# 2018–19 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The 2018–19 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the 52nd season for the National Hockey League team that was established on June 5, 1967. The Penguins clinched a playoff spot on April 4, 2019, after a 4–1 win against the Detroit Red Wings.
The Penguins qualified for the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs, where they were swept in the first round by the New York Islanders.

## Standings

Metropolitan Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | y – Washington Capitals | 82 | 48 | 26 | 8 | 44 | 278 | 249 | +29 | 104 |
| 2 | x – New York Islanders | 82 | 48 | 27 | 7 | 43 | 228 | 196 | +32 | 103 |
| 3 | x – Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 44 | 26 | 12 | 42 | 273 | 241 | +32 | 100 |
| 4 | x – Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 46 | 29 | 7 | 44 | 245 | 223 | +22 | 99 |
| 5 | x – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 47 | 31 | 4 | 45 | 258 | 232 | +26 | 98 |
| 6 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 37 | 37 | 8 | 34 | 244 | 281 | −37 | 82 |
| 7 | New York Rangers | 82 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 26 | 227 | 272 | −45 | 78 |
| 8 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 31 | 41 | 10 | 28 | 222 | 275 | −53 | 72 |

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

The preseason schedule was released on June 15, 2018.
2018 preseason game log: 2–3–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–2–1)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeLocationAttendanceRecord
1September 18Pittsburgh2–3BuffaloKeyBank Center15,6020–1–0
2September 19Pittsburgh2–3 OTDetroitLittle Caesars Arena15,1070–1–1
3September 22Columbus3–7PittsburghPPG Paints Arena17,1901–1–1
4September 23Detroit3–2PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,3061–2–1
5September 26Buffalo1–5PittsburghPPG Paints Arena16,5162–2–1
6September 28Pittsburgh6–7ColumbusNationwide Arena13,9762–3–1 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = OT/SO Loss :

