1967-68 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73

2021-22

37-16-3, 1st, East Division

Highlights
  • → The NHL played a 56-game schedule with re-aligned divisions, with the Penguins competing in the eight-team 'East Division', due to COVID-19 protocol restrictions.
  • → The Penguins won their ninth division title in franchise history.
  • → The Penguins extended the team's franchise-record streak of consecutive postseason appearances to 15. Pittsburgh's playoff streak represents the longest active postseason streak among all major North-American professional sports leagues.
  • → Pittsburgh's .688 point percentage was the third-best in team history, while its .821 home point percentage was the highest in franchise history.
  • → On Jan. 27, general manager Jim Rutherford stepped down due to personal reasons. On Feb. 9, Ron Hextall and Brian Burke were hired as general manager and president of hockey operations, respectively.
  • → Sidney Crosby became the first player in team history to play 1,000 games with the Penguins on Feb. 20 vs. NYI.
  • → Sidney Crosby averaged at least one point-per-game for the 16th- consecutive season. Only Wayne Gretzky (19) and Gordie Howe (17) have accomplished this feat more.

    • Trades
    Date Trade
    August 25, 2020 Obtained Kasperi Kapanen, Pontus Aberg and Jesper Lindgren from Toronto for Evan Rodrigues, David Warsofsky, Filip Hallander and a 2020 first-round pick.
    Sept. 2, 2020 Todd Reirden and Mike Vellucci named assistant coaches.
    Sept. 24, 2020 Obtained Mike Matheson and Colton Sceviour from Florida for Patric Hornqvist.
    Oct. 7, 2020 Obtained Jonathan Gruden and a 2020 second-round pick from Ottawa for Matt Murray.
    Oct. 9, 2020 Evan Rodrigues and Mark Jankowski signed as free agents to one-year contracts.
    Oct. 10, 2020 Frederick Gaudreau signed as a free agent to a one-year contract.
    Oct. 17, 2020 Cody Ceci signed as a free agent to a one-year contract.
    Jan. 27, 2021 Yannick Weber signed as a free agent to a one-year contract.
    Feb. 9, 2021 Ron Hextall named general manager and Brian Burke named president of hockey operations.
    Feb. 24, 2021 Mark Friedman claimed off waivers from Philadelphia.
    April 12, 2021 Obtained Jeff Carter from Los Angeles for conditional 2022 third-round and 2023 fourth-round picks.
    Scoring
    Player GP Goals Assists Points +/- PiM
    Sidney Crosby  Sidney Crosby 55 24 38 62 +8 26
    Jake Guentzel  Jake Guentzel 56 23 24 57 +7 28
    Kris Letang  Kris Letang 55 7 38 45 +19 32
    Bryan Rust  Bryan Rust 56 22 20 42 +9 18
    Jared McCann  Jared McCann 43 14 18 32 +17 8
    Kasperi Kapanen  Kasperi Kapenan 40 11 19 30 +15 7
