Dangerous Trends for the Pittsburgh Penguins — bleacherreport.com

As important as winning faceoffs is, it takes on even more importance in the puck-possession system that the Penguins now employ. Despite winning more than 50 percent of faceoffs each season since the 2010-11 campaign and despite the additions of centers Marcel Goc and Nick Spaling, the Pens are currently sitting in the bottom half of the league with a winning percentage of 49.3 percent. While the Pens have been good at maintaining possession of the puck and are in the top 10 in the NHL with just 271 giveaways, their difficulty in winning faceoffs coupled with their lack of takeaways with just 204 doesn't bode well as the season progresses.

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