2015–16 Pittsburgh Penguins season

NHL team season March 2026 June 2015 NHL 2015–16 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins Eastern 2nd Metropolitan 2nd 48–26–8 26–11–4 22–15–4 245 203 Jim Rutherford Mike Johnston (Oct.–Dec.) Mike Sullivan (Dec.–Jun.) Sidney Crosby Chris Kunitz Evgeni Malkin Consol Energy Center 18,550 (100.9%)2015–2016 NHL Attendance – National Hockey League – ESPN https://www.espn.com/nhl/ ESPN(41 games) WBS Penguins (AHL) Wheeling Nailers (ECHL) Sidney Crosby (36) Kris Letang (51) Sidney Crosby (85) Chris Kunitz (+29) Kris Letang (66) Marc-Andre Fleury (35) Matt Murray (2.00) Yes Yes The 2015–16 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the 49th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.National Hockey League The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014 2013 Diamond Sports Data, Inc. 109 978-1-894801-26-3 https://archive.org/details/nationalhockeyle0000unse/page/109 Their regular season games began on October 8, 2015, against the Dallas Stars. On December 12, the team had a record of 15–10–3. The organization then fired head coach Mike Johnston and replaced him with Mike Sullivan, head coach of the organization's American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes-Barre.Mike Sullivan Named Head Coach of Pittsburgh Penguins http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=792317 https://web.archive.org/web/20151215004716/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=792317 dead December 15, 2015 2015-12-12 2016-06-13 The Penguins qualified for the playoffs for the tenth consecutive season. They earned second place in the Metropolitan Division with 104 points. They began the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs on April 13 against the New York Rangers, the team they were eliminated by in the Stanley Cup playoffs both of the previous two seasons. They went on to beat the Rangers in five games. In the second round the Pens defeated the Washington Capitals, the winners of the Presidents' Trophy, in six games. The team then played in their first Eastern Conference Finals since 2013 against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Pens defeated the Lightning in seven games, despite trailing the series 3–2 after game five, to earn the franchise's fifth berth in the Stanley Cup Final. In the Final, the Penguins defeated the San Jose Sharks in six games to win the franchise's fourth league title. Pre-season Game log y background:#FFFFFF; border-bottom:#CFC493 5px solid; border-top:#000000 5px solid; 2015 Pre-season game log: 3–5–0 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 1–3–0)Penguins-Blue Jackets to Open Preseason on Sept. 21 at Nationwide Arena – Pittsburgh Penguins – News http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=769622 https://web.archive.org/web/20150607053618/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=769622 dead June 7, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins June 8, 2015 June 2, 2015 # Date Visitor Score Home Attendance Record |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 1 || Sept. 21 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–0 SO || Columbus Blue Jackets || 11,363 || 1–0–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 2 || Sept. 22 || Carolina Hurricanes || 3–7 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 17,781 || 2–0–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 3 || Sept. 24 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–6 || Detroit Red Wings || 15,677 || 2–1–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 4 || Sept. 26 || Columbus Blue Jackets || 4–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 18,265 || 2–2–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 5 Quebec City || Sept. 28 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–4 || Montreal Canadiens || –– || 2–3–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 6 Johnstown, PANote1 a a || Sept. 29 || Tampa Bay Lightning || 2–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || –– || 3–3–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 9 || Sept. 30 || Detroit Red Wings || 7–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 18,207 || 3–4–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 8 || Oct. 2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–2 || Carolina Hurricanes || 7,986 || 3–5–0 |- |- style="text-align:center;" | Legend:      #cfc = Win      #fcf = Loss      #ffc = OT/SO LossNote1 a aKraft Hockeyville game Statistics Final Note – Statistics compiled from Official Game/Event Summaries from NHL.com 1px #aaa solid; text-align:center;background:#FFFFFF; border-bottom:#CFC493 2px solid; border-top:#000000 2px solid; Preseason statistics Skaters Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points +/− Plus/minus PIM Penalty minutes Phil Kessel 4 3 2 5 −1 2 Kris Letang 4 1 3 4 3 2 Sidney Crosby 4 2 2 4 0 2 Evgeni Malkin 4 1 3 4 0 4 Patric Hornqvist Patric Hörnqvist 4 0 4 4 0 2 Sergei Plotnikov 5 1 2 3 1 0 Chris Kunitz 4 0 3 3 0 4 Daniel Sprong 5 2 1 3 −1 0 Beau Bennett 4 3 0 3 −2 2 Olli Maatta Olli Määttä 4 1 1 2 5 0 Ian Cole 4 1 1 2 −2 4 Adam Clendening 4 1 1 2 1 0 Sergei Gonchar 4 1 1 2 −8 2 Tom Kuhnhackl Tom Kühnhackl 1 0 1 1 0 0 Will O'Neill ice hockey 2 0 1 1 0 0 David Perron 4 0 1 1 0 4 Pascal Dupuis 4 1 0 1 −1 0 Derrick Pouliot 4 0 1 1 −3 0 Brian Dumoulin 4 0 1 1 −2 2 Nick Bonino 3 0 0 0 −2 0 Kael Mouillierat 3 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Cullen 4 0 0 0 0 2 Tim Erixon 3 0 0 0 0 2 Kevin Porter ice hockey 4 0 0 0 −4 0 Bryan Rust 4 0 0 0 −2 2 Niclas Andersen 2 0 0 0 −1 0 Tyler Biggs 2 0 0 0 0 0 Steve Oleksy 3 0 0 0 0 12 Ben Lovejoy 4 0 0 0 −3 8 Oskar Sundqvist 4 0 0 0 −1 0 Matia Marcantuoni 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 Bobby Farnham 2 0 0 0 0 0 Jean-Sebastien Dea Jean-Sébastien Dea 4 0 0 0 −1 2 Reid McNeill 2 0 0 0 0 7 Conor Sheary 4 0 0 0 −4 2 Tom Kostopoulos 1 0 0 0 0 0 David Warsofsky 3 0 0 0 −3 0 Anton Zlobin 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Sestito 3 0 0 0 0 15 Dominik Uher 4 0 0 0 −1 2 Dominik Simon 1 0 0 0 0 0 Rob Scuderi 3 0 0 0 0 2 Josh Archibald ice hockey 2 0 0 0 0 0 Scott Wilson ice hockey 5 0 0 0 0 0 Regular season Game log background:#FFFFFF; border-bottom:#CFC493 5px solid; border-top:#000000 5px solid; 2015–16 schedule2015–2016 Regular Season Schedule/Results – Pittsburgh Penguins – Schedule http://penguins.nhl.com/club/schedule.htm?season https://web.archive.org/web/20130920205742/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/schedule.htm?season dead September 20, 2013 Pittsburgh Penguins y background:#FFFFFF; border-bottom:#CFC493 2px solid; border-top:#000000 2px solid; October: 7–4–0 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 3–2–0), 14 Points # Oct Time (ET) Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 1 || 8 || 8:30 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 0–3 || Dallas Stars || American Airlines Center (18,532) || 0–1–0 || 0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 2 || 10 || 10:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–2 || Arizona Coyotes || Gila River Arena (17,125) || 0–2–0 || 0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 3 || 13 || 7:00 pm || Montreal Canadiens || 3–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,626) || 0–3–0 || 0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 4 || 15 || 7:00 pm || Ottawa Senators || 0–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,486) || 1–3–0 || 2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 5 || 17 || 7:00 pm || Toronto Maple Leafs || 1–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,650) || 2–3–0 || 4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 6 || 20 || 7:00 pm || Florida Panthers || 2–3 OT || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,471) || 3–3–0 || 6 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 7 || 22 || 7:00 pm || Dallas Stars || 4–1 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,490) || 3–4–0 || 6 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 8 || 24 || 8:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–1 OT || Nashville Predators || Bridgestone Arena (17,163) || 4–4–0 || 8 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 9 || 28 || 8:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–1 || Washington Capitals || Verizon Center (18,506) || 5–4–0 || 10 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 10 || 29Note1 A A || 7:00 pm || Buffalo Sabres || 3–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,415) || 6–4–0 || 12 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 11 || 31 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–0 || Toronto Maple Leafs || Air Canada Centre (19,197) || 7–4–0 || 14 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-bottom:#CFC493 2px solid; border-top:#000000 2px solid; November: 6–4–2 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 2–2–1), 14 Points # Nov Time (ET) Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 12 || 4 || 10:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–2 || Vancouver Canucks || Rogers Arena (18,570) || 8–4–0 || 16 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 13 || 6 || 9:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–1 || Edmonton Oilers || Rexall Place (16,839) || 9–4–0 || 18 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 14 || 7 || 10:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–5 || Calgary Flames || Scotiabank Saddledome (19,289) || 9–5–0 || 18 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 15 || 11Note1 A A || 7:30 pm || Montreal Canadiens || 3–4 SO || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,455) || 10–5–0 || 20 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 16 || 13 || 7:00 pm || Columbus Blue Jackets || 2–1 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,610) || 10–6–0 || 20 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 17 || 14 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 0–4 || New Jersey Devils || Prudential Center (16,514) || 10–7–0 || 20 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 18 || 17Note1 A A || 7:30 pm || Minnesota Wild || 3–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,495) || 11–7–0 || 22 