2020–21 Pittsburgh Penguins season

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[[2020–21 {{{League}}} season|2020–21]] Pittsburgh Penguins
East Division Champions
Division 1st East
2020–21 record 37–16–3
Home record 22–4–2
Road record 15–12–1
Goals for 196
Goals against 156
Team information
General Manager Jim Rutherford (Jan. 13 – Jan. 27)
Patrik Allvin[1] (interim) (Jan. 27 – Feb. 9)
Ron Hextall (Feb. 9 – present)
Coach Mike Sullivan
Captain Sidney Crosby
Alternate captains Kris Letang
Evgeni Malkin
Arena PPG Paints Arena
Team leaders
Goals Sidney Crosby (24)
Assists Sidney Crosby
Kris Letang (38)
Points Sidney Crosby (62)
Penalties in minutes Kris Letang (32)
Plus/minus Kris Letang (+19)
Wins Tristan Jarry (25)
Goals against average Casey DeSmith (2.54)
<2019–20 2021–22>

The 2020–21 Pittsburgh Penguins season is the 54th season for the National Hockey League team that was established on June 5, 1967.[2] 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 will play this season in the East Division and will only play games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds 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).[3] 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.[4]

Standings

Divisional standings

East Division
Pos Team
GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Pittsburgh Penguins 56 37 16 3 29 196 156 +40 77
2 x – Washington Capitals 56 36 15 5 29 191 163 +28 77
3 x – Boston Bruins 56 33 16 7 25 168 136 +32 73
4 x – New York Islanders 56 32 17 7 24 156 128 +28 71
5 e – New York Rangers 56 27 23 6 24 177 157 +20 60
6 e – Philadelphia Flyers 56 25 23 8 17 163 201 −38 58
7 e – New Jersey Devils 56 19 30 7 15 145 194 −49 45
8 e – Buffalo Sabres 56 15 34 7 11 138 199 −61 37
Source: National Hockey League[5]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[6]

2020–21 game log
January: 5–3–1 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 1–3–1)
February: 6–5–0 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 3–4–0)
March: 12–3–1 (Home: 9–2–1 ; Road: 3–1–0)
April: 10–4–1 (Home: 5–1–1 ; Road: 5–3–0)
May: 4–1–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–0)
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = OT/SO Loss           = Postponement

Playoffs

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Main article: 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs
2021 Stanley Cup playoffs
East Division First Round vs. (E4) New York Islanders: Series tied 1–1
# 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 – NY Islanders
4 May 22 Pittsburgh – NY Islanders
5 May 24 NY Islanders – Pittsburgh
6 May 26 Pittsburgh – NY Islanders (if necessary)
7 May 28 NY Islanders – Pittsburgh (if necessary)
Legend:           = Win           = Loss

Player statistics

As of May 8, 2021

Skaters

Regular season[8]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Sidney Crosby 55 24 38 62 +8 26
Jake Guentzel 56 23 34 57 +7 28
Kris Letang 55 7 38 45 +19 32
Bryan Rust 56 22 20 42 +9 18
Jared McCann 43 14 18 32 +17 8
Kasperi Kapanen 40 11 19 30 +15 7
Evgeni Malkin 33 8 20 28 −4 24
Teddy Blueger 43 7 15 22 +10 16
Jason Zucker 38 9 9 18 −8 21
Cody Ceci 53 4 13 17 +18 10
Brandon Tanev 32 7 9 16 +12 22
Mike Matheson 44 5 11 16 +9 28
Zach Aston-Reese 45 9 6 15 +10 15
Evan Rodrigues 35 7 7 14 −3 6
Brian Dumoulin 41 4 10 14 +18 12
John Marino 52 3 10 13 +5 8
Jeff Carter† 14 9 2 11 +9 0
Mark Jankowski 45 4 7 11 +4 6
Colton Sceviour 46 5 5 10 0 2
Frederick Gaudreau 19 2 8 10 +10 2
Marcus Pettersson 47 2 7 9 +8 22
Sam Lafferty 34 0 6 6 −6 25
Pierre-Olivier Joseph 16 1 4 5 +1 6
Radim Zohorna 8 2 2 4 +4 4
Anthony Angello 19 2 2 4 +4 8
Mark Friedman 5 2 1 3 +3 5
Chad Ruhwedel 17 0 2 2 +3 14
Drew O'Connor 10 0 1 1 −2 2
Juuso Riikola 2 0 0 0 0 0
Yannick Weber 2 0 0 0 −3 0
Kevin Czuczman 2 0 0 0 −3 0
Josh Currie 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular season[9]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Tristan Jarry 39 38 2,185:18 25 9 3 100 2.75 1,100 .909 2 0 4 8
Casey DeSmith 20 17 1,132:19 11 7 0 48 2.54 543 .912 2 0 1 0
Maxime Lagace 1 1 60:00 1 0 0 0 0.00 29 1.000 1 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.

