2016–17 Pittsburgh Penguins | |
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Stanley Cup champions | |
Eastern Conference champions | |
Division | 2nd Metropolitan |
Conference | 2nd Eastern |
2016–17 record | 50–21–11 |
Home record | 31–6–4 |
Road record | 19–15–7 |
Goals for | 282 |
Goals against | 234 |
Team information | |
General manager | Jim Rutherford |
Coach | Mike Sullivan |
Captain | Sidney Crosby |
Alternate captains | Chris Kunitz Evgeni Malkin |
Arena | PPG Paints Arena |
Average attendance | 19,762 (110.2%)[1] (41 games) |
Minor league affiliate(s) | WBS Penguins (AHL) Wheeling Nailers (ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Sidney Crosby (44) |
Assists | Phil Kessel (47) |
Points | Sidney Crosby (89) |
Penalty minutes | Evgeni Malkin (77) |
Plus/minus | Justin Schultz (+27) |
Wins | Matt Murray (32) |
Goals against average | Matt Murray (2.41) |
The 2016–17 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the 50th season for the National Hockey League ice hockey team that was established on June 5, 1967.[2] The Penguins would win the Stanley Cup championship in back to back years, defeating the Nashville Predators in the 2017 Finals after winning the Stanley Cup in 2016.
On the first day of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft the Pittsburgh Penguins announced they will officially change their uniform colors from Black and Vegas Gold, used from 2002 to 2003 through 2015–16, back to the Black and "Pittsburgh Gold" they have used as an alternate jersey for the past two season revealing a new Visitor jersey reflecting the same format used in the early 1990s.[3]
2016 Pre-season game log: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–1–0)[4]
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Legend: = Win = Loss = OT/SO Loss |
Final
Note – Statistics compiled from Official Game/Event Summaries from NHL.com
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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Scott Wilson | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Eric Fehr | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Chris Kunitz | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Kris Letang | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Evgeni Malkin | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –1 | 2 |
Garrett Wilson | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 |
Carter Rowney | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Tom Kostopoulos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Olli Maatta | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | –1 | 2 |
Matt Cullen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | –2 | 0 |
Trevor Daley | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | –1 | 0 |
Cameron Gaunce | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Nick Bonino | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | –1 | 0 |
Conor Sheary | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | –2 | 0 |
David Warsofsky | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Brian Dumoulin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Justin Schultz | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Kevin Porter | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Tom Kuhnhackl | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Josh Archibald | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Ian Cole | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | 0 |
Reid McNeill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | 0 |
Ethan Prow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Sahir Gill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ryan Haggerty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carl Hagelin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Adam Krause | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Patric Hornqvist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –3 | 0 |
Phil Kessel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2 | 2 |
Stuart Percy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | 0 |
Chad Ruhwedel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Steve Oleksy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
Tom Sestito | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Jean-Sebastien Dea | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Dominik Simon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | 2 |
Derrick Pouliot | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | 4 |
Jake Guentzel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Tristan Jarry | 2 | 2 | 119:50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 54 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marc-Andre Fleury | 4 | 4 | 213:49 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3.37 | 103 | 0.896 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Casey DeSmith | 1 | 0 | 18:10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.30 | 5 | 0.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 6 | 351:49 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2.22 | 162 | 0.926 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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October: 6–2–1 (Home: 5–0–1 ; Road: 1–2–0), 13 Points
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November: 7–5–2 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 4–3–2), 16 Points
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December: 12–1–2 (Home: 9–0–1 ; Road: 3–1–1), 26 Points
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January: 6–5–0 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 2–4–0), 12 Points
