PENGUINS RECORD: 48-26-8 (104 points)
2nd place in Metropolitan Division, 2nd in Eastern Conference
ROUND 1- Pittsburgh defeats the New York Rangers in the best-of-seven series, 4-1.
ROUND 2 – Pittsburgh wins series over Washington Captials, 4-2.
ROUND 3 – Pittsburgh defeats Tampa Bay Lightning, 4-3.
ROUND 4 – Pittsburgh leads San Jose Sharks, 3-2.
TWICE IS NICE – The Pittsburgh Penguins’ Captain Sidney Crosby skates with the Stanley Cup for the second time in his career, after the Penguins defeated the San Jose Sharks in six games.
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
October 15 – Penguins rookie winger Daniel Sprong scored his first NHL goal against the Ottawa Senators. Marc-Andre Fleury made 22 saves for his 39th career shutout.
October 17 – Marc-Andre Fleury becomes the 45th goaltender in NHL history to appear in 600 games. Phil Kessel hosts his former team, the Toronto Maple Leafs.
October 29 – Former Penguins head coach Dan Byslma’s new team, the Buffalo Sabres, dropped the game to the Pens, 4-3.
November 17 – Evgeni Malkin scored a power-play goal against the Minnesota Wild, his 100th of his career. Malkin became the fourth Pens’ player to score 100 power-play goals: Lemieux, Jagr and Stevens.
December 1 – The Penguins defeated the San Jose Sharks, 5-1. It was the Pens first win in San Jose in 18 years, 1 month and 8 days, ending an 0-9-3 streak.
December 8 – Pens’ forward Pascal Dupuis announced his retirement, due to health concerns.
December 12 -The Penguins fired head coach Mike Johnston and assistant Gary Agnew and named Mike Sullivan to replace Johnston. Jacques Martin joins Rich Tocchet as the assistants to Sullivan.
December 18 – Conor Sheary beat Boston Bruins’ goaltender Tuukka Rask for his first NHL goal.
December 19 – The Penguins returned Daniel Sprong to his Junior team, while Matt Murray made his NHL debut in goal.
December 21 – Penguins end a five-game losing streak, using four second-period goals to defeat the Columbus Blue Jackets, 5-2. Malkin (16,17), Kessel (10,11), and Warsofsky (1) had the Pens’ goals. Matt Murray earned his first win in goal and Coach Mike Sullivan earned his first win with Pittsburgh.
February 2 – Penguins captain Sidney Crosby tallied his ninth career hat trick and second natural hat trick against the Senators.Crosby’s final goal of the night allowed him to hit a few milestones. First, it was his sixth game-winning marker of the year, tying his career high set in 2009-10. His hat trick tally was also the 100 power-play goal of his career, making him the fifth player in club history to reach triple figures, joining Mario Lemieux (236), Jaromir Jagr (110), Kevin Stevens (110) and Evgeni Malkin (107).
February 6 – Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists to reach his 900th NHL point in 677th game – tenth fastest player to reach 900.
February 18 – Scott Wilson scored his first NHL goal in a game against the Detroit Red Wings.
February 20 – Tom Kuhnhackl scored his first NHL goal, unassisted and short-handed, against the Tampa Bay’s Ben Bishop.
March 11 – Marc-Andre Fleury defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets to become the 20th NHL goaltender with 350 wins.
April 2 – Matt Murray made 24 saves for his first NHL shutout and Oskar Sundqvist scored his first NHL goal as the Penguins defeat the New York Islanders, 5-0.
April 19 – Matt Murray, 21, becomes the youngest Penguins goaltender to start a playoff game. Murray defeated the Rangers in Game 3.
April – 21 – Matt Murray made 31 saves against the New York Rangers as the Penguins won, 5-0. Murray is the first Penguins rookie goaltender to earn a post-season shutout.
NHL NOTES
Teams to play with three skaters and a goaltender in regular-season overtime. Coaches may request video review of off-sides or goaltender interference when a goal is scored.
Las Vegas franchise added, to begin play in 2017-18. The team will be placed in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference.
TEAM LEADERSHIP
December 14 – The Penguins traded defenseman Rob Scuderi to the Chicago Blackhawks for defenseman Trevor Daley.
December 19 – The Pens returned forward Daniel Sprong to his Junior team.
January 16 – The Penguins traded forward David Perron and defenseman Adam Clendening to Anaheim for forward Carl Hagelin.
February 27 – The Penguins acquired defenseman Justin Schultz from Edmonton Oilers in exchange for 2016 third-round draft pick.
February 29 – The Pittsburgh Penguins traded Sergei Plotnikov to the Arizona Coyotes for Matthias Plachta and a seventh-round pick in 2017.
Later, the Pens acquired Dustin Jeffery, James Melindy and Dan O’Donoghue and sent Matia Marcantuoni to the Coyotes.
Click on any player’s name to show Pittsburgh career statistics.
2021-22 Pittsburgh Penguins
| Skater Stats | Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
| # | NAME | POS | GP | G | A | P | PIM | GP | G | A | P | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | Jake Guentzel | LW | 76 | 40 | 44 | 84 | 44 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| 87 | Sidney Crosby | C | 69 | 31 | 53 | 84 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 |
| 58 | Kris Letang | D | 78 | 10 | 58 | 68 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | Bryan Rust | RW | 60 | 24 | 34 | 58 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
| 77 | Jeff Carter | C | 76 | 19 | 26 | 45 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 9 | Evan Rodrigues | C | 82 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 71 | Evgeni Malkin | C | 41 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 43 | Danton Heinen | LW | 76 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 42 | Kasperi Kapanen | RW | 79 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Mike Matheson | D | 74 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| 53 | Teddy Blueger | C | 65 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | John Marino | D | 81 | 1 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | Brock McGinn | LW | 64 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Brian Boyle | C | 66 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Marcus Pettersson | D | 72 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Brian Dumoulin | D | 76 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Jason Zucker | LW | 41 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Chad Ruhwedel | D | 78 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Rickard Rakell | RW | 19 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Zach Aston-Reese | C | 52 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 22 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 49 | Dominik Simon | C | 55 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 28 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 67, 63 | Radim Zohorna | C | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 10 | Drew O'Connor | LW | 22 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Mark Friedman | D | 26 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Sam Lafferty | RW | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 20 | Kasper Bjorkqvist | RW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 50 | Jusso Riikola | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 76 | Valtteri Puustinen | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 57 | Anthony Angello | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 73 | Pierre-Oliver Joseph | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 36 | Filip Hallander | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||
| # | NAME | GP | W | L | T | OTL | SOL | Min | GA | SO | GAA | G | A | P | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Tristan Jarry Playoffs |
58 1 |
34 0 |
18 1 |
0 -- |
2 -- |
4 -- |
3415 64 |
138 4 |
4 |
2.42 3.75 |
0 0 |
2 |
2 0 |
6 |
| 1 | Casey DeSmith Playoffs |
26 1 |
11 0 |
6 0 |
0 -- |
2 -- |
3 -- |
1418 89 |
66 3 |
3 |
2.79 2.02 |
0 0 |
0 |
0 0 |
0 |
| 70 | Louis Domingue Playoffs |
2 6 |
1 3 |
1 3 |
0 -- |
0 -- |
0 -- |
119 312 |
4 19 |
0 |
2.02 3.65 |
0 0 |
0 1 |
0 1 |
0 |
| 33 | Alex D'Orio | -- | 0 | ||||||||||||
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