Current roster

Updated September 3, 2021[10][11]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
57 United States Anthony Angello RW R 28 2014 Manlius, New York
12 United States Zach Aston-Reese C L 29 2017 Staten Island, New York
53 Latvia Teddy Blueger C L 29 2012 Riga, Latvia
11 United States Brian Boyle C L 39 2021 Hingham, Massachusetts
77 Canada Jeff Carter C/RW R 39 2021 London, Ontario
26 Canada Michael Chaput C L 32 2021 Ile Bizard, Quebec
87 Canada Sidney Crosby (C) C L 36 2005 Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia
33 Canada Alex D'Orio G R 25 2017 Sherbrooke, Quebec
1 United States Casey DeSmith Injured Reserve G L 32 2017 Rochester, New Hampshire
70 Canada Louis Domingue G R 32 2021 Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec
8 United States Brian Dumoulin D L 32 2012 Biddeford, Maine
52 Canada Mark Friedman D R 28 2021 Toronto, Ontario
59 United States Jake Guentzel LW L 29 2013 Omaha, Nebraska
43 Canada Danton Heinen LW L 29 2021 Langley, British Columbia
35 Canada Tristan Jarry G L 29 2013 Surrey, British Columbia
42 Finland Kasperi Kapanen RW R 27 2020 Kuopio, Finland
18 United States Sam Lafferty C R 29 2014 Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania
58 Canada Kris Letang (A) D R 37 2005 Montreal, Quebec
71 Russia Evgeni Malkin (A) Injured Reserve C L 37 2004 Magnitogorsk, Soviet Union
6 United States John Marino D R 27 2019 North Easton, Massachusetts
5 Canada Mike Matheson D L 30 2020 Pointe-Claire, Quebec
23 Canada Brock McGinn LW L 30 2021 Fergus, Ontario
10 United States Drew O'Connor LW L 26 2020 Chatham, New Jersey
28 Sweden Marcus Pettersson D L 28 2018 Skellefteå, Sweden
50 Finland Juuso Riikola D L 30 2018 Joensuu, Finland
9 Canada Evan Rodrigues RW R 30 2020 Etobicoke, Ontario
2 United States Chad Ruhwedel D R 34 2016 San Diego, California
17 United States Bryan Rust RW R 32 2010 Pontiac, Michigan
49 Czech Republic Dominik Simon C L 29 2021 Prague, Czech Republic
67 Czech Republic Radim Zohorna C L 28 2020 Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic
16 United States Jason Zucker LW L 32 2020 Newport Beach, California


Transactions

The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.

Trades

Date Details
October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07)[12] To Ottawa Senators
Matt Murray		 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Jonathan Gruden
2nd-round pick in 2020


Draft picks

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See also: List of Pittsburgh Penguins 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 Finland Oulun Kärpät U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga)
3 77 Calle Clang G Sweden Sweden Kristianstads IK (HockeyAllsvenskan)
4 108 Lukas Svejkovsky C United States United States Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
6 170 Chase Yoder C United States United States U.S. NTDP (USHL)

Notes

  1. ↑ Spectators were in attendance, but the exact number was not reported.

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