Primary Owner:
Mario Lemieux (Lemieux Group)

General Manager:
Ray Shero

Head Coach:
Dan Bylsma

Captain:
Sidney Crosby

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BY THE NUMBERS


3
Number of Penguins players that won medals in the 2010 Olympics


7
Number of wins in playoffs.


7
Number of playoff games decided by one goal.



8-3-1
Pittsburgh's record this season while wearing their alternate blue thowback jerseys.


151
Number of starts out of the last 172 games (including playoffs) for Marc-Andre Fleury.


REGULAR SEASON

POINTS
109 - Crosby
77 - Malkin
50 - Gonchar
49 - Staal
45 - Guerin


GOALS
51 - Crosby
28 - Malkin
21 - Staal
21 - Guerin
18 - Dupuis

ASSISTS
58 - Crosby
49 - Malkin
39 - Gonchar
28 - Staal
24 - Guerin


PENALTY MIN
120 - Rupp
106 - Cooke
100 - Malkin
76 - Godard
54 - McKee

March 3 - Obtained a sixth round draft pick from Toronto for defenseman Chris Peluso.

March 2 - Obtained forward Alexei Ponikarovsky from Toronto in exchange for Luca Caputi and Martin Skoula.

March 1 - Obtained defenseman Jordan Leopold from Florida in exchange for a second round pick in the 2010 NHL Amateur Draft.

February 11
Traded Nate Guenin to St. Louis for Steve Wagner

September 30
- Claimed forward Chris Borque off waivers from the Washington Capitals.

Sept. 29
Signed Martin Skoula to one-year contract

2009-10

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2009-10 Pittsburgh Penguins Season Capsule
(47-28-7) 101 points – 2nd in Atlantic Division; 4th in Eastern Conference


The Penguins watch as the 2008-09 Stanley Cup Championship
banner is raised to the roof on the final opening night
in Mellon Arena's history, giving way to the Consol Energy Center.


 LAST GAME RECAP:
May 12 - The Penguins lost to the Montreal Canadiens, 5-2, in Game 7 in the Eastern Conference semifinals. It was the final game ever at the Mellon Arena.
PLAYOFFS

ROUND 2
 (8) v.(4)
Game
 DATE LOCATION TIME/TELEVISION/RESULT
1
 Friday, April 30 Mellon Arena 6-3 (GWG: Adams)
2
 Sunday, May 2 Mellon Arena 3-1 (GWG: Cammalleri)
3
 Tuesday, May 4 Bell Centre 2-0 (GWG: Malkin)
4
 Thursday, May 6 Bell Centre 3-2 (GWG: Gionta)
5
 Saturday, May 8 Mellon Arena 2-1 (GWG: Gonchar)
6
 Monday, May 10 Bell Centre 4-3 (GWG: Lapierre)
7
 Wednesday, May 12 Mellon Arena 5-2 (GWG: Cammalleri)


ROUND 1
 (5) v.(4)
Game
 DATE LOCATION TIME/TELEVISION/RESULT
1
 Wednesday, April 14 Mellon Arena 5-4 (GWG: Ruutu)
2
 Friday, April 16 Mellon Arena 2-1 (GWG: Letang)
3
 Sunday, April 18 Scotiabank Place 4-2 (GWG: Crosby)
4
 Tuesday, April 20 Scotiabank Place 7-4 (GWG: Talbot)
5
 Thursday, April 22 Mellon Arena 4-3 (GWG: Carkner/3OT)
6
 Saturday, April 24 Scotiabank Place 4-3 (GWG: Dupuis/OT)

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
October 2 - The Penguins faced the New York Rangers and hoisted the franchise's third Stanley Cup Championship banner in what likely will be the final home opener in Mellon Arena history.

October 3 - Sidney Crosby's goal and assist gave him 400 points for his career, the fifth fastest player to that mark.

October 7 - Brent Johnson got his first start in net, joining his father Bob as the fourth set of father and son tandem to play for the Pens.

October 11 - Matt Cooke scored his 100th goal of his career.

October 14 - Chris Kunitz' shootout goal against Carolina's Cam Ward gave the Penguins a fifth road win to start the season, establishing a new team record.

October 28 - Sidney Crosby recorded his third career hat trick in a 6-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens. Pittsburgh finished the month with 11 wins to establish a record for October.

November 3 - The Penguins defeated the Anaheim Ducks, 4-3, and earned their seventh win on the road from the start of the season becoming the fifth team in NHL history to reach that mark. Marc-Andre Fleury established a new record for consecutive road wins with his seventh in a row.

November 14 - Pascal Dupuis scored in overtime against the Boston Bruins for his 100th career goal.

November 28 - Sidney Crosby scored his fourth career hat trick as the Penguins defeated the New York Rangers, 8-3.

November 30 - Mike Rupp scored his first career hat trick as the Penguins defeated the New York Rangers, 5-2.

December 3 - Sidney Crosby scored the 150th goal for his career.

December 15 - Jordan Staal scored his tenth short-handed goal of his career and Jay McKee recorded his 100th career assist.

December 21 - New Jersey goaltender Martin Brodeur earned his 104th career shutout by making 35 saves to beat the Penguins, 4-0. Broder's is now the NHL leader in shutouts, topping Terry Sawchuck's record established in February 1970.

December 23 - Evgeni Malkin scored his fourth career hat trick in a game against the Ottawa Senators.

