2016–17 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The 2016–17 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the 50th season for the National Hockey League ice hockey team that was established on June 5, 1967.https://www.nhl.com/news/a-brief-history-pittsburgh-penguins/c-536264 The Penguins would win the Stanley Cup championship in back to back years, defeating the Nashville Predators in the 2017 Finals after winning the Stanley Cup in 2016.
== Off-season ==
On the first day of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft the Pittsburgh Penguins announced they will officially change their uniform colors from Black and Vegas Gold, used from 2002–03 through 2015–16, back to the Black and "Pittsburgh Gold" they have used as an alternate jersey for the past two season revealing a new Visitor jersey reflecting the same format used in the early 1990s.
== Pre-season ==
=== Game log ===
2016 Pre-season game log: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–1–0)
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"	 	 	 	 	 	 	
#	Date 	Time (ET)	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Location/Attendance 	Record
1	Sept 27	7:30 PM 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	2–4 	Detroit Red Wings 	Joe Louis Arena (16,279) 	0–1–0
2	Sept 28	8:30 PM 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	2–0 	Chicago Blackhawks 	United Center (20,195) 	1–1–0
3	Sept 30	7:00 PM 	Chicago Blackhawks 	0–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Consol Energy Center (18,084)	2–1–0
4	Oct 2 	4:00 PM 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	2–0 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Nationwide Arena (11,966) 	3–1–0
5	Oct 5 	7:00 PM 	Detroit Red Wings 	5–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	PPG Paints Arena (17,848) 	3–2–0
6	Oct 8 	4:00 PM 	Columbus Blue Jackets	5–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	PPG Paints Arena (18,258) 	3–3–0
=== Statistics ===
Final
Note – Statistics compiled from Official Game/Event Summaries from NHL.com
Preseason statistics
 Skaters
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	5	2	3	5	1	4
 	4	0	3	3	4	2
 	3	2	1	3	3	4
 	2	2	0	2	2	0
 	2	1	1	2	 	2
 	4	2	0	2	1	24
 	5	2	0	2	2	0
 	1	0	1	1	2	0
 	2	0	1	1	 	2
 	2	0	1	1	 	0
 	3	0	1	1	 	0
 	2	0	1	1	2	0
 	3	0	1	1	 	0
 	4	0	1	1	 	0
 	3	0	1	1	0	0
 	4	0	1	1	4	0
 	5	0	1	1	1	2
 	4	0	1	1	1	0
 	5	1	0	1	0	2
 	4	0	1	1	1	0
 	2	0	0	0	 	0
 	1	0	0	0	 	0
 	1	0	0	0	1	0
 	1	0	0	0	0	0
 	1	0	0	0	0	0
 	1	0	0	0	0	2
 	1	0	0	0	0	0
 	2	0	0	0	 	0
 	2	0	0	0	 	2
 	2	0	0	0	 	0
 	2	0	0	0	0	2
 	3	0	0	0	1	11
 	5	0	0	0	0	17
 	4	0	0	0	0	4
 	4	0	0	0	 	2
 	4	0	0	0	 	4
 	5	0	0	0	0	2
 Goaltenders 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	2 	2	119:50	2	0	0	0 	0.00	54 	1.000	2	0	0	0
