Pittsburgh Penguins: Grading the Penguins Through Seven Games

Goaltending:

Matt Murray: (B) With a record of 4-0-1 in 5 starts, one might think there’s not much to complain about with Murray when the buzzer sounds and the team leaves with a ‘W’ but Murray has had a sub-.900 save percentage and a goals against average of almost 3.50.  While a lot of this can’t be blamed on Murray as much as the terrible team defense in front of him, it hasn’t been a sterling performance so far from the young goalie.

Antti Niemi: (Incomplete) In two starts, Niemi has a save percentage of .809 and a goals against average of 7.94 with a record of 0-2-0. If I had to grade Niemi, it wouldn’t be pretty, but as it’s only been two starts and the defense has been atrocious in front of either goalie, I’ll give him an incomplete for now.