December 30 - Sidney Crosby and Marc-Andre Fleury named to the Canadian Olympic team.

January 2 - Marc-Andre Fleury stopped Tampa Bay's Vincent Lacavalier on a penalty shot. Fleury moved to the top of the list for penalty shots faced, Fleury's sixth penalty shot in his career and his fourth save.

January 19 - Pittsburgh's Brent Johnson stopped New York Islanders' Kyle Okposo on a penalty shot. Evgeni Malkin scored his fifth career hat trick.

January 21 - Nick Johnson notched his first NHL goal in his NHL debut. Pierre Larouche, Mario Lemieux, Alexsey Morozov and Luca Cuputi are the other Pens players to score in their first game.

February 1 - Mark Letestu scored on Buffalo's Ryan Miller for his first NHL goal. Sidney Crosby scored his fifth career hat trick.

February 6 - Sidney Crosby notched his 300 assist in the NHL.

February 10 - Jordan Staal played in his 329th (including playoffs) consecutive game with Pittsburgh.

March 2 - Sergei Gonchar scored his 200th career goal.

March 5 - The Penguins recorded 55 shots against the New York Rangers to establish a new team record for shots in a road game.

March 18 - Marc-Andre Fleury made 17 saves against the Boston Bruins for his first shutout of the season and 16th in his career as the Pens won, 3-0.

March 20 - Carolina's Jamie McBain scored with :00.9 remaining in overtime to defeat the Pens, 3-2. It was the latest overtime goal scored against Pittsburgh.

April 8 - Sidney Crosby recorded his 500th point in his career during a contest with the New York Islanders in the last regular season game at Mellon Arena.

April 11 - Sidney Crosby recorded his 50 and 51st goals a contest with the New York Islanders in the season finale. Crosby tied Steve Stamkos for the Rocket Richard Award.

May 2 - Jordan Staal was out of the lineup for the first time in 358 games. Staal held the record of consecutive games played, playoffs included.

May 4 - Marc-Andre Fleury made 18 stops for his fourth career shutout in the playoffs to defeat the Montreal Canadiens, 2-0.
UNIFORM NUMBERS & SEASON STATISTICS
Last updated: Thu, May 13, 2010
REGULAR SEASON
 PLAYOFFS
#
 Player
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
87
 Sidney Crosby
81
51
58
109
71
13
6
13
19
4
71
 Evgeni Malkin
67
28
49
77
100
13
5
6
11
6
55
 Sergei Gonchar
62
11
39
50
49
13
2
10
12
4
11
 Jordan Staal
82
21
28
49
57
11
3
2
5
6
13
 Bill Guerin
78
21
24
45
75
11
4
5
9
2
9
 Pascal Dupuis
81
18
20
38
16
13
2
6
8
4
3
 Alex Goligoski
69
8
29
37
22
13
2
7
9
2
14
 Chris Kunitz
50
13
19
32
39
13
4
7
11
8
24
 Matt Cooke
79
15
15
30
106
13
4
2
6
22
26
 Ruslan Fedotenko
80
11
19
30
50
6
0
0
0
4
58
 Kris Letang
73
3
24
27
51
13
5
2
7
6
48
 Tyler Kennedy
64
13
12
25
31
10
0
0
0
2
44
 Brooks Orpik
73
2
23
25
64
13
0
2
2
12
17
 Mike Rupp
81
13
6
19
120
11
0
0
0
8
7
 Mark Eaton
79
3
13
16
26
13
0
3
3
4
74
 Jay McKee
62
1
9
10
54
5
0
0
0
2
27
 Craig Adams
82
0
10
10
72
13
2
1
3
15
23
 Alexei Ponikarovsky *
16
2
7
9
17
11
1
4
5
4
4
 Jordan Leopold *
20
4
4
8
6
8
0
0
0
2
41
 Martin Skoula *
33
3
5
8
6
-
-
-
-
-
25
 Max Talbot
45
2
5
7
30
13
2
4
6
11
23, 18
 Chris Conner
8
2
1
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
28
 Eric Godard
45
1
2
3
76
-
-
-
-
-
12
 Chris Bourque*
20
0
3
3
10
-
-
-
-
-
6
 Ben Lovejoy
12
0
3
3
2
-
-
-
-
-
39
 Luca Caputi *
4
1
1
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
42
 Nick Johnson
6
1
1
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
5
 Deryk Engelland
9
0
2
2
17
-
-
-
-
-
38
 Mark Letestu
10
1
0
1
2
4
0
1
1
0
2
 Nate Guenin *
2
0
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
15
 Dustin Jeffrey
1
0
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
22
 Tim Wallace
1
0
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
56
 Eric Tangradi
1
0
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
* = traded, or spent part of season on another team's roster
#
 Goalie GPI G A PTS PIM W L OT MIN GA GAA SO SA PCT
29
 Marc-Andre Fleury
67
-
1
1
10
37
21
6
3798
168
2.65
1
1772
.905
Playoffs
13
-
-
-
2
7
6
-
798
37
2.78
1
339
.891
1
 Brent Johnson
23
-
1
1
-
10
6
1
1108
51
2.76
-
541
.906
Playoffs
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
31
1
1.94
0
7
.857
40
 Alexander Pechurski
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
36
1
1.67
-
13
.923
36
 John Curry
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
24
5
12.50
-
14
.643
49
 Brad Thiessen (Playoffs)
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