2019–20 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The 2019–20 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the 53rd season for the National Hockey League team that was established on June 5, 1967. This season saw the team try to extend their playoffs streak to 14 seasons.
The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Penguins advanced to the playoffs, losing in four games to the Montreal Canadiens in the qualifying round.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Eastern Conference===
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.
2019 preseason game log: 2–1–3 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 0–1–2)
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"	 	 	 	 	 	 	
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Location 	Attendance	Record
1	September 16	Pittsburgh	4–5 	Buffalo 	Pegula Ice Arena 	5,497 	0–0–1
2	September 19	Columbus 	1–4 	Pittsburgh	PPG Paints Arena 	15,649 	1–0–1
3	September 21	Pittsburgh	1–3 	Columbus 	Nationwide Arena 	13,637 	1–1–1
4	September 22	Pittsburgh	2–3 	Detroit 	Little Caesars Arena	16,093 	1–1–2
5	September 25	Detroit 	2–4 	Pittsburgh	PPG Paints Arena 	15,112 	2–1–2
6	September 28	Buffalo 	3–2 	Pittsburgh	PPG Paints Arena 	18,325 	2–1–3
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.
2019–20 game log	2019–20 game log	 	 	 	 	 	 	
October: 8–5–0 (Home: 5–3–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)
{| class="wikitable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Location 	Attendance	Record	Points
1 	October 3 	Buffalo 	3–1 	Pittsburgh	PPG Paints Arena 	18,616 	0–1–0 	0
2 	October 5 	Columbus 	2–7 	Pittsburgh	PPG Paints Arena 	18,595 	1–1–0 	2
3 	October 8 	Winnipeg 	4–1 	Pittsburgh	PPG Paints Arena 	18,420 	1–2–0 	2
4 	October 10 	Anaheim 	1–2 	Pittsburgh	PPG Paints Arena 	18,414 	2–2–0 	4
5 	October 12 	Pittsburgh 	7–4 	Minnesota 	Xcel Energy Center 	19,157 	3–2–0 	6
6 	October 13 	Pittsburgh 	7–2 	Winnipeg 	Bell MTS Place 	15,325 	4–2–0 	8
7 	October 16 	Colorado 	2–3 	Pittsburgh	PPG Paints Arena 	18,458 	5–2–0 	10
8 	October 18 	Dallas 	2–4 	Pittsburgh	PPG Paints Arena 	18,482 	6–2–0 	12
9 	October 19 	Vegas 	3–0 	Pittsburgh	PPG Paints Arena 	19,610 	6–3–0 	12
10 	October 22 	Pittsburgh 	2–4 	Florida 	BB&T Center 	12,738 	6–4–0 	12
11 	October 23 	Pittsburgh 	2–3 	Tampa Bay 	Amalie Arena 	19,092 	6–5–0 	12
12 	October 26 	Pittsburgh 	3–0 	Dallas 	American Airlines Center	18,532 	7–5–0 	14
13 	October 29 	Philadelphia	1–7 	Pittsburgh	PPG Paints Arena 	18,560 	8–5–0 	16
===Playoffs===
The Penguins were defeated by the Montreal Canadiens in the qualifying round in four games.
2020 Stanley Cup playoffs	2020 Stanley Cup playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Eastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (12) Montreal Canadiens: Montreal won 3–1
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"	# 	Date 	Visitor	Score 	Home	OT 	Decision	Series	Recap
1 	August 1 	Montreal 	3–2 	Pittsburgh	OT 	Murray	0–1 	Recap 	
2 	August 3 	Montreal 	1–3 	Pittsburgh	 	Murray	1–1 	Recap 	
3 	August 5 	Pittsburgh	3–4 	Montreal 	 	Murray	1–2 	Recap 	
4 	August 7 	Pittsburgh	0–2 	Montreal 	 	Jarry 	1–3 	Recap 	
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	55	25	49	74	7 	58
 	55	27	29	56	14 	30
 	41	16	31	47	−8 	15
 	61	15	29	44	0 	38
 	39	20	23	43	11 	14
 	66	14	21	35	6 	17
 	52	17	15	32	9 	36
‡ 	50	10	17	27	6 	8
 	56	6 	20	26	17 	20
 	68	11	14	25	−1 	16
 	69	9 	13	22	2 	25
 	64	7 	15	22	−9 	12
 	69	2 	20	22	9 	35
‡ 	45	5 	12	17	−7 	10
 	57	6 	7 	13	6 	28
 	50	6 	7 	13	5 	23
† 	15	6 	6 	12	−1 	2
 	46	3 	9 	12	−13	6
 	67	3 	8 	11	−1 	26
 	28	1 	7 	8 	17 	10
 	36	1 	6 	7 	3 	6
 	41	2 	4 	6 	4 	12
‡ 	21	2 	3 	5 	−3 	10
† 	8 	1 	3 	4 	−1 	2
 	13	1 	1 	2 	3 	8
† 	8 	1 	1 	2 	0 	2
 	7 	1 	1 	2 	−1 	2
