2016–17 Pittsburgh Penguins season

2016–17 Pittsburgh Penguins
	Stanley Cup champions
	Eastern Conference champions
Division	2nd Metropolitan
Conference	2nd Eastern
2016–17 record	50–21–11
Home record	31–6–4
Road record	19–15–7
Goals for	282
Goals against	234
Team information
General Manager	Jim Rutherford
Coach	Mike Sullivan
Captain	Sidney Crosby
Alternate captains	Chris Kunitz; Evgeni Malkin
Arena	PPG Paints Arena
Average attendance	19,762 (110.2%)[1]; (41 games)
Minor league affiliate(s)	WBS Penguins (AHL); Wheeling Nailers (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Sidney Crosby (44)
Assists	Phil Kessel (47)
Points	Sidney Crosby (89)
Penalties in minutes	Evgeni Malkin (77)
Plus/minus	Justin Schultz (+27)
Wins	Matt Murray (32)
Goals against average	Matt Murray (2.41)

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.^[2] 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 reveling a new Visitor jersey reflecting the same format used in the early 1990s.^[3]

Pre-season

Game log

2016 Pre-season game log: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–1–0)^[4]

Legend: = Win = Loss = OT/SO Loss

Statistics

Final
Note – Statistics compiled from Official Game/Event Summaries from NHL.com

Preseason statistics

Regular season

Game log

2016–17 Schedule^[5]

October: 6–2–1 (Home: 5–0–1 ; Road: 1–2–0), 13 Points

November: 7–5–2 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 4–3–2), 16 Points

December: 12–1–2 (Home: 9–0–1 ; Road: 3–1–1), 26 Points

January: 6–5–0 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 2–4–0), 12 Points

February: 7–2–3 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 3–1–2), 17 Points

March: 9–4–3 (Home: 4–2–1 ; Road: 5–2–2), 21 Points

April: 3–2–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 1–2–0), 6 Points

Legend: = Win = Loss = OT/SO Loss

Season standings

Division

Metropolitan Division
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Washington Capitals	82	55	19	8	53	263	182	+81	118
2	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	50	21	11	46	282	234	+48	111
3	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	50	24	8	47	249	195	+54	108
4	x – New York Rangers	82	48	28	6	45	256	220	+36	102
5	New York Islanders	82	41	29	12	39	241	242	−1	94
6	Philadelphia Flyers	82	39	33	10	32	219	236	−17	88
7	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	31	15	33	215	236	−21	87
8	New Jersey Devils	82	28	40	14	25	183	244	−61	70

Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot.

Wild Card

Top 3 (Metropolitan Division)
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Washington Capitals	82	55	19	8	53	263	182	+81	118
2	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	50	21	11	46	282	234	+48	111
3	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	50	24	8	47	249	195	+54	108

Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot.

Top 3 (Atlantic Division)
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Montreal Canadiens	82	47	26	9	44	226	200	+26	103
2	x – Ottawa Senators	82	44	28	10	38	212	214	−2	98
3	x – Boston Bruins	82	44	31	7	42	234	212	+22	95

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – New York Rangers	82	48	28	6	45	256	220	+36	102
2	AT	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	40	27	15	39	251	242	+9	95

3	ME	New York Islanders	82	41	29	12	39	241	242	−1	94
4	AT	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	42	30	10	38	234	227	+7	94
5	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	82	39	33	10	32	219	236	−17	88
6	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	31	15	33	215	236	−21	87
7	AT	Florida Panthers	82	35	36	11	30	210	237	−27	81
8	AT	Detroit Red Wings	82	33	36	13	24	207	244	−37	79
9	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	33	37	12	31	201	237	−36	78
10	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	28	40	14	25	183	244	−61	70

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot.

