| Power Rankings |
| Date | Ranking | Previous |
| 10/03/2008 | 6 | - |
| With a foundation of Crosby, Malkin and Fleury, the Pens should be able to deal with all the free-agent departures. But going without injured defensemen Gonchar and Whitney for months will be felt. |
| 04/07/2008 | 4 | 3 |
| They could regret not pushing harder to finish first in the East, but the Penguins have their eyes on a bigger prize. Some question marks remain about Sidney Crosby's ankle heading into the playoffs. |
| 03/31/2008 | 3 | 4 |
| Sergei Gonchar is usually a forgotten man when it comes to the Norris voting, but his 61 points and plus-13 rating should make him a leading candidate. |
| 03/24/2008 | 4 | 5 |
| Pascal Dupuis might have been a throw-in from Atlanta in the Marian Hossa deal, but he has been a real asset, especially lately with a goal and eight assists in his past five games. |
| 03/17/2008 | 5 | 6 |
| When Sidney Crosby goes down, the Penguins step up, going 13-6-1 without their captain. Evgeni Malkin is one reason. He has eight points in the past three games. |
| 03/10/2008 | 6 | 7 |
| Sidney Crosby hasn’t missed a step since coming back last week and Marc-Andre Fleury has been sharp in goal. |
| 03/03/2008 | 7 | 5 |
| Ty Conklin played like he was unnerved by Marc-Andre Fleury's return from the injured list, understandable since the Pens want Fleury to be the man in goal. He still has to convince them, though. |
| 02/25/2008 | 5 | 5 |
| Everyone talks about how Evgeni Malkin has stepped up since Sid the Kid went down, but how about Ryan Malone? The Pittsburgh native has 10 goals and 10 assists. |
| 02/18/2008 | 5 | 5 |
| Some Penguins players are touting Evgeni Malkin for MVP. Why? Malkin has 11 goals and 14 assists in 13 games since Sidney Crosby got hurt. |
| 02/11/2008 | 5 | 6 |
| Interesting situation shaping up because No. 1 goalie Marc-Andre Fleury is nearly ready to return from his ankle injury. Thing is Fleury struggled before he got hurt and the Pens have gone 18-7-3 with former castoff Ty Conlin carrying the load. |