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 19 || 19 || 7:00 pm || Colorado Avalanche || 3–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,430) || 12–7–0 || 24 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 20 || 21 || 7:00 pm || San Jose Sharks || 3–1 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,534) || 12–8–0 || 24 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 21 || 25 || 7:00 pm || St. Louis Blues || 3–4 OT || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,569) || 13–8–0 || 26 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffc;" | 22 || 27 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–2 OT || Columbus Blue Jackets || Nationwide Arena (18,205) || 13–8–1 || 27 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffc;" | 23 || 28Note1 A A || 7:00 pm || Edmonton Oilers || 3–2 SO || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,656) || 13–8–2 || 28 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-bottom:#CFC493 2px solid; border-top:#000000 2px solid; December: 5–7–2 (Home: 1–3–2; Road: 4–4–0), 12 Points # Dec Time (ET) Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 24 || 1 || 10:30 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 5–1 || San Jose Sharks || SAP Center at San Jose (16,624) || 14–8–2 || 30 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 25 || 5 || 4:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–5 || Los Angeles Kings || Staples Center (18,230) || 14–9–2 || 30 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 26 || 6 || 8:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–2 || Anaheim Ducks || Honda Center (15,836) || 14–10–2 || 30 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 27 || 9 || 10:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–2 || Colorado Avalanche || Pepsi Center (15,838) || 15–10–2 || 32 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffc; border-bottom:#000000 3px solid;" | 28 || 11 || 7:00 pm || Los Angeles Kings || 3–2 SO || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,489) || 15–10–3 || 33 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 29 || 14 || 7:00 pm || Washington Capitals || 4–1 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,520) || 15–11–3 || 33 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 30 || 16 || 8:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 0–3 || Boston Bruins || TD Garden (17,565) || 15–12–3 || 33 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 31 || 18Note1 A A || 7:00 pm || Boston Bruins || 6–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,585) || 15–13–3 || 33 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 32 || 19 || 7:00 pm || Carolina Hurricanes || 2–1 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,590) || 15–14–3 || 33 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 33 || 21 || 7:00 pm || Columbus Blue Jackets || 2–5 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,602) || 16–14–3 || 35 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 34 || 26 || 8:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–1 || Minnesota Wild || Xcel Energy Center (19,234) || 17–14–3 || 37 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 35 || 27 || 8:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 0–1 || Winnipeg Jets || MTS Centre (15,294) || 17–15–3 || 37 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffc; | 36 || 30 || 7:00 pm || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–2 SO || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,662) || 17–15–4 || 38 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 37 || 31Note1 A A || 6:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 5–2 || Detroit Red Wings || Joe Louis Arena (20,027) || 18–15–4 || 40 |- |colspan=9| Thick border represents transition between Head Coach Mike Johnston to Mike Sullivan. |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-bottom:#CFC493 2px solid; border-top:#000000 2px solid; January: 6–2–3 (Home: 5–0–1; Road: 1–2–2), 15 Points # Jan Time (ET) Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 38 || 2Note1 A A || 7:00 pm || New York Islanders || 2–5 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,665) || 19–15–4 || 42 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffc; | 39 || 5 || 7:00 pm || Chicago Blackhawks || 3–2 OT || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,656) || 19–15–5 || 43 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 40 || 6 || 8:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–3 || Chicago Blackhawks || United Center (21,908) || 19–16–5 || 43 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 41 || 9 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–1 || Montreal Canadiens || Bell Centre (21,288) || 20–16–5 || 45 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffc; | 42 || 12 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–3 OT || Carolina Hurricanes || PNC Arena (13,012) || 20–16–6 || 46 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffc; | 43 || 15 || 7:30 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–5 OT || Tampa Bay Lightning || Amalie Arena (19,092) || 20–16–7 || 47 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 44 || 17 || 3:00 pm || Carolina Hurricanes || 0–5 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,528) || 21–16–7 || 49 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 45 || 18 || 8:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–5 || St. Louis Blues || Scottrade Center (19,312) || 21–17–7 || 49 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 46 || 21Note1 A A || 7:00 pm || Philadelphia Flyers || 3–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,652) || 22–17–7 || 51 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 47 || 23 || 12:30 pm || Vancouver Canucks || 4–5 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,539) || 23–17–7 || 53 |- style="background:#ccc;" | – || 24 || 12:30 pm ||colspan="6" | Game rescheduled to March 1 due to hazardous weather.Sunday's Pittsburgh at Washington Game Postponed http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=799222 https://web.archive.org/web/20160124091346/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=799222 dead January 24, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins January 23, 2016Penguins-Capitals Game Rescheduled for Tuesday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m. http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=805690 https://web.archive.org/web/20160204081205/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=805690 dead February 4, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins February 2, 2016 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 48 || 26 || 7:00 pm || New Jersey Devils || 0–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,442) || 24–17–7 || 55 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-bottom:#CFC493 2px solid; border-top:#000000 2px solid; February: 8–4–1 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 3–2–1, 17 Points # Feb Time (ET) Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 49 || 2 || 7:00 pm || Ottawa Senators || 5–6 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,420) || 25–17–7 || 57 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 50 || 5 || 7:30 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–6 || Tampa Bay Lightning || Amalie Arena (19,092) || 25–18–7 || 57 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 51 || 6 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–2 OT || Florida Panthers || BB&T Center (20,295) || 26–18–7 || 59 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 52 || 8 || 7:00 pm || Anaheim Ducks || 2–6 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,418) || 27–18–7 || 61 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 53 || 10Note1 A A || 8:00 pm || New York Rangers || 3–0 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,539) || 27–19–7 || 61 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 54 || 12 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–1 SO || Carolina Hurricanes || PNC Arena (15,783) || 28–19–7 || 63 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffc; | 55 || 15 || 7:30 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–2 SO || Florida Panthers || BB&T Center (15,595) || 28–19–8 || 64 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 56 || 18 || 7:00 pm || Detroit Red Wings || 3–6 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,584) || 29–19–8 || 66 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 57 || 20 || 12:30 pm || Tampa Bay Lightning || 4–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,643) || 29–20–8 || 66 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 58 || 21 || 12:30 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–3 || Buffalo Sabres || First Niagara Center (19,070) || 30–20–8 || 68 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 59 || 24 || 7:30 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–5 || Boston Bruins || TD Garden (17,565) || 30–21–8 || 68 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 60 || 27Note1 A A || 3:00 pm || Winnipeg Jets || 1–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,650) || 31–21–8 || 70 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 61 || 29 || 7:00 pm || Arizona Coyotes || 0–6 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,435) || 32–21–8 || 72 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-bottom:#CFC493 2px solid; border-top:#000000 2px solid; March: 12–4–0 (Home: 6–2–0; Road: 6–2–0), 24 Points # Mar Time (ET) Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 62 || 1 || 7:30 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–3 || Washington Capitals || Verizon Center (18,506) || 32–22–8 || 72 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 63 || 3Note1 A A || 7:00 pm || New York Rangers || 1–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,492) || 33–22–8 || 74 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 64 || 5 || 3:00 pm || Calgary Flames || 4–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,663) || 33–23–8 || 74 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 65 || 6 || 5:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 6–1 || New Jersey Devils || Prudential Center (15,856) || 34–23–8 || 76 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 66 || 8 || 7:30 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–2 || New York Islanders || Barclays Center (14,724) || 34–24–8 || 76 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 67 || 11 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–2 || Columbus Blue Jackets || Nationwide Arena (18,205) || 35–24–8 || 78 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 68 || 13 || 12:30 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 5–3 || New York Rangers || Madison Square Garden (IV) (18,006) || 36–24–8 || 80 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 69 || 15 || 7:00 pm || New York Islanders || 1–2 SO || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,456) || 37–24–8 || 82 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 70 || 17Note1 A A || 7:00 pm || Carolina Hurricanes || 2–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,455) || 38–24–8 || 84 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 71 || 19 || 1:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–1 || Philadelphia Flyers || Wells Fargo Center (19,967) || 39–24–8 || 86 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 72 || 20Note1 A A || 6:00 pm || Washington Capitals || 2–6 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,656) || 40–24–8 || 88 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 73 || 24 || 7:00 pm || New Jersey Devils || 3–0 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,610) || 40–25–8 || 88 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 74 || 26 || 2:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 7–2 || Detroit Red Wings || Joe Louis Arena (20,027) || 41–25–8 || 90 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 75 || 27 || 7:30 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–2 OT || New York Rangers || Madison Square Garden (IV) (18,006) || 42–25–8 || 92 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 76 || 29 || 7:00 pm || Buffalo Sabres || 4–5 SO || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,513) || 43–25–8 || 94 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 77 || 31 || 7:00 pm || Nashville Predators || 2–5 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,560) || 44–25–8 || 96 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-bottom:#CFC493 2px solid; border-top:#000000 2px solid; April: 4–1–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 3–1–0), 8 Points # Apr Time (ET) Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 78 || 2 || 1:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 5–0 || New York Islanders || Barclays Center (15,795) || 45–25–8 || 98 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 79 || 3 || 3:00 pm || Philadelphia Flyers || 2–6 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,673) || 46–25–8 || 100 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 80 || 5 || 7:30 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 5–3 || Ottawa Senators || Canadian Tire Centre (19,284) || 47–25–8 || 102 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 81 || 7 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–3 OT || Washington Capitals || Verizon Center (18,506) || 48–25–8 || 104 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fcf;" | 82 || 9 || 3:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–3 || Philadelphia Flyers || Wells Fargo Center (19,919) || 48–26–8 || 104 |- |- style="text-align:center;" | Legend:      #cfc = Win      #fcf = Loss      #ffc = OT/SO LossNote1 A A– Alternate JerseyPenguins Third Jersey Schedule – Pittsburgh Penguins – News http://penguins.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=107802 https://web.archive.org/web/20150925184510/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=107802 dead September 25, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins September 24, 2015 Season standings PIT Detailed records Final2015–2016 Pittsburgh Penguins vs All Teams http://penguins.nhl.com/club/teamvsteam.htm?season=20152016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160821200559/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/teamvsteam.htm?season=20152016 dead August 21, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins Eastern Conference Atlantic GP W L OT SHOTS GF GA PP PK FO W–L Boston Bruins 3 0 3 0 108–92 3 14 0–9 2–8 100–97 Buffalo Sabres 3 3 0 0 106–110 13 10 1–8 4–8 115–95 Detroit Red Wings 3 3 0 0 117–96 18 7 4–9 1–6 90–92 Florida Panthers 3 2 0 1 102–105 7 6 3–10 1–10 106–103 Montreal Canadiens 3 2 1 0 99–102 9 7 1–10 2–10 89–102 Ottawa Senators 3 3 0 0 108–75 13 8 2–10 0–8 89–113 Tampa Bay Lightning 3 0 2 1 109–74 9 15 1–11 3–12 106–86 Toronto Maple Leafs 3 2 0 1 106–84 8 4 2–13 0–10 92–96 Division Total 24 15 6 3 855–738 80 71 14–80 13–72 787–784 Metropolitan GP W L OT SHOTS GF GA PP PK FO W–L Carolina Hurricanes 5 3 1 1 169–132 14 8 2–12 3–19 129–147 Columbus Blue Jackets 4 2 1 1 120–122 10 8 4–17 1–13 134–131 New Jersey Devils 4 2 2 0 121–104 8 8 2–12 2–14 122–111 New York Islanders 4 3 1 0 145–117 13 5 4–13 3–13 114–146 New York Rangers 4 3 1 0 125–104 12 9 2–10 1–9 112–111 Philadelphia Flyers 4 3 1 0 138–115 15 9 3–10 3–14 124–159 Pittsburgh Penguins Washington Capitals 5 3 2 0 166–153 16 13 1–18 2–16 162–156 Division Total 30 19 9 2 984–847 88 60 18–92 15–98 897–961 Conference Total 54 34 15 5 1839–1585 168 131 32–172 28–170 1684–1745 Western Conference Central GP W L OT SHOTS GF GA PP PK FO W–L Chicago Blackhawks 2 0 1 1 54–67 3 6 1–4 0–5 55–53 Colorado Avalanche 2 2 0 0 63–57 8 5 1–6 1–10 61–56 Dallas Stars 2 0 2 0 71–47 1 7 0–8 3–8 75–74 Minnesota Wild 2 2 0 0 61–55 7 4 3–9 2–10 64–65 Nashville Predators 2 2 0 0 66–63 7 3 2–7 0–7 62–46 St. Louis Blues 2 1 1 0 72–57 6 8 1–7 1–4 67–53 Winnipeg Jets 2 1 1 0 63–56 4 2 0–3 1–4 61–45 Division Total 14 8 5 1 450–402 36 35 8–44 8–48 445–392 Pacific GP W L OT SHOTS GF GA PP PK FO W–L Anaheim Ducks 2 1 1 0 59–63 7 4 0–3 0–3 67–62 Arizona Coyotes 2 1 1 0 61–69 7 2 1–9 0–7 57–61 Calgary Flames 2 0 2 0 56–61 4 9 1–4 1–6 73–60 Edmonton Oilers 2 1 0 1 74–64 4 4 2–8 1–6 73–71 Los Angeles Kings 2 0 1 1 62–77 5 8 0–5 1–5 68–66 San Jose Sharks 2 1 1 0 68–63 6 4 2–8 1–7 69–58 Vancouver Canucks 2 2 0 0 53–52 8 6 2–8 0–5 57–61 Division Total 14 6 6 2 433–449 41 37 8–45 4–39 464–439 Conference Total 28 14 11 3 883–851 77 72 16–89 12–87 909–831 NHL Total 82 48 26 8 2722–2436 245 203 48–261 40–257 2593–2576 Injuries Player Injury Date Returned Games missed Eric Fehr Elbow Surgery Off-SeasonAnalysis: Pens' Roster Moves http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=781540 https://web.archive.org/web/20151004220724/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=781540 dead October 4, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins October 3, 2015 October 31, 2015The Inside Scoop: Game Day (Pens vs. Leafs) http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=785671 https://web.archive.org/web/20151102013648/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=785671 dead November 2, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins October 31, 2015 10 games Pascal Dupuis Lower Body PreseasonPens' Dupuis Out 4–5 Weeks http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=781876 https://web.archive.org/web/20151009222639/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=781876 dead October 9, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins October 6, 2015 October 22, 2015The Inside Scoop: Game Day (Pens vs. Stars) http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=784287 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304142739/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=784287 dead March 4, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins October 22, 2015 6 games Beau Bennett Upper Body October 13, 2015The Inside Scoop: Game Day (Pens vs. Sens) http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=783321 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205749/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=783321 dead March 4, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins October 15, 2015 October 28, 2015The Inside Scoop: Game Day (Pens vs. Caps) http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=785295 https://web.archive.org/web/20151031053054/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=785295 dead October 31, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins October 28, 2015 5 games Bryan Rust Undisclosed October 24, 2015The Inside Scoop: Bennett Practices http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=784762 https://web.archive.org/web/20151025203714/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=784762 dead October 25, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins October 25, 2015 November 30, 2015Rust Re-Assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=790263 https://web.archive.org/web/20151203171949/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=790263 dead December 3, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins November 30, 2015 15 games Pascal Dupuis Blood Clot Testing November 6, 2015Dupuis Out Tonight; Taken to Hospital as Precaution http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=786733 https://web.archive.org/web/20151109020629/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=786733 dead November 9, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins November 6, 2015 November 11, 2015 2 games Nick Bonino Undisclosed November 17, 2015The Inside Scoop: Game Day (Pens vs. Wild) http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=788347 https://web.archive.org/web/20151120110616/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=788347 dead November 20, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins November 17, 2015 November 19, 2015The Inside Scoop: Game Day (Pens vs. Avs) http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=788683 https://web.archive.org/web/20151120103304/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=788683 dead November 20, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins November 19, 2015 1 game Olli Maatta Olli Määttä Upper Body November 17, 2015Maatta to Miss 3–4 Weeks http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=788519 