2015–16 Pittsburgh Penguins season

2015–16 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division 2nd Metropolitan
Conference 2nd Eastern
2015–16 record 48–26–8
Home record 26–11–4
Road record 22–15–4
Goals for 245
Goals against 203
Team information
General Manager Jim Rutherford
Coach Mike Sullivan (Dec-Current)
Record: 33–16–5

Mike Johnston (Start-Dec)
Record: 15–10–3
Captain Sidney Crosby
Alternate captains Evgeni Malkin
Chris Kunitz
Arena Consol Energy Center
Average attendance 18,550 (100.9%)[1]
(41 games)
Minor league affiliations WBS Penguins (AHL)
Wheeling Nailers (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals Sidney Crosby (36)
Assists Kris Letang (51)
Points Sidney Crosby (85)
Penalties in minutes Kris Letang (66)
Plus/minus (+): Chris Kunitz (29)
(−): David Perron (−13)
Wins Marc-Andre Fleury (35)
Goals against average Matt Murray (2.00)
<2014–15

The 2015–16 Pittsburgh Penguins season is the 49th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.[2] Their regular season games began on October 8, 2015 against the Dallas Stars.[3]

Pre-season

Game log

Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = OT/SO Loss
a Kraft Hockeyville game

Statistics

Final
Note – Statistics compiled from Official Game/Event Summaries from NHL.com

Regular Season

Game log

2015–16 Schedule[3]
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = OT/SO Loss

A – Alternate Jersey[7]

Season standings

Division

Metropolitan Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 p Washington Capitals 82 56 18 8 52 252 193 +59 120
2 x Pittsburgh Penguins 82 48 26 8 44 245 203 +42 104
3 x New York Rangers 82 46 27 9 43 236 217 +19 101
4 x New York Islanders 82 45 27 10 40 232 216 +16 100
5 x Philadelphia Flyers 82 41 27 14 38 214 218 4 96
6 Carolina Hurricanes 82 35 31 16 33 198 226 28 86
7 New Jersey Devils 82 38 36 8 36 184 208 24 84
8 Columbus Blue Jackets 82 34 40 8 28 219 252 33 76
Source: National Hockey League
p Clinched Presidents Trophy; x Clinched playoff spot.

Wild Card

Top 3 (Metropolitan Division)
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 p Washington Capitals 82 56 18 8 52 252 193 +59 120
2 x Pittsburgh Penguins 82 48 26 8 44 245 203 +42 104
3 x New York Rangers 82 46 27 9 43 236 217 +19 101
Source: National Hockey League
p Clinched Presidents Trophy; x Clinched playoff spot.
Top 3 (Atlantic Division)
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 y Florida Panthers 82 47 26 9 40 239 203 +36 103
2 x Tampa Bay Lightning 82 46 31 5 43 227 201 +26 97
3 x Detroit Red Wings 82 41 30 11 39 211 224 13 93
Source: National Hockey League
x Clinched playoff spot; y Clinched division.
Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 ME x New York Islanders 82 45 27 10 40 232 216 +16 100
2 ME x Philadelphia Flyers 82 41 27 14 38 214 218 4 96
3 AT Boston Bruins 82 42 31 9 38 240 230 +10 93
4 ME Carolina Hurricanes 82 35 31 16 33 198 226 28 86
5 AT Ottawa Senators 82 38 35 9 32 236 247 11 85
6 ME New Jersey Devils 82 38 36 8 36 184 208 24 84
7 AT Montreal Canadiens 82 38 38 6 33 221 236 15 82
8 AT Buffalo Sabres 82 35 36 11 33 201 222 21 81
9 ME Columbus Blue Jackets 82 34 40 8 28 219 252 33 76
10 AT Toronto Maple Leafs 82 29 42 11 23 198 246 48 69
Source: National Hockey League
x Clinched playoff spot.

