2017–18 Pittsburgh Penguins season
2017–18 Pittsburgh Penguins | |
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Division | 2nd Metropolitan |
Conference | 5th Eastern |
2017–18 record | 47–29–6 |
Home record | 30–9–2 |
Road record | 17–20–4 |
Goals for | 272 |
Goals against | 250 |
Team information | |
General manager | Jim Rutherford |
Coach | Mike Sullivan |
Captain | Sidney Crosby |
Alternate captains | Kris Letang Evgeni Malkin |
Arena | PPG Paints Arena |
Average attendance | 18,578 (101.0%)[1] (42 games) |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) Wheeling Nailers (ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Evgeni Malkin (42) |
Assists | Sidney Crosby (60) |
Points | Evgeni Malkin (98) |
Penalty minutes | Evgeni Malkin (87) |
Plus/minus | Justin Schultz (+20) |
Wins | Matt Murray (27) |
Goals against average | Casey DeSmith (2.40) |
The 2017–18 Pittsburgh Penguins season is the 51st season for the National Hockey League ice hockey team that was established on June 5, 1967.[2] They will enter the season as two-time defending Stanley Cup champions. It is the first season since the 2002–03 season in which the team will play without goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, who was drafted to the Vegas Golden Knights in the expansion draft.
Standings
Divisional standings
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | y – Washington Capitals | 82 | 49 | 26 | 7 | 46 | 259 | 239 | +20 | 105 |
2 | x – Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 47 | 29 | 6 | 45 | 272 | 250 | +22 | 100 |
3 | x – Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 42 | 26 | 14 | 40 | 251 | 243 | +8 | 98 |
4 | x – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 39 | 242 | 230 | +12 | 97 |
5 | x – New Jersey Devils | 82 | 44 | 29 | 9 | 39 | 248 | 244 | +4 | 97 |
6 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 33 | 228 | 256 | −28 | 83 |
7 | New York Islanders | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 32 | 264 | 296 | −32 | 80 |
8 | New York Rangers | 82 | 34 | 39 | 9 | 31 | 231 | 268 | −37 | 77 |
Conference standings
Template:2017–18 NHL Eastern Conference standings
Schedule and results
Preseason
The preseason schedule was released on June 19, 2017.[4]
2017 preseason game log: 3–3–1 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = OT/SO Loss |
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Regular season
The regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.[5]
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October: 7–5–1 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 3–5–0), 15 points
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November: 6–5–2 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–3–2), 14 points
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December: 6–8–0 (Home: 4–4–0 ; Road: 2–4–0), 12 points
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January: 9–3–0 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0), 18 points
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February: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–1), 17 points
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March: 9–4–2 (Home: 6–0–1 ; Road: 3–4–1), 20 points
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April: 2–1–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–0–0), 4 points
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Legend: = Win = Loss = OT/SO Loss |
Detailed records
Final[6]
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Atlantic | GP | W | L | OT | SHOTS | GF | GA | PP | PK | FO W–L |
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Boston Bruins | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 81–96 | 13 | 17 | 3–8 | 3–9 | 97–106 |
Buffalo Sabres | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 99–99 | 14 | 5 | 2–12 | 2–11 | 102–83 |
Detroit Red Wings | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 98–79 | 7 | 10 | 3–10 | 2–10 | 101–84 |
Florida Panthers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 118–107 | 13 | 12 | 5–8 | 1–10 | 79–110 |
Montreal Canadiens | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 111–76 | 15 | 8 | 6–10 | 2–5 | 106–85 |
Ottawa Senators | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80–90 | 13 | 4 | 2–9 | 1–9 | 88–101 |
Tampa Bay Lightning | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 103–101 | 10 | 14 | 5–14 | 6–16 | 118–100 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 115–83 | 10 | 12 | 1–8 | 3–5 | 97–102 |
Division total | 24 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 774–698 | 95 | 82 | 27–79 | 20–75 | 788–771 |
Metropolitan | GP | W | L | OT | SHOTS | GF | GA | PP | PK | FO W–L |
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Carolina Hurricanes | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 121–129 | 10 | 8 | 1–6 | 0–7 | 123–114 |
Columbus Blue Jackets | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 144–132 | 16 | 12 | 6–12 | 2–12 | 138–133 |
New Jersey Devils | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 132–141 | 10 | 13 | 0–7 | 3–9 | 136–123 |
New York Islanders | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 157–124 | 12 | 9 | 4–8 | 1–15 | 115–131 |
New York Rangers | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 164–122 | 16 | 14 | 2–12 | 4–12 | 119–111 |
Philadelphia Flyers | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 137–133 | 20 | 11 | 5–13 | 2–16 | 104–133 |
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Washington Capitals | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 140–120 | 12 | 13 | 6–19 | 2–18 | 121–138 |
