2016 Stanley Cup Finals

The **2016 Stanley Cup finals** is the 123rd Stanley Cup trophy presentations as well as the champions of the 2015-16 NHL season. It featured the Pittsburgh Penguins and the San Jose Sharks. This was the Sharks first ever appearance in a Stanley Cup final and the Penguins 5th time in a Stanley Cup finals.

The Penguins beat the Sharks winning the series in game 6 at SAP Center, 3-1.

## Rosters

Years in **boldface** under the "Finals appearance" column signify the player won the Stanley Cup in the given year.

### Pittsburgh Penguins

||#||Nat||Player||Position||Hand||Age||Acquired|class="unsortable"|Place of birth|class="unsortable"|Finals appearance|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**19**||align="left"||RW|R|24|2010|align="left"|Gardena, California|align="left"|first|||||||
|**13**||align="left"||C|L|28|2015|align="left"|Hartford, Connecticut|align="left"|first|||||||
|**28**||align="left"||D|L|27|2015|align="left"|Ann Arbor, Michigan|align="left"|first|||||||
|**87**||align="left"|– **C**|C|L|28|2005|align="left"|Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia|align="left"|third|||||||
|**7**||align="left"||C|L|39|2015|align="left"|Virginia, Minnesota|align="left"|second|||||||
|**6**||align="left"||D|L|32|2015|align="left"|Toronto, Ontario|align="left"|first|||||||
|**8**||align="left"||D|L|24|2012|align="left"|Biddeford, Maine|align="left"|first|||||||
|**16**||align="left"||C/RW|R|30|2015|align="left"|Winkler, Manitoba|align="left"|first|||||||
|**29**||align="left"||G|L|31|2003|align="left"|Sorel-Tracy, Quebec|align="left"|third|||||||
|**62**||align="left"||LW|L|27|2016|align="left"|Södertälje, Sweden|align="left"|second|||||||
|**72**||align="left"||RW|R|27|2014|align="left"|Sollentuna, Sweden|align="left"|first|||||||
|**81**||align="left"||RW|R|28|2015|align="left"|Madison, Wisconsin|align="left"|first|||||||
|**34**||align="left"||LW|L|24|2010|align="left"|Landshut, Germany|align="left"|first|||||||
|**14**||align="left"|– **A**|LW|L|36|2009|align="left"|Regina, Saskatchewan|align="left"|third|||||||
|**58**||align="left"||D|R|29|2005|align="left"|Montreal, Quebec|align="left"|third|||||||
|**12**||align="left"||D|R|32|2015|align="left"|Concord, New Hampshire|align="left"|second (2009)|||||||
|**3**||align="left"||D|L|21|2012|align="left"|Jyväskylä, Finland|align="left"|first|||||||
|**71**||align="left"|– **A**|C|L|29|2004|align="left"|Magnitogorsk, Soviet Union|align="left"|third|||||||
|**30**||align="left"||G|L|22|2012|align="left"|Thunder Bay, Ontario|align="left"|first|||||||
|**51**||align="left"||D|L|22|2012|align="left"|Estevan, Saskatchewan|align="left"|first|||||||
|**17**||align="left"||RW|R|24|2010|align="left"|Pontiac, Michigan|align="left"|first|||||||
|**4**||align="left"||D|R|25|2016|align="left"|Kelowna, British Columbia|align="left"|first|||||||
|**43**||align="left"||LW|L|23|2015|align="left"|Melrose, Massachusetts|align="left"|first|||||||
|**40**||align="left"||C/RW|R|22|2012|align="left"|Boden, Sweden|align="left"|first|||||||
|**37**||align="left"||G|L|28|2012|align="left"|Detroit, Michigan|align="left"|first|||||||