Detailed records

Final[8]

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

Final

Player Injury Date Returned Games missed
Fehr, EricEric Fehr Elbow Surgery Off-Season[9] October 31, 2015[10] 10 games
Dupuis, PascalPascal Dupuis Lower Body Pre-Season[11] October 22, 2015[12] 6 games
Bennett, BeauBeau Bennett Upper Body October 13, 2015[13] October 28, 2015[14] 5 games
Rust, BryanBryan Rust Undisclosed October 24, 2015[15] November 30, 2015[16] 15 games
Dupuis, PascalPascal Dupuis Blood Clot Testing November 6, 2015[17] November 11, 2015 2 games
Bonino, NickNick Bonino Undisclosed November 17, 2015[18] November 19, 2015[19] 1 game
Maatta, OlliOlli Maatta Upper Body November 17, 2015[20] December 5, 2015[21] 6 games
Letang, KrisKris Letang Undisclosed December 5, 2015[21] December 9, 2015 2 games
Letang, KrisKris Letang Upper Body December 9, 2015[22] December 26, 2015[23] 6 games
Bennett, BeauBeau Bennett Upper Body December 14, 2015[24] January 23, 2016 17 games
Fleury, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Fleury Concussion December 14, 2015[24] January 2, 2016[25] 8 games
Bonino, NickNick Bonino Illness December 16, 2015[26] December 18, 2015 1 game
Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby Lower Body December 19, 2015[27] December 26, 2015[23] 1 game
Letang, KrisKris Letang Upper Body December 26, 2015 December 30, 2015[28] 1 game
Bonino, NickNick Bonino Hand Injury January 12, 2016[29] February 27, 2016[30] 16 games
Letang, KrisKris Letang Undisclosed January 15, 2016 January 18, 2016 1 game
Warsofsky, DavidDavid Warsofsky Concussion January 17, 2016 February 21, 2016[31] 13 games
Kunitz, ChrisChris Kunitz Lower Body January 21, 2016[32] February 2, 2016 2 games
Bennett, BeauBeau Bennett Upper Body January 23, 2016[32] March 24, 2016 25 games
Fehr, EricEric Fehr Lower Body February 2, 2016[33] March 11, 2016 17 games
Malkin, EvgeniEvgeni Malkin Lower Body February 2, 2016[33] February 27, 2016[30] 10 games
Lovejoy, BenBen Lovejoy Upper Body February 20, 2016[34] March 26, 2016 16 games
Porter, KevinKevin Porter Lower Body March 3, 2016[35] 19 games
Hagelin, CarlCarl Hagelin Illness March 5, 2016 March 11, 2016 2 games
Malkin, EvgeniEvgeni Malkin Upper Body March 11, 2016[36] 15 games
Wilson, ScottScott Wilson Lower Body March 11, 2016[37] 15 games
Maatta, OlliOlli Maatta Lower Body March 24, 2016[38] 9 games
Dumoulin, BrianBrian Dumoulin Concussion March 26, 2016 April 2, 2016 3 games
Rust, BryanBryan Rust Lower Body March 29, 2016[39] 6 games
Fleury, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Fleury Concussion April 2, 2016[40] 5 games
Bennett, BeauBeau Bennett Undisclosed April 5, 2016 2 games
Total 257 games

Playoffs

The Penguins announced on April 11, 2016 that they will wear their Alternate jersey for all home games throughout the Stanley Cup Playoffs.[41]

Game log

2016 Stanley Cup playoffs
Legend:           = If needed            = Win           = Loss           = Playoff series win

Injuries

Updated as of May 4, 2016

Player Injury Date Returned Games missed
Porter, KevinKevin Porter Lower Body From season 9 games
Malkin, EvgeniEvgeni Malkin Upper Body From season April 16, 2016 1 game
Wilson, ScottScott Wilson Lower Body From season 9 games
Olli Maatta Lower Body From season April 13, 2016 0 games
Rust, BryanBryan Rust Lower Body From season April 16, 2016 1 game
Fleury, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Fleury Concussion From season May 2, 2016 7 games
Bennett, BeauBeau Bennett Undisclosed From season 9 games
Murray, MattMatt Murray Upper Body From season April 19, 2016 2 games
Olli Maatta Concussion April 30, 2016 2 games
Fehr, EricEric Fehr Undisclosed May 2, 2016 1 game
Total 41 games

