2016–17 Pittsburgh Penguins season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	2016–17
Year:	2016
Team:	Pittsburgh Penguins
Division:	Metropolitan
Divisionrank:	2nd
Conference:	Eastern
Conferencerank:	2nd
Record:	50–21–11
Homerecord:	31–6–4
Roadrecord:	19–15–7
Goalsfor:	282
Goalsagainst:	234
Generalmanager:	Jim Rutherford
Coach:	Mike Sullivan
Captain:	Sidney Crosby
Altcaptain:	Chris Kunitz Evgeni Malkin
Arena:	PPG Paints Arena
Attendance:	19,762 (110.2%)^[1] (41 games)
Minorleague:	WBS Penguins (AHL) Wheeling Nailers (ECHL)
Goalsleader:	Sidney Crosby (44)
Assistsleader:	Phil Kessel (47)
Pointsleader:	Sidney Crosby (89)
Plusminusleader:	Justin Schultz (+27)
Pimleader:	Evgeni Malkin (77)
Winsleader:	Matt Murray (32)
Gaaleader:	Matt Murray (2.41)
Conferencewin:	yes
Stanleycup:	yes*

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 to 2003 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.^[3]

Pre-season

Game log

|- style="background:#fcf;"| 1 || Sept 27 || 7:30 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–4 || Detroit Red Wings || Joe Louis Arena (16,279) || 0–1–0|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2 || Sept 28 || 8:30 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–0 || Chicago Blackhawks || United Center (20,195) || 1–1–0|- style="background:#cfc;"| 3 || Sept 30 || 7:00 pm || Chicago Blackhawks || 0–1 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Consol Energy Center (18,084) || 2–1–0|- style="background:#cfc;"| 4 || Oct 2 || 4:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–0 || Columbus Blue Jackets || Nationwide Arena (11,966) || 3–1–0|- style="background:#fcf;"| 5 || Oct 5 || 7:00 pm || Detroit Red Wings || 5–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (17,848) || 3–2–0|- style="background:#fcf;"| 6 || Oct 8 || 4:00 pm || Columbus Blue Jackets || 5–3 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,258)|| 3–3–0|-|- style="text-align:center;"| Legend: = Win = Loss = OT/SO Loss

Statistics

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

Skaters
Player					data-sort-type="number"
	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	0.00	54	1.000	2
	4	4	213:49	1	3	12	3.37	103	0.896	1
	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

