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2009-10 to 2019-20 TOP CHEDDAR HOCKEY #5 DERYK ENGELLAND Pittsburgh Penguins · Defense
VG-EX Career
4
Card #CAREER-08468674
Deryk Engelland in action
5 D Defense
66 OVR
Deryk Engelland Pittsburgh Penguins
11 NHL seasons · 2009-10 to 2019-20
2019-20

Career Report

4 Very Good–Excellent 4

Graded on the Game Score of their best 5 seasons, ranked among retired defense.

Season Team GP P OVR Grade
2011-12 PIT 73 17 68 5
2013-14 PIT 56 12 68 4
2017-18 VGK 79 23 67 6
2010-11 PIT 63 10 65 1
2019-20 VGK 49 6 64 4

Trophy case

  • Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award 2017-18

Connections

Every goal of his career he scored or set up, from the play-by-play.

Set up most by

C 75OVR Matt Stajan Flames 3 of his goals C 87OVR Evgeni Malkin Penguins 3 of his goals C 76OVR William Karlsson Golden Knights 3 of his goals C 50OVR Joe Vitale Penguins 2 of his goals

Set up most

L 96OVR James Neal Predators Set up 5 goals L 95OVR Chris Kunitz Penguins Set up 5 goals C 76OVR William Karlsson Golden Knights Set up 4 goals C 71OVR Mikael Backlund Flames Set up 4 goals
Scored on most
Ryan Miller 4 goals Kari Lehtonen 2 goals Corey Crawford 2 goals
Best game
November 27, 2018 vs CHI: 3A

Rivals

His fights, hit rivals, and faceoff duels across his career, from the play-by-play (hits and faceoffs from 2009-10 on).

Hit most

L 89OVR Milan Lucic Bruins Hit him 13 times L 59OVR Matt Martin Islanders Hit him 11 times R 56OVR Chris Thorburn Jets Hit him 9 times C 84OVR Frans Nielsen Islanders Hit him 8 times

Hit most by

L 59OVR Matt Martin Islanders Hit by him 14 times C 56OVR Adam Lowry Jets Hit by him 11 times C 76OVR Brian Boyle Rangers Hit by him 9 times L 77OVR Nick Ritchie Ducks Hit by him 9 times

Faced most on the draw

C 69OVR Riley Nash Hurricanes Won 1 of 1
55 fights with 38 opponents
Colton Orr 3 fights Tim Jackman 3 fights Chris Thorburn 3 fights Ryan Reaves 3 fights Milan Lucic 3 fights Chris Neil 2 fights Ryane Clowe 2 fights Jared Boll 2 fights John Scott 2 fights Kevin Westgarth 2 fights Luke Gazdic 2 fights Pierre-Cedric Labrie 2 fights and 26 more