 	4 	4	213:49	1	3	0	12	3.37	103	0.896	1	0	0	0
 	1 	0	18:10 	0	0	0	1 	3.30	5 	0.800	0	0	0	0
Total 	Total	6	351:49	3	3	0	13	2.22	162	0.926	3	0	0	0
== Regular season ==
=== Game log ===
=== Season standings ===
==== Division ====
==== Wild Card ====
=== Detailed records ===
Final
Eastern Conference 	Eastern Conference	Eastern Conference	Eastern Conference	Eastern Conference	Eastern Conference	Eastern Conference	Eastern Conference	Eastern Conference	Eastern Conference	Eastern Conference
Atlantic 	GP 	W 	L 	OT 	SHOTS 	GF 	GA 	PP 	PK 	FO W–L
Boston Bruins 	3 	2 	1 	0 	96–126 	12 	8 	4–10 	1–13 	87–118
Buffalo Sabres 	3 	2 	0 	1 	127–112 	8 	5 	3–10 	1–10 	97–102
Detroit Red Wings 	3 	1 	2 	0 	94–89 	10 	14 	1–11 	1–11 	86–102
Florida Panthers 	3 	3 	0 	0 	80–72 	12 	3 	1–9 	2–11 	77–85
Montreal Canadiens 	3 	2 	1 	0 	103–92 	8 	8 	1–15 	1–9 	99–116
Ottawa Senators 	3 	1 	1 	1 	111–97 	10 	10 	1–10 	6–12 	91–103
Tampa Bay Lightning	3 	3 	0 	0 	112–82 	15 	7 	6–11 	3–11 	97–85
Toronto Maple Leafs	3 	1 	1 	1 	101–115 	8 	8 	3–9 	1–9 	79–86
Division Total 	24 	15 	6 	3 	824–785 	83 	63 	20–84 	16–85 	713–797
Metropolitan 	GP	W 	L 	OT	SHOTS 	GF 	GA 	PP 	PK 	FO W–L
Carolina Hurricanes 	4 	4 	0 	0 	115–139 	16 	6 	4–9 	2–11 	109–137
Columbus Blue Jackets	4 	2 	1 	1 	125–137 	10 	13 	1–8 	1–8 	95–135
New Jersey Devils 	5 	5 	0 	0 	188–151 	25 	14 	5–17 	4–18 	170–175
New York Islanders 	4 	2 	1 	1 	144–135 	13 	12 	3–14 	2–13 	128–127
New York Rangers 	5 	3 	2 	0 	175–139 	20 	14 	3–13 	3–10 	149–165
Philadelphia Flyers 	4 	2 	2 	0 	106–141 	11 	16 	3–11 	3–12 	102–143
Pittsburgh Penguins 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Washington Capitals 	4 	2 	2 	0 	125–138 	13 	21 	4–13 	5–19 	122–162
Division Total 	30	20	8 	2 	978–980 	108	96 	23–95 	20–91 	841–1006
Conference Total 	54	35	14	5 	1802–1765	191	159	43–170	35–177	1588–1841
Western Conference 	Western Conference	Western Conference	Western Conference	Western Conference	Western Conference	Western Conference	Western Conference	Western Conference	Western Conference	Western Conference
Central 	GP 	W 	L 	OT 	SHOTS 	GF 	GA 	PP 	PK 	FO W–L
Chicago Blackhawks 	2 	0 	2 	0 	69–65 	2 	9 	0–2 	0–5 	56–48
Colorado Avalanche 	2 	1 	0 	1 	61–59 	7 	5 	3–8 	3–9 	66–54
Dallas Stars 	2 	1 	1 	0 	60–67 	8 	5 	1–6 	1–4 	69–55
Minnesota Wild 	2 	0 	2 	0 	77–80 	4 	10 	2–7 	4–7 	63–63
Nashville Predators	2 	1 	1 	0 	73–69 	5 	7 	1–5 	2–6 	68–71
St. Louis Blues 	2 	1 	1 	0 	65–51 	4 	4 	0–11 	1–4 	61–65
Winnipeg Jets 	2 	2 	0 	0 	71–82 	11 	7 	4–7 	0–9 	65–71
Division Total 	14 	6 	7 	1 	476–473 	41 	47 	11–46 	11–44 	448–427
Pacific 	GP	W 	L 	OT	SHOTS 	GF 	GA 	PP 	PK 	FO W–L
Anaheim Ducks 	2 	2 	0 	0 	79–69 	8 	3 	2–6 	2–6 	53–72
Arizona Coyotes 	2 	1 	0 	1 	65–57 	10 	4 	2–11 	1–7 	71–54
Calgary Flames 	2 	0 	0 	2 	68–60 	5 	5 	1–6 	1–7 	68–56