https://web.archive.org/web/20151119080903/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=788519 dead November 19, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins November 17, 2015 December 5, 2015The Inside Scoop: Letang Questionable; Warsofsky "Auditioning" http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=791060 https://web.archive.org/web/20151206011831/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=791060 dead December 6, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins December 5, 2015 6 games Kris Letang Undisclosed December 5, 2015 December 9, 2015 2 games Kris Letang Upper Body December 9, 2015The Inside Scoop: Game Day (Pens vs. Kings) http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=792189 https://web.archive.org/web/20151222080746/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=792189 dead December 22, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins December 11, 2015 December 26, 2015The Inside Scoop: Game Day (Pens vs. Wild) http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=794346 https://web.archive.org/web/20151229014825/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=794346 dead December 29, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins December 26, 2015 6 games Beau Bennett Upper Body December 14, 2015The Inside Scoop: Fleury May be Concussed; Pens Tweak Lines, PP http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=792807 https://web.archive.org/web/20151217172930/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=792807 dead December 17, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins December 15, 2015 January 23, 2016 17 games Marc-Andre Fleury Marc-André Fleury Concussion December 14, 2015 January 2, 2016Penguins Activate Marc-Andre Fleury, Re-Assign Matt Murray to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=795509 https://web.archive.org/web/20160103124559/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=795509 dead January 3, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins January 2, 2016 8 games Nick Bonino Illness December 16, 2015The Inside Scoop: Game Day (Pens vs. Bruins) http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=793119 https://web.archive.org/web/20151218215037/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=793119 dead December 18, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins December 16, 2015 December 18, 2015 1 game Sidney Crosby Lower Body December 19, 2015The Inside Scoop: Crosby Day-to-Day, Letang Practices http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=793707 https://web.archive.org/web/20151222093734/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=793707 dead December 22, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins December 20, 2015 December 26, 2015 1 game Kris Letang Upper Body December 26, 2015 December 30, 2015The Inside Scoop: Game Day (Pens vs. Leafs) http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=795024 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304195954/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=795024 dead March 4, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins December 30, 2015 1 game Nick Bonino Hand Injury January 12, 2016The Inside Scoop: Bonino Out with Hand Injury http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=797711 https://web.archive.org/web/20160127075333/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=797711 dead January 27, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins January 12, 2016 February 27, 2016The Inside Scoop: Malkin, Bonino Will Return Saturday http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=870819 https://web.archive.org/web/20160229040014/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=870819 dead February 29, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins February 26, 2016 16 games Kris Letang Undisclosed January 15, 2016 January 18, 2016 1 game David Warsofsky Concussion January 17, 2016 February 21, 2016Penguins Recall Goaltender Matt Murray & Re-assign Defenseman Warsofsky http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=869770 https://web.archive.org/web/20160222083118/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=869770 dead February 22, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins February 21, 2016 13 games Chris Kunitz Lower Body January 21, 2016The Inside Scoop: Game Day (Pens vs. Devils) http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=799676 https://web.archive.org/web/20160128081754/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=799676 dead January 28, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins January 26, 2016 February 2, 2016 2 games Beau Bennett Upper Body January 23, 2016 March 24, 2016 25 games Eric Fehr Lower Body February 2, 2016The Inside Scoop: Malkin, Fehr Out http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=835183 https://web.archive.org/web/20160205063843/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=835183 dead February 5, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins February 4, 2016 March 11, 2016 17 games Evgeni Malkin Lower Body February 2, 2016 February 27, 2016 10 games Ben Lovejoy Upper Body February 20, 2016The Inside Scoop: Malkin, Bonino Practice http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=870150 https://web.archive.org/web/20160223202026/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=870150 dead February 23, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins February 23, 2016 March 26, 2016 16 games Kevin Porter Kevin Porter (ice hockey) Lower Body March 3, 2016The Inside Scoop: Injury Updates http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=872143 https://web.archive.org/web/20160306180653/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=872143 dead March 6, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins March 3, 2016 – 19 games Carl Hagelin Illness March 5, 2016 March 11, 2016 2 games Evgeni Malkin Upper Body March 11, 2016Evgeni Malkin to Miss 6-to-8 Weeks with Upper-Body Injury http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=873486 https://web.archive.org/web/20160316233803/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=873486 dead March 16, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins March 12, 2016 April 16, 2016Evgeni Malkin, Bryan Rust return for Penguins vs. Rangers https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/15217107/evgeni-malkin-returns-pittsburgh-penguins-upper-body-injury ESPN April 16, 2016 16 games Scott Wilson Scott Wilson (ice hockey) Lower Body March 11, 2016The Inside Scoop: Malkin, Wilson Updates http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=873479 https://web.archive.org/web/20160316013036/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=873479 dead March 16, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins March 12, 2016 – 15 games Olli Maatta Olli Määttä Lower Body March 24, 2016The Inside Scoop: Maatta Week-to-Week with Lower-Body Injury http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=875462 https://web.archive.org/web/20160408180104/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=875462 dead April 8, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins March 25, 2016 – 9 games Brian Dumoulin Concussion March 26, 2016 April 2, 2016 3 games Bryan Rust Lower Body March 29, 2016The Inside Scoop: Rust Out for Thursday http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=876332 https://web.archive.org/web/20160401172809/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=876332 dead April 1, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins March 30, 2016 – 6 games Marc-Andre Fleury Marc-André Fleury Concussion April 2, 2016Kassan Sam 3 Impressions: Pens 5, Isles 0 http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=876789 https://web.archive.org/web/20160407190036/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=876789 dead April 7, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins April 2, 2016 – 5 games Beau Bennett Undisclosed April 5, 2016 – 2 games Total 257 games Playoffs 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs The Penguins announced on April 11, 2016, that they will wear their Alternate jersey for all home games throughout the Stanley Cup Playoffs.Penguins Announce 'Gold Rush' for Stanley Cup Playoffs http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=878294 https://web.archive.org/web/20160414134738/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=878294 dead April 14, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins April 11, 2016 Game log background:#FFFFFF; border-bottom:#CFC493 5px solid; border-top:#000000 5px solid; 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs y background:#FFFFFF; border-bottom:#CFC493 2px solid; border-top:#000000 2px solid; Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M3) New York Rangers: Penguins won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Starting Goalie Attendance Series Recap |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 || April 13 || New York || 2–5 || Pittsburgh || || Zatkoff || 18,588 || 1–0 || Recap |- style="background:#fcf;" | 2 || April 16 || New York || 4–2 || Pittsburgh || || Zatkoff || 18,614 || 1–1 || Recap |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 || April 19 || Pittsburgh || 3–1 || New York || || Murray || 18,006 || 2–1 || Recap |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 || April 21 || Pittsburgh || 5–0 || New York || || Murray || 18,006 || 3–1 || Recap |- style="background:#cff;" | 5 || April 23 || New York || 3–6 || Pittsburgh || || Murray || 18,607 || 4–1 || Recap |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-bottom:#CFC493 2px solid; border-top:#000000 2px solid; Eastern Conference Second Round vs. (M1) Washington Capitals: Penguins won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Starting Goalie Attendance Series Recap |- style="background:#fcf;" | 1 || April 28 || Pittsburgh || 3–4 || Washington || OT || Murray || 18,506 || 0–1 || Recap |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 || April 30 || Pittsburgh || 2–1 || Washington || || Murray || 18,506 || 1–1 || Recap |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 || May 2 || Washington || 2–3 || Pittsburgh || || Murray || 18,601 || 2–1 || Recap |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 || May 4 || Washington || 2–3 || Pittsburgh || OT || Murray || 18,614 || 3–1 || Recap |- style="background:#fcf;" | 5 || May 7 || Pittsburgh || 1–3 || Washington || || Murray || 18,506 || 3–2 || Recap |- style="background:#cff;" | 6 || May 10 || Washington || 3–4 || Pittsburgh || OT || Murray || 18,650 || 4–2 || Recap |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-bottom:#CFC493 2px solid; border-top:#000000 2px solid; Eastern Conference Finals vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Penguins won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Starting Goalie Attendance Series Recap |- style="background:#fcf;" | 1 || May 13 || Tampa Bay || 3–1 || Pittsburgh || || Murray || 18,554 || 0–1 || Recap |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 || May 16 || Tampa Bay || 2–3 || Pittsburgh || OT || Murray || 18,534 || 1–1 || Recap |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 || May 18 || Pittsburgh || 4–2 || Tampa Bay || || Murray || 19,092 || 2–1 || Recap |- style="background:#fcf;" | 4 || May 20 || Pittsburgh || 3–4 || Tampa Bay || || Murray || 19,092 || 2–2 || Recap |- style="background:#fcf;" | 5 || May 22 || Tampa Bay || 4–3 || Pittsburgh || OT || Fleury || 18,648 || 2–3 || Recap |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 || May 24 || Pittsburgh || 5–2 || Tampa Bay || || Murray || 19,092 || 3–3 || Recap |- style="background:#cff;" | 7 || May 26 || Tampa Bay || 1–2 || Pittsburgh || || Murray || 18,638 || 4–3 || Recap |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-bottom:#CFC493 2px solid; border-top:#000000 2px solid; Stanley Cup Finals vs. (P3) San Jose Sharks: Penguins won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Starting Goalie Attendance Series Recap |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 || May 30 || San Jose || 2–3 || Pittsburgh || || Murray || 18,596 || 1–0 || Recap |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 || June 1 || San Jose|| 1–2 || Pittsburgh || OT || Murray || 18,655 || 2–0 || Recap |- style="background:#fcf;" | 3 || June 4 || Pittsburgh || 2–3 || San Jose || OT || Murray || 17,562 || 2–1 || Recap |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 || June 6 || Pittsburgh || 3–1 || San Jose || || Murray || 17,562 || 3–1 || Recap |- style="background:#fcf;" | 5 || June 9 || San Jose || 4–2 || Pittsburgh || || Murray || 18,680 || 3–2 || Recap |- style="background:#cff;" | 6 || June 12 || Pittsburgh || 3–1 || San Jose || || Murray || 17,562 || 4–2 || Recap |- |- | Legend:      #cfc darkgray = Win      #fcf darkgray = Loss      #cff darkgray = Playoff series win Injuries Player Injury Date Returned Games missed Kevin Porter Kevin Porter (ice hockey) Lower Body From season – 24 games Evgeni Malkin Upper Body From season April 16, 2016 1 game Scott Wilson Scott Wilson (ice hockey) Lower Body From season – 24 games Olli Maatta Lower Body From season April 13, 2016 0 games Bryan Rust Lower Body From season April 16, 2016 1 game Marc-Andre Fleury Marc-André Fleury Concussion From season May 2, 2016 7 games Beau Bennett Undisclosed From season May 21, 2016 15 games Matt Murray Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994) Upper Body From season April 19, 2016 2 games Olli Maatta Concussion April 30, 2016 May 10, 2016 3 games Eric Fehr Undisclosed May 2, 2016 May 7, 2016 1 game Trevor Daley Broken Ankle May 20, 2016 – 9 games Total 87 games Suspensions Date of Incident Offender Offense(s) Date of Action Length May 2, 2016 Kris Letang Interference against Marcus Johansson.https://www.nhl.com/news/kris-letang-suspended-280548500 Penguins' Letang suspended one game nhl.com 2016-05-03 May 3, 2016 1 game Post-season Injuries Player Injury Date Recovery Daniel Sprong Shoulder surgeryPenguins Forward Daniel Sprong Undergoes Successful Shoulder Surgery http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=886356 https://web.archive.org/web/20160617224302/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=886356 dead June 17, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins June 17, 2016 June 17, 2016 7–8 months Player statistics Skaters Regular season2015–2016 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats https://www.nhl.com/stats/skaters?reportType=season&seasonFrom=20152016&seasonTo=20152016&gameType=2&playerPlayedFor=franchise.17&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=points,goals,assists&page=0&pageSize=50 NHL Player GP Games Played G Goals A Assists Pts Points +/− Plus/Minus PIM Penalty Minutes Sidney Crosby 80 36 49 85 19 42 Kris Letang 71 16 51 67 9 66 Phil Kessel 82 26 33 59 9 18 Evgeni Malkin 57 27 31 58 1 65 Patric Hornqvist Patric Hörnqvist 82 22 29 51 15 36 Chris Kunitz 80 17 23 40 29 41 Matt Cullen 82 16 16 32 5 20 Nick Bonino 63 9 20 29 13 31 Carl Hagelin† 37 10 17 27 18 18 Trevor Daley† 53 6 16 22 8 26 Olli Maatta Olli Määttä 67 6 13 19 27 22 David Perron‡ 43 4 12 16 -13 28 Brian Dumoulin 79 0 16 16 11 14 Tom Kuhnhackl Tom Kühnhackl 42 5 10 15 3 24 Eric Fehr 55 8 6 14 0 19 Beau Bennett 33 6 6 12 -1 10 Ian Cole 70 0 12 12 -3 59 Bryan Rust 41 4 7 11 1 12 Conor Sheary 44 7 3 10 -1 8 Ben Lovejoy 66 4 6 10 9 30 Justin Schultz† 18 1 7 8 7 2 Derrick Pouliot 22 0 7 7 4 2 Scott Wilson Scott Wilson (ice hockey) 24 5 1 6 0 12 Pascal Dupuis 18 2 2 4 -1 12 Oskar Sundqvist 18 1 3 4 0 4 Rob Scuderi‡ 25 0 4 4 4 8 Kevin Porter Kevin Porter (ice hockey) 41 0 3 3 -2 0 Daniel Sprong 18 2 0 2 -1 0 Sergei Plotnikov‡ 32 0 2 2 -3 20 David Warsofsky‡ 12 1 0 1 -6 0 Tom Sestito 4 0 1 1 1 19 Adam Clendening 9 0 1 1 3 10 Dominik Simon 3 0 1 1 0 0 Kael Mouillierat 1 0 0 0 0 2 Josh Archibald 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bobby Farnham 3 0 0 0 0 5 Total 241 408 649 — 685 Playoffs2015–2016 – Playoffs – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats https://www.nhl.com/stats/skaters?reportType=season&seasonFrom=20152016&seasonTo=20152016&gameType=3&playerPlayedFor=franchise.17&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=points,goals,assists&page=0&pageSize=50 NHL Player GP Games Played G Goals A Assists Pts Points +/− Plus/Minus PIM Penalty Minutes Phil Kessel 24 10 12 22 5 4 Sidney Crosby 24 6 13 19 -2 4 Evgeni Malkin 23 6 12 18 1 18 Nick Bonino 24 4 14 18 9 12 Carl Hagelin 24 6 10 16 9 14 Kris Letang 23 3 12 15 6 22 Patric Hornqvist Patric Hörnqvist 24 9 4 13 -5 10 Chris Kunitz 24 4 8 12 2 15 Conor Sheary 23 4 6 10 -1 8 Bryan Rust 23 6 3 9 7 6 Brian Dumoulin 24 2 6 8 -3 2 Olli Maatta Olli Määttä 18 0 7 7 5 4 Matt Cullen 24 4 2 6 3 8 Ben Lovejoy 24 2 4 6 5 12 Trevor Daley 15 1 5 6 1 10 Tom Kuhnhackl Tom Kühnhackl 24 2 3 5 1 0 Eric Fehr 23 3 1 4 -1 6 Justin Schultz 15 0 4 4 1 0 Ian Cole 24 1 2 3 6 14 Beau Bennett 1 0 0 0 -2 0 Derrick Pouliot 2 0 0 0 1 2 Oskar Sundqvist 2 0 0 0 0 0 Total 73 128 201 — 171 Goaltenders Regular season2015–2016 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats https://www.nhl.com/stats/goalies?reportType=season&seasonFrom=20152016&seasonTo=20152016&gameType=2&playerPlayedFor=franchise.17&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=wins,savePct&page=0&pageSize=50 NHL Player GP Games Played GS Games Started TOI Time on Ice W Win L Loss OT Overtime Loss GA Goals Against GAA Goals Against Average SA Shots Against SV% Save Percentage SO Shutouts G Goals A Assists PIM Penalty Minutes Marc-Andre Fleury Marc-André Fleury 58 58 3462:33 35 17 6 132 2.29 1665 0.921 5 0 1 2 Matt Murray Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994) 13 13 748:35 9 2 1 25 2.00 355 0.930 1 0 0 0 Jeff Zatkoff Jeff Zatkoff 14 11 732:03 4 7 1 34 2.79 408 0.917 0 0 0 0 Total 82 4943:11 48 26 8 191 2.32 2428 0.921 6 0 1 2 Playoffs2015–2016 – Playoffs – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats https://www.nhl.com/stats/goalies?reportType=season&seasonFrom=20152016&seasonTo=20152016&gameType=3&playerPlayedFor=franchise.17&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=wins,savePct&page=0&pageSize=50 NHL Player GP Games Played GS Games Started TOI Time on Ice W Win L Loss OT Overtime Loss GA Goals Against GAA Goals Against Average SA Shots Against SV% Save Percentage SO Shutouts G Goals A Assists PIM Penalty Minutes Matt Murray Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994) 21 21 1267:16 15 6 -- 44 2.08 575 0.923 1 0 0 4 Jeff Zatkoff Jeff Zatkoff 2 2 117:13 1 1 -- 6 3.07 65 0.908 0 0 0 0 Marc-Andre Fleury Marc-André Fleury 2 1 79:19 0 1 -- 4 3.03 32 0.875 0 0 0 0 Total 24 1463:48 16 8 0 54 2.21 672 0.920 1 0 0 4 †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. Notable achievements Awards Regular season Player Award Awarded K. Letang Kris Letang NHL Third Star of the WeekQuick, Doan and Letang named 'Stars of the Week' http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=795874 https://web.archive.org/web/20160104200844/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=795874 dead January 4, 2016 NHL January 4, 2016 January 4, 2016 E. Malkin Evgeni Malkin NHL All-Star game selectionStar-studded Central roster highlights All-Star reveal http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=796248 https://web.archive.org/web/20160106220520/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=796248 dead January 6, 2016 NHL January 6, 2016 January 6, 2016 K. Letang Kris Letang NHL All-Star game selection January 6, 2016 K. Letang Kris Letang NHL Third Star of the MonthKuznetsov, Crawford, Letang named stars for January https://www.nhl.com/news/evgeny-kuznetsov-corey-crawford-kris-letang-named-stars-for-january-278125618 NHL February 1, 2016 February 1, 2016 S. Crosby Sidney Crosby NHL First Star of the WeekCrosby, Karlsson, Trocheck named NHL's Three Stars https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-s-three-stars-278498812 NHL February 8, 2016 February 8, 2016 S. Crosby Sidney Crosby NHL First Star of the WeekCrosby, Quick and Monahan named stars of week https://www.nhl.com/news/sidney-crosby-jonathan-quick-sean-monahan-named-stars-of-week-279788242 NHL March 21, 2016 March 21, 2016 P. Kessel Phil Kessel NHL Third Star of the WeekParise, Elliott, Kessel named stars of week https://www.nhl.com/news/zach-parise-brian-elliott-phil-kessel-named-stars-of-week-279951650 NHL March 