Suspensions

Date of Incident Offender Offense(s) Date of Action Length
May 2, 2016 Letang, KrisKris Letang Interference against Marcus Johansson.[42] May 3, 2016 1 game

Statistics

Updated as of games played through May 4, 2016

Skaters

Regular Season[43]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby 80 36 49 85 19 42
Letang, KrisKris Letang 71 16 51 67 9 66
Kessel, PhilPhil Kessel 82 26 33 59 9 18
Malkin, EvgeniEvgeni Malkin 57 27 31 58 1 65
Hornqvist, PatricPatric Hornqvist 82 22 29 51 15 36
Kunitz, ChrisChris Kunitz 80 17 23 40 29 41
Cullen, MattMatt Cullen 82 16 16 32 5 20
Bonino, NickNick Bonino 63 9 20 29 13 31
Hagelin, CarlCarl Hagelin 37 10 17 27 18 18
Daley, TrevorTrevor Daley 53 6 16 22 8 26
Maatta, OlliOlli Maatta 67 6 13 19 27 22
Dumoulin, BrianBrian Dumoulin 79 0 16 16 11 14
Perron, DavidDavid Perron 43 4 12 16 −13 28
Kuhnhackl, TomTom Kuhnhackl 42 5 10 15 3 24
Fehr, EricEric Fehr 55 8 6 14 0 19
Cole, IanIan Cole 70 0 12 12 −3 59
Bennett, BeauBeau Bennett 33 6 6 12 −1 10
Rust, BryanBryan Rust 41 4 7 11 1 12
Lovejoy, BenBen Lovejoy 66 4 6 10 9 30
Sheary, ConorConor Sheary 44 7 3 10 −1 8
Schultz, JustinJustin Schultz 18 1 7 8 7 2
Pouliot, DerrickDerrick Pouliot 22 0 7 7 4 2
Wilson, ScottScott Wilson 24 5 1 6 0 12
Dupuis, PascalPascal Dupuis 18 2 2 4 −1 12
Sundqvist, OskarOskar Sundqvist 18 1 3 4 0 4
Scuderi, RobRob Scuderi 25 0 4 4 4 8
Porter, KevinKevin Porter 41 0 3 3 −2 0
Sprong, DanielDaniel Sprong 18 2 0 2 −1 0
Plotnikov, SergeiSergei Plotnikov 32 0 2 2 −3 20
Sestito, TomTom Sestito 4 0 1 1 1 19
Simon, DominikDominik Simon 3 0 1 1 0 0
Clendening, AdamAdam Clendening 9 0 1 1 3 10
Warsofsky, DavidDavid Warsofsky 12 1 0 1 −6 0
Mouillierat, KaelKael Mouillierat 1 0 0 0 0 2
Archibald, JoshJosh Archibald 1 0 0 0 0 0
Farnham, BobbyBobby Farnham 3 0 0 0 0 5
Total 244 407 653 42[44] 687
Team Total[A] 244 408 654 42[44] 693[45]

Playoffs[46]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Bonino, NickNick Bonino 9 1 8 9 5 4
Malkin, EvgeniEvgeni Malkin 8 3 6 9 0 6
Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby 9 3 6 9 0 2
Kessel, PhilPhil Kessel 9 3 5 8 1 4
Hornqvist, PatricPatric Hornqvist 9 5 3 8 0 6
Letang, KrisKris Letang 8 1 6 7 5 10
Daley, TrevorTrevor Daley 9 1 4 5 4 8
Cullen, MattMatt Cullen 9 3 2 5 3 2
Kuhnhackl, TomTom Kuhnhackl 9 2 3 5 3 0
Hagelin, CarlCarl Hagelin 9 3 2 5 2 8
Sheary, ConorConor Sheary 9 2 3 5 1 6
Rust, BryanBryan Rust 8 2 1 3 4 2
Dumoulin, BrianBrian Dumoulin 9 0 3 3 0 2
Lovejoy, BenBen Lovejoy 9 1 1 2 3 8
Kunitz, ChrisChris Kunitz 9 0 2 2 2 9
Fehr, EricEric Fehr 8 2 0 2 1 2
Cole, IanIan Cole 9 0 1 1 5 4
Pouliot, DerrickDerrick Pouliot 2 0 0 0 1 2
Schultz, JustinJustin Schultz 2 0 0 0 0 0
Sundqvist, OskarOskar Sundqvist 2 0 0 0 0 0
Maatta, OlliOlli Maatta 7 0 0 0 −1 0
Total 32 56 88 13[47] 85
Team Total[B] 32 56 88 13[47] 87[48]

