When the Penguins open their four-game road swing on Wednesday night against the Panthers, a healthy and rejuvenated Mario Lemieux will continue his quest for a seventh Art Ross Trophy. If Lemieux can win another scoring title, it will come 15 years after he captured his first, in 1988. No other player -- not even Wayne Gretzky -- has been able to recapture the scoring crown after so many years.

In his first 11 games, the 37-year-old Lemieux already has tallied a league-leading 27 points. At his current pace, he'll score a career single-season best 201 points. To put that number in perspective, last year's scoring leader, Jarome Iginla, finished with 96 points -- less than half of what Lemieux is on pace for.

Lemieux is doing most of his damage on the power play -- 17 of his points have come with a man advantage. With Lemieux working his magic, the Penguins' power play has been bad news for opponents. The club has converted on a league-best 30.3 percent (20 for 66) of its power-play chances. If they can continue on that kind of pace, the Pens could break their own league record for power-play goals in a season (119 in 1988-89).

Lemieux's power-play colleagues include slick forwards Alexei Kovalev, Jan Hrdina, Aleksey Morozov and defenseman Dick Tarnstrom, who was claimed off waivers from the Islanders during the offseason. This dynamic group should be able to take advantage of the Panthers' weak penalty-killing unit, which ranks in the bottom third of the league with an 81.7 percent success rate. Thus, Mike Keenan's Panthers must do what they can to stay out of the box. If they don't, Super Mario & Co. will be there to make them pay.

Did you see...
Chris Drury's game-winning goal for the Flames against the Devils on Tuesday night? If you didn't, you missed a great individual effort from one of the game's top clutch players. Drury skated through the slot, caught a floating puck in his right hand, dropped it to the ice, then flipped a bad-angle backhand over Martin Brodeur's left elbow and into the top corner of the net. It was Drury's second game-winner in as many nights. The ex-Av netted the winner against the Isles on Monday.

Congratulations...
... to Sharks rookie left winger Lynn Loyns, who scored the first two goals of his NHL career in a 5-2 win over the Kings on Tuesday. A longshot to make the Sharks' roster during training camp, Loyne (playing in just his third game) scored both goals by driving to the net. Nice work. The 5-11, 200-pound Loyne is from Naicam, Saskatchewan, which should make him a favorite of our own Saskatchewan native, Barry Melrose.

E.J. Hradek writes hockey for ESPN The Magazine. E-mail him at ej.hradek@espnmag.com.