28, 2016 March 28, 2016 S. Crosby Sidney Crosby NHL First Star of the MonthCrosby, Dubnyk and Burns named Stars of March https://www.nhl.com/news/sidney-crosby-devan-dubnyk-and-brent-burns-named-stars-of-march-280061046 NHL April 1, 2016 April 1, 2016 M. Murray Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994) NHL Third Star of the WeekPanarin, Burns and Murray named stars of week https://www.nhl.com/news/artemi-panarin-brent-burns-matthew-murray-named-stars-of-week-280115322 NHL April 4, 2016 April 4, 2016 S. Crosby Sidney Crosby Conn Smythe TrophyCrosby wins Conn Smythe Trophy https://www.nhl.com/news/sidney-crosby-wins-conn-smythe-trophy-280948120 NHL June 12, 2016 June 12, 2016 Team awards Awarded week of March 27 Player Award Notes Pascal Dupuis Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy nominee The Pittsburgh Chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association votes for the Penguins' Masterton nominee. Each NHL team selects a Masterton candidate from which the overall winner is chosen. The Masterton candidate is nominated as the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey. Sponsor: Trib Total Media Bryan Rust Rookie of the Year Award Presented in memory of former Penguins forward Michel Briere to the player who makes a substantial contribution during his rookie season. Sponsor: Highmark Marc-Andre Fleury Player's Player Award The players hold a vote at the end of the season for the player they feel exemplifies leadership for the team, both on and off the ice, a player dedicated to teamwork. Sponsor: American Eagle Outfitters Sidney Crosby Edward J. DeBartolo Award The award recognizes the player who has donated a tremendous amount of time and effort during the season working on community and charity projects. Sponsor: Verizon Wireless Kris Letang Defensive Player of the Year This award honors the defensive skills of an individual player on the team. Sponsor: PNC Wealth Management Sidney Crosby Most Valuable Player Based on the overall contribution the player makes to the team. Sponsor: CONSOL Energy Milestones Regular season Player Milestone Reached D. Sprong Daniel Sprong 1st Career NHL Game October 8, 2015 S. Plotnikov Sergei Plotnikov 1st Career NHL Game October 8, 2015 D. Perron David Perron 500th Career NHL Game October 8, 2015 O. Maatta Olli Määttä 100th Career NHL Game October 10, 2015 D. Sprong Daniel Sprong 1st Career NHL Goal1st Career NHL Point October 15, 2015 M. Fleury Marc-André Fleury 600th Career NHL Game October 17, 2015 S. Plotnikov Sergei Plotnikov 1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point October 17, 2015 K. Letang Kris Letang 500th Career NHL Game October 28, 2015 B. Bennett Beau Bennett 100th Career NHL Game October 28, 2015 Fleury M. Fleury 40th Career NHL Shutout October 31, 2015 E. Malkin Evgeni Malkin 600th Career NHL Game November 6, 2015 I. Cole Ian Cole 200th Career NHL Game November 6, 2015 Perron D. Perron 300th Career NHL Point November 7, 2015 C. Sheary Conor Sheary 1st Career NHL Game December 16, 2015 Sheary C. Sheary 1st Career NHL Goal1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point December 18, 2015 M. Murray Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994) 1st Career NHL Game December 19, 2015 P. Kessel Phil Kessel 700th Career NHL Game December 19, 2015 B. Lovejoy Ben Lovejoy 300th Career NHL Game December 19, 2015 S. Wilson Scott Wilson (ice hockey) 1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point December 21, 2015 Murray M. Murray 1st Career NHL Win December 21, 2015 K. Letang Kris Letang 300th Career NHL Point December 26, 2015 N. Bonino Nick Bonino 300th Career NHL Game January 2, 2016 T. Kuhnhackl Tom Kühnhackl 1st Career NHL Game January 9, 2016 T. Daley Trevor Daley 800th Career NHL Game January 17, 2016 Kuhnhackl T. Kühnhackl 1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point January 23, 2016 O. Sundqvist Oskar Sundqvist 1st Career NHL Game February 5, 2016 C. Kunitz Chris Kunitz 300th Career NHL Assist February 5, 2016 S. Crosby Sidney Crosby 900th Career NHL Point February 6, 2016 Wilson S. Wilson 1st Career NHL Goal February 18, 2016 Kuhnhackl T. Kühnhackl 1st Career NHL Goal February 20, 2016 P. Hornqvist Patric Hörnqvist 300th Career NHL Point February 21, 2016 Sundqvist O. Sundqvist 1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point February 24, 2016 Hornqvist P. Hornqvist 1st Career NHL Hat Trick February 29, 2016 J. Archibald Josh Archibald (ice hockey) 1st Career NHL Game March 5, 2016 Fleury M. Fleury 350th Career NHL Win March 11, 2016 D. Simon Dominik Simon 1st Career NHL Game1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point March 13, 2016 Kunitz C. Kunitz 800th Career NHL Game March 15, 2016 Hornqvist P. Hornqvist 500th Career NHL Game March 24, 2016 E. Fehr Eric Fehr 500th Career NHL Game March 24, 2016 Crosby S. Crosby 700th Career NHL Game March 26, 2016 Kessel P. Kessel 300th Career NHL Assist March 26, 2016 Crosby S. Crosby 600th Career NHL Assist April 2, 2016 Sundqvist O. Sundqvist 1st Career NHL Goal April 2, 2016 Murray M. Murray 1st Career NHL Shutout April 2, 2016 Playoffs Player Milestone Reached C. Sheary Conor Sheary 1st Career Playoff Game1st Career Playoff Assist1st Career Playoff Point April 13, 2016 J. Zatkoff Jeff Zatkoff 1st Career Playoff Game1st Career Playoff Win April 13, 2016 O. Sundqvist Oskar Sundqvist 1st Career Playoff Game April 13, 2016 T. Kuhnhackl Tom Kühnhackl 1st Career Playoff Game1st Career Playoff Goal1st Career Playoff Point April 13, 2016 J. Schultz Justin Schultz 1st Career Playoff Game April 13, 2016 P. Hornqvist Patric Hörnqvist 1st Career Playoff Hat Trick April 13, 2016 B. Rust Bryan Rust 1st Career Playoff Game April 16, 2016 M. Murray Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994) 1st Career Playoff Game1st Career Playoff Win April 19, 2016 Kuhnhackl T. Kühnhackl 1st Career Playoff Assist April 19, 2016 Sheary C. Sheary 1st Career Playoff Goal April 21, 2016 Murray M. Murray 1st Career Playoff Shutout April 21, 2016 Rust B. Rust 1st Career Playoff Goal1st Career Playoff Assist1st Career Playoff Point April 23, 2016 K. Letang Kris Letang 100th Career Playoff Game April 30, 2016 D. Pouliot Derrick Pouliot 1st Career Playoff Game May 2, 2016 J. Schultz 1st Career Playoff Assist1st Career Playoff Point May 18, 2016 M. Fleury Marc-André Fleury 100th Career Playoff Game May 22, 2016 B. Dumoulin Brian Dumoulin 1st Career Playoff Goal May 22, 2016 I. Cole Ian Cole 1st Career Playoff Goal June 6, 2016 Transactions The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season: Trades 2015 07 01http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=773329 https://web.archive.org/web/20150701215731/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=773329 dead July 1, 2015 Penguins acquire Kessel from Maple Leafs National Hockey League July 1, 2015 To Toronto Maple Leafs Nick Spaling Kasperi Kapanen Scott Harrington Conditional 1st-round pick in 2016 or       1st-round pick in 2017 or       2nd-round pick in 2017 3rd-round pick in 2016 To Pittsburgh Penguins Phil KesselNote1 Note 1 Note 1 Tim Erixon Tyler Biggs Conditional PIT's 2nd-round pick in 2016 or       TOR's 2nd-round pick in 2017 2015 07 28http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=775784 https://web.archive.org/web/20150730224034/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=775784 dead July 30, 2015 Penguins Acquire Forward Nick Bonino, Defenseman Adam Clendening and a 2016 Second-Round Pick from the Vancouver Canucks for Brandon Sutter and a 2016 Third-Round Draft Pick National Hockey League July 28, 2015 To Vancouver Canucks Brandon Sutter BUF's 3rd-round pick in 2016 To Pittsburgh Penguins Nick Bonino Adam Clendening ANA's 2nd-round pick in 2016 2015 12 14http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=792679 https://web.archive.org/web/20151216192430/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=792679 dead December 16, 2015 Penguins Acquire Defenseman Trevor Daley from the Chicago Blackhawks in Exchange for Rob Scuderi National Hockey League December 14, 2015 To Chicago Blackhawks Rob ScuderiNote2 Note 2 Note 2 To Pittsburgh Penguins Trevor Daley 2016 01 16http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=798014 https://web.archive.org/web/20160117123904/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=798014 dead January 17, 2016 Penguins Acquire Forward Carl Hagelin from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for David Perron and Adam Clendening National Hockey League January 16, 2016 To Anaheim Ducks David PerronAdam Clendening To Pittsburgh Penguins Carl Hagelin 2016 02 27http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=871036 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305094447/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=871036 dead March 5, 2016 Penguins Acquire Defenseman Justin Schultz from the Edmonton Oilers for a 2016 Third-Round Draft Pick National Hockey League February 27, 2016 To Edmonton Oilers 3rd-round pick in 2016 To Pittsburgh Penguins Justin SchultzNote3 Note 3 Note 3 2016 02 29http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=871299 https://web.archive.org/web/20160302025052/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=871299 dead March 2, 2016 Penguins Acquire Forward Matthias Plachta and a 2017 Conditional Seventh-Round Draft Pick from the Arizona Coyotes in Exchange for Sergei Plotnikov National Hockey League February 29, 2016 To Arizona Coyotes Sergei Plotnikov To Pittsburgh Penguins Matthias Plachtaconditional 7th-round pick in 2017 2016 02 29http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=871437 https://web.archive.org/web/20160301104748/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=871437 dead March 1, 2016 Penguins Acquire Forwards Dustin Jeffrey and Dan O'Donoghue and Defenseman James Melindy from the Arizona Coyotes in Exchange for Matia Marcantuoni National Hockey League February 29, 2016 To Arizona Coyotes Matia Marcantuoni To Pittsburgh Penguins Dustin JeffreyDan O'DonoghueJames Melindy Notes Note1 Note 1 Note 1Toronto to retain 15% ($1.25 million) of salary as part of trade. Note2 Note 2 Note 2Pittsburgh to retain 33% ($1.125 million) of salary as part of trade. Note3 Note 3 Note 3Edmonton