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 21, 2018.
2018–19 game log :
October: 6–2–2 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 4–0–1), 14 points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeLocationAttendanceRecordPoints
1October 4Washington6–7 OTPittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,6271–0–02
2October 6Montreal5–1PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,6221–1–02
3October 11Vegas2–4PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,6102–1–04
4October 13Pittsburgh3–4 SOMontrealBell Centre21,3022–1–15
5October 16Vancouver3–2 OTPittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,4922–1–26
6October 18Pittsburgh3–0TorontoScotiabank Arena19,4833–1–28
7October 23Pittsburgh6–5 OTEdmontonRogers Place18,3474–1–210
8October 25Pittsburgh9–1CalgaryScotiabank Saddledome17,8345–1–212
9October 27Pittsburgh5–0VancouverRogers Arena17,5376–1–214
10October 30NY Islanders6–3PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,5096–2–214 :
November: 4–7–3 (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 1–4–2), 11 points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeLocationAttendanceRecordPoints
11November 1Pittsburgh2–3 SONY IslandersBarclays Center10,9106–2–315
12November 3Toronto5–0PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,6386–3–315
13November 5New Jersey5–1PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,4206–4–315
14November 7Pittsburgh1–2WashingtonCapital One Arena18,5066–5–315
15November 10Arizona0–4PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,5967–5–317
16November 13Pittsburgh2–4New JerseyPrudential Center15,1087–6–317
17November 15Tampa Bay4–3PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,4227–7–317
18November 17Pittsburgh4–6OttawaCanadian Tire Centre17,6927–8–317
19November 19Buffalo5–4 OTPittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,6187–8–418
20November 21Dallas1–5PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,3408–8–420
21November 23Pittsburgh1–2 OTBostonTD Garden17,5658–8–521
22November 24Columbus2–4PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,6029–8–523
23November 27Pittsburgh4–3WinnipegBell MTS Place15,32110–8–525
24November 28Pittsburgh3–6ColoradoPepsi Center17,34810–9–525 :
December: 11–3–1 (Home: 6–2–0; Road: 5–1–1), 23 points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeLocationAttendanceRecordPoints
25December 1Philadelphia4–2PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,65310–10–525
26December 4Colorado3–6PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,41511–10–527
27December 6NY Islanders2–6PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,44012–10–529
28December 8Pittsburgh1–2 OTOttawaCanadian Tire Centre15,79512–10–630
29December 10Pittsburgh2–1 SONY IslandersNassau Coliseum13,91713–10–632
30December 12Pittsburgh3–6ChicagoUnited Center21,23213–11–632
31December 14Boston3–5PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,54914–11–634
32December 15Los Angeles3–4 OTPittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,62715–11–636
33December 17Anaheim4–2PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,57515–12–636
34December 19Pittsburgh2–1WashingtonCapital One Arena18,50616–12–638
35December 20Minnesota1–2PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,43517–12–640
36December 22Pittsburgh3–0CarolinaPNC Arena16,26418–12–642
37December 27Detroit2–5PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,63919–12–644
38December 29Pittsburgh6–1St. LouisEnterprise Center17,47520–12–646
39December 31Pittsburgh3–2MinnesotaXcel Energy Center19,16321–12–648 :
January: 6–5–0 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 3–3–0), 12 points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeLocationAttendanceRecordPoints
40January 2Pittsburgh7–2NY RangersMadison Square Garden18,00622–12–650
41January 4Winnipeg0–4PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,64223–12–652
42January 6Chicago5–3PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,62323–13–652
43January 8Florida1–5PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,52624–13–654
44January 11Pittsburgh7–4AnaheimHonda Center17,47325–13–656
45January 12Pittsburgh2–5Los AngelesStaples Center18,41425–14–656
46January 15Pittsburgh2–5San JoseSAP Center17,29225–15–656
47January 18Pittsburgh3–2 OTArizonaGila River Arena14,75726–15–658
48January 19Pittsburgh3–7VegasT-Mobile Arena18,51126–16–658
49January 28New Jersey6–3PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,60926–17–658
50January 30Tampa Bay2–4PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,51427–17–660 :
February: 6–5–2 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 3–2–2), 14 points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeLocationAttendanceRecordPoints
51February 1Ottawa3–5PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,61828–17–662
52February 2Pittsburgh2–3TorontoScotiabank Arena19,47728–18–662
53February 5Carolina4–0PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,43528–19–662
54February 7Pittsburgh2–3 OTFloridaBB&T Center14,71228–19–763
55February 9Pittsburgh4–5Tampa BayAmalie Arena19,09228–20–763
56February 11Pittsburgh4–1PhiladelphiaWells Fargo Center19,10329–20–765
57February 13Edmonton1–3PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,75030–20–767
58February 16Calgary5–4PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,66730–21–767
59February 17NY Rangers5–6PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,64631–21–769
60February 19Pittsburgh4–3New JerseyPrudential Center15,82432–21–771
61February 21San Jose4–0PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,36232–22–771
62February 23Pittsburgh3–4 OTPhiladelphiaLincoln Financial Field69,620 (outdoors)32–22–872
63February 26Pittsburgh5–2ColumbusNationwide Arena18,77633–22–874 :
March: 10–3–3 (Home: 5–2–1; Road: 5–1–2), 23 points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeLocationAttendanceRecordPoints
64March 1Pittsburgh3–4 OTBuffaloKeyBank Center19,07033–22–975
65March 2Pittsburgh5–1MontrealBell Centre21,30234–22–977
66March 5Florida2–3 OTPittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,48435–22–979
67March 7Columbus0–3PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,61136–22–981
68March 9Pittsburgh1–4ColumbusNationwide Arena19,14636–23–981
69March 10Boston2–4PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,57837–23–983
70March 12Washington3–5PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,64038–23–985
71March 14Pittsburgh5–0BuffaloKeyBank Arena18,68039–23–987
72March 16St. Louis5–1PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,64139–24–987
73March 17Philadelphia2–1 OTPittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,63639–24–1088
74March 19Pittsburgh2–3 SOCarolinaPNC Arena14,67739–24–1189
75March 21Pittsburgh2–1 SONashvilleBridgestone Arena17,72940–24–1191
76March 23Pittsburgh3–2DallasAmerican Airlines Center18,53241–24–1193
77March 25Pittsburgh5–2NY RangersMadison Square Garden17,40142–24–1195
78March 29Nashville3–1PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,63242–25–1195
79March 31Carolina1–3PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,61643–25–1197 :
April: 1–1–1 (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 0–1–0), 3 points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeLocationAttendanceRecordPoints
80April 2Pittsburgh1–4DetroitLittle Caesars Arena19,51543–26–1197
81April 4Detroit1–4PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,57444–26–1199
82April 6NY Rangers4–3 OTPittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,66044–26–12100 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = OT/SO Loss :

