Jordan Staal

Jordan Staal - Pittsburgh Penguins
  • Goals 4
  • Assists 3
  • Points 7
  • +/- 2
  • PIM 6
Pittsburgh Penguins
  • Height: 6-4
  • Weight: 220
  • Shoots: Left
  • Born: Sep 10, 1988 - Thunder Bay, Ontario
  • Draft: 2006 - 1st round (2nd overall) by the Pittsburgh Penguins

News and Notes

News and Notes
Nov 6 Staal scored on a slap shot from just inside the blue line Thursday night for his first goal in 10 contests.

Recommendation: He has a modest two-point streak, but at least he's showing signs of improvement after a slow start to the season on offense. Staal now has seven points (4, 3) in 16 games. He still doesn't have a power-play point, despite totalling more than 32 minutes (32:50) on the man advantage.

RotoWire

Oct 30 C Jordan Staal, the team's No. 3 center, will fill injured Evgeni Malkin's spot on the second line, and coach Dan Bylsma said Friday that might not prove a problem. Bylsma will need to do some mixing and matching of lines over the next few weeks because of a right shoulder injury to Malkin. Out at least two weeks, Malkin was an anchor on the Penguins' second line the last three seasons. He had missed only the first four games of his rookie season in 2006-07 - and he was tied for the team lead in scoring when Bylsma ruled him out on Thursday, and finished as the second and first NHL scorer the past two seasons respectively. "With Jordan, I'd like to give him more responsibility even if ‘Geno' wasn't hurt," Bylsma said. "He's a great player." Staal, whom Bylsma said was the Penguins' best player in the 2009 Stanley Cup Final, would probably compete for a top-line spot on most teams. The Penguins are usually deep at center, but they are now without Malkin and Max Talbot, who has served as their fourth-line center in the past. On Friday against Columbus, the Penguins' top four centers were Sidney Crosby, Staal, Craig Adams and Mike Rupp. Yahoo! Sports

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