    Evgeni Malkin  Evgeni Malkin 33 8 20 28 -4 24
    Teddy Blueger  Teddy Blueger 43 7 15 22 +10 16
    Jason Zucker  Jason Zucker 38 9 9 18 -8 21
    Cody Ceci  Cody Ceci 53 4 13 17 +18 10
    Mike Matheson  Mike Matheson 44 5 11 16 +9 28
    Brandon Tanev  Brandon Tanev 32 7 9 16 +12 22
    Zach Aston-Reese  Zach Aston-Reese 45 9 6 15 +10 15
    Brian Dumoulin  Bryan Dumoulin 41 4 10 14 +18 12
    Evan Rodrigues  Evan Rodrigues 35 7 7 14 -3 6
    John Marino  John Marino 52 3 10 13 +5 8
    Mark Jankowski  Mark Jankowski 45 4 7 11 +4 6
    Jeff Carter  Jeff Carter 14 9 2 11 +9 0
    Colton Scevoiur  Colton Sceviour 46 5 5 10 0 2
    Frederick Gaudreau  Frederick Gaudreau 19 2 8 10 +10 2
    Marcus Pattersson  Marcus Petterson 47 2 7 9 +8 22
    Sam Lafferty  Sam Lafferty 34 0 6 6 -6 25
    Pierre-Olivier Joseph  Joseph 16 1 4 5 +1 6
    Radim Zohorna  Radim Zohorna 8 2 2 4 +4 4
    Anthony Angello  Anthony Angello 19 2 2 4 +4 8
    Mark Friedman  Mark Friedman 9 2 1 2 +1 9
    Chad Ruhwedel  Chad Ruhwedel 17 0 2 2 +3 14
    Drew O'Connor  Drew O'Conner 10 0 1 1 -2 2
    Yannik Weber  Yannick Weber 2 0 0 0 -3 0
    Josh Currie  Josh Currie 1 0 0 0 0 0
    Juuso Riikola  Juuso Riikola 2 0 0 0 0 0
    Kevin Czuczman  Kevin Czuczman 2 0 0 0 -3 0
    Goaltending
    Goalie Wins Games Played Minutes Played Goals Against Shutouts GAA
    Maxime Lagace 1-0-0 1 60 0 1 0
    Casey DeSmith 11-7-0 20 1,133 48 2 2.54
    Tristan Jarry 25-9-0 39 2,186 100 2 2.75
    Games
    Date Opponent Score Result Position
    Wed, 13th Jan. 2021 Philadelphia @ Philadelphia Flyers 3-6 L 0-1-0
    Fri, 15th Jan. 2021 Philadelphia @ Philadelphia Flyers 2-5 L 0-2-0
    Sun, 17th Jan. 2021 Washington vs. Washington Capitals 4-3 (SO) W 1-2-0
    Tue, 19th Jan. 2021 Washington vs. Washington Capitals 5-4 (OT) W 2-2-0
    Fri, 22nd Jan. 2021 NY Rangers vs. NY Rangers 4-3 (SO) W 3-2-0
    Sun, 24th Jan. 2021 NY Rangers vs. NY Rangers 3-2 W 4-2-0
    Tue, 26th Jan. 2021 Boston @ Boston Bruins 2-3 (OT) L 4-2-1
    Thu, 28th Jan. 2021 Boston @ Boston Bruins 1-4 L 4-3-1
    Sat, 30th Jan. 2021 NY Rangers @ NY Rangers 5-4 (OT) W 5-3-1
    Mon, 1st Feb. 2021 NY Rangers @ NY Rangers 1-3 L 5-4-1
    Sat, 6th Feb. 2021 NY Islanders @ NY Islanders 3-4 L 5-5-1
    Thu, 11th Feb. 2021 NY Islanders @ NY Islanders 4-3 (SO) W 6-5-1
    Sun, 14th Feb. 2021 Washington vs. Washington Capitals 6-3 W 7-5-1
    Tue, 16th Feb. 2021 Washington vs. Washington Capitals 1-3 L 7-6-1
    Thu, 18th Feb. 2021 NY Islanders vs. NY Islanders 4-1 W 8-6-1
    Sat, 20th Feb. 2021 NY Islanders vs. NY Islanders 3-2 W 9-6-1
    Tue, 23rd Feb. 2021 Washington @ Washington Capitals 3-2 W 10-6-1