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February: 7–2–3 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 3–1–2), 17 Points
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March: 9–4–3 (Home: 4–2–1 ; Road: 5–2–2), 21 Points
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April: 3–2–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 1–2–0), 6 Points
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Legend: = Win = Loss = OT/SO Loss |
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | p – Washington Capitals | 82 | 55 | 19 | 8 | 53 | 263 | 182 | +81 | 118 |
2 | x – Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 50 | 21 | 11 | 46 | 282 | 234 | +48 | 111 |
3 | x – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 50 | 24 | 8 | 47 | 249 | 195 | +54 | 108 |
4 | x – New York Rangers | 82 | 48 | 28 | 6 | 45 | 256 | 220 | +36 | 102 |
5 | New York Islanders | 82 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 39 | 241 | 242 | −1 | 94 |
6 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 39 | 33 | 10 | 32 | 219 | 236 | −17 | 88 |
7 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 36 | 31 | 15 | 33 | 215 | 236 | −21 | 87 |
8 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 25 | 183 | 244 | −61 | 70 |
Final[7]
Eastern Conference | ||||||||||
Atlantic | GP | W | L | OT | SHOTS | GF | GA | PP | PK | FO W–L |
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Boston Bruins | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 96–126 | 12 | 8 | 4–10 | 1–13 | 87–118 |
Buffalo Sabres | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 127–112 | 8 | 5 | 3–10 | 1–10 | 97–102 |
Detroit Red Wings | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 94–89 | 10 | 14 | 1–11 | 1–11 | 86–102 |
Florida Panthers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80–72 | 12 | 3 | 1–9 | 2–11 | 77–85 |
Montreal Canadiens | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 103–92 | 8 | 8 | 1–15 | 1–9 | 99–116 |
Ottawa Senators | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 111–97 | 10 | 10 | 1–10 | 6–12 | 91–103 |
Tampa Bay Lightning | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 112–82 | 15 | 7 | 6–11 | 3–11 | 97–85 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 101–115 | 8 | 8 | 3–9 | 1–9 | 79–86 |
Division Total | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 824–785 | 83 | 63 | 20–84 | 16–85 | 713–797 |
Metropolitan | GP | W | L | OT | SHOTS | GF | GA | PP | PK | FO W–L |
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Carolina Hurricanes | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 115–139 | 16 | 6 | 4–9 | 2–11 | 109–137 |
Columbus Blue Jackets | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 125–137 | 10 | 13 | 1–8 | 1–8 | 95–135 |
New Jersey Devils | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 188–151 | 25 | 14 | 5–17 | 4–18 | 170–175 |
New York Islanders | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 144–135 | 13 | 12 | 3–14 | 2–13 | 128–127 |
New York Rangers | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 175–139 | 20 | 14 | 3–13 | 3–10 | 149–165 |
Philadelphia Flyers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 106–141 | 11 | 16 | 3–11 | 3–12 | 102–143 |
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Washington Capitals | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 125–138 | 13 | 21 | 4–13 | 5–19 | 122–162 |
Division Total | 30 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 978–980 | 108 | 96 | 23–95 | 20–91 | 841–1006 |
Conference Total | 54 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 1802–1765 | 191 | 159 | 43–170 | 35–177 | 1588–1841 |
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Central | GP | W | L | OT | SHOTS | GF | GA | PP | PK | FO W–L |
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Chicago Blackhawks | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 69–65 | 2 | 9 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 56–48 |
Colorado Avalanche | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 61–59 | 7 | 5 | 3–8 | 3–9 | 66–54 |
Dallas Stars | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 60–67 | 8 | 5 | 1–6 | 1–4 | 69–55 |
Minnesota Wild | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 77–80 | 4 | 10 | 2–7 | 4–7 | 63–63 |
Nashville Predators | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 73–69 | 5 | 7 | 1–5 | 2–6 | 68–71 |
St. Louis Blues | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 65–51 | 4 | 4 | 0–11 | 1–4 | 61–65 |
Winnipeg Jets | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 71–82 | 11 | 7 | 4–7 | 0–9 | 65–71 |
Division Total | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 476–473 | 41 | 47 | 11–46 | 11–44 | 448–427 |
Pacific | GP | W | L | OT | SHOTS | GF | GA | PP | PK | FO W–L |
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Anaheim Ducks | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 79–69 | 8 | 3 | 2–6 | 2–6 | 53–72 |
Arizona Coyotes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 65–57 | 10 | 4 | 2–11 | 1–7 | 71–54 |
Calgary Flames | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 68–60 | 5 | 5 | 1–6 | 1–7 | 68–56 |
Edmonton Oilers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63–70 | 6 | 5 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 39–65 |
Los Angeles Kings | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 62–55 | 2 | 4 | 0–7 | 0–4 | 60–70 |
San Jose Sharks | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45–66 | 8 | 2 | 1–6 | 0–8 | 58–68 |