Detailed records

Final^[6]

Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
Eastern Conference
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

Central	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
Western Conference
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

Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M3) Columbus Blue Jackets: Penguins won 4–1

Eastern Conference Second Round vs. (M1) Washington Capitals: Penguins won 4–3

Eastern Conference Finals vs. (A2) Ottawa Senators: Penguins won 4–3

Stanley Cup Finals vs. (WC2) Nashville Predators: Penguins won 4–2

Legend: = Win = Loss = Playoff series win

Statistics

Final

Skaters

Regular season^[7]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Sidney Crosby	75	44	45	89	17	24
Evgeni Malkin	62	33	39	72	18	77
Phil Kessel	82	23	47	70	3	20
Conor Sheary	61	23	30	53	24	22
Justin Schultz	78	12	39	51	27	34
Patric Hornqvist	70	21	23	44	16	28
Nick Bonino	80	18	19	37	–5	16
Kris Letang	41	5	29	34	2	32
Jake Guentzel	40	16	17	33	8	10
Matt Cullen	72	13	18	31	4	30
Chris Kunitz	71	9	20	29	0	36
Bryan Rust	57	14	13	27	3	8
Scott Wilson	79	8	18	26	0	32
Ian Cole	81	5	21	26	26	70
Carl Hagelin	61	6	16	22	10	16
Trevor Daley	55	5	14	19	8	37
Tom Kuhnhackl	57	4	12	16	10	18
Brian Dumoulin	70	1	14	15	–3	14
Eric Fehr^‡	52	6	5	11	2	14
Chad Ruhwedel	34	2	8	10	8	8
Olli Maatta	55	1	6	7	17	12
Carter Rowney	27	3	4	7	2	4
Mark Streit^†	19	1	5	6	–2	6
Cameron Gaunce	12	1	3	4	1	13
Josh Archibald	10	3	0	3	3	4
Ron Hainsey^†	16	0	3	3	8	4
Tom Sestito	13	0	2	2	0	48
Dominik Simon	2	0	1	1	–1	0
David Warsofsky	7	0	1	1	0	6
Steven Oleksy^‡	11	0	1	1	2	24
Oskar Sundqvist	10	0	0	0	–4	2
Frank Corrado	2	0	0	0	–1	2
Kevin Porter	2	0	0	0	–1	0
Jean-Sebastien Dea	1	0	0	0	0	2
Derrick Pouliot	11	0	0	0	–4	4
Total		278	472	750	48^[8]	670
Team Total^[A]		278	474	752	48^[8]	694^[9]

Playoffs^[10]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Evgeni Malkin	25	10	18	28	9	51
Sidney Crosby	24	8	19	27	4	10
Phil Kessel	25	8	15	23	12	2
Jake Guentzel	25	13	8	21	1	8
Justin Schultz	21	4	9	13	3	4
Chris Kunitz	20	2	9	11	6	27
Bryan Rust	23	7	2	9	5	10
Patric Hornqvist	19	5	4	9	6	18
Matt Cullen	25	2	7	9	–1	24
Ian Cole	25	0	9	9	2	22
Olli Maatta	25	2	6	8	8	12
Ron Hainsey	25	2	6	8	6	4
Nick Bonino	21	4	3	7	4	2
Conor Sheary	22	2	5	7	–5	2
Scott Wilson	21	3	3	6	4	6
Brian Dumoulin	25	1	5	6	10	6
Trevor Daley	21	1	4	5	7	24
Carter Rowney	20	0	3	3	3	4
Tom Kuhnhackl	11	1	1	2	2	4
Mark Streit	3	0	2	2	–1	0
Carl Hagelin	15	2	0	2	–2	19
Chad Ruhwedel	6	0	0	0	–3	4
Josh Archibald	4	0	0	0	–1	2
Total		78	140	218	20^[11]	290
Team Total^[B]		78	140	218	20^[11]	308^[12]

^A ^B Team Total includes Skater Statistics, Goaltender Statistics and Bench Minor Penalties.