Goaltenders

Regular Season[49]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Fleury, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Fleury 58 58 3,462:33 35 17 6 132 2.29 1,665 .921 5 0 1 2
Murray, MattMatt Murray 13 13 748:35 9 2 1 25 2.00 355 .930 1 0 0 0
Zatkoff, JeffJeff Zatkoff 14 11 732:03 4 7 1 34 2.79 408 .917 0 0 0 0
Total 82 4,942:31 48 26 8 190 2.31 2,428 .922 6 0 1 2
Playoffs[50]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Murray, MattMatt Murray 7 7 432:06 6 1 0 13 1.81 233 .944 1 0 0 2
Zatkoff, JeffJeff Zatkoff 2 2 117:13 1 1 0 6 3.07 65 .908 0 0 0 0
Total 9 549:19 7 2 0 19 2.08 298 .936 1 0 0 2

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
Letang, K.K. Letang NHL Third Star of the Week[51] January 4, 2016
Malkin, E.E. Malkin NHL All-Star game selection[52] January 6, 2016
Letang, K.K. Letang NHL All-Star game selection[52] January 6, 2016
Letang, K.K. Letang NHL Third Star of the Month[53] February 1, 2016
Crosby, S.S. Crosby NHL First Star of the Week[54] February 8, 2016
Crosby, S.S. Crosby NHL First Star of the Week[55] March 21, 2016
Kessel, P.P. Kessel NHL Third Star of the Week[56] March 28, 2016
Crosby, S.S. Crosby NHL First Star of the Month[57] April 1, 2016
Murray, M.M. Murray NHL Third Star of the Week[58] April 4, 2016