    Thu, 25th Feb. 2021 Washington @ Washington Capitals 2-5 L 10-7-1
    Sat, 27th Feb. 2021 NY Islanders @ NY Islanders 4-3 (OT) W 11-7-1
    Sun, 28th Feb. 2021 NY Islanders @ NY Islanders 0-2 L 11-8-1
    Tue, 2nd Mar. 2021 Philadelphia vs. Philadelphia Flyers 5-2 W 12-8-1
    Thu, 4th Mar. 2021 Philadelphia vs. Philadelphia Flyers 3-4 L 12-9-1
    Sat, 6th Mar. 2021 Philadelphia vs. Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 W 13-9-1
    Sun, 7th Mar. 2021 NY Rangers vs. NY Rangers 5-1 W 14-9-1
    Tue, 9th Mar. 2021 NY Rangers vs. NY Rangers 4-2 W 15-9-1
    Thu, 11th Mar. 2021 Buffalo @ Buffalo Sabres 5-2 W 16-9-1
    Sat, 13th Mar. 2021 Buffalo @ Buffalo Sabres 3-0 W 17-9-1
    Mon, 15th Mar. 2021 Boston vs. Boston Bruins 4-1 W 18-9-1
    Tue, 16th Mar. 2021 Boston vs. Boston Bruins 1-2 L 18-10-1
    Thu, 18th Mar. 2021 New Jersey @ New Jersey Devils 2-3 L 18-11-1
    Sat, 20th Mar. 2021 New Jersey @ New Jersey Devils 3-1 W 19-11-1
    Sun, 21st Mar. 2021 New Jersey vs. New Jersey Devils 1-2 (OT) L 19-11-2
    Wed, 24th Mar. 2021 Buffalo vs. Buffalo Sabres 5-2 W 20-11-2
    Thu, 25th Mar. 2021 Buffalo vs. Buffalo Sabres 4-0 W 21-11-2
    Sat, 27th Mar. 2021 NY Islanders vs. NY Islanders 6-3 W 22-11-2
    Mon, 29th Mar. 2021 NY Islanders vs. NY Islanders 2-1 W 23-11-2
    Thu, 1st Apr. 2021 Boston @ Boston Bruins 4-1 W 24-11-2
    Sat, 3rd Apr. 2021 Boston @ Boston Bruins 5-7 L 24-12-2
    Tue, 6th Apr. 2021 NY Rangers @ NY Rangers 4-8 L 24-13-2
    Thu, 8th Apr. 2021 NY Rangers @ NY Rangers 5-2 W 25-13-2
    Fri, 9th Apr. 2021 New Jersey @ New Jersey Devils 6-4 W 26-13-2
    Sun, 11th Apr. 2021 New Jersey @ New Jersey Devils 5-2 W 27-13-2
    Thu, 15th Apr. 2021 Philadelphia vs. Philadelphia Flyers 1-2 (OT) L 27-13-3
    Sat, 17th Apr. 2021 Buffalo @ Buffalo Sabres 3-2 W 28-13-3
    Sun, 18th Apr. 2021 Buffalo @ Buffalo Sabres 2-4 L 28-14-3
    Tue, 20th Apr. 2021 New Jersey vs. New Jersey Devils 7-6 W 29-14-3
    Thu, 22nd Apr. 2021 New Jerseyvs. New Jersey Devils 5-1 W 30-14-3
    Sat, 24th Apr. 2021 New Jersey vs. New Jersey Devils 4-1 W 31-14-3
    Sun, 25th Apr. 2021 Boston vs. Boston Bruins 1-0 W 32-14-3
    Tue, 27th Apr. 2021 Boston vs. Boston Bruins 1-3 L 32-15-3
    Thu, 29th Apr. 2021 Washington @ Washington Capitals 5-4 (OT) W 33-15-3
    Sat, 1st May. 2021 Washington @ Washington Capitals 3-0 W 34-15-3
    Mon, 3rd May. 2021 Philadelphia @ Philadelphia Flyers 2-7 L 34-16-3
    Tue, 4th May. 2021 Philadelphia @ Philadelphia Flyers 7-3 W 35-16-3
    Thu, 6th May. 2021 Buffalo vs. Buffalo Sabres 8-4 W 36-16-3
    Sat, 8th May. 2021 Buffalo vs. Buffalo Sabres 1-0 W 37-16-3

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