Faceoffs Won-Lost 16 23 Penalty Minutes 15 13 Power Plays Converted 3 2 Power Play Opportunities 4 4 Time on Attack 5:08 5:45
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD DAL 13:25: Alexander Radulov (5) PP (Corey Perry, Mike Modano) DAL 16:09: Martin Hanzal (2) (Mattias Janmark) PIT 17:04: Mario Lemieux (6) PP PIT 18:40: Evgeni Malkin (4) (Alex Galchenyuk) SECOND PERIOD DAL 0 Tyler Seguin (12) PP THIRD PERIOD PIT 11:06: Sidney Crosby (!0) (Mario Lemieux) PIT 15:02: Mario Lemieux (7) PP (Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin) PIT 15:13: Bryan Rust (3) PP (Alex Galchenyuk, Patric Hornqvist) DAL 16:48: Joe Pavelski (3) (Alexander Radulov, Miro Heiskanen) PIT 19:53: Mario Lemieux (8) EN (Sidney Crosby, Brian Dumoulin)