Goaltenders

Regular season^[13]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Matt Murray	49	47	2,764:28	32	10	4	111	2.41	1450	0.923	4	2	0
Marc-Andre Fleury	38	34	2,125:15	18	10	7	107	3.02	1182	0.909	1	0	6
Tristan Jarry	1	1	58:45	0	1	0	3	3.08	25	0.880	0	0	0
Mike Condon^‡	1	0	20:00	0	0	0	0	0.00	7	1.000	0	0	0
Total		82	4,968:28	50	21	11	221	2.67	2664	0.917	5	2	6

Playoffs^[14]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Marc-Andre Fleury	15	15	866:04	9	4	2	37	2.56	490	0.924	2
Matt Murray	11	10	667:35	7	3	0	19	1.70	303	0.937	3
Total		25	1,533:39	16	7	2	56	2.19	793	0.929	5

^†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^[15]

#	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
7001450000000000000♠45	Josh Archibald	RW	R	24	2011	Regina, Saskatchewan
7001130000000000000♠13	Nick Bonino	C	L	29	2015	Hartford, Connecticut
7001280000000000000♠28	Ian Cole	D	L	28	2015	Ann Arbor, Michigan
7001870000000000000♠87	Sidney Crosby (C)	C	L	29	2005	Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia
7000700000000000000♠7	Matt Cullen	C	L	40	2015	Virginia, Minnesota
7000600000000000000♠6	Trevor Daley	D	L	33	2015	Toronto, Ontario
7000800000000000000♠8	Brian Dumoulin	D	L	25	2012	Biddeford, Maine
7001290000000000000♠29	Marc-Andre Fleury	G	L	32	2003	Sorel-Tracy, Quebec
7001590000000000000♠59	Jake Guentzel	C/LW	L	22	2013	Omaha, Nebraska
7001620000000000000♠62	Carl Hagelin	LW	L	28	2016	Nykvarn, Sweden
7001650000000000000♠65	Ron Hainsey	D	L	36	2017	Bolton, Connecticut
7001720000000000000♠72	Patric Hornqvist	RW	R	30	2014	Sollentuna, Sweden
7001810000000000000♠81	Phil Kessel	RW	R	29	2015	Madison, Wisconsin
7001340000000000000♠34	Tom Kuhnhackl	RW	L	25	2010	Landshut, Germany
7001140000000000000♠14	Chris Kunitz (A)	LW	L	37	2009	Regina, Saskatchewan
7001580000000000000♠58	Kris Letang	D	R	30	2005	Montreal, Quebec
7000300000000000000♠3	Olli Maatta	D	L	22	2012	Jyväskylä, Finland
7001710000000000000♠71	Evgeni Malkin (A)	C	L	30	2004	Magnitogorsk, Soviet Union
7001300000000000000♠30	Matt Murray	G	L	23	2012	Thunder Bay, Ontario
7001370000000000000♠37	Carter Rowney	C/RW	R	28	2016	Sexsmith, Alberta
7000200000000000000♠2	Chad Ruhwedel	D	R	27	2016	San Diego, California
7001170000000000000♠17	Bryan Rust	RW	R	25	2010	Pontiac, Michigan
7000400000000000000♠4	Justin Schultz	D	R	26	2016	Kelowna, British Columbia
7001430000000000000♠43	Conor Sheary	LW	L	25	2015	Melrose, Massachusetts
7001320000000000000♠32	Mark Streit	D	L	39	2017	Englisberg, Switzerland
7001230000000000000♠23	Scott Wilson	LW	L	25	2011	Oakville, Ontario

Notable achievements

Awards

Regular season
Player	Award	Awarded
M. Fleury	NHL Third Star of the Week^[16]	January 2, 2017
E. Malkin	NHL Second Star of the Month^[17]	January 3, 2017
C. Sheary	NHL First Star of the Week^[18]	January 23, 2017
S. Crosby	NHL Second Star of the Week^[19]	March 20, 2017