 	17	0 	2 	2 	0 	4
 	8 	1 	0 	1 	−1 	4
‡ 	6 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0
† 	7 	1 	0 	1 	0 	4
‡ 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0 	4
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	−3 	10
 	8 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	4
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	4	2	1	3	0 	0
 	4	1	2	3	1 	0
 	4	1	2	3	−2	2
 	4	2	0	2	0 	0
 	4	1	1	2	−3	0
 	4	0	2	2	3 	2
 	4	1	0	1	−1	0
 	3	0	1	1	−1	2
 	4	0	1	1	−3	2
 	4	0	1	1	−2	0
 	4	0	1	1	−1	2
 	4	0	1	1	0 	4
 	4	0	1	1	−4	0
 	4	0	1	1	−3	6
 	4	0	0	0	−2	0
 	4	0	0	0	1 	4
 	4	0	0	0	−4	0
 	4	0	0	0	−4	0
 	1	0	0	0	−1	0
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	33	31	1,926:29	20	12	1	78 	2.43	985 	.921	3	0	0	0
 	38	38	2,237:30	20	11	5	107	2.87	1,055	.899	1	0	1	2
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	3	192:07	1	2	8	2.50	93	.914	0	0	0	0
 	1	1	58:46 	0	1	1	1.02	21	.952	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 2019–20 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details
 	To Arizona CoyotesPhil KesselDane Birks4th-round pick in 2021 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsAlex GalchenyukPierre-Olivier Joseph
 	To Anaheim DucksErik Gudbranson 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsAndreas Martinsen7th-round pick in 2021
 	To Minnesota WildAlex GalchenyukCalen AddisonConditional 1st-round pick in 2020	To Pittsburgh PenguinsJason Zucker
 	To San Jose SharksConditional third-round pick in 2020. 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsPatrick Marleau
 	To Buffalo SabresDominik Kahun 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsConor ShearyEvan Rodrigues
* - Third-round pick becomes a second-rounder if the Pittsburgh Penguins win the Stanley Cup in 2020.
===Free agents===
Player 	Acquired from 	Lost to	Date	Contract terms
Brandon Tanev 	Winnipeg Jets 	 	 	6-years for $21 million
Andrew Agozzino	Colorado Avalanche	 	 	2-years for $1.4 million
David Warsofsky	Colorado Avalanche	 	 	2-years for $1.4 million
===Waivers===
Date	Player 	To/From	Team
 	Stefan Noesen	→ 	San Jose Sharks
===Contract terminations===
Date	Player	Via	Ref
 	 	 	
===Retirement===
Date	Player	Ref
 	 	
=== Signings ===
Player 	Date 	Contract terms
Kevin Czuczman 	June 26, 2019 	2-years for $700,000
Zach Trotman 	June 26, 2019 	2-years for $700,000
Joseph Blandisi 	July 3, 2019 	1-year for $700,000
Adam Johnson 	July 3, 2019 	1-year for $700,000
Teddy Blueger 	July 16, 2019 	2-years for $1.5 million
Zach Aston-Reese 	July 22, 2019 	2-years for $2 million
John Marino 	August 8, 2019 	Entry-level contract
Marcus Pettersson	January 28, 2020	5-years for $20,125,875
* - Contract extension.
==Draft picks==
Below are the Pittsburgh Penguins' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	21 	Samuel Poulin 	RW 	 	Sherbrooke Phoenix (QMJHL)
3 	74 	Nathan Legare 	RW 	 	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
5 	145 	Judd Caulfield 	RW 	 	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
7 	203 	Valtteri Puustinen	RW 	 	HPK (Liiga)
7 	211<	Santeri Airola 	D 	 	SaiPa U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga)
Notes:
The Chicago Blackhawks' third-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent Buffalo's fourth-round pick, Tampa Bay's fifth-round pick and a seventh-round pick all in 2019 (98th, 151st and 207th overall) to Arizona in exchange for this pick.
The Vegas Golden Knights' seventh-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent a seventh-round pick in 2018 to Vegas in exchange for this pick.
The Washington Capitals' seventh-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent a seventh-round pick in 2020 to San Jose in exchange for this pick.
==References==
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