STATS: Pens after 16 games

The Pens are already one-third of the way through their schedule. So far, the entire NHL has been pretty amazing. It's a combination of everyone missing hockey during the lockout and the allure of this truncated season where every game holds some weight.

We're looking at some Pens stats after 16 games.

INDIVIDUAL STATS

-- Crosby and Kunitz are league leaders among forwards with +11 ratings.

-- James Neal leading the league with 7 power-play goals.

-- Malkin leading the league with 11 power-play points.

-- Paul Martin and Kris Letang are both seeing 25:37 a night.

SPECIAL TEAMS

-- The Pens' 52.6% faceoff percentage is second-best in the East behind Boston's 57.4%.

-- Pens' PP is best in the East, at 27.4%.

-- Pens' PK is middle-of-the-road in the East, at 82.5%.

TEAM STATS

-- Pens are scoring 3.19 goals per game, second in the East only to Tampa's ridiculous 3.93.

-- Pens goals-against-per-game is in the middle of the East, at 2.38.

-- Pens have scored 18 goals in the first period of games, best in the East.

-- Pens have scored 19 third-period goals, third-best in the East.

-- Pens have given up only 6 first-period goals, best in the East and the NHL.

-- Pens are second in the East in blocked shots.

And finally, the East is scoring 2.82 goals per game versus the West scoring 2.72 goals per game.