Regular season

Game log

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 1 || 13 || 7:00 pm || Washington Capitals || 2–3 SO || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,630) || 1–0–0 || 2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2 || 15 || 7:00 pm || Anaheim Ducks || 2–3 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,452) || 2–0–0 || 4 |- style="background:#ffc;"| 3 || 17 || 7:00 pm || Colorado Avalanche || 4–3 OT || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,431) || 2–0–1 || 5|- style="background:#fcf;"| 4 || 18 || 7:30 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 0–4 || Montreal Canadiens || Bell Centre (21,288) || 2–1–1 || 5 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 5 || 20 || 7:00 pm || San Jose Sharks || 2–3 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,511) || 3–1–1 || 7|- style="background:#fcf;"| 6 || 22 || 8:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–5 || Nashville Predators || Bridgestone Arena (17,113) || 3–2–1 || 7|- style="background:#cfc;"| 7 || 25 || 7:00 pm || Florida Panthers || 2–3 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,434) || 4–2–1 || 9|- style="background:#cfc;"| 8 || 27 || 7:00 pm || New York Islanders || 2–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,422) || 5–2–1 || 11|- style="background:#cfc;"| 9 || 29 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 5–4 || Philadelphia Flyers || Wells Fargo Center (19,927) || 6–2–1 || 13|-|- style="background:#cfc;"| 10 || 2 || 10:30 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 5–1 || Anaheim Ducks || Honda Center (15,543) || 7–2–1 || 15|- style="background:#ffc;"| 11 || 3 || 10:30 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–3 OT || Los Angeles Kings || Staples Center (18,230) || 7–2–2 || 16|- style="background:#cfc;"| 12 || 5 || 10:30 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 5–0 || San Jose Sharks || SAP Center at San Jose (17,562) || 8–2–2 || 18|- style="background:#cfc;"| 13 || 8 || 7:00 pm || Edmonton Oilers || 3–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,576) || 9–2–2 || 20|- style="background:#fcf;"| 14 || 10 || 7:00 pm || Minnesota Wild || 4–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,458) || 9–3–2 || 20|- style="background:#cfc;"| 15 || 12 || 7:00 pm || Toronto Maple Leafs || 1–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,668) || 10–3–2 || 22|- style="background:#fcf;"| 16 || 16 || 8:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–7 || Washington Capitals || Verizon Center (18,506) || 10–4–2 || 22|- style="background:#cfc;"| 17 || 18 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–2 OT || New York Islanders || Barclays Center (13,365) || 11–4–2 || 24|- style="background:#ffc;"| 18 || 19 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–2 SO || Buffalo Sabres || First Niagara Center (18,817) || 11–4–3 || 25|- style="background:#fcf;"| 19 || 21 || 7:00 pm || New York Rangers || 5–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,632) || 11–5–3 || 25 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 20 || 23 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 6–1 || New York Rangers || Madison Square Garden (IV) (18,006) || 12–5–3 || 27|- style="background:#fcf;"| 21 || 25 || 4:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–6 || Minnesota Wild || Xcel Energy Center (19,212) || 12–6–3 || 27|- style="background:#cfc;"| 22 || 26 || 7:00 pm || New Jersey Devils || 3–4 SO || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,615) || 13–6–3 || 29 |- style="background:#fcf;"| 23 || 30 || 8:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–5 || New York Islanders || Barclays Center (12,149) || 13–7–3 || 29|-|- style="background:#cfc;"| 24 || 1 || 7:00 pm || Dallas Stars || 2–6 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,420) || 14–7–3 || 31 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 25 || 3 || 7:00 pm || Detroit Red Wings || 3–5 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,661) || 15–7–3 || 33 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 26 || 5 || 7:00 pm || Ottawa Senators || 5–8 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,414) || 16–7–3 || 35 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 27 || 8 || 7:30 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 5–1 || Florida Panthers || BB&T Center (14,068) || 17–7–3 || 37|- style="background:#cfc;"| 28 || 10 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–3 || Tampa Bay Lightning || Amalie Arena (19,092) || 18–7–3 || 39 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 29 || 12 || 7:00 pm || Arizona Coyotes || 0–7 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,420) || 19–7–3 || 41 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 30 || 14 || 7:30 pm || Boston Bruins || 3–4 OT || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,415) || 20–7–3 || 43 |- style="background:#ffc;"| 31 || 16 || 7:00 pm || Los Angeles Kings || 1–0 OT || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,544) || 20–7–4 || 44 |- style="background:#ffc;"| 32 || 17 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–2 OT || Toronto Maple Leafs || Air Canada Centre (19,553) || 20–7–5 || 45 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 33 || 20 || 7:00 pm || New York Rangers || 2–7 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,541) || 21–7–5 || 47 |- style="background:#fcf;"| 34 || 22 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–7 || Columbus Blue Jackets || Nationwide Arena (19,115) || 21–8–5 || 47 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 35 || 23 || 7:00 pm || New Jersey Devils || 1–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,625) || 22–8–5 || 49 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 36 || 27 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 5–2 || New Jersey Devils || Prudential Center (16,514) || 23–8–5 || 51 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 37 || 28 || 7:00 pm || Carolina Hurricanes || 2–3 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,653) || 24–8–5 || 53 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 38 || 31 || 7:00 pm || Montreal Canadiens || 3–4 OT || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,633) || 25–8–5 || 55|-|- style="background:#cfc;"| 39 || 8 || 1:00 pm || Tampa Bay Lightning || 2–6 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,633) || 26–8–5 || 57|- style="background:#fcf;"| 40 || 11 || 8:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–5 || Washington Capitals || Verizon Center (18,506) || 26–9–5 || 57|- style="background:#fcf;"| 41 || 12 || 7:30 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–4 || Ottawa Senators || Canadian Tire Centre (17,769) || 26–10–5 || 57|- style="background:#fcf;"| 42 || 14 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–6 || Detroit Red Wings || Joe Louis Arena (20,027) || 26–11–5 || 57|- style="background:#cfc;"| 43 || 16 || 7:00 pm || Washington Capitals || 7–8 OT || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,653) || 27–11–5 || 59|- style="background:#cfc;"| 44 || 18 || 7:30 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–1 || Montreal Canadiens || Bell Centre (21,288) || 28–11–5 || 61|- style="background:#cfc;"| 45 || 20 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 7–1 || Carolina Hurricanes || PNC Arena (17,312) || 29–11–5 || 63 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 46 || 22 || 3:00 pm || Boston Bruins || 1–5 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,506) || 30–11–5 || 65 |- style="background:#fcf;"| 47 || 24 || 7:00 pm || St. Louis Blues || 3–0 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,563) || 30–12–5 || 65 |- style="background:#fcf;"| 48 || 26 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–4 || Boston Bruins || TD Garden (17,565) || 30–13–5 || 65 |- style="background:#bbcaff;"|colspan="2" | 27–29 ||colspan="4" | All-Star Break in Los Angeles || Staples Center || |||- style="background:#cfc;"| 49 || 31 || 7:00 pm || Nashville Predators || 2–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,455) || 31–13–5 || 67|-|- style="background:#cfc;"| 50 || 3 || 7:00 pm || Columbus Blue Jackets || 3–4 OT || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,649) || 32–13–5 || 69|- style="background:#cfc;"| 51 || 4 || 8:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–1 || St. Louis Blues || Scottrade Center (19,496) || 33–13–5 || 71 |- style="background:#ffc;"| 52 || 7 || 7:00 pm || Calgary Flames || 3–2 SO || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,556) || 33–13–6 || 72|- style="background:#cfc;"| 53 || 9 || 9:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–1 || Colorado Avalanche || Pepsi Center (16,777) || 34–13–6 || 74 |- style="background:#ffc;"| 54 || 11 || 8:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–4 OT || Arizona Coyotes || Gila River Arena (15,879) || 34–13–7 || 75 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 55 || 14 || 7:00 pm || Vancouver Canucks || 0–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,653) || 35–13–7 || 77 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 56 || 16 || 7:00 pm || Winnipeg Jets || 3–4 OT || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,638) || 36–13–7 || 79 |- style="background:#ffc;"| 57 || 17 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–2 OT || Columbus Blue Jackets || Nationwide Arena (19,188) || 36–13–8 || 80 |- style="background:#fcf;"| 58 || 19 || 3:00 pm || Detroit Red Wings || 5–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,664) || 36–14–8 || 80 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 59 || 21 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–1 || Carolina Hurricanes || PNC Arena (12,145) || 37–14–8 || 82 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 60 || 25 || 8:00 pm || Philadelphia Flyers || 2–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || Heinz Field (67,318) || 38–14–8 || 84|- style="background:#fcf;"| 61 || 28 || 8:30 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–3 || Dallas Stars || American Airlines Center (18,235) || 38–15–8 || 84|-|- style="background:#fcf;"| 62 || 1 || 8:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–4 || Chicago Blackhawks || United Center (22,012) || 38–16–8 || 84|- style="background:#cfc;"| 63 || 3 || 7:00 pm || Tampa Bay Lightning || 2–5 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,640) || 39–16–8 || 86 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 64 || 5 || 5:00 pm || Buffalo Sabres || 3–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,653) || 40–16–8 || 88 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 65 || 8 || 8:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 7–4 || Winnipeg Jets || MTS Centre (15,294) || 41–16–8 || 90 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 66 || 10 || 9:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–2 SO || Edmonton Oilers || Rogers Place (18,347) || 42–16–8 || 92 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 67 || 11 || 10:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–0 || Vancouver Canucks || Rogers Arena (18,865) || 43–16–8 || 94 |- style="background:#ffc;"| 68 || 13 || 9:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–4 SO || Calgary Flames || Scotiabank Saddledome (19,289) || 43–16–9 || 95 |- style="background:#fcf;"| 69 || 15 || 7:30 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 0–4 || Philadelphia Flyers || Wells Fargo Center (19,514) || 43–17–9 || 95 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 70 || 17 || 7:00 pm || New Jersey Devils || 4–6 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,651) || 44–17–9 || 97 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 71 || 19 || 1:00 pm || Florida Panthers || 0–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,653) || 45–17–9 || 99 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 72 || 21 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–1 || Buffalo Sabres || First Niagara Center (18,313) || 46–17–9 || 101|- style="background:#ffc;"| 73 || 23 || 7:30 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–2 SO || Ottawa Senators || Canadian Tire Centre (18,102) || 46–17–10 || 102 |- style="background:#ffc;"| 74 || 24 || 7:00 pm || New York Islanders || 4–3 SO || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,659) || 46–17–11 || 103|- style="background:#fcf;"| 75 || 26 || 7:00 pm || Philadelphia Flyers || 6–2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,654) || 46–18–11 || 103 |- style="background:#fcf;"| 76 || 29 || 8:00 pm || Chicago Blackhawks || 5–1 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,657) || 46–19–11 || 103 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 77 || 31 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–3 SO || New York Rangers || Madison Square Garden (IV) (18,006) || 47–19–11 || 105 |-|- style="background:#cfc;"| 78 || 2 || 5:00 pm || Carolina Hurricanes || 2–3 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,631) || 48–19–11 || 107|- style="background:#cfc;"| 79 || 4 || 7:00 pm || Columbus Blue Jackets || 1–4 || Pittsburgh Penguins || PPG Paints Arena (18,632) || 49–19–11 || 109 |- style="background:#cfc;"| 80 || 6 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 7–4 || New Jersey Devils || Prudential Center (14,012) || 50–19–11 || 111 |- style="background:#fcf;"| 81 || 8 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–5 || Toronto Maple Leafs || Air Canada Centre (19,561) || 50–20–11 || 111 |- style="background:#fcf;"| 82 || 9 || 7:00 pm || Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–3 || New York Rangers || Madison Square Garden (IV) (18,006) || 50–21–11 || 111 |-|- style="text-align:center;"| Legend: = Win = Loss = OT/SO Loss