### Detailed records

Final
Eastern Conference :
| Atlantic | GP | W | L | OT | SHOTS | GF | GA | PP | PK | FO W–L |
| Boston Bruins | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 102–129 | 10 | 7 | 2–8 | 1–7 | 94–104 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 112–96 | 12 | 9 | 5–10 | 1–7 | 106–78 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 126–89 | 10 | 7 | 4–9 | 2–4 | 101–81 |
| Florida Panthers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 99–113 | 10 | 6 | 1–9 | 2–10 | 86–85 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 75–108 | 9 | 10 | 2–8 | 1–12 | 104–97 |
| Ottawa Senators | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 108–94 | 10 | 11 | 1–8 | 3–10 | 94–85 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 85–95 | 11 | 11 | 2–8 | 5–10 | 95–104 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 99–104 | 5 | 8 | 2–8 | 1–6 | 85–111 |
| Division total | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 806–826 | 77 | 69 | 19–68 | 16–66 | 765–745 |
| Metropolitan | GP | W | L | OT | SHOTS | GF | GA | PP | PK | FO W–L |
| Carolina Hurricanes | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 121–148 | 8 | 8 | 0–6 | 1–10 | 123–126 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 123–120 | 13 | 8 | 1–11 | 1–10 | 98–129 |
| New Jersey Devils | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 135–142 | 10 | 18 | 2–13 | 4–13 | 126–128 |
| New York Islanders | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 121–101 | 12 | 12 | 3–14 | 1–12 | 123–103 |
| New York Rangers | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 141–139 | 21 | 13 | 3–13 | 2–8 | 127–112 |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 145–152 | 10 | 11 | 0–6 | 2–13 | 101–128 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | | | | | | | | | | |
| Washington Capitals | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 143–131 | 15 | 12 | 6–17 | 2–15 | 134–110 |
| Division total | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 929–933 | 89 | 82 | 15–80 | 13–81 | 832–836 |
| Conference total | 52 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 1736–1759 | 166 | 151 | 34–148 | 29–147 | 1597–1581 |
Western Conference :
| Central | GP | W | L | OT | SHOTS | GF | GA | PP | PK | FO W–L |
| Chicago Blackhawks | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 77–60 | 6 | 11 | 0–5 | 2–5 | 58–54 |
| Colorado Avalanche | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 57–71 | 9 | 9 | 2–7 | 1–4 | 62–57 |
| Dallas Stars | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60–50 | 8 | 3 | 2–4 | 0–5 | 48–54 |
| Minnesota Wild | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 69–74 | 5 | 3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 63–54 |
| Nashville Predators | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 76–55 | 3 | 4 | 0–6 | 1–5 | 66–50 |
| St. Louis Blues | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 71–57 | 7 | 6 | 4–8 | 1–4 | 61–56 |
| Winnipeg Jets | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63–60 | 8 | 3 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 54–64 |
| Division total | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 473–427 | 46 | 39 | 10–38 | 6–29 | 422–389 |
| Pacific | GP | W | L | OT | SHOTS | GF | GA | PP | PK | FO W–L |
| Anaheim Ducks | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 66–61 | 9 | 8 | 2–7 | 1–4 | 42–56 |
| Arizona Coyotes | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 67–72 | 7 | 2 | 2–6 | 1–8 | 73–57 |
| Calgary Flames | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 74–70 | 13 | 6 | 5–6 | 1–6 | 61–61 |
| Edmonton Oilers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65–85 | 9 | 6 | 1–4 | 2–7 | 60–64 |
| Los Angeles Kings | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 76–66 | 6 | 8 | 2–7 | 2–6 | 49–57 |
| San Jose Sharks | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50–62 | 2 | 9 | 0–4 | 3–8 | 54–51 |
| Vancouver Canucks | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 63–55 | 7 | 3 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 67–50 |
| Vegas Golden Knights | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 59–72 | 7 | 9 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 67–60 |
| Division total | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 520–543 | 60 | 51 | 12–42 | 11–46 | 473–456 |
| Conference total | 30 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 993–970 | 106 | 90 | 22–80 | 17–75 | 885–845 |
| NHL total | 82 | 44 | 26 | 12 | 2828–2729 | 272 | 241 | 56–228 | 46–222 | 2482–2426 |

## Playoffs

The Penguins faced the New York Islanders in the First Round of the playoffs, where they were swept in four games.