Edmonton Oilers 	2 	2 	0 	0 	63–70 	6 	5 	0–5 	1–4 	39–65
Los Angeles Kings	2 	0 	0 	2 	62–55 	2 	4 	0–7 	0–4 	60–70
San Jose Sharks 	2 	2 	0 	0 	45–66 	8 	2 	1–6 	0–8 	58–68
Vancouver Canucks	2 	2 	0 	0 	90–56 	7 	0 	0–5 	0–2 	66–49
Division Total 	14	9 	0 	4 	472–433 	46 	23 	6–46 	5–38 	405–434
Conference Total 	28	15	7 	6 	948–906 	87 	70 	17–92 	15–81 	863–861
NHL Total 	82	50	21	11	2750–2672	278	229	58–262	52–259	2472–2702
== Playoffs ==
=== Game log ===
2017 Stanley Cup playoffs	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M3) Columbus Blue Jackets: Penguins won 4–1
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"	# 	Date 	Visitor	Score 	Home	OT 	Starting Goalie	Attendance	Series	Recap
1 	April 12 	Columbus 	1–3 	Pittsburgh	 	Fleury	18,563 	1–0 	Recap 	
2 	April 14 	Columbus 	1–4 	Pittsburgh	 	Fleury	18,622 	2–0 	Recap 	
3 	April 16 	Pittsburgh	5–4 	Columbus 	OT 	Fleury	19,092 	3–0 	Recap 	
4 	April 18 	Pittsburgh	4–5 	Columbus 	 	Fleury	19,093 	3–1 	Recap 	
5 	April 20 	Columbus 	2–5 	Pittsburgh	 	Fleury	18,585 	4–1 	Recap 	
==Statistics==
Final
===Skaters===
 Regular season 
Player 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	75 	44 	45 	89 	17	24
 	62 	33 	39 	72 	18	77
 	82 	23 	47 	70 	3 	20
 	61 	23 	30 	53 	24	22
 	78 	12 	39 	51 	27	34
 	70 	21 	23 	44 	16	28
 	80 	18 	19 	37 	 	16
 	41 	5 	29 	34 	2 	32
 	40 	16 	17 	33 	8 	10
 	72 	13 	18 	31 	4 	30
 	71 	9 	20 	29 	0 	36
 	57 	14 	13 	27 	3 	8
 	79 	8 	18 	26 	0 	32
 	81 	5 	21 	26 	26	70
 	61 	6 	16 	22 	10	16
 	55 	5 	14 	19 	8 	37
 	57 	4 	12 	16 	10	18
 	70 	1 	14 	15 	 	14
‡ 	52 	6 	5 	11 	2 	14
 	34 	2 	8 	10 	8 	8
 	55 	1 	6 	7 	17	12
 	27 	3 	4 	7 	2 	4
† 	19 	1 	5 	6 	 	6
 	12 	1 	3 	4 	1 	13
 	10 	3 	0 	3 	3 	4
† 	16 	0 	3 	3 	8 	4
 	13 	0 	2 	2 	0 	48
 	2 	0 	1 	1 	 	0
 	7 	0 	1 	1 	0 	6
‡ 	11 	0 	1 	1 	2 	24
 	10 	0 	0 	0 	 	2
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	 	2
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	11 	0 	0 	0 	 	4
Total 	Total 	278	472	750	48	670
Team Total	Team Total	278	474	752	48	694
 Playoffs 
Player 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	25 	10	18 	28 	9 	51
 	24 	8 	19 	27 	4 	10
 	25 	8 	15 	23 	12	2
 	25 	13	8 	21 	1 	8
 	21 	4 	9 	13 	3 	4
 	20 	2 	9 	11 	6 	27
 	23 	7 	2 	9 	5 	10
 	19 	5 	4 	9 	6 	18
 	25 	2 	7 	9 	 	24
 	25 	0 	9 	9 	2 	22
 	25 	2 	6 	8 	8 	12
 	25 	2 	6 	8 	6 	4
 	21 	4 	3 	7 	4 	2
 	22 	2 	5 	7 	 	2
 	21 	3 	3 	6 	4 	6
 	25 	1 	5 	6 	10	6
 	21 	1 	4 	5 	7 	24
 	20 	0 	3 	3 	3 	4
 	11 	1 	1 	2 	2 	4
 	3 	0 	2 	2 	 	0
 	15 	2 	0 	2 	 	19
 	6 	0 	0 	0 	 	4
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	 	2
Total 	Total 	78	140	218	20	290
Team Total	Team Total	78	140	218	20	308
* Team Total includes Skater Statistics, Goaltender Statistics and Bench Minor Penalties.