Milestones

Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached
M. Cullen	1,300th career NHL game	October 22, 2016
B. Dumoulin	100th career NHL game	October 25, 2016
E. Malkin	300th career NHL goal	October 29, 2016
C. Hagelin	100th career NHL assist	November 5, 2016
J. Guentzel	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	November 21, 2016
P. Kessel	600th career NHL point	November 25, 2016
J. Guentzel	1st career NHL assist	November 25, 2016
N. Bonino	100th career NHL assist	November 25, 2016
E. Fehr	100th career NHL goal	December 1, 2016
B. Rust	1st career NHL hat-trick	December 5, 2016
J. Schultz	300th career NHL game	December 22, 2016
O. Maatta	200th career NHL game	December 23, 2016
C. Ruhwedel	1st career NHL goal	December 23, 2016
E. Malkin	800th career NHL point	December 27, 2016
I. Cole	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
C. Rowney	1st career NHL game	January 31, 2017
P. Kessel	800th career NHL game	February 3, 2017
C. Rowney	1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	February 4, 2017
J. Archibald	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	February 11, 2017
T. Daley	200th career NHL assist	February 14, 2017
K. Letang	600th career NHL game	February 16, 2017
S. Crosby	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
R. Hainsey	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
S. Wilson	100th career NHL game	April 4, 2017
T. Jarry	1st career NHL game	April 9, 2017
J. Dea	1st career NHL game	April 9, 2017

Playoffs
Player	Milestone	Reached
R. Hainsey	1st career playoff game	April 12, 2017
J. Guentzel	1st career playoff game	April 12, 2017
S. Wilson	1st career playoff game	April 12, 2017
C. Rowney	1st career playoff game	April 12, 2017
M. Cullen	100th career playoff game	April 14, 2017
S. Crosby	50th career playoff goal	April 14, 2017
J. Guentzel	1st career playoff assist 1st career playoff goal 1st career playoff point	April 14, 2017
R. Hainsey	1st career playoff assist 1st career playoff point	April 16, 2017
E. Malkin	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
P. Kessel	50th career playoff point	April 20, 2017
S. Wilson	1st career playoff goal 1st career playoff point	April 20, 2017
S. Wilson	1st career playoff assist	April 27, 2017
M. Cullen	50th career playoff point	April 29, 2017
J. Schultz	1st career playoff goal	May 1, 2017
C. Hagelin	100th career playoff game	May 3, 2017
C. Ruhwedel	1st career playoff game	May 8, 2017
S. Crosby	150th career playoff point	May 8, 2017
M. Fleury	10th career playoff shutout	May 15, 2017
J. Archibald	1st career playoff game	May 19, 2017
O. Maatta	1st career playoff goal	May 19, 2017
C. Rowney	1st career playoff assist 1st 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

June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25)^[20]	To New Jersey Devils Beau Bennett	To Pittsburgh Penguins 2016 third-round pick (#77-Connor Hall)
November 2, 2016 (2016-11-02)^[21]	To Ottawa Senators Mike Condon	To Pittsburgh Penguins 2017 fifth-round pick (#152-Jan Drozg)
November 19, 2016 (2016-11-19)^[22]	To St. Louis Blues Reid McNeill	To Pittsburgh Penguins Danny Kristo
February 23, 2017 (2017-02-23)^[23]	To Carolina Hurricanes Danny Kristo 2017 second-round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins Ron Hainsey^{[Note 1]}
March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01)^[24]	To Toronto Maple Leafs Eric Fehr Steven Oleksy 2017 fourth-round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins Frank Corrado
March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01)^[25]	To Tampa Bay Lightning 2018 fourth-round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins Mark Streit^{[Note 2]}