### Game log

2019 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M2) New York Islanders: Islanders won 4–0
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1April 10Pittsburgh3–4NY IslandersOTMurray13,9170–1Recap
2April 12Pittsburgh1–3NY IslandersMurray13,9170–2Recap
3April 14NY Islanders4–1PittsburghMurray18,6100–3Recap
4April 16NY Islanders3–1PittsburghMurray18,6090–4Recap :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Playoff series win :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Sidney Crosby | 79 | 35 | 65 | 100 | 18 | 36 |
| Phil Kessel | 82 | 27 | 55 | 82 | -19 | 28 |
| Jake Guentzel | 82 | 40 | 36 | 76 | 13 | 26 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 68 | 21 | 51 | 72 | -25 | 89 |
| Kris Letang | 65 | 16 | 40 | 56 | 13 | 48 |
| Patric Hornqvist | 69 | 18 | 19 | 37 | -3 | 26 |
| Bryan Rust | 72 | 18 | 17 | 35 | 10 | 24 |
| Dominik Simon | 71 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 18 |
| Brian Dumoulin | 76 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 31 | 20 |
| Matt Cullen | 71 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 14 |
| Marcus Pettersson$^†$ | 57 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 49 |
| Jared McCann$^†$ | 32 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 13 |
| Zach Aston-Reese | 43 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 26 |
| Derick Brassard$^‡$ | 40 | 9 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 29 |
| Justin Schultz | 29 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 4 |
| Nick Bjugstad$^†$ | 32 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 14 |
| Tanner Pearson$^{†‡}$ | 44 | 9 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 13 |
| Olli Maatta | 60 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 12 |
| Jack Johnson | 82 | 1 | 12 | 13 | -4 | 41 |
| Jamie Oleksiak$^‡$ | 36 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 37 |
| Teddy Blueger | 28 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 15 |
| Riley Sheahan$^‡$ | 49 | 7 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 13 |
| Garrett Wilson | 50 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| Derek Grant$^‡$ | 25 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Juuso Riikola | 37 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| Daniel Sprong$^‡$ | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -7 | 0 |
| Carl Hagelin$^‡$ | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| Chad Ruhwedel | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -9 | 4 |
| Erik Gudbranson$^†$ | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| Adam Johnson | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jean-Sebastien Dea$^†$ | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Zach Trotman | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Joseph Blandisi$^†$ | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 271 | 459 | 730 | — | 655 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Evgeni Malkin | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| Justin Schultz | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| Phil Kessel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Garrett Wilson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Erik Gudbranson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jake Guentzel | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| Sidney Crosby | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 2 |
| Kris Letang | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 |
| Brian Dumoulin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| Jared McCann | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Marcus Pettersson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| Dominik Simon | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Matt Cullen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Jack Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 6 |
| Patric Hornqvist | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 8 |
| Nick Bjugstad | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| Bryan Rust | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 |
| Olli Maatta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Teddy Blueger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Aston-Reese | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 6 | 11 | 17 | — | 36 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Matt Murray | 50 | 50 | 2880:14 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 129 | 2.69 | 1594 | 0.919 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Casey DeSmith | 36 | 30 | 1943:33 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 89 | 2.75 | 1060 | 0.916 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tristan Jarry | 2 | 2 | 120:03 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3.5 | 62 | 0.887 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 82 | 4943:50 | 44 | 26 | 12 | 225 | 2.73 | 2716 | 0.917 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Matt Murray | 4 | 4 | 238:44 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 3.02 | 127 | 0.906 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 4 | 238:44 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 3.03 | 127 | 0.906 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
$^†$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.

## Awards and honours

* Kris Letang set the franchise record for career points by a defenseman with 493. He broke the previous record of 440 held by Paul Coffey on October 6 against the Montreal Canadiens.
* Kris Letang set the franchise record for career goals by a defenseman with 112. He broke the previous record of 108 held by Paul Coffey on February 11 against the Philadelphia Flyers.