to retain 50% ($1.95 million) of salary as part of trade. Free agents Player Acquired from Lost to Date Contract terms Andrew Ebbett http://www.scb.ch/news/meldung/newsitem/andrew-ebbett-zum-scb.html Andrew Ebbett to SCB SC Bern June 24, 2015 June 24, 2015 de June 24, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150624155314/http://www.scb.ch/news/meldung/newsitem/andrew-ebbett-zum-scb.html dead SC Bern 2015 06 24 two-year contract David Warsofsky http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773477 https://web.archive.org/web/20150702064912/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773477 dead July 2, 2015 Penguins sign defenseman David Warsofsky Pittsburgh Penguins July 1, 2015 July 1, 2015 Boston Bruins 2015 07 01 1 year/$600,000 Sergei Plotnikov http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773409 https://web.archive.org/web/20150702073030/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773409 dead July 2, 2015 Penguins Sign Forward Sergei Plotnikov Pittsburgh Penguins July 1, 2015 July 1, 2015 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 2015 07 01 1 year/$925,000 Kael Mouillierat http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773479 https://web.archive.org/web/20150702073121/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773479 dead July 2, 2015 Penguins Sign Forward Kael Mouillierat Pittsburgh Penguins July 1, 2015 July 1, 2015 New York Islanders 2015 07 01 1 year/$575,000 Kevin PorterPenguins sign forward Kevin Porter http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=773527 https://web.archive.org/web/20150702105320/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=773527 dead July 2, 2015 National Hockey League July 1, 2015 July 1, 2015 Detroit Red Wings 2015 07 01 1 year/$575,000 Steven Oleksy http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773482 https://web.archive.org/web/20150702092502/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773482 dead July 2, 2015 Penguins Sign Defenseman Steve Oleksy Pittsburgh Penguins July 1, 2015 July 1, 2015 Washington Capitals 2015 07 01 1 year/$575,000 Steve Downie http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773212 https://web.archive.org/web/20150702064534/http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773212 dead July 2, 2015 Coyotes sign Downie to one-year contract Arizona Coyotes July 1, 2015 July 1, 2015 Arizona Coyotes 2015 07 01 1 year/$1.75 million Blake Comeau http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773261 https://web.archive.org/web/20150701223507/http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773261 dead July 1, 2015 Avalanche signs Comeau Colorado Avalanche July 1, 2015 July 1, 2015 Colorado Avalanche 2015 07 01 3-year/$7.2 million Paul Martin http://www.mercurynews.com/sharks/ci_28414223/report-sharks-sign-defenseman-paul-martin Sharks sign defenseman Paul Martin Mercury News July 1, 2015 July 1, 2015 San Jose Sharks 2015 07 01 4-year/$19.4 million Taylor Chorney http://capitalstoday.monumentalnetwork.com/2015/07/01/capitals-sign-taylor-chorney Capitals sign Taylor Chorney Washington Capitals July 1, 2015 July 1, 2015 Washington Capitals 2015 07 01 1 year/$700,000 Jayson MegnaRangers Agree to Terms with Free Agent Forward Jayson Megna – New York Rangers – News http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773337 https://web.archive.org/web/20150702080338/http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773337 dead July 2, 2015 New York Rangers July 1, 2015 New York Rangers 2015 07 01 1 year/$600,000 Thomas Greiss http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773316 https://web.archive.org/web/20150702055355/http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773316 dead July 2, 2015 Greiss agrees to terms New York Islanders July 1, 2015 July 1, 2015 New York Islanders 2015 07 01 2-year/$3 million Daniel Winnik http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=773544 https://web.archive.org/web/20150702133932/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=773544 dead July 2, 2015 Maple Leafs sign forward Daniel Winnik to two-year contract National Hockey League July 1, 2015 July 1, 2015 Toronto Maple Leafs 2015 07 01 2-year/$4.5 million Will O'Neill http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773687 https://web.archive.org/web/20150703070602/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773687 dead July 3, 2015 Penguins Sign Defenseman Will O'Neill Pittsburgh Penguins July 2, 2015 July 2, 2015 Winnipeg Jets 2015 07 02 1 year/$575,000 Eric Fehr http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=775783 https://web.archive.org/web/20150730224003/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=775783 dead July 30, 2015 Penguins Agree to Terms with Forward Eric Fehr to a Three-Year Contract Pittsburgh Penguins July 28, 2015 July 28, 2015 Washington Capitals 2015 07 28 3 years/$6 million Matt Cullen http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=776485 https://web.archive.org/web/20150809231440/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=776485 dead August 9, 2015 Penguins Agree To Terms With Veteran Center Matt Cullen Pittsburgh Penguins August 6, 2015 August 6, 2015 Nashville Predators 2015 08 06 1 year/$800,000 Sergei Gonchar http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=776951 https://web.archive.org/web/20150816191216/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=776951 dead August 16, 2015 Penguins Sign Defenseman Sergei Gonchar to a Professional Tryout Contract Pittsburgh Penguins August 14, 2015 August 14, 2015 Montreal Canadiens 2015 08 14 Professional Tryout Contract Christian Ehrhoff http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=777489 https://web.archive.org/web/20150906000016/http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=777489 dead September 6, 2015 Kings Reach Agreement with D-man Christian Ehrhoff Los Angeles Kings August 23, 2015 August 23, 2015 Los Angeles Kings 2015 08 23 1 year, $1.5 million Tom Sestito http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=777633 https://web.archive.org/web/20150830013625/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=777633 dead August 30, 2015 Penguins Sign Forward Tom Sestito to a Professional Tryout Contract Pittsburgh Penguins August 26, 2015 August 26, 2015 Vancouver Canucks 2015 08 26 Professional Tryout Contract Maxim Lapierre http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2015/09/01/veteran-ufa-squeeze-continues-as-lapierre-signs-in-sweden/ Veteran UFA squeeze continues as Lapierre signs in Sweden NBC Sports September 1, 2015 September 1, 2015 Modo Hockey 2015 09 01 one-year contract Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblondhttp://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=778397 https://web.archive.org/web/20150909160911/http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=778397 dead September 9, 2015 DEVILS SIGN F LETOURNEAU-LEBLOND nhl.com September 8, 2015 New Jersey Devils 2015 09 08 1 year, $575,000 Tom Sestito http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=800515 https://web.archive.org/web/20160202204335/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=800515 dead February 2, 2016 Penguins Sign Forward Tom Sestito Pittsburgh Penguins February 1, 2016 February 1, 2016 Vancouver Canucks 2016 02 01 1 year, $575,000Note10 a a Dominik Uher http://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/dominik-uher-signs-with-european-team/ Dominik Uher: Signs with European team CBSSport June 1, 2016 June 21, 2016 Sparta Prague 2016 06 01 one-year contract Dustin Jeffrey http://www.24heures.ch/sports/lhc/lhc-tient-quatrieme-etranger/story/27338347 Dustin Jeffrey, un choix a priori cohérent pour le LHC 24heures June 2, 2016 June 21, 2016 fr Lausanne HC 2016 06 02 two-year contract Niclas Andersen http://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/niclas-andersen-signs-with-khl-team/ Niclas Andersen: Signs with KHL team CBSSport June 2, 2016 June 21, 2016 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 2016 06 02 one-year contract Anton Zlobin http://www.sport-express.ru/hockey/khl/news/1013059/ Zlobin has signed a trial contract with the Dynamo Moscow sport-express.ru June 20, 2016 June 23, 2016 ru Dynamo Moscow 2016 06 20 try-out contract Waivers Player Claimed from Lost to Date Bobby Farnhamhttp://video.devils.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=857017 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304142801/http://video.devils.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=857017 dead March 4, 2016 Devils claim Farnham off waivers [Video] devils.nhl.com 2015-10-26 New Jersey Devils October 26, 2015 David Warsofskyhttp://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=871396 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305152128/http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=871396 dead March 5, 2016 Warsofsky claimed off waivers from Pittsburgh devils.nhl.com 2016-02-29 New Jersey Devils February 29, 2016 Signings Player Date Contract terms Ian ColePenguins Re-Sign Defenseman Ian Cole to a Three-Year Contract http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=772788 https://web.archive.org/web/20150630152744/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=772788 dead June 30, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins June 29, 2015 2015 06 29 3 years/$6.3 million Conor ShearyPenguins Sign Forward Conor Sheary to a Two-Year Contract http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773475 https://web.archive.org/web/20150721132925/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773475 dead July 21, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins July 1, 2015 2015 07 01 2 years/$1.15 millionNote10 b b Reid McNeillPenguins Re-Sign Defenseman Reid McNeill http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773833 https://web.archive.org/web/20150704223407/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773833 dead July 4, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins July 3, 2015 2015 07 03 2 years/$1.15 millionNote10 a a Brian DumoulinPenguins Re-Sign Defenseman Brian Dumoulin to a Two-Year Contract http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=774420 