Notes

^{Note 1} Carolina to retain 50% ($1.25 million) of salary as part of trade.
^{Note 2} 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^[26]		Adler Mannheim	June 30, 2016 (2016-06-30)	N/A
Stuart Percy^[27]	Toronto Maple Leafs		July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	1 year/$575,000
David Warsofsky^[28]	New Jersey Devils		July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	1 year/$575,000
Ben Lovejoy^[29]		New Jersey Devils	July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	3 years/$7.98 million
Cameron Gaunce^[30]	Florida Panthers		July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	1 year/$575,000
Chad Ruhwedel^[31]	Buffalo Sabres		July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	1 year/$575,000
Jeff Zatkoff^[32]		Los Angeles Kings	July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	2 years/$1.80 million
Will O'Neill^[33]		Philadelphia Flyers	July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	2 years/$1.225 million
Garrett Wilson^[34]	Florida Panthers		July 7, 2016 (2016-07-07)	1 year/$575,000
Kael Mouillierat^[35]		Luleå HF	July 21, 2016 (2016-07-21)	1 year
James Melindy^[36]		Wichita Thunder	August 16, 2016 (2016-08-16)	1 year
Thomas Di Pauli^[37]	University of Notre Dame		August 19, 2016 (2016-08-19)	2 years/$1.85 million^[b]
Harrison Ruopp^[38]		Allen Americans	September 28, 2016 (2016-09-28)	1 year
Tyler Biggs^[39]		Kalamazoo Wings	October 19, 2016 (2016-10-19)	1 year
Zach Aston-Reese^[40]	Northeastern University		March 14, 2017 (2017-03-14)	2 years/$1.85 million^[b]

Waivers

Player	Claimed from	Lost to	Date
Mike Condon^[41]	Montreal Canadiens		October 11, 2016

Signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Tom Sestito^[42]	July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	1 year/$575,000^[a]
Steven Oleksy^[43]	July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	1 year/$575,000^[a]
Justin Schultz^[44]	July 13, 2016 (2016-07-13)	1 year/$1.4 million
Matt Cullen^[45]	August 17, 2016 (2016-08-17)	1 year/$1 million
Jeff Taylor^[46]	March 27, 2017 (2017-03-27)	2 years/$1.85 million^[b]
Filip Gustavsson^[47]	June 16, 2017 (2017-06-16)	3 years/$2.775 million^[b]

Other

Name	Date	Details
Jim Rutherford^[48]	July 1, 2016	3 years contract extension
Jacques Martin^[49]	July 1, 2016	2 years contract extension
Mike Sullivan^[50]	December 26, 2016	3 years contract extension

Notes

^a – Two-way contract
^b – 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.^[51]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	55^[a]	Filip Gustavsson	G	Sweden	Lulea HF (SHL)
2	61^[b]	Kasper Bjorkqvist	RW	Finland	Espoo Blues (Liiga)
3	77^[c]	Connor Hall	D	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
4	121	Ryan Jones	D	United States	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
5	151	Niclas Almari	D	Finland	Jokerit-jr. (FIN-jr.)
6	181	Joseph Masonius	D	United States	Connecticut Huskies (NCAA)

Draft notes^[52]

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.^[53]
- 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.
^a 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.^[54]
^b 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.^[53]
- 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.^[54]
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.^[53]
^c 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.^[20]
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.^[55]
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.^[56]

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[condon_trade-21] "Pens Acquire 2017 5th Rd Draft Pick for Mike Condon". Pittsburgh Penguins. November 2, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.

[kristo_trade-22] "Penguins Acquire Kristo From Blues". Pittsburgh Penguins. November 19, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.

[hainsey_trade-23] "Penguins Acquire Defenseman Ron Hainsey". Pittsburgh Penguins. February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.

[corrado_trade-24] "Penguins Acquire Defenseman Frank Corrado". Pittsburgh Penguins. March 1, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2017.

[streit_trade-25] "Penguins Acquire Defenseman Mark Streit". Pittsburgh Penguins. March 1, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2017.

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[34] "Penguins Sign Forward Garrett Wilson". Pittsburgh Penguins. July 7, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.

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[44] "Penguins Re-Sign Defenseman Justin Schultz to a One-Year Contract". Pittsburgh Penguins. July 13, 2016.

[45] "Penguins Re-Sign Forward Matt Cullen to a One-Year Contract". Pittsburgh Penguins. August 17, 2016.