Detailed records

Final^[4]

Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
Eastern Conference
align=left		3	2	1	0	96–126	12	8	4–10	1–13	87–118
align=left		3	2	0	1	127–112	8	5	3–10	1–10	97–102
align=left		3	1	2	0	94–89	10	14	1–11	1–11	86–102
align=left		3	3	0	0	80–72	12	3	1–9	2–11	77–85
align=left		3	2	1	0	103–92	8	8	1–15	1–9	99–116
align=left		3	1	1	1	111–97	10	10	1–10	6–12	91–103
align=left		3	3	0	0	112–82	15	7	6–11	3–11	97–85
align=left		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
align=left		4	4	0	0	115–139	16	6	4–9	2–11	109–137
align=left		4	2	1	1	125–137	10	13	1–8	1–8	95–135
align=left		5	5	0	0	188–151	25	14	5–17	4–18	170–175
align=left		4	2	1	1	144–135	13	12	3–14	2–13	128–127
align=left		5	3	2	0	175–139	20	14	3–13	3–10	149–165
align=left		4	2	2	0	106–141	11	16	3–11	3–12	102–143
align=left	Pittsburgh Penguins
align=left		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
align=left		2	0	2	0	69–65	2	9	0–2	0–5	56–48
align=left		2	1	0	1	61–59	7	5	3–8	3–9	66–54
align=left		2	1	1	0	60–67	8	5	1–6	1–4	69–55
align=left		2	0	2	0	77–80	4	10	2–7	4–7	63–63
align=left		2	1	1	0	73–69	5	7	1–5	2–6	68–71
align=left		2	1	1	0	65–51	4	4	0–11	1–4	61–65
align=left		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
align=left		2	2	0	0	79–69	8	3	2–6	2–6	53–72
align=left		2	1	0	1	65–57	10	4	2–11	1–7	71–54
align=left		2	0	0	2	68–60	5	5	1–6	1–7	68–56
align=left		2	2	0	0	63–70	6	5	0–5	1–4	39–65
align=left		2	0	0	2	62–55	2	4	0–7	0–4	60–70
align=left		2	2	0	0	45–66	8	2	1–6	0–8	58–68
align=left		2	2	0	0	90–56	7	0	0–5	0–2	66–49
Division Total	14	9	0	5	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

