2020–21 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The 2020–21 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the 54th season for the National Hockey League team that was established on June 5, 1967. On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada–United States border. As a result of this realignment, the Penguins played this season in the East Division and only played against the other teams in their new division during the regular season and the first round of the playoffs.
On April 29, 2021, the Penguins clinched a playoff berth with a 5–4 overtime win over the Washington Capitals, extending their playoff streak to 15 seasons – the longest active streak among the four North American major leagues (including MLB, the NFL, and the NBA). On May 8, the team clinched the East Division title after defeating the Buffalo Sabres, and the Capitals won in overtime against the Philadelphia Flyers. The Penguins were defeated in the first round in six games by the New York Islanders.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.
2020–21 game log	2020–21 game log	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
January: 5–3–1 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 1–3–1)
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"	# 	Date 	Visitor	Score 	Home 	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points
1 	January 13 	Pittsburgh	3–6 	Philadelphia	Jarry 	0 	0–1–0 	0 	
2 	January 15 	Pittsburgh	2–5 	Philadelphia	Jarry 	0 	0–2–0 	0 	
3 	January 17 	Washington	3–4 	Pittsburgh 	DeSmith	0 	1–2–0 	2 	
4 	January 19 	Washington	4–5 	Pittsburgh 	DeSmith	0 	2–2–0 	4 	
5 	January 22 	NY Rangers	3–4 	Pittsburgh 	Jarry 	0 	3–2–0 	6 	
6 	January 24 	NY Rangers	2–3 	Pittsburgh 	Jarry 	0 	4–2–0 	8 	
7 	January 26 	Pittsburgh	2–3 	Boston 	Jarry 	0 	4–2–1 	9 	
8 	January 28 	Pittsburgh	1–4 	Boston 	Jarry 	0 	4–3–1 	9 	
9 	January 30 	Pittsburgh	5–4 	NY Rangers 	DeSmith	0 	5–3–1 	11 	
===Playoffs===
2021 Stanley Cup playoffs	2021 Stanley Cup playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
East Division First Round vs. (E4) New York Islanders: New York won 4–2
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"	# 	Date 	Visitor	Score 	Home	OT 	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1 	May 16 	NY Islanders	4–3 	Pittsburgh 	OT 	Jarry	4,672 	0–1 	Recap 	
2 	May 18 	NY Islanders	1–2 	Pittsburgh 	 	Jarry	9,344 	1–1 	Recap 	
3 	May 20 	Pittsburgh 	5–4 	NY Islanders	 	Jarry	6,800 	2–1 	Recap 	
4 	May 22 	Pittsburgh 	1–4 	NY Islanders	 	Jarry	6,800 	2–2 	Recap 	
5 	May 24 	NY Islanders	3–2 	Pittsburgh 	2OT 	Jarry	9,344 	2–3 	Recap 	
6 	May 26 	Pittsburgh 	3–5 	NY Islanders	 	Jarry	9,000 	2–4 	Recap 	
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	55	24	38	62	+8 	26
 	56	23	34	57	+7 	28
 	55	7 	38	45	+19	32
 	56	22	20	42	+9 	18
 	43	14	18	32	+17	8
 	40	11	19	30	+15	7
 	33	8 	20	28	−4 	24
 	43	7 	15	22	+10	16
 	38	9 	9 	18	−8 	21
 	53	4 	13	17	+18	10
 	32	7 	9 	16	+12	22
 	44	5 	11	16	+9 	28
 	45	9 	6 	15	+10	15
 	35	7 	7 	14	−3 	6
 	41	4 	10	14	+18	12
 	52	3 	10	13	+5 	8
† 	14	9 	2 	11	+9 	0
 	45	4 	7 	11	+4 	6
 	46	5 	5 	10	0 	2
 	19	2 	8 	10	+10	2
 	47	2 	7 	9 	+8 	22
 	34	0 	6 	6 	−6 	25
 	16	1 	4 	5 	+1 	6
 	8 	2 	2 	4 	+4 	4
 	19	2 	2 	4 	+4 	8
 	5 	2 	1 	3 	+3 	5
 	17	0 	2 	2 	+3 	14
 	10	0 	1 	1 	−2 	2
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	−3 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	−3 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	6	1	5	6	−2	6
 	6	4	1	5	0 	4
 	4	1	4	5	−2	8
 	6	2	1	3	−3	4
 	6	2	1	3	−1	2
 	6	1	2	3	+3	2
 	6	1	2	3	−3	0
 	6	1	1	2	−2	2
 	6	1	1	2	−6	6
 	6	1	1	2	0 	2
 	6	0	2	2	−3	0
 	6	0	2	2	−1	2
 	6	1	0	1	−2	0
 	2	0	1	1	+1	0
 	6	0	1	1	+1	2
 	6	0	1	1	−1	0
 	6	0	0	0	−1	6
 	6	0	0	0	−2	0
 	6	0	0	0	−2	2
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	39	38	2,185:18	25	9	3	100	2.75	1,100	.909 	2	0	4	8
 	20	17	1,132:19	11	7	0	48 	2.54	543 	.912 	2	0	1	0
 	1 	1 	60:00 	1 	0	0	0 	0.00	29 	1.000	1	0	0	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	6	6	396:07	2	4	21	3.18	187	.888	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.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
==Transactions==
The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details
 	To Ottawa SenatorsMatt Murray	To Pittsburgh PenguinsJonathan Gruden2nd-round pick in 2020
==Draft picks==
Below are the Pittsburgh Penguins' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was instead held on October 6–7, 2020, virtually via video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality 	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2 	52 	Joel Blomqvist 	G 	Finland 	Oulun Kärpät U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga)
3 	77 	Calle Clang 	G 	Sweden 	Kristianstads IK (HockeyAllsvenskan)
4 	108	Lukas Svejkovsky	C 	United States	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
6 	170	Chase Yoder 	C 	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
==Notes==
==References==
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