===Goaltenders===
 Regular season 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	49 	47	2,764:28	32	10	4 	111	2.41	1450	0.923	4	0	2	0
 	38 	34	2,125:15	18	10	7 	107	3.02	1182	0.909	1	0	0	6
 	1 	1 	58:45 	0 	1 	0 	3 	3.08	25 	0.880	0	0	0	0
‡ 	1 	0 	20:00 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0.00	7 	1.000	0	0	0	0
Total 	Total	82	4,968:28	50	21	11	221	2.67	2664	0.917	5	0	2	6
 Playoffs 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	15 	15	866:04 	9 	4	2	37	2.56	490	0.924	2	0	0	0
 	11 	10	667:35 	7 	3	0	19	1.70	303	0.937	3	0	0	0
Total 	Total	25	1,533:39	16	7	2	56	2.19	793	0.929	5	0	0	0
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Statistics reflect time with the Penguins only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Penguins only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
==Roster==
Final
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== Notable achievements ==
=== Awards ===
 Regular season
Player	Award 	Awarded
 	NHL Third Star of the Week 	January 2, 2017
 	NHL Second Star of the Month	January 3, 2017
 	NHL First Star of the Week 	January 23, 2017
 	NHL Second Star of the Week 	March 20, 2017
=== Milestones ===
 Regular season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
 	1,300th career NHL game 	October 22, 2016
 	100th career NHL game 	October 25, 2016
 	300th career NHL goal 	October 29, 2016
 	100th career NHL assist 	November 5, 2016
 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point	November 21, 2016
 	600th career NHL point 	November 25, 2016
J. Guentzel	1st career NHL assist 	November 25, 2016
 	100th career NHL assist 	November 25, 2016
 	100th career NHL goal 	December 1, 2016
 	1st career NHL hat-trick 	December 5, 2016
 	300th career NHL game 	December 22, 2016
 	200th career NHL game 	December 23, 2016
 	1st career NHL goal 	December 23, 2016
E. Malkin 	800th career NHL point 	December 27, 2016
 	300th career NHL game 	January 16, 2017
J. Schultz 	100th career NHL assist 	January 16, 2017
E. Fehr 	200th career NHL point 	January 20, 2017
B. Rust 	100th career NHL game 	January 26, 2017
 	1st career NHL game 	January 31, 2017
P. Kessel 	800th career NHL game 	February 3, 2017
C. Rowney 	1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 	February 4, 2017
 	1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point 	February 11, 2017
 	200th career NHL assist 	February 14, 2017
 	600th career NHL game 	February 16, 2017
 	1,000th career NHL point 	February 16, 2017
E. Malkin 	500th career NHL assist 	February 17, 2017
C. Hagelin 	400th career NHL game 	February 21, 2017
E. Malkin 	700th career NHL game 	March 3, 2017
 	900th career NHL game 	March 13, 2017
C. Rowney 	1st career NHL goal 	March 17, 2017
S. Crosby 	10th career NHL hat-trick 	March 19, 2017
N. Bonino 	400th career NHL game 	March 24, 2017
C. Sheary 	100th career NHL game 	March 29, 2017
 	100th career NHL game 	April 4, 2017
 	1st career NHL game 	April 9, 2017
 	1st career NHL game 	April 9, 2017
 Playoffs
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
 	1st career playoff game 	April 12, 2017
 	1st career playoff game 	April 12, 2017
 	1st career playoff game 	April 12, 2017
 	1st career playoff game 	April 12, 2017
 	100th career playoff game 	April 14, 2017
 	50th career playoff goal 	April 14, 2017
J. Guentzel	1st career playoff assist1st career playoff goal1st career playoff point	April 14, 2017
R. Hainsey 	1st career playoff assist1st career playoff point 	April 16, 2017
 	50th career playoff goal 	April 16, 2017
J. Guentzel	1st career playoff hat-trick 	April 16, 2017
R. Hainsey 	1st career playoff goal 	April 18, 2017
 	50th career playoff point 	April 20, 2017
S. Wilson 	1st career playoff goal1st career playoff point 	April 20, 2017
S. Wilson 	1st career playoff assist 	April 27, 2017
M. Cullen 	50th career playoff point 	April 29, 2017
 	1st career playoff goal 	May 1, 2017
 	100th career playoff game 	May 3, 2017
 	1st career playoff game 	May 8, 2017
S. Crosby 	150th career playoff point 	May 8, 2017
 	10th career playoff shutout 	May 15, 2017
 	1st career playoff game 	May 19, 2017
 	1st career playoff goal 	May 19, 2017
C. Rowney 	1st career playoff assist1st career playoff point 	May 21, 2017
S. Crosby 	100th career playoff assist 	May 21, 2017
E. Malkin 	150th career playoff point 	May 21, 2017
==Transactions==
The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season:
===Trades===
	To New Jersey Devils
----
Beau Bennett	To Pittsburgh Penguins
----
2016 third-round pick
	To Ottawa Senators
----
Mike Condon	To Pittsburgh Penguins
----
2017 fifth-round pick
	To St. Louis Blues
----
Reid McNeill	To Pittsburgh Penguins
----
Danny Kristo
	To Carolina Hurricanes
----
Danny Kristo2017 second-round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins
----
Ron Hainsey
	To Toronto Maple Leafs
----
Eric FehrSteven Oleksy2017 fourth-round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins
----
Frank Corrado
	To Tampa Bay Lightning
----
2018 fourth-round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins
----
Mark Streit
;Notes
*Carolina to retain 50% ($1.25 million) of salary as part of trade.
*Tampa Bay to retain 50% ($2.50 million) of salary as part of trade.