Team awards

Awarded week of March 27th

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
Sprong, D.D. Sprong 1st Career NHL Game October 8, 2015
Plotnikov, S.S. Plotnikov 1st Career NHL Game October 8, 2015
Perron, D.D. Perron 500th Career NHL Game October 8, 2015
Maatta, O.O. Maatta 100th Career NHL Game October 10, 2015
Sprong, D.D. Sprong 1st Career NHL Goal
1st Career NHL Point
October 15, 2015
Fleury, M.M. Fleury 600th Career NHL Game October 17, 2015
Plotnikov, S.S. Plotnikov 1st Career NHL Assist
1st Career NHL Point
October 17, 2015
Letang, K.K. Letang 500th Career NHL Game October 28, 2015
Bennett, B.B. Bennett 100th Career NHL Game October 28, 2015
M. Fleury 40th Career NHL Shutout October 31, 2015
Malkin, E.E. Malkin 600th Career NHL Game November 6, 2015
Cole, I.I. Cole 200th Career NHL Game November 6, 2015
D. Perron 300th Career NHL Point November 7, 2015
Sheary, C.C. Sheary 1st Career NHL Game December 16, 2015
C. Sheary 1st Career NHL Goal
1st Career NHL Assist
1st Career NHL Point
December 18, 2015
Murray, M.M. Murray 1st Career NHL Game December 19, 2015
Kessel, P.P. Kessel 700th Career NHL Game December 19, 2015
Lovejoy, B.B. Lovejoy 300th Career NHL Game December 19, 2015
Wilson, S.S. Wilson 1st Career NHL Assist
1st Career NHL Point
December 21, 2015
M. Murray 1st Career NHL Win December 21, 2015
Letang, K.K. Letang 300th Career NHL Point December 26, 2015
Bonino, N.N. Bonino 300th Career NHL Game January 2, 2016
Kuhnhackl, T.T. Kuhnhackl 1st Career NHL Game January 9, 2016
Daley, T.T. Daley 800th Career NHL Game January 17, 2016
T. Kuhnhackl 1st Career NHL Assist
1st Career NHL Point
January 23, 2016
Sundqvist, O.O. Sundqvist 1st Career NHL Game February 5, 2016
Kunitz, C.C. Kunitz 300th Career NHL Assist February 5, 2016
Crosby, S.S. Crosby 900th Career NHL Point February 6, 2016
S. Wilson 1st Career NHL Goal February 18, 2016
T. Kuhnhackl 1st Career NHL Goal February 20, 2016
Hornqvist, P.P. Hornqvist 300th Career NHL Point February 21, 2016
O. Sundqvist 1st Career NHL Assist
1st Career NHL Point
February 24, 2016
P. Hornqvist 1st Career NHL Hat Trick February 29, 2016
Archibald, J.J. Archibald 1st Career NHL Game March 5, 2016
M. Fleury 350th Career NHL Win March 11, 2016
Simon, D.D. Simon 1st Career NHL Game
1st Career NHL Assist
1st Career NHL Point
March 13, 2016
C. Kunitz 800th Career NHL Game March 15, 2016
P. Hornqvist 500th Career NHL Game March 24, 2016
Fehr, E.E. Fehr 500th Career NHL Game March 24, 2016
S. Crosby 700th Career NHL Game March 26, 2016
P. Kessel 300th Career NHL Assist March 26, 2016
S. Crosby 600th Career NHL Assist April 2, 2016
O. Sundqvist 1st Career NHL Goal April 2, 2016
M. Murray 1st Career NHL Shutout April 2, 2016

Playoffs
Player Milestone Reached
Sheary, C.C. Sheary 1st Career Playoff Game
1st Career Playoff Assist
1st Career Playoff Point
April 13, 2016
Zatkoff, J.J. Zatkoff 1st Career Playoff Game
1st Career Playoff Win
April 13, 2016
Sundqvist, O.O. Sundqvist 1st Career Playoff Game April 13, 2016
Kuhnhackl, T.T. Kuhnhackl 1st Career Playoff Game
1st Career Playoff Goal
1st Career Playoff Point
April 13, 2016
Schultz, J.J. Schultz 1st Career Playoff Game April 13, 2016
Hornqvist, P.P. Hornqvist 1st Career Playoff Hat Trick April 13, 2016
Rust, B.B. Rust 1st Career Playoff Game April 16, 2016
Murray, M.M. Murray 1st Career Playoff Game
1st Career Playoff Win
April 19, 2016
T. Kuhnhackl 1st Career Playoff Assist April 19, 2016
C. Sheary 1st Career Playoff Goal April 21, 2016
M. Murray 1st Career Playoff Shutout April 21, 2016
B. Rust 1st Career Playoff Goal
1st Career Playoff Assist
1st Career Playoff Point
April 23, 2016
Pouliot, D.D. Pouliot 1st Career Playoff Game May 2, 2016