Division total | 28 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 993–901 | 95 | 80 | 24–77 | 14–89 | 856–883 |
Conference total | 52 | 33 | 17 | 2 | 1747–1598 | 191 | 162 | 51–156 | 34–164 | 1644–1657 |
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Central | GP | W | L | OT | SHOTS | GF | GA | PP | PK | FO W–L |
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Chicago Blackhawks | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 65–82 | 2 | 12 | 1–5 | 2–11 | 72–68 |
Colorado Avalanche | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 76–65 | 3 | 6 | 0–6 | 1–8 | 51–56 |
Dallas Stars | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 67–54 | 6 | 4 | 1–7 | 1–7 | 50–70 |
Minnesota Wild | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 69–55 | 7 | 5 | 3–5 | 1–9 | 58–55 |
Nashville Predators | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 64–54 | 8 | 4 | 0–9 | 2–11 | 60–71 |
St. Louis Blues | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56–68 | 8 | 6 | 1–7 | 1–7 | 70–66 |
Winnipeg Jets | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 68–55 | 3 | 8 | 1–7 | 1–5 | 62–58 |
Division total | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 425–395 | 36 | 43 | 7–43 | 7–53 | 383–415 |
Pacific | GP | W | L | OT | SHOTS | GF | GA | PP | PK | FO W–L |
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Anaheim Ducks | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 62–56 | 3 | 9 | 2–6 | 1–4 | 60–57 |
Arizona Coyotes | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70–42 | 7 | 3 | 1–10 | 0–3 | 64–55 |
Calgary Flames | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 76–72 | 5 | 5 | 0–3 | 1–6 | 61–60 |
Edmonton Oilers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74–67 | 5 | 3 | 2–7 | 1–7 | 65–56 |
Los Angeles Kings | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70–64 | 6 | 2 | 2–9 | 1–5 | 57–54 |
San Jose Sharks | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 63–78 | 6 | 4 | 0–6 | 3–8 | 68–57 |
Vancouver Canucks | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 84–58 | 4 | 9 | 3–9 | 2–5 | 63–65 |
Vegas Golden Knights | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 63–51 | 6 | 6 | 0–8 | 1–5 | 66–44 |
Division total | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 562–488 | 42 | 41 | 10–58 | 10–41 | 504–448 |
Conference total | 30 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 987–883 | 79 | 84 | 17–101 | 15–96 | 887–863 |
NHL total | 82 | 47 | 29 | 6 | 2787–2479 | 270 | 246 | 68–257 | 49–260 | 2528–2517 |
Playoffs
Game log
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Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M3) Philadelphia Flyers: Penguins won 4–2
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Eastern Conference Second Round vs. (M1) Washington Capitals: Capitals lead 3–2
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Playoff series win |
Player statistics
As of April 26, 2018[7]
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Goaltenders
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Matt Murray | 49 | 45 | 2,732:58 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 133 | 2.92 | 1423 | 0.907 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Tristan Jarry | 26 | 23 | 1,363:16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 63 | 2.77 | 687 | 0.908 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Casey DeSmith | 14 | 11 | 700:09 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 2.40 | 356 | 0.921 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Antti Niemi‡ | 3 | 3 | 128:08 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7.49 | 79 | 0.797 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 82 | 4,922:31 | 47 | 29 | 6 | 239 | 2.91 | 2545 | 0.906 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Matt Murray | 7 | 7 | 414:22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2.17 | 180 | .917 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 7 | 414:22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2.17 | 180 | .917 | 2 | 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
Updated December 3, 2024[15][16]
Notable achievements
Awards
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Team awards
Awarded week of April 01
Player | Award | Notes |
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Kris Letang | Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy nominee | The Pittsburgh Chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association votes for the Penguins’ Masterton nominee. Each NHL team selects a Masterton candidate from which the overall winner is chosen. The Masterton candidate is nominated as the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey. Sponsor: Verizon Wireless |
Sidney Crosby | Player's Player Award | The players hold a vote at the end of the season for the player they feel exemplifies leadership for the team, both on and off the ice, a player dedicated to teamwork. Sponsor: UPMC[disambiguation needed] |
Matt Murray | Edward J. DeBartolo Award | The award recognizes the player who has donated a tremendous amount of time and effort during the season working on community and charity projects. Sponsor: PNC Wealth Management |
Evgeni Malkin | Most Valuable Player | Based on the overall contribution the player makes to the team. Sponsor: PPG Paints |
Milestones
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Transactions
The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.
Trades
Notes:
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