A List of Pittsburgh Penguins First NHL Goals

Total number of Penguins’ first NHL goals that were unassisted out of 200.

Fastest time, in seconds, for first NHL goal from the start of a career, by Jake Guentzel.

Number of Penguins players to score a goal in their NHL debut.

Number of Penguins players that scored on their first shift in the NHL.

DATE	PLAYER	OPPONENT	ASSISTS	GOALTENDER / NOTES
10/21/1967	Gene Ubriaco	Chicago Blackhawks	Fonteyne, McCreary	Denis Dejordy
11/1/1967	Keith McCreary	Minnesota North Stars	Fonteyne	Gary Bauman; Six years into career.
11/9/1967	Bill Speer	Detroit Red Wings	Ubriaco, Schinkel	Marv Edwards
11/22/1967	Noel Price	Boston Bruins	Boivin, Dillabough	Ed Johnston; eight seasons into career.
12/9/1967	George Konik	Minnesota North Stars	Schinkel, Stratton	Gary Bauman
2/1/1968	Bob Rivard	St. Louis Blues	Fonteyne, McDonald	Glen Hall
10/23/1968	Dunc McCallum	Chicago Blackhawks	Pronovost, Boyer	Denis Dejordy
10/30/1968	Jean Pronovost	New York Rangers	unassisted	Ed Giacomin
3/25/1969	Ron Snell	Minnesota North Stars	unassisted	10
3/26/1969	Doug Barrie	Los Angeles Kings	Burns, Pronovost	Wayne Rutledge, second game in a row with a first goal.
3/29/1969	Gary Swain	Philadelphia Flyers	Burns, Schinkel	Bernie Parent; only goal with Pittsburgh. Third consecutive game with NHL first goal.
10/16/1969	Bryan Hextall	Philadelphia Flyers	Schinkel	Doug Favell
10/18/1969	Nick Harburuk	Boston Bruins	Woytowich, Prentice	Ed Johnston; second game with first goal.
11/1/1969	Tracy Pratt	Minnesota North Stars	Sather	Ken Broderick; two first goals in one game
11/1/1969	Michel Briere	Minnesota North Stars	Schinkel, Woytowich	Ken Broderick; two first goals in one game
12/17/1969	Bob Blackburn	Montreal Canadiens	Schinkel	Rogie Vachon
3/21/1970	Rick Kessel	Chicago Blackhawks	Sather, Harbaruk	Gerry Desjardins; NHL Debut, first shift: 2:19
10/28/1970	Greg Polis	Los Angeles Kings	Schinkel, Schock	Denis Dejordy
11/7/1970	Rod Zaine	Boston Bruins	Watson, Fonteyne	Gary Cheevers
2/13/1971	Yvon Labre	Chicago Blackhawks	Apps, Polis	Gerry Desjardins
3/14/1971	John Stewart	Montreal Canadiens	Schinkel, McCallum	Ken Dryden
10/9/1971	Darryl Edestrand	Philadelphia Flyers	Robert, Polis	Doug Favell; first game with Pens
10/10/1971	Joe Noris	Buffalo Sabres	Hextall, Schinkel	Roger Crozier; second consecutive game with first NHL goal
10/20/1971	Sheldon Kannegiesser	Los Angeles Kings	Hextall, Harbaruk	Denis Dejordy
11/9/1971	Brian McKenzie	St. Louis Blues	Schinkel	Peter McDuffe
1/23/1972	Dave Burrows	Montreal Canadiens	Leiter, Pronovost	Ken Dryden
2/3/1972	Steve Cardwell	St. Louis Blues	Harbaruk, Schock	Jacques Caron
10/14/1972	Jack Lynch	California Golden Seals	MacDonald, Apps	Gilles Meloche
3/24/1973	Jean-Guy Legace	Buffalo Sabres	Pronovost, Polis	Roger Crozier
10/20/1973	Bob McManama	California Golden Seals	Polis, Lynch	Marv Edwards
11/10/1973	Ted Snell	Atlanta Flames	Burrows	Phil Myre
12/7/1973	Ron LaLonde	California Golden Seals	Hextall	Ted Tucker
12/23/1973	Wayne Bianchin	Buffalo Sabres	Snell, Schock	Dave Dryden