Roster

Updated May 6, 2016[59]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
19 United States Bennett, BeauBeau Bennett RW R 24 2010 Gardena, California
13 United States Bonino, NickNick Bonino C L 28 2015 Hartford, Connecticut
28 United States Cole, IanIan Cole D L 27 2015 Ann Arbor, Michigan
87 Canada Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby (C) C L 28 2005 Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia
7 United States Cullen, MattMatt Cullen C L 39 2015 Virginia, Minnesota
6 Canada Daley, TrevorTrevor Daley D L 32 2015 Toronto, Ontario
8 United States Dumoulin, BrianBrian Dumoulin D L 24 2012 Biddeford, Maine
9 Canada Dupuis, PascalPascal Dupuis  RW L 37 2008 Laval, Quebec
16 Canada Fehr, EricEric Fehr C R 30 2015 Winkler, Manitoba
29 Canada Fleury, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Fleury G L 31 2003 Sorel-Tracy, Quebec
62 Sweden Hagelin, CarlCarl Hagelin LW L 27 2016 Södertälje, Sweden
72 Sweden Hornqvist, PatricPatric Hornqvist RW R 29 2014 Sollentuna, Sweden
81 United States Kessel, PhilPhil Kessel RW R 28 2015 Madison, Wisconsin
34 Germany Kuhnhackl, TomTom Kuhnhackl RW L 24 2010 Landshut, Germany
14 Canada Kunitz, ChrisChris Kunitz (A) LW L 36 2009 Regina, Saskatchewan
58 Canada Letang, KrisKris Letang D R 29 2005 Montreal, Quebec
12 United States Lovejoy, BenBen Lovejoy D R 32 2015 Concord, New Hampshire
3 Finland Maatta, OlliOlli Maatta D L 21 2012 Jyväskylä, Finland
71 Russia Malkin, EvgeniEvgeni Malkin (A) C L 29 2004 Magnitogorsk, Soviet Union
30 Canada Murray, MattMatt Murray G L 21 2012 Thunder Bay, Ontario
11 United States Porter, KevinKevin Porter  C L 30 2015 Northville, Michigan
51 Canada Pouliot, DerrickDerrick Pouliot D L 22 2012 Estevan, Saskatchewan
17 United States Rust, BryanBryan Rust RW R 23 2010 Novi, Michigan
47 United States Sestito, TomTom Sestito LW L 28 2016 Rome, New York
4 Canada Schultz, JustinJustin Schultz D R 25 2016 Kelowna, British Columbia
43 United States Sheary, ConorConor Sheary LW L 23 2015 Melrose, Massachusetts
40 Sweden Sundqvist, OskarOskar Sundqvist C R 22 2012 Boden, Sweden
23 Canada Wilson, ScottScott Wilson  LW L 24 2011 Oakville, Ontario
37 United States Zatkoff, JeffJeff Zatkoff G L 28 2012 Detroit, Michigan

Transactions

The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season:

Trades

July 1, 2015[60] 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 Kessel[Note 1]
Tim Erixon
Tyler Biggs
Conditional PIT's 2nd round pick in 2016 or
TOR's 2nd round pick in 2017

July 28, 2015[61] 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

December 14, 2015[62] To Chicago Blackhawks

Rob Scuderi[Note 2]

To Pittsburgh Penguins

Trevor Daley

January 16, 2016[63] To Anaheim Ducks

David Perron
Adam Clendening

To Pittsburgh Penguins

Carl Hagelin

February 27, 2016[64] To Edmonton Oilers

3rd round pick in 2016

To Pittsburgh Penguins

Justin Schultz[Note 3]