Vancouver Canucks | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 90–56 | 7 | 0 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 66–49 |
Division Total | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 472–433 | 46 | 23 | 6–46 | 5–38 | 405–434 |
Conference Total | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 948–906 | 87 | 70 | 17–92 | 15–81 | 863–861 |
NHL Total | 82 | 50 | 21 | 11 | 2750–2672 | 278 | 229 | 58–262 | 52–259 | 2472–2702 |
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Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M3) Columbus Blue Jackets: Penguins won 4–1
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Eastern Conference Second Round vs. (M1) Washington Capitals: Penguins won 4–3
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Eastern Conference Finals vs. (A2) Ottawa Senators: Penguins won 4–3
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Stanley Cup Finals vs. (WC2) Nashville Predators: Penguins won 4–2
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Playoff series win |
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Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Matt Murray | 49 | 47 | 2765:48 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 111 | 2.41 | 1450 | 0.923 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Marc-Andre Fleury | 38 | 34 | 2125:15 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 107 | 3.02 | 1181 | 0.909 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Mike Condon‡ | 1 | 0 | 20:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tristan Jarry | 1 | 1 | 58:45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.06 | 25 | 0.880 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 82 | 4969:48 | 50 | 21 | 11 | 221 | 2.67 | 2663 | 0.917 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Marc-Andre Fleury | 15 | 15 | 866:31 | 9 | 6 | -- | 37 | 2.56 | 490 | 0.924 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Matt Murray | 11 | 10 | 668:55 | 7 | 3 | -- | 19 | 1.70 | 303 | 0.937 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 25 | 1535:26 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 56 | 2.19 | 793 | 0.929 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
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The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season:
June 25, 2016[16] | To New Jersey Devils
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November 2, 2016[17] | To Ottawa Senators
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November 19, 2016[18] | To St. Louis Blues
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February 23, 2017[19] | To Carolina Hurricanes
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March 1, 2017[20] | To Toronto Maple Leafs
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March 1, 2017[21] | To Tampa Bay Lightning
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Player | Acquired from | Lost to | Date | Contract terms |
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Matthias Plachta[22] | Adler Mannheim | June 30, 2016 | N/A | |
Stuart Percy[23] | Toronto Maple Leafs | July 1, 2016 | 1 year/$575,000 | |
David Warsofsky[24] | New Jersey Devils | July 1, 2016 | 1 year/$575,000 | |
Ben Lovejoy[25] | New Jersey Devils | July 1, 2016 | 3 years/$7.98 million | |
Cameron Gaunce[26] | Florida Panthers | July 1, 2016 | 1 year/$575,000 | |
Chad Ruhwedel[27] | Buffalo Sabres | July 1, 2016 | 1 year/$575,000 | |
Jeff Zatkoff[28] | Los Angeles Kings | July 1, 2016 | 2 years/$1.80 million | |
Will O'Neill[29] | Philadelphia Flyers | July 1, 2016 | 2 years/$1.225 million | |
Garrett Wilson[30] | Florida Panthers | July 7, 2016 | 1 year/$575,000 | |
Kael Mouillierat[31] | Luleå HF | July 21, 2016 | 1 year | |
James Melindy[32] | Wichita Thunder | August 16, 2016 | 1 year | |
Thomas Di Pauli[33] | University of Notre Dame | August 19, 2016 | 2 years/$1.85 million[b] | |
Harrison Ruopp[34] | Allen Americans | September 28, 2016 | 1 year | |
Tyler Biggs[35] | Kalamazoo Wings | October 19, 2016 | 1 year | |
Zach Aston-Reese[36] | Northeastern University | March 14, 2017 | 2 years/$1.85 million[b] |
Player | Claimed from | Lost to | Date |
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Mike Condon[37] | Montreal Canadiens | October 11, 2016 |
Player | Date | Contract terms |
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Tom Sestito[38] | July 1, 2016 | 1 year/$575,000[a] |
Steven Oleksy[39] | July 1, 2016 | 1 year/$575,000[a] |
Justin Schultz[40] | July 13, 2016 | 1 year/$1.4 million |
Matt Cullen[41] | August 17, 2016 | 1 year/$1 million |
Jeff Taylor[42] | March 27, 2017 | 2 years/$1.85 million[b] |
Filip Gustavsson[43] | June 16, 2017 | 3 years/$2.775 million[b] |
Name | Date | Details |
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Jim Rutherford[44] | July 1, 2016 | 3 years contract extension |
Jacques Martin[45] | July 1, 2016 | 2 years contract extension |
Mike Sullivan[46] | December 26, 2016 | 3 years contract extension |
Notes
Below are the Pittsburgh Penguins' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.[47]
Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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2 | 55[a] | Filip Gustavsson | G | Sweden | Lulea HF (SHL) |
2 | 61[b] | Kasper Bjorkqvist | RW | Finland | Espoo Blues (Liiga) |
3 | 77[c] | Connor Hall | D | Canada | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
4 | 121 | Ryan Jones | D | United States | Lincoln Stars (USHL) |
5 | 151 | Niclas Almari | D | Finland | Jokerit-jr. (FIN-jr.) |
6 | 181 | Joseph Masonius | D | United States | Connecticut Huskies (NCAA) |