By Lance Lysowski
News Sports Reporter
Behind the scenes of the Pittsburgh Penguins back-to-back Stanley Cups in 2016 and 2017, then-General Manager Jim Rutherford and his staff used analytics to pinpoint which players to add to a roster led by elite centermen Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.
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