1/12/1974	Bernie Lukowich	Buffalo Sabres	Schock, Beverly	Dave Dryden
2/3/1974	Blaine Stoughton	Boston Bruins	Schock, Legace	Ross Brooks
10/9/1974	Pierre Larouche	Minnesota North Stars	Arnason	Caesar Maniago; NHL Debut 30:34
11/7/1974	Dennis Owchar	Los Angeles Kings	Burrows, Apps	Rogie Vachon
12/19/1974	Mario Faubert	Kansas City Scouts	unassisted	Peter McDuffe
10/15/1975	Harvey Bennett	Toronto Maple Leafs	Kelly, Stackhouse	Doug Favell
10/6/1976	Blair Chapman	Vancouver Canucks	Bianchin, Anderson	Caesar Maniago; NHL debut: 3:02
10/27/1976	Russ Anderson	Buffalo Sabres	Pronovost	Gerry Desjardins
11/5/1976	Greg Malone	Colorado Rockies	Kelly, Chapman	Michel Plasse
11/2/1977	Tom Cassidy	Detroit Red Wings	Owchar	Ron Low
11/19/1977	Jacques Cossette	New York Rangers	Chapman, Pronovost	Wayne Thomas
12/4/1977	Peter Lee	Washington Capitals	Malone, Schultz	Jim Bedard
1/12/1978	Jim Hamilton	Philadelphia Flyers	Schultz, Kehoe	Bernie Parent
10/21/1978	Rod Schutt	Washington Capitals	Mahovlich, Carlyle	Bernie Wolfe
4/3/1979	Kim Davis	St. Louis Blues	Malone	Ed Staniowski
10/14/1979	Paul Marshall	Boston Bruins	Lee, Anderson	Gilles Gilbert
3/23/1980	Mark Johnson	Winnipeg Jets	Marshall	Markus Mattson
11/15/1980	Mike Bullard	Boston Bruins	Hughes, Wolf	Jim Craig
3/17/1981	Marc Chorney	Vancouver Canucks	Lee, Anderson	Gary Bromley: NHL Debut: 30:05
10/20/1981	Doug Shedden	Colorado Rockies	Faubert	Phil Myre
11/24/1981	Pat Graham	Quebec Nordiques	unassisted	Bouchard
2/3/1982	Steve Gatzos	Minnesota North Stars	Stackhouse	Gilles Meloche; NHL Debut: 51:53
3/31/1982	Kevin McClelland	Washington Capitals	Schutt, Chorney	Al Jensen
10/16/1982	Tim Hrynewich	New Jersey Devils	Malone, Carlyle	Chico Resch
10/31/1982	Dave Hannan	New York Rangers	Price	Steve Weeks
11/10/1982	Rod Buskas	Edmonton Oilers	Price, Hannan	Andy Moog
11/14/1982	Tony Feltrin	Buffalo Sabres	Hannan, Baxter	Jacques Cloutier
1/28/1983	Randy Boyd	Washington Capitals	unassisted	Pat Riggin
10/4/1983	Bob Errey	St. Louis Blues	Lamoureux, Bullard	Rick Heinz, NHL Debut: 39:53
10/14/1983	Mitch Lameroux	Washington Capitals	McSorley, Saganiuk	Pat Riggin, fifth nhl game
11/2/1983	Bob Gladney	Winnipeg Jets	Gatzos, Gardner	Brian Hayward, only goal in NHL
12/17/1983	Tom O'Regan	Los Angeles Kings	Boutette, Kehoe	Gary Laskowski
1/20/1984	Marty McSorely	New York Rangers	Boutette, Roulston	Steve Weeks
3/1/1984	Norm Schmidt	Washington Capitals	unassisted	Bob Mason
3/8/1984	Tom Thornbury	Quebec Nordiques	Bullard, Roulston	Mario Gosselin
3/13/1984	Derek Lowe	Vancouver Canucks	Hyrnewich	John Garrett
10/11/1984	Mario Lemieux	Boston Bruins	unassisted	Pete Peeters; NHL debut: 2:59
10/13/1984	Doug Bodger	Montreal Canadiens	Bullard, Mantha	Steve Penney
10/24/1984	Roger Belanger	New Jersey Devils	Crowder, Mantha	Chicho Resch
11/29/1984	Troy Loney	Chicago Blackhawks	McCarthy	Murray Bannerman
12/12/1984	Todd Charlesworth	New York Islanders	Lemieux, Young	Kelly Hrudey
1/19/1985	Joe McDonnell	Chicago Blackhawks	Lemieux, Shedden	Murray Bannerman