### Milestones

Regular season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| J. Riikola | 1st career NHL game | October 11, 2018 |
| K. Letang | 100th career NHL goal | October 18, 2018 |
| J. Johnson | 800th career NHL game | November 3, 2018 |
| C. Hagelin | 500th career NHL game | November 3, 2018 |
| J. Oleksiak | 200th career NHL game | November 7, 2018 |
| E. Malkin | 800th career NHL game | November 13, 2018 |
| K. Letang | 700th career NHL game | November 19, 2018 |
| B. Rust | 200th career NHL game | November 19, 2018 |
| J. Guentzel | 1st career regular season hat-trick | November 24, 2018 |
| J. Guentzel | 100th career NHL point | November 27, 2018 |
| O. Maatta | 100th career NHL point | November 27, 2018 |
| G. Wilson | 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | November 27, 2018 |
| J. Riikola | 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | November 28, 2018 |
| R. Sheahan | 400th career NHL game | December 22, 2018 |
| J. Riikola | 1st career NHL goal | December 29, 2018 |
| S. Crosby | 900th career NHL game | December 31, 2018 |
| B. Rust | 100th career NHL point | January 8, 2019 |
| T. Blueger | 1st career NHL game | January 30, 2019 |
| E. Malkin | 600th career NHL assist | January 30, 2019 |
| T. Blueger | 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point | February 1, 2019 |
| G. Wilson | 1st career NHL goal | February 9, 2019 |
| N. Bjugstad | 400th career NHL game | February 11, 2019 |
| B. Dumoulin | 300th career NHL game | February 13, 2019 |
| P. Kessel | 800th career NHL point | February 16, 2019 |
| P. Hornqvist | 700th career NHL game | March 1, 2019 |
| M. Cullen | 1,500th career NHL game | March 5, 2019 |
| S. Crosby | 1,200th career NHL point | March 5, 2019 |
| E. Malkin | 1,000th career NHL point | March 12, 2019 |
| J. Schultz | 200th career NHL point | March 12, 2019 |
| N. Bjugstad | 200th career NHL point | March 14, 2019 |
| C. DeSmith | 50th career NHL game | March 16, 2019 |
| D. Simon | 100th career NHL game | March 17, 2019 |
| M. Pettersson | 100th career NHL game | March 23, 2019 |
| J. Guentzel | 200th career NHL game | March 29, 2019 |

## Transactions

The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23) | To Colorado AvalancheOTT's 3rd-round pick in 2018 5th-round pick in 2018 | To Pittsburgh PenguinsNSH's 2nd-round pick in 2018 |
| June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23) | To Vegas Golden Knights7th-round pick in 2018 | To Pittsburgh Penguins7th-round pick in 2019 |
| June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27) | To Buffalo SabresMatt Hunwick Conor Sheary | To Pittsburgh PenguinsConditional 4th-round pick in 2019 |
| November 14, 2018 (2018-11-14) | To Los Angeles KingsCarl Hagelin | To Pittsburgh PenguinsTanner Pearson |
| December 3, 2018 (2018-12-03) | To Anaheim DucksDaniel Sprong | To Pittsburgh PenguinsMarcus Pettersson |
| December 5, 2018 (2018-12-05) | To Ottawa SenatorsStefan Elliott Tobias Lindberg | To Pittsburgh PenguinsMacoy Erkamps Ben Sexton |
| January 17, 2019 (2019-01-17) | To Anaheim DucksDerek Grant | To Pittsburgh PenguinsJoseph Blandisi |
| January 28, 2019 (2019-01-28) | To Dallas StarsJamie Oleksiak | To Pittsburgh PenguinsConditional 4th-round pick in 2019 |
| February 1, 2019 (2019-02-01) | To Florida PanthersDerick Brassard Riley Sheahan 2nd-round pick in 2019 4th-round pick in 2019 MIN's 4th-round pick in 2019 | To Pittsburgh PenguinsNick Bjugstad Jared McCann |
| February 11, 2019 (2019-02-11) | To Columbus Blue JacketsConditional 7th-round pick in 2019 | To Pittsburgh PenguinsBlake Siebenaler |
| February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25) | To Florida PanthersJean-Sebastien Dea | To Pittsburgh PenguinsChris Wideman |
| February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25) | To Vancouver CanucksTanner Pearson | To Pittsburgh PenguinsErik Gudbranson |
| June 15, 2019 (2019-06-15) | To Chicago BlackhawksOlli Maatta | To Pittsburgh PenguinsDominik Kahun 5th-round pick in 2019 |