February 29, 2016[65] To Arizona Coyotes

Sergei Plotnikov

To Pittsburgh Penguins

Matthias Plachta
conditional 7th round pick in 2017

February 29, 2016[66] To Arizona Coyotes

Matia Marcantuoni

To Pittsburgh Penguins

Dustin Jeffrey
Dan O’Donoghue
James Melindy

Notes

Free agents

Player Acquired from Lost to Date Contract terms
Andrew Ebbett[67] SC Bern June 24, 2015 two-year contract
David Warsofsky[68] Boston Bruins July 1, 2015 1 year/$600,000
Sergei Plotnikov[69] Lokomotiv Yaroslavl July 1, 2015 1 year/$925,000
Kael Mouillierat[70] New York Islanders July 1, 2015 1 year/$575,000
Kevin Porter[71] Detroit Red Wings July 1, 2015 1 year/$575,000
Steven Oleksy[72] Washington Capitals July 1, 2015 1 year/$575,000
Steve Downie[73] Arizona Coyotes July 1, 2015 1 year/$1.75 million
Blake Comeau[74] Colorado Avalanche July 1, 2015 3 year/$7.2 million
Paul Martin[75] San Jose Sharks July 1, 2015 4 year/$19.4 million
Taylor Chorney[76] Washington Capitals July 1, 2015 1 year/$700,000
Jayson Megna[77] New York Rangers July 1, 2015 1 year/$600,000
Thomas Greiss[78] New York Islanders July 1, 2015 2 year/$3 million
Daniel Winnik[79] Toronto Maple Leafs July 1, 2015 2 year/$4.5 million
Will O'Neill[80] Winnipeg Jets July 2, 2015 1 year/$575,000
Eric Fehr[81] Washington Capitals July 28, 2015 3 years/$6 million
Matt Cullen[82] Nashville Predators August 6, 2015 1 year/$800,000
Sergei Gonchar[83] Montreal Canadiens August 14, 2015 Professional Tryout Contract
Christian Ehrhoff[84] Los Angeles Kings August 23, 2015 1 year, $1.5 million
Tom Sestito[85] Vancouver Canucks August 26, 2015 Professional Tryout Contract
Maxim Lapierre[86] MODO September 1, 2015 one-year contract
Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond[87] New Jersey Devils September 8, 2015 1 year, $575,000
Tom Sestito[88] Vancouver Canucks February 1, 2016 1 year, $575,000[a]

Waivers

Player Claimed from Lost to Date
Bobby Farnham[89] New Jersey Devils October 26, 2015
David Warsofsky[90] New Jersey Devils February 29, 2016

Signings

Player Date Contract terms
Ian Cole[91] June 29, 2015 3 years/$6.3 million
Conor Sheary[92] July 1, 2015 2 years/$1.15 million[b]
Reid McNeill[93] July 3, 2015 2 years/$1.15 million[a]
Brian Dumoulin[94] July 9, 2015 2 years/$1.6 million
Bobby Farnham[95] July 13, 2015 1 year/$575,000[a]
Dominik Simon[96] July 14, 2015 3 years/$2.0775 million[b]
Beau Bennett[97] July 15, 2015 1 year/$800,000
Dominik Uher[98] July 17, 2015 1 year/$575,000[a]
Daniel Sprong[99] August 28, 2015 3 years/$2.775 million[b]
Olli Maatta[100] February 26, 2016 6 years/$24.5 million (contract extension)
Carter Rowney[101] March 9, 2016 2 years/$1.225 million[a]
Bryan Rust[102] March 14, 2016 2 years/$1.28 million (contract extension)
Scott Wilson[102] March 14, 2016 2 years/$1.25 million (contract extension)
Tom Kuhnhackl[102] March 14, 2016 2 years/$1.25 million (contract extension)
Teddy Blueger[103] March 22, 2016 2 years/$1.85 million[b]
Ethan Prow[104] March 29, 2016 2 years/$1.46 million[b]
Sean Maguire[105] April 6, 2016 2 years/$1.85 million[b]
Lukas Bengtsson[106] April 27, 2016 2 years/$1.85 million[b]

Other

Name Date Details
Tom Sestito[107] September 30, 2015 Released
Sergei Gonchar[108] October 3, 2015 Released
Sergei Gonchar[109] October 27, 2015 Named as Defensemen Development Coach
Pascal Dupuis[110] December 8, 2015 Unofficial Retirement
Mike Johnston[111] December 12, 2015 Relieved as Head Coach
Gary Agnew[111] December 12, 2015 Relieved as Assistant Coach
Mike Sullivan[111] December 12, 2015 Named as Head Coach
Craig Adams[112] January 26, 2016 Retirement
Notes

Draft picks

The 2015 NHL Entry Draft will be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.[113]

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2 46 Daniel Sprong RW  Netherlands Charlottetown Islanders (QMJHL)
5 137 Dominik Simon C  Czech Republic HC Plzeň (Czech Extraliga)
6 167 Frederik Tiffels LW  Germany Western Michigan University (NCHC)
7 197 Nikita Pavlychev C  Russia Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
Draft notes[114]

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