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[47] "Pens Sign Goalie Filip Gustavsson to a Three-Year Entry-Level Contract". nhl.com. Retrieved June 16, 2017.

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[TORTRADE-53] 1 2 3 "Penguins acquire Kessel from Maple Leafs". National Hockey League. July 1, 2015.

[SUTTER-54] 1 2 "Penguins Acquire Forward Nick Bonino, Defenseman Adam Clendening and a 2016 Second-Round Pick from the Vancouver Canucks for Brandon Sutter and a 2016 Third-Round Draft Pick". National Hockey League. July 28, 2015.

[55] "Penguins Acquire Defenseman Justin Schultz from the Edmonton Oilers for a 2016 Third-Round Draft Pick". National Hockey League. February 27, 2016.

[56] "Penguins Acquire Defenseman Ian Cole from the St. Louis Blues in Exchange for Robert Bortuzzo and a 2016 Seventh-Round Draft Pick – Pittsburgh Penguins – News". Pittsburgh Penguins. March 2, 2015.

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Pittsburgh Penguins seasons
1960s	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

2016–17 NHL season
Pacific	Anaheim Ducks Arizona Coyotes Calgary Flames Edmonton Oilers Los Angeles Kings San Jose Sharks Vancouver Canucks
Central	Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Avalanche Dallas Stars Minnesota Wild Nashville Predators St. Louis Blues Winnipeg Jets
Atlantic	Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Detroit Red Wings Florida Panthers Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Tampa Bay Lightning Toronto Maple Leafs
Metropolitan	Carolina Hurricanes Columbus Blue Jackets New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins Washington Capitals
See also	Draft Heritage Classic Centennial Classic Winter Classic All-Star Game Stadium Series Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions Three Star Awards Suspensions and Fines

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Scott Wilson	5	2	3	5	1	4
Eric Fehr	4	0	3	3	4	2
Chris Kunitz	3	2	1	3	3	4
Kris Letang	2	2	0	2	2	0
Evgeni Malkin	2	1	1	2	–1	2
Garrett Wilson	4	2	0	2	1	24
Carter Rowney	5	2	0	2	2	0
Tom Kostopoulos	1	0	1	1	2	0
Olli Maatta	2	0	1	1	–1	2
Matt Cullen	2	0	1	1	–2	0
Trevor Daley	3	0	1	1	–1	0
Cameron Gaunce	2	0	1	1	2	0
Nick Bonino	3	0	1	1	–1	0
Conor Sheary	4	0	1	1	–2	0
David Warsofsky	3	0	1	1	0	0
Brian Dumoulin	4	0	1	1	4	0
Justin Schultz	5	0	1	1	1	2
Kevin Porter	4	0	1	1	1	0
Tom Kuhnhackl	5	1	0	1	0	2
Josh Archibald	4	0	1	1	1	0
Ian Cole	2	0	0	0	–1	0
Reid McNeill	1	0	0	0	–1	0
Ethan Prow	1	0	0	0	1	0
Sahir Gill	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Haggerty	1	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Hagelin	1	0	0	0	0	2
Adam Krause	1	0	0	0	0	0
Patric Hornqvist	2	0	0	0	–3	0
Phil Kessel	2	0	0	0	–2	2
Stuart Percy	2	0	0	0	–1	0
Chad Ruhwedel	2	0	0	0	0	2
Steve Oleksy	3	0	0	0	1	11
Tom Sestito	5	0	0	0	0	17
Jean-Sebastien Dea	4	0	0	0	0	4
Dominik Simon	4	0	0	0	–1	2
Derrick Pouliot	4	0	0	0	–1	4
Jake Guentzel	5	0	0	0	0	2

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Tristan Jarry	2	2	119:50	2	0	0	0.00	54	1.000	2
Marc-Andre Fleury	4	4	213:49	1	3	12	3.37	103	0.896	1
Casey DeSmith	1	0	18:10	0	0	1	3.30	5	0.800	0
Total		6	351:49	3	3	13	2.22	162	0.926	3