1/21/1985	Arto Javanainen	Winnipeg Jets	Chabot, Young	Mark Holden; back-to-back games with first NHL game
10/23/1985	Jim Johnson	Toronto Maple Leafs	unassisted	Don Edwards
10/24/1985	Craig Simpson	New Jersey Devils	Mantha, Cunneyworth	Bernhard
12/28/1985	Ville Siren	New Jersey Devils	Lemieux	Billy Smith
1/8/1986	Chris Dalquist	Los Angeles Kings	Ruskowski	Rollie Melanson
4/6/1986	Dwight Mathiansen	New York Rangers	Dugay, Lemieux	Glen Hanlon
1/23/1987	Phil Bourque	Vancouver Canucks	Simpson	Frank Caprice
2/14/1987	Lee Giffen	Vancouver Canucks	Lemieux, Ruskowski	Richard Brodeur
2/19/1987	Mitch Wilson	Philadelphia Flyers	Errey	Ron Hextall
10/13/1987	Brad Aitken	Buffalo Sabres	Kontos, Cunneyworth	Tom Barrasso; second NHL game
10/21/1987	Mark Kachowski	New Jersey Devils	Kontos, Frawley	Alain Chevrier; two first NHL goals in game
10/21/1987	Rob Brown	New Jersey Devils	Lemieux, Bodger	Alain Chevrier; NHL debut: 27:02, Two first goals in one game
11/12/1987	Jock Callander	Philadelphia Flyers	unassisted	Ron Hextall
12/29/1987	Wayne Van Dorp	Boston Bruins	McLlwain, Loney	Reggie Lemelin
1/23/1988	Steve Gotaas	Montreal Canadiens	Loney, Kachowski	Brian Hayward
3/1/1988	Kevin Stevens	Minnesota North Stars	Dahlquist, Quinn	Don Beaupre; NHL debut, first shift: 4:29
3/19/1988	Zarley Zalapski	Philadelphia Flyers	Lemieux, Brown	Ron Hextall
10/15/1988	John Cullen	St. Louis Blues	Lemieux, Coffey	Vincent Riendeau
1/20/1989	Mark Recchi	Winnipeg Jets	Lemieux, Bourque	Pokey Reddick
2/25/1989	Dave McLlwain	New York Islanders	Coffey, Barrasso	Mark Fitzpatrick
10/7/1990	Jaromir Jagr	New Jersey Devils	Johnson, Stevens	Chris Terreri
11/21/1990	Paul Stanton	Philadelphia Flyers	Recchi	Pete Peters
3/12/1991	Jamie Leach	Montreal Canadiens	Stanton	Patrick Roy
5/25/1991	Jim Paek	Minnesota North Stars	Lemieux	Brian Heyward; Game 6 of Stanley Cup Final
5/9/1992	Mike Needham	New York Rangers	Loney, Callander	Mike Richter; Playoffs
5/13/1992	Shawn McEachern	New York Rangers	unassisted	John Vanbiesbrouck; playoffs
11/3/1992	Jeff Daniels	New York Islanders	McEachern	Mark Fitzpatrick
2/10/1993	Martin Straka	New York Rangers	McEachern, Jagr	Mike Richter
11/9/1993	Markus Naslund	St. Louis Blues	Doug Brown, McSorley	Curtis Joseph
11/16/1993	Pat Neaton	Philadelphia Flyers	Stevens, Murphy	Tommy Soderstrom; NHL Debut 57:27
1/7/1994	Ed Patterson	Buffalo Sabres	Trottier	Domenic Hasek
4/15/1995	Chris Tamer	Ottawa Senators	Mullen, Murray	Darrin Madeley
5/3/1995	Rusty Fitzgerald	Florida Panthers	Park, Mullen	John Vanbiesbrouck
10/7/1995	Richard Park	Toronto Maple Leafs	unassisted	Felix Potvin
10/28/1995	Ian Moran	New Jersey Devils	Patterson, Roche	Martin Brodeur
11/1/1995	Francois Leroux	Tampa Bay Lightning	Lemieux, Naslund	Jean-Claude Bergeron
11/14/1995	Dave Roche	Dallas Stars	Lemieux, Mironov	Darcy Wakaluk
11/18/1995	Joe Dziedzik	Washington Capitals	Joseph, Jagr	Jim Carey
3/1/1996	Chris Wells	Edmonton Oilers	Zubov, Patterson	Curtis Joseph
3/24/1996	Alex Stojanov	New York Rangers	McLlwain	Glen Healy; second game with Pens.