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 1 || April 12 || Columbus || 1–3 || Pittsburgh || || Fleury || 18,563 || 1–0 || Recap|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2 || April 14 || Columbus || 1–4 || Pittsburgh || || Fleury || 18,622 || 2–0 || Recap|- style="background:#cfc;"| 3 || April 16 || Pittsburgh || 5–4 || Columbus || OT || Fleury || 19,092 || 3–0 || Recap|- style="background:#fcf;"| 4 || April 18 || Pittsburgh || 4–5 || Columbus || || Fleury || 19,093 || 3–1 || Recap|- style="background:#cff;"| 5 || April 20 || Columbus || 2–5 || Pittsburgh || || Fleury || 18,585 || 4–1 || Recap|-|- style="background:#cfc;"| 1 || April 27 || Pittsburgh || 3–2 || Washington || || Fleury || 18,506 || 1–0 || Recap|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2 || April 29 || Pittsburgh || 6–2 || Washington || || Fleury || 18,506 || 2–0 || Recap|- style="background:#fcf;"| 3 || May 1 || Washington || 3–2 || Pittsburgh || OT || Fleury || 18,625 || 2–1 || Recap|- style="background:#cfc;"| 4 || May 3 || Washington || 2–3 || Pittsburgh || || Fleury || 18,617 || 3–1 || Recap|- style="background:#fcf;"| 5 || May 6 || Pittsburgh || 2–4 || Washington || || Fleury || 18,506 || 3–2 || Recap|- style="background:#fcf;"| 6 || May 8 || Washington || 5–2 || Pittsburgh || || Fleury || 18,594 || 3–3 || Recap|- style="background:#cff;"| 7 || May 10 || Pittsburgh || 2–0 || Washington || || Fleury || 18,506 || 4–3 || Recap |-|- style="background:#fcf;"| 1 || May 13 || Ottawa || 2–1 || Pittsburgh || OT || Fleury || 18,614 || 0–1 || Recap|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2 || May 15 || Ottawa || 0–1 || Pittsburgh || || Fleury || 18,610 || 1–1 || Recap|- style="background:#fcf;"| 3 || May 17 || Pittsburgh || 1–5 || Ottawa || || Fleury || 18,615 || 1–2 || Recap|- style="background:#cfc;"| 4 || May 19 || Pittsburgh || 3–2 || Ottawa || || Murray || 19,145 || 2–2 || Recap |- style="background:#cfc;"| 5 || May 21 || Ottawa || 0–7 || Pittsburgh || || Murray || 18,635 || 3–2 || Recap|- style="background:#fcf;" | 6 || May 23 || Pittsburgh || 1–2 || Ottawa || || Murray || 18,111 || 3–3 || Recap|- style="background:#cff;"| 7 || May 25 || Ottawa || 2–3 || Pittsburgh || 2OT || Murray || 18,604 || 4–3 || Recap|-|- style="background:#cfc;"| 1 || May 29 || Nashville || 3–5 || Pittsburgh || || Murray || 18,618 || 1–0 || Recap|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2 || May 31 || Nashville || 1–4 || Pittsburgh || || Murray || 18,643 || 2–0 || Recap|- style="background:#fcf;" | 3 || June 3 || Pittsburgh || 1–5 || Nashville || || Murray || 17,283 || 2–1 || Recap|- style="background:#fcf;"| 4 || June 5 || Pittsburgh || 1–4 || Nashville || || Murray || 17,260 || 2–2 || Recap|- style="background:#cfc;"| 5 || June 8 || Nashville || 0–6 || Pittsburgh || || Murray || 18,605 || 3–2 || Recap|- style="background:#cff;"| 6 || June 11 || Pittsburgh || 2–0 || Nashville || || Murray || 17,271 || 4–2 || Recap|-|- | Legend: = Win = Loss = Playoff series win

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season^[5]
Player					data-sort-type="number"
	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	-5	16
	41	5	29	34	2	32
	40	16	17	33	7	10
	72	13	18	31	4	30
	71	9	20	29	0	36
	57	15	13	28	4	8
	78	8	18	26	0	32
	81	5	21	26	26	72
	61	6	16	22	10	16
	56	5	14	19	7	37
	57	4	12	16	8	18
	70	1	14	15	0	14
^‡	52	6	5	11	3	14
	34	2	8	10	9	8
	27	3	4	7	2	4
	55	1	6	7	17	12
^†	19	1	5	6	-2	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
	7	0	1	1	-3	6
	11	0	1	1	2	24
	2	0	1	1	-1	0
	2	0	0	0	-1	0
	2	0	0	0	-1	2
	11	0	0	0	-4	4
	10	0	0	0	-4	2
	1	0	0	0	0	2
Total		278	473	751	—	679

Playoffs^[6]
Player					data-sort-type="number"
	25	10	18	28	9	53
	24	8	19	27	4	10
	25	8	15	23	12	2
	25	13	8	21	1	10
	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	-1	24
	25	0	9	9	2	22
	25	2	6	8	5	6
	25	2	6	8	8	12
	21	4	3	7	4	2
	22	2	5	7	-5	4
	20	3	3	6	4	11
	25	1	5	6	9	6
	21	1	4	5	7	24
	20	0	3	3	3	4
	15	2	0	2	-2	19
	11	1	1	2	2	4
	3	0	2	2	-1	0
	4	0	0	0	-1	2
	6	0	0	0	-3	4
Total		77	138	215	—	278