### Free agents

| Player | Acquired from | Lost to | Date | Contract term |
| Matt Cullen | Minnesota Wild | | July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) | 1-year |
| Stefan Elliott | HV71 (SHL) | | July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) | 1-year |
| Jimmy Hayes | New Jersey Devils | | July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) | 1-year |
| Jack Johnson | Columbus Blue Jackets | | July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) | 5-year |
| Josh Jooris | | Toronto Maple Leafs | July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) | 1-year |
| John Muse | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | | July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) | 1-year |
| Jarred Tinordi | | Nashville Predators | July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) | 1-year |
| Carter Rowney | | Anaheim Ducks | July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02) | 3-year |
| Tom Kuhnhackl | | New York Islanders | July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02) | 1-year |
| Andrey Pedan | | Ak Bars Kazan (KHL) | July 4, 2018 (2018-07-04) | 2-year |
| Derek Grant | Anaheim Ducks | | July 19, 2018 (2018-07-19) | 1-year |
| Vincent Dunn | | Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL) | August 29, 2018 (2018-08-29) | 1-year |
| Ryan Haggerty | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) | | September 25, 2018 (2018-09-25) | 2-year |
| Frank Corrado | | Toronto Marlies (AHL) | October 22, 2018 (2018-10-22) | 1-year |
| Joseph Cramarossa | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) | | February 20, 2019 (2019-02-20) | 1-year |
| Jake Lucchini | Michigan Tech Huskies (WCHA) | | March 11, 2019 (2019-03-11) | 1-year |
| Oula Palve | HC TPS (Liiga) | | April 22, 2019 (2019-04-22) | 1-year |
| Emil Larmi | HPK (Liiga) | | June 2, 2019 (2019-06-02) | 2-year |

### Waivers

| Player | Claimed from | Lost to | Date |
| Jean-Sebastien Dea | | New Jersey Devils | September 28, 2018 (2018-09-28) |
| Jean-Sebastien Dea | New Jersey Devils | | November 29, 2018 (2018-11-29) |

### Signings

| Player | Date | Contract term |
| Kevin Czuczman | June 25, 2018 (2018-06-25) | 1-year |
| Dominik Simon | June 25, 2018 (2018-06-25) | 2-year |
| Daniel Sprong | June 25, 2018 (2018-06-25) | 2-year |
| Bryan Rust | June 26, 2018 (2018-06-26) | 4-year |
| Riley Sheahan | June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27) | 1-year |
| Jean-Sebastien Dea | June 28, 2018 (2018-06-28) | 1-year |
| Zach Trotman | July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) | 1-year |
| Jamie Oleksiak | July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12) | 3-year |
| Filip Hallander | July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15) | 3-year |
| Teddy Blueger | July 17, 2018 (2018-07-17) | 1-year |
| Thomas Di Pauli | July 17, 2018 (2018-07-17) | 1-year |
| Ethan Prow | July 17, 2018 (2018-07-17) | 1-year |
| Tristan Jarry | July 26, 2018 (2018-07-26) | 2-year |
| Jake Guentzel | December 27, 2018 (2018-12-27) | 5-year |
| Casey DeSmith | January 11, 2019 (2019-01-11) | 3-year |
| Jan Drozg | March 5, 2019 (2019-03-05) | 3-year |
| Justin Almeida | March 9, 2019 (2019-03-09) | 3-year |
| Calen Addison | April 6, 2019 (2019-04-06) | 3-year |
| Joseph Cramarossa | April 27, 2019 (2019-04-27) | 1-year |
| Thomas Di Pauli | April 30, 2019 (2019-04-30) | 1-year |
| Niclas Almari | May 9, 2019 (2019-05-09) | 3-year |
| Kasper Bjorkqvist | May 15, 2019 (2019-05-15) | 2-year |
| Chad Ruhwedel | May 23, 2019 (2019-05-23) | 2-year |

### Retirement

| Player | Date |
| Tom Sestito | September 6, 2018 |

### Contract terminations

| Player | Date |
| Frederik Tiffels | September 22, 2018 |
Notes
* $^a$ – Two-way contract
* $^b$ – Entry-level contract

## Draft picks

Below are the Pittsburgh Penguins' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 2 | 53 | Calen Addison | D | Canada | Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) |
| 2 | 58 | Filip Hallander | C | Sweden | Timra IK (Allsvenskan) |
| 5 | 129 | Justin Almeida | C | Canada | Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) |
| 6 | 177 | Liam Gorman | C | United States | Saint Sebastian's School (USHS) |
Notes:
* $^a$ The Nashville Predators' second-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent Ottawa's third-round pick and a fifth-round pick both in 2018 (64th and 146th overall) to Colorado in exchange for this pick.
* $^b$ The Detroit Red Wings' fifth-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on October 21, 2017, that sent Scott Wilson and a third-round pick in 2018 to Detroit in exchange for Riley Sheahan and this pick.