3/4/1997	Jeff Christian	New Jersey Devils	Hicks	Mike Dunham
10/1/1997	Aleksey Morozov	Los Angeles Kings	Jagr, Francis	Stephane Fiset; NHL Debut 7:20
10/28/1997	Peter Ferraro	Calgary Flames	Hicks	Tyler Moss
11/20/1997	Toumos Gronman	Ottawa Senators	Olausson, Francis	Damian Rhodes
12/10/1997	Robert Dome	Anaheim Ducks	Straka	Mikhail Shtalenkov
11/3/1998	Maxim Galoniv	Philadelphia Flyers	Serowik, Hrdina	John Vanbiesbrouck
11/5/1998	Jan Hrdina	Ottawa Senators	Dollas	Damian Rhodes
2/5/1999	Martin Sonnenberg	Florida Panthers	Kovalev, Jagr	Kirk McLean
4/24/1999	Greg Andrusak	New Jersey Devils	Miller, Kovalev	Martin Brodeur
11/13/1999	Andrew Ference	Nashville Predators	Jagr, Miller	Tomas Vokoun
12/30/1999	Hans Jonsson	New York Islanders	Titov, Lang	Roberto Luongo
10/14/2000	Milan Kraft	New York Rangers	Corbet, Moran	Kirk McLean
10/14/2000	Roman Simicek	New York Rangers	Beranek, Barnaby	Jason Labarbera
12/10/2000	Toby Petersen	Detroit Red Wings	Jagr, Simicek	Chris Osgood
2/16/2001	Billy Tibbetts	New Jersey Devils	Jagr, Jonsson	Martin Brodeur
11/24/2001	Kris Beech	Buffalo Sabres	Rozsival, Tibbetts	Marin Baron
12/29/2001	Tom Kostopoulous	Ottawa Senators	Primeau, Lacouture	Patrick Lalime
12/26/2002	Michael Sivek	New York Rangers	Kovalev, Jonsson	Mike Dunham
2/15/2003	Tomas Sourovy	New Jersey Devils	R. Robitaille, Moran	Martin Brodeur; second nhl game
3/9/2003	Eric Meloche	Ottawa Senators	Straka, Fata	Martin Prusek
3/12/2003	Guillaume Lefebvre	Nashville Predators	Johansson, Fata	Tomas Vokoun; First game with Penguins
10/29/2003	Ryan Malone	New York Islanders	Eastwood	Garth Snow; First native to score for Pittsburgh
10/30/2003	Konstantin Koltzov	Chicago Blackhawks	Straka, Lemieux	Michael Leighton
11/12/2003	Dan Focht	New York Rangers	Straka, Koltsov	Mike Dunham
12/13/2003	Matt Murley	Columbus Blue Jackets	Koltsov, Kraft	Fred Brathwaite
1/24/2004	Brooks Orpik	Colorado Avalanche	Holzinger, Surovy	Phillipe Sauve
1/27/2004	Josef Melichar	Tampa Bay Lightning	Koltsov, Morozov	John Grahame
3/7/2004	Rob Scuderi	New York Rangers	Eastwood, Malone	Jason Labarbera
3/16/2004	Matt Hussey	Washington Capitals	Pirjeta, Orpik	Olaf Kolzig
10/8/2005	Sidney Crosby	Boston Bruins	Recchi, Palffy	Hannu Toivonen
10/14/2005	Maxime Talbot	Philadelphia Flyers	unassisted	Antero Nittymaki
11/3/2005	Erik Christensen	New York Islanders	Palffy, Whitnet	Rick DiPietro
12/1/2005	Ryan Whitney	New York Rangers	Recchi, Murley	Henrik Lundqvist
12/16/2005	Michel Ouellet	Buffalo Sabres	Recchi, Christensen	Marty Biron