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[7]
Player
	49	47	2765:48	32	10	4	111	2.41	1450	0.923	4	2	0
	38	34	2125:15	18	10	7	107	3.02	1181	0.909	1	0	6
^‡	1	0	20:00	0	0	0	0	0.00	7	1.000	0	0	0
	1	1	58:45	0	1	0	3	3.06	25	0.880	0	0	0
Total		82	4969:48	50	21	11	221	2.67	2663	0.917	5	2	6

Playoffs^[8]
Player
	15	15	866:31	9	6	--	37	2.56	490	0.924	2
	11	10	668:55	7	3	--	19	1.70	303	0.937	3
Total		25	1535:26	16	9	0	56	2.19	793	0.929	5

^†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.

Notable achievements

Awards

Regular season
Player	Award	Awarded
	NHL Third Star of the Week^[9]	January 2, 2017
	NHL Second Star of the Month^[10]	January 3, 2017
	NHL First Star of the Week^[11]	January 23, 2017
	NHL Second Star of the Week^[12]	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 game 1st career NHL goal 1st 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
		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 assist 1st career NHL point	February 4, 2017
	1st career NHL goal 1st 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		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 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
	50th career playoff goal	April 16, 2017
J. Guentzel		April 16, 2017
R. Hainsey	1st career playoff goal	April 18, 2017
	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
	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 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

^[13]	To New Jersey Devils----Beau Bennett	To Pittsburgh Penguins----2016 third-round pick
^[14]	To Ottawa Senators----Mike Condon	To Pittsburgh Penguins----2017 fifth-round pick
^[15]	To St. Louis Blues----Reid McNeill	To Pittsburgh Penguins----Danny Kristo
^[16]	To Carolina Hurricanes----Danny Kristo 2017 second-round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins----Ron Hainsey
^[17]	To Toronto Maple Leafs----Eric Fehr Steven Oleksy 2017 fourth-round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins----Frank Corrado
^[18]	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^[19]				N/A
Stuart Percy^[20]				1 year/$575,000
David Warsofsky^[21]				1 year/$575,000
Ben Lovejoy^[22]				3 years/$7.98 million
Cameron Gaunce^[23]				1 year/$575,000
Chad Ruhwedel^[24]				1 year/$575,000
Jeff Zatkoff^[25]				2 years/$1.80 million
Will O'Neill^[26]				2 years/$1.225 million
Garrett Wilson^[27]				1 year/$575,000
Kael Mouillierat^[28]				1 year
James Melindy^[29]				1 year
Thomas Di Pauli^[30]				2 years/$1.85 million
Harrison Ruopp^[31]				1 year
Tyler Biggs^[32]				1 year
Zach Aston-Reese^[33]				2 years/$1.85 million

Signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Tom Sestito^[35]		1 year/$575,000
Steven Oleksy^[36]		1 year/$575,000
Justin Schultz^[37]		1 year/$1.4 million
Matt Cullen^[38]		1 year/$1 million
Jeff Taylor^[39]		2 years/$1.85 million
Filip Gustavsson^[40]		3 years/$2.775 million

Other

Name	Date	Details
Jim Rutherford^[41]	July 1, 2016	3 years contract extension
Jacques Martin^[42]	July 1, 2016	2 years contract extension
Mike Sullivan^[43]	December 26, 2016	3 years contract extension

Notes

– Two-way contract
– Entry-level contract

Draft picks

See also: List of Pittsburgh Penguins 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.^[44]

Round		Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
align=center	2	align=center	55	Filip Gustavsson	G	Lulea HF (SHL)
align=center	2	align=center	61	Kasper Bjorkqvist	RW	Espoo Blues (Liiga)
align=center	3	align=center	77	Connor Hall	D	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
align=center	4	align=center	121	Ryan Jones	D	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
align=center	5	align=center	151	Niclas Almari	D	Jokerit-jr. (FIN-jr.)
align=center	6	align=center	181	Joseph Masonius	D	Connecticut Huskies (NCAA)

Draft notes^[45]

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.^[46]
- 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.^[47]
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.^[48]
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.^[49]

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