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Dan Bylsma will be in the spotlight during the Penguins road trip to California this week.

While he is mostly known for coaching the Penguins to the Stanley Cup, he actually spent his entire NHL playing career in California.

He played parts of five seasons with the Los Angeles Kings and parts of four seasons with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. The Penguins play in Anaheim on Tuesday and in Los Angeles on Thursday.

Bylsma, a defensive-minded forward, scored 19 goals in 429 NHL games and reached the Stanley Cup Finals with Anaheim in 2003.

The Penguins are 6-0 on the road under Bylsma this season. Since he took over as Penguins coach Feb. 15, the Penguins are 14-2-3 in regular-season road games.

· Following a modest start to the season, C Sidney Crosby has risen to 12th in the NHL scoring race with 16 points (nine goals, seven assists). He trails Washington LW Alex Ovechkin, who leads the league, by seven points.

· Penguins D Alex Goligoski leads all NHL players with a plus-12 rating. Crosby and Ovechkin are tied for second with a plus-10 mark. Goligoski, who has 12 points in 14 games, is third among NHL defenseman in points. He trails only Toronto's Tomas Kaberle (17 points) and San Jose's Dan Boyle (13 points).

· Penguins G Marc-Andre Fleury ranks second in the league with nine wins, fourth in the league with a 2.07 GAA and seventh in the league with a .918 save percentage.

DIGITS

1 — Times the Penguins have won in California in the past 10 years. They are 1-13 with one tie in that span.

43 — Hits by Penguins D Brooks Orpik, tied for most among NHL defensemen with Dallas' Stephane Robidas.

QUOTABLE

"There are always things you feel like you can improve, but it's pretty tough to complain with an 11-3 record. You've got to be pretty happy with that." — Penguins captain Sidney Crosby

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