page_title: Pittsburgh Penguins
section_title: Back-to-back Stanley Cup titles and 50th anniversary (2015–2017)
hierarchical_section_title: Pittsburgh Penguins / Team history / Crosby–Malkin era (2005–present) / Back-to-back Stanley Cup titles and 50th anniversary (2015–2017)
caption_attribution_description: English: Pittsburgh Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist celebrates what would be the Stanley Cup clinching goal in game 6 versus the Nashville Predators, June 11, 2017, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN.
context_page_description: The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh. They compete in the National Hockey League as a member of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference. The club is owned by Mario Lemieux and Ronald Burkle, who purchased the Penguins in 1999 and brought the club out of bankruptcy.
  The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's expansion from six to twelve teams. The Penguins played in the Civic Arena, also known as The Igloo, from the time of their inception through the end of the 2009–10 season, when they moved to the Consol Energy Center, which was later renamed PPG Paints Arena. The 1992–93 Penguins won the franchise's first-ever Presidents' Trophy for being the team with the most points at the end of the regular season. In addition to their eight division titles, they have qualified for six Stanley Cup Finals, winning the Stanley Cup five times – in 1991, 1992, 2009, 2016, and 2017. Along with the Edmonton Oilers, the Penguins are tied for the most Stanley Cup championships among non-Original Six teams and sixth overall.
context_section_description: After acquiring the star winger Kessel, the Penguins had high expectations for the 2015-16 season. But on December 12, 2015, 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 AHL affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. This move was followed by a series of trades by Jim Rutherford.
  On December 14, Rob Scuderi was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Trevor Daley. On January 16, 2016, the Penguins traded forward David Perron and defenseman Adam Clendening to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Carl Hagelin. On February 27, 2016, the Penguins acquired Justin Schultz from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for a third-round pick in 2016. To supplement these trades, the Penguins called-up several players from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, including Conor Sheary, Tom Kuhnhackl, Bryan Rust and goaltender Matt Murray, who all would become regulars in the team's playoff lineup.
  The Penguins qualified for the playoffs for the tenth consecutive season. They earned second place in the Metropolitan Division with 104 points. In the playoffs, the Penguins defeated the Rangers in a 4–1 series, the Capitals 4–2 and the Lightning 4–3 to win the Eastern Conference Championship, advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals against the San Jose Sharks. On June 12, 2016, the Penguins defeated the Sharks in a 4–2 series to win their fourth Stanley Cup title. Captain Sidney Crosby was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy.
  The Penguins opened their 50th anniversary season in the NHL as defending Stanley Cup champions, raising their commemorative banner on October 13, 2016, in a shootout victory over Washington. With the Detroit Red Wings' playoff appearance streak ending at 25 seasons, the Penguins appeared in the playoffs for the 11th consecutive season, now the longest active streak in the NHL. The Penguins faced the Columbus Blue Jackets in the opening round of the 2017 playoffs, defeating them in five games. In the second round, they played against their divisional rival, Washington, and faced them for the second-straight year in the same round where the Penguins won after a hard-fought seven game series. In the Conference Finals, the Penguins eliminated the Ottawa Senators in seven games to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals, where they faced the Nashville Predators. The Penguins won the first two games of the Finals and then lost the next two matchups before dominating the fifth and the sixth games of the series to win the Stanley Cup for the second straight year. By defending their title, the Penguins became the first team since the 1997–98 Detroit Red Wings to successfully defend their title, and the first to do so in the salary cap era.
caption: Patric Hornqvist celebrates the 2017 Stanley Cup-clinching goal against the Nashville Predators.
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