The Penguins don't have a good history on the West Coast trip
I was browsing reddit the other day and there was a discussion about the West Coast trip which centered around the Ottawa Senators and how they had completed the West Coast trip for the first time in their franchises history. That was impressive when you consider that they had their AHL starter, Hammond, playing a large part. I decided to look back at the Penguins history ahead of the game against the Anaheim Ducks tonight.
The three game trip means playing the Anaheim Ducks, San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles in a row. Usually teams will play them over the course of a weekend with one back to back. In the case of the Penguins they have played 18 games away at the Honda Arena, SAP Center and Staples Center and have left with a record of 6-8-3-1. Below is a break down of it by the year and what the result was.
November 3rd '09 - November 7th '09; 1-2-0
November 1st '06 - November 6th '09; 1-1-1
December 10th '02 - December 15th '02; 0-2-1
October 27th '99 - October 30th '99; 0-1-1-1
December 15th '98 - December 18th '98; 1-2-0
December 10th '96 - December 13th '96; 3-0-0
The trip has only been able to be done since the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim were founded in 1993. Looking at it we can see that the Penguins rarely win more than one game on the trip and also in 4 of the 6 trips the Penguins have left with 2 or fewer points. Individually and in general the Penguins have a good record against the Ducks (15-8-2-2) but a losing one against the Kings (62-70-18-1) and the Sharks (12-13-3-3).
The Penguins first game is tonight at the Honda Center versus the Anaheim Ducks which starts at 03:00 GMT or for those in the USA, 10:00 PM EST. I will be catching the highlights in the morning GMT and then I will look to do a piece on the game tomorrow before the Los Angeles Kings game. Go Pens!
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