=== Free agents ===
Player 	Acquired from 	Lost to 	Date	Contract terms
Matthias Plachta	 	Adler Mannheim 	 	N/A
Stuart Percy 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	 	 	1 year/$575,000
David Warsofsky 	New Jersey Devils 	 	 	1 year/$575,000
Ben Lovejoy 	 	New Jersey Devils 	 	3 years/$7.98 million
Cameron Gaunce 	Florida Panthers 	 	 	1 year/$575,000
Chad Ruhwedel 	Buffalo Sabres 	 	 	1 year/$575,000
Jeff Zatkoff 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	 	2 years/$1.80 million
Will O'Neill 	 	Philadelphia Flyers	 	2 years/$1.225 million
Garrett Wilson 	Florida Panthers 	 	 	1 year/$575,000
Kael Mouillierat	 	Luleå HF 	 	1 year
James Melindy 	 	Wichita Thunder 	 	1 year
Thomas Di Pauli 	University of Notre Dame	 	 	2 years/$1.85 million
Harrison Ruopp 	 	Allen Americans 	 	1 year
Tyler Biggs 	 	Kalamazoo Wings 	 	1 year
Zach Aston-Reese	Northeastern University 	 	 	2 years/$1.85 million
=== Waivers ===
Player 	Claimed from 	Lost to	Date
Mike Condon	Montreal Canadiens	 	October 11, 2016
=== Signings ===
Player 	Date	Contract terms
Tom Sestito 	 	1 year/$575,000
Steven Oleksy 	 	1 year/$575,000
Justin Schultz 	 	1 year/$1.4 million
Matt Cullen 	 	1 year/$1 million
Jeff Taylor 	 	2 years/$1.85 million
Filip Gustavsson	 	3 years/$2.775 million
=== Other ===
Name 	Date 	Details
Jim Rutherford	July 1, 2016 	3 years contract extension
Jacques Martin	July 1, 2016 	2 years contract extension
Mike Sullivan 	December 26, 2016	3 years contract extension
Notes
* – Two-way contract
* – Entry-level contract
==Draft picks==
Below are the Pittsburgh Penguins' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2 	55 	Filip Gustavsson 	G 	 	Lulea HF (SHL)
2 	61 	Kasper Bjorkqvist	RW 	 	Espoo Blues (Liiga)
3 	77 	Connor Hall 	D 	 	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
4 	121	Ryan Jones 	D 	 	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
5 	151	Niclas Almari 	D 	 	Jokerit-jr. (FIN-jr.)
6 	181	Joseph Masonius 	D 	 	Connecticut Huskies (NCAA)
;Draft notes
* The Pittsburgh Penguins first-round pick went to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a July 1, 2015 trade that sent Phil Kessel, Tyler Biggs, Tim Erixon, a 2016 second-round conditional pick and cash to the Penguins in exchange for a Scott Harrington, Kasperi Kapanen, Nick Spaling, 2016 third-round pick and this conditional pick.
**Condition(s) – 2016 first-round pick if Penguins qualify for 2016 playoffs, 2017 first-round pick if Penguins qualify for 2017 playoffs, else 2017 second-round pick.
* The Vancouver Canucks second-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a July 28, 2015 trade that sent Brandon Sutter and a 2016 third-round pick to the Canucks in exchange for Nick Bonino, Adam Clendening and this pick.
* The Toronto Maple Leafs second-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a July 1, 2015 trade that sent Scott Harrington, Kasperi Kapanen, Nick Spaling, a 2016 first-round conditional pick and a 2016 third-round pick to the Maple Leafs in exchange for Phil Kessel, Tyler Biggs, Tim Erixon, cash and this conditional pick.
**Condition(s) – 2016 first-round pick if Penguins qualify for 2016 playoffs, 2017 first-round pick if Penguins qualify for 2017 playoffs.
* The Pittsburgh Penguins third-round pick (from Buffalo Sabres via New York Islanders originally Vancouver Canucks) went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a July 28, 2015 trade that sent Nick Bonino, Adam Clendening and a 2016 second-round pick to the Penguins in exchange for a Brandon Sutter and this pick.
* The Pittsburgh Penguins third-round pick (originally New Jersey Devils) went to the Toronto Maple Leafs as a result of a July 1, 2015 trade that sent Phil Kessel, Tyler Biggs, Tim Erixon, a 2016 second-round conditional pick and cash to the Penguins in exchange for Scott Harrington, Kasperi Kapanen, Nick Spaling, 2016 first-round conditional pick and this pick.
* The New Jersey Devils third-round pick (originally Detroit Red Wings) went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a June 25, 2016 trade that sent Beau Bennett to the Devils in exchange for this pick.
* The Pittsburgh Penguins third-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a February 27, 2016 trade that sent Justin Schultz to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.
* The Pittsburgh Penguins seventh-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a March 2, 2015 trade that sent Ian Cole to the Penguins in exchange for Robert Bortuzzo and this pick.
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