### San Jose Sharks

||#||Nat||Player||Position||Hand||Age||Acquired|class="unsortable"|Place of birth|class="unsortable"|Finals appearance|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**61**||align="left"||D|R|29|2007|align="left"|St. Paul, Minnesota|align="left"|first|||||||
|**88**||align="left"||D|R|31|2011|align="left"|Barrie, Ontario|align="left"|first|||||||
|**39**||align="left"|– **A**|C|L|27|2007|align="left"|Guelph, Ontario|align="left"|first|||||||
|**4**||align="left"||D|L|25|2014|align="left"|New Westminster, British Columbia|align="left"|first|||||||
|**27**||align="left"||RW|R|24|2015|align="left"|Raahe, Finland|align="left"|first|||||||
|**48**||align="left"||LW|L|22|2012|align="left"|Prague, Czech Republic|align="left"|first|||||||
|**31**||align="left"||G|L|26|2015|align="left"|North Vancouver, British Columbia|align="left"|second|||||||
|**68**||align="left"||C/RW|R|25|2014|align="left"|Lycksele, Sweden|align="left"|first|||||||
|**12**||align="left"||LW|L|36|1997|align="left"|Swift Current, Saskatchewan|align="left"|first|||||||
|**7**||align="left"||D|L|35|2015|align="left"|Elk River, Minnesota|align="left"|first|||||||
|**83**||align="left"||LW|L|23|2011|align="left"|Long Beach, California|align="left"|first|||||||
|**8**||align="left"|– **C**|C|R|31|2003|align="left"|Plover, Wisconsin|align="left"|first|||||||
|**46**||align="left"||D|R|30|2016|align="left"|Ostrava, Czechoslovakia|align="left"|first|||||||
|**34**||align="left"||G|L|28|2016|align="left"|Morweena, Manitoba|align="left"|first|||||||
|**16**||align="left"||C|L|27|2016|align="left"|Palmerston, Ontario|align="left"|first|||||||
|**19**||align="left"|– **A**|C|L|36|2005|align="left"|London, Ontario|align="left"|first|||||||
|**50**||align="left"||C|L|21|2012|align="left"|Keswick, Ontario|align="left"|first|||||||
|**44**||align="left"||D|L|29|2005|align="left"|Montreal, Quebec|align="left"|first|||||||
|**42**||align="left"||RW|R|35|2015|align="left"|North York, Ontario|align="left"|first|||||||
|**57**||align="left"||RW/C|R|28|2008|align="left"|Evanston, Illinois|align="left"|first|||||||
|**9**||align="left"||C/RW|L|37|2015|align="left"|Elektrėnai, Lithuanian SSR|align="left"|third|||||||

## Infobox (stanley cup final)

- **year**: 2016
- **team1**: **San Jose Sharks**
- **team1 1**: 2
- **team1 2**: 1
- **team1 3**: **3**
- **team1 4**: 1
- **team1 5**: **4**
- **team1 6**: 1
- **team1 tot**: 2
- **team1 short**: San Jose
- **team1 coach**: Peter DeBoer
- **team1 captain**: Joe Pavelski
- **team1 national anthem**:
<span style="visibility:hidden">San Jose::</span>
<span style="visibility:hidden">San Jose::</span>
- **team2**: **Pittsburgh Penguins**
- **team2 1**: **3**
- **team2 2**: **2**
- **team2 3**: 2
- **team2 4**: **3**
- **team2 5**: 2
- **team2 6**: **3**
- **team2 tot**: **4**
- **team2 short**: Pittsburgh
- **team2 coach**: Mike Sullivan (ice hockey, born 1968), Mike Sullivan
- **team2 captain**: Sidney Crosby
- **team2 national anthem**: Jeff Jimerson
- **gm2 ot**: <small></small>
- **gm3 ot**: <small></small>
- **table-note**: <small>* – Denotes overtime period(s)</small>
- **referees**: , , ,
- **dates**: May 30–June 12
- **mvp**: Sidney Crosby
- **series winner**: Kris Letang
- **networks**: Television in Canada, Canada (Canadian English, English): Hockey Night in Canada, CBC
Canada (Canadian French, French): TVA Sports
Television in the United States, United States (American English, English): NHL on NBC, NBC and NBCSN
- **net announcers**: (CBC) Jim Hughson, Craig Simpson, Glenn Healy
(TVA) Félix Séguin, Felix Seguin, Patrick Lalime, Renaud Lavoie
(NBC/NBCSN) Mike Emrick, Eddie Olczyk, Pierre McGuire
(NHL International) Steve Mears, Kevin Weekes
(NBC Sports Radio) Kenny Albert, Joe Micheletti, Darren Eliot