https://web.archive.org/web/20150711084035/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=774420 dead July 11, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins July 9, 2015 2015 07 09 2 years/$1.6 million Bobby FarnhamPenguins Re-Sign Forward Bobby Farnham http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=774755 https://web.archive.org/web/20150714023610/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=774755 dead July 14, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins July 13, 2015 2015 07 13 1 year/$575,000Note10 a a Dominik SimonPenguins Sign Forward Dominik Simon to a Three-Year, Entry-Level Contract http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=774911 https://web.archive.org/web/20150716022703/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=774911 dead July 16, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins July 15, 2015 2015 07 14 3 years/$2.0775 millionNote10 b b Beau BennettPenguins Re-Sign Forward Beau Bennett http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=774956 https://web.archive.org/web/20150716014302/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=774956 dead July 16, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins July 15, 2015 2015 07 15 1 year/$800,000 Dominik UherPenguins Sign Forward Dominik Uher http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=775083 https://web.archive.org/web/20150721100322/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=775083 dead July 21, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins July 17, 2015 2015 07 17 1 year/$575,000Note10 a a Daniel SprongPenguins Sign Top Draft Pick Daniel Sprong to a Three-Year, Entry-Level Contract http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=777803 https://web.archive.org/web/20150831061612/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=777803 dead August 31, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins August 28, 2015 2015 08 28 3 years/$2.775 millionNote10 b b Olli MaattaOlli Maatta Signs Six-Year Contract Extension http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=870739 https://web.archive.org/web/20160227131933/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=870739 dead February 27, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins February 26, 2016 2016 02 26 6 years/$24.5 million (contract extension) Carter RowneyPenguins Sign Forward Carter Rowney to a Two-Year Contract http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=872813 https://web.archive.org/web/20160311235212/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=872813 dead March 11, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins March 9, 2016 2016 03 09 2 years/$1.225 millionNote10 a a Bryan RustBryan Rust, Scott Wilson, Tom Kuhnhackl Each Sign Two-Year Contract Extensions http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=873702 https://web.archive.org/web/20160315233902/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=873702 dead March 15, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins March 14, 2016 2016 03 14 2 years/$1.28 million (contract extension) Scott Wilson 2016 03 14 2 years/$1.25 million (contract extension) Tom Kuhnhackl 2016 03 14 2 years/$1.25 million (contract extension) Teddy BluegerPenguins Sign Forward Teddy Blueger to a Two-Year, Entry-Level Contract http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=874946 https://web.archive.org/web/20160325004352/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=874946 dead March 25, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins March 22, 2016 2016 03 22 2 years/$1.85 millionNote10 b b Ethan ProwPenguins Sign Defenseman Ethan Prow http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=875971 https://web.archive.org/web/20160403191932/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=875971 dead April 3, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins March 29, 2016 2016 03 29 2 years/$1.46 millionNote10 b b Sean MaguirePenguins Sign Goaltender Sean Maguire to a Two-Year, Entry-Level Contract http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=877494 https://web.archive.org/web/20160407190051/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=877494 dead April 7, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins April 6, 2016 2016 04 06 2 years/$1.85 millionNote10 b b Lukas BengtssonPenguins Sign Defenseman Lukas Bengtsson to a Two-Year, Entry-Level Contract http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=880521 https://web.archive.org/web/20160429173520/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=880521 dead April 29, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins April 27, 2016 2016 04 27 2 years/$1.85 millionNote10 b b Jake GuentzelPenguins Sign Forward Jake Guentzel to a Three-Year, Entry-Level Contract http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=883637 https://web.archive.org/web/20160525202920/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=883637 dead May 25, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins May 23, 2016 2016 05 23 3 years/$2.775 millionNote10 b b Kevin PorterPenguins Re-Sign Forward Kevin Porter to a One-Year Contract http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=886533 https://web.archive.org/web/20160621225933/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=886533 dead June 21, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins June 20, 2016 2016 06 20 1 year/$575,000Note10 a a Other Name Date Details Tom SestitoPenguins Reduce Camp Roster http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=781180 https://web.archive.org/web/20151001190215/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=781180 dead October 1, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins September 30, 2015 September 30, 2015 Released Sergei GoncharPenguins Announce Roster Moves http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=781509 https://web.archive.org/web/20151005003503/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=781509 dead October 5, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins October 3, 2015 October 3, 2015 Released Sergei GoncharSergei Gonchar Named Penguins' Defensemen Development Coach http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=785054 https://web.archive.org/web/20151030002843/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=785054 dead October 30, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins October 27, 2015 October 27, 2015 Named as Defensemen Development Coach Pascal DupuisPens' Dupuis Will No Longer Play Hockey Because of Medical Condition http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=791588 https://web.archive.org/web/20151212191525/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=791588 dead December 12, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins December 8, 2015 December 8, 2015 Unofficial Retirement Mike JohnstonMike Sullivan Named Head Coach of Pittsburgh Penguins http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=792317 https://web.archive.org/web/20151215004716/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=792317 dead December 15, 2015 Pittsburgh Penguins December 12, 2015 December 12, 2015 Relieved as head coach Gary Agnew December 12, 2015 Relieved as assistant coach Mike Sullivan December 12, 2015 Named as head coach Craig Adamshttp://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=799683 https://web.archive.org/web/20160128081800/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=799683 dead January 28, 2016 Adams Retires with 2 Stanley Cups and Endless Memories Kasan Sam Pittsburgh Penguins January 26, 2016 January 26, 2016 Retirement Notes Note10 a a – Two-way contract Note10 b b – Entry-level contract Draft picks List of Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks The 2015 NHL entry draft will be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.NHL Entry Draft Year by Year Results http://www.nhl.com/ice/draftsearch.htm?year=2015&team=PIT&position=&round= https://web.archive.org/web/20150609024349/http://www.nhl.com/ice/draftsearch.htm?year=2015&team=PIT&position=&round= dead June 9, 2015 NHL.com Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) 2 46 Daniel Sprong RW Charlottetown Islanders (QMJHL) 5 137 Dominik Simon C HC Plzen (Czech Extraliga) 6 167 Frederik Tiffels LW Western Michigan University (NCHC) 7 197 Nikita Pavlychev C Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) Draft notes2015 NHL Entry Draft Pending Transactions http://www.prosportstransactions.com/hockey/DraftTrades/Years/2015.htm Pro Sports Transactions The Pittsburgh Penguins first-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as a result of a trade on January 2, 2015, that sent David Perron to the Penguins in exchange for Rob Klinkhammer and this pick.Penguins acquire Perron from Oilers for Klinkhammer http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=746710 https://web.archive.org/web/20150102211046/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=746710 dead January 2, 2015 January 2, 2015 January 2, 2015 The Pittsburgh Penguins third-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as a result of a trade on March 5, 2014, that sent Marcel Goc to the Penguins in exchange for a 2014 fifth-round pick (#143–Miguel Fidler) and this pick.Penguins Acquire Goc from Panthers for Draft Picks https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=445341 March 5, 2014 March 5, 2014 The Pittsburgh Penguins fourth-round pick went to the Toronto Maple Leafs as a result of a trade on February 25, 2015, that sent Daniel Winnik to the Penguins in exchange for Zach Sill, a 2016 second-round pick, and this pick.Maple Leafs acquire Sill and draft picks from Pittsburgh http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=755150&navid https://web.archive.org/web/20150416074723/http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=755150&navid dead April 16, 2015 February 25, 2015 February 25, 2015 References 30em Pittsburgh Category:Pittsburgh Penguins seasons Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Penguins Category:Eastern Conference (NHL) championship seasons Category:Stanley Cup championship seasons Pittsburgh Category:2016 in Pittsburgh