1/3/2006	Shane Endicott	Montreal Canadiens	Recchi	Jose Theodore
1/6/2006	Colby Armstrong	Atlanta Thrashers	Surovy, Recchi	Kari Lehtonen
3/26/2006	Noah Welch	Montreal Canadiens	Melichar, Crosby	David Aebischer
10/12/2006	Kris Letang	New York Rangers	Crosby, Gonchar	Henrik Lundqvist; two first NHL goals in game
10/12/2006	Jordan Staal	New York Rangers	unassisted	Henrik Lundqvist; short-handed goal; two first NHL goals in game
10/18/2006	Evgeni Malkin	New Jersey	Whitney, Recchi	Martin Brodeur; NHL Debut 38:38
11/6/2006	Chris Thorburn	Anaheim Ducks	Malkin, Crosby	J.S. Giguere
12/16/2006	Alain Nasreddine	Montreal Canadiens	Crosby, Recchi	Cristobal Huet; nine seasons into career
11/3/2007	Tyler Kennedy	New York Islanders	Roberts, Talbot	Rick DiPietro
2/26/2008	Connor James	New York Islanders	Whitney	Rick DiPietro
3/12/2008	Chris Minard	Buffalo Sabres	Staal, Stone	Ryan Miller
10/5/2008	Alex Goligoski	Ottawa Senators	Crosby, Malkin	Alex Auld; game played in Stockholm
1/1/2009	Dustin Jeffrey	Boston Bruins	Goligoski, Wallace	Manny Fernandez
2/3/2009	Luca Caputi	Montreal Canadiens	Thomas, Scuderi	Carey Price; NHL Debut, first shift 2:30
1/21/2010	Nick Johnson	Washington Capitals	Malkin, Fedotenko	Jose Theodore; NHL Debut; 22:50
2/1/2010	Mark Letestu	Buffalo Sabres	Kennedy, Letang	Ryan Miller
10/15/2010	Eric Tangradi	New York lslanders	Letestu, Engelland	Rick DiPietro
11/12/2010	Deryk Engelland	Tampa Bay Lightning	Crosby, Kunitz	Mike Smith
12/22/2010	Ben Lovejoy	Florida Panthers	unassisted	Scott Clemmensen
2/16/2011	Joe Vitale	Colorado Avalanche	Sterling, Martin	Peter Budaj
12/17/2011	Simon Despres	Buffalo Sabres	Kennedy, Williams	Ryan Miller
2/2/2013	Robert Bortuzzo	New Jersey Devils	Crosby, Dupuis	Martin Brodeur
2/24/2013	Beau Bennett	Tampa Bay Lightning	Crosby, Letang	Mathieu Garon; game-winning goal
10/19/2013	Olli Maatta	Vancouver Canucks	Kunitz, Crosby	Roberto Luongo
10/28/2013	Jayson Megna	Carolina Hurricanes	Crosby, Orpik	Justin Peters
11/18/2013	Brian Gibbons	Anaheim Ducks	Malkin, Glass	Vicktor Flasth
12/15/2014	Bryan Rust	Tampa Bay Lightning	Ebbett	Evgeni Nabakov; two first NHL goals in game
12/15/2014	Brian Dumoulin	Tampa Bay Lightning	Downie, Spaling	Evgeni Nabakov; two first NHL goals in game
12/20/2014	Derrick Pouliot	Florida Panthers	Downie, Spaling	Roberto Luongo
1/21/2015	Zach Sill	Chicago Blackhawks	Ebbett, Ehrhoff	Corey Crawford
10/15/2015	Daniel Sprong	Ottawa Senators	Cullen, Porter	Craig Anderson
12/18/2015	Conor Sheary	Boston Bruins	Crosby	Tuukka Rask
2/18/2016	Scott Wilson	Detroit Red Wings	Sheary, Pouliot	Petr Mrazek, game-winning goal
2/20/2016	Tom Kuhnhackl	Tampa Bay Lightning	unassisted	Ben Bishop, short-handed goal
4/2/2016	Oskar Sundqvist	New York Islanders	unassisted	Jean-Francois Berube, short-handed goal
11/21/2016	Jake Guentzel	New York Rangers	Kessel, Daley	Antti Raanta, 1:02 into game
12/23/2016	Chad Ruhwedel	New Jersey Devils	Kunitz, Malkin	Cory Schneider
2/11/2017	Josh Archibald	Arizona Coyotes	Fehr, Kuhnhackl	Mike Smith
3/17/2017	Carter Rowney	New Jersey Devils	Kuhnhackl, Sestito	15th game; game-winning goal
1/14/2018	Dominik Simon	New York Rangers	Crosby, Dumoulin	Henrik Lundqvist
1/23/2018	Jean-Sebastien Dea	Carolina Hurricanes	Rust, Kuhnhackl	Cam Ward
2/13/2018	Zach Aston-Reese	Ottawa Senators	Crosby, Sheary	Mike Condin; game-winning goal
12/29/2018	Juuso Riikola	St. Louis Blues	Pearson, Brassard	19th game; game-winning goal
2/1/2019	Teddy Blueger	Ottawa Senators	Cullen	Anders Nilsson; 2nd NHL game
2/9/2019	Garrett Wilson	Tampa Bay Lightning	Blueger, Cullen	Andrei Vasilevskiy
10/12/2019	Adam Johnson	Minnesota Wild	Lafferty, Aston-Reese	Devan Dubnyk, two first NHL goals in game
10/12/2019	Sam Lafferty	Minnesota Wild	unassisted	Empty net goal; two first NHL goals in game
11/4/2019	John Marino	Boston Bruins	unassisted	Jaroslav Halak; 13th NHL game
2/18/2020	Anthony Angello	Toronto Maple Leafs	Lafferty, Pettersson	Fredrick Andersen; fifth NHL game
2/6/2021	Pierre-Oliver Joseph	New York Islanders	Guentzel, Letang	Semyon Varlamov; seventh NHL game
3/4/2021	Mark Friedman	Philadelphia Flyers	unassisted	Brian Elliot
3/25/2021	Radim Zohorna	Buffalo Sabres	Angello, Gaudreau	Dustin Tkarski; 17:21 on his first shot
10/16/2021	Drew O'Connor	Chicago Blackhawks	Simon, Dumoulin
1/2/2022	Kasper Bjorkqvist	San Jose Sharks	Zohorna, Lafferty	first game, 16:29 of first period.
11/30/2023	Tristan Jarry	Tampa Bay Lightning	unassisted	FIRST GOAL SCORED BY A PENGUINS GOALTENDER
12/27/2023	Valtteri Puustinen	New York Islanders	Letang, Pettersson
2/14/2024	John Ludvig	Florida Panthers	O'Connor, Eller	Sergei Bobrovsky (Ludvig was originally drafted by Florida)
3/2/2024	Jonathan Gruden	Calgary Flames	unassisted	Jacob Markstom
4/4/2024	Ryan Shea	Washington Capitals	Smith, Eller	Charlie Lindgren
12/3/2024	Owen Pickering	Florida Panthers	Lizotte	Spencer Knight

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