2019–20 Pittsburgh Penguins season

2019–20 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	3rd Metropolitan
Conference	5th Eastern
2019–20 record	40–23–6
Home record	23–8–4
Road record	17–15–2
Goals for	224
Goals against	196
Team information
General manager	Jim Rutherford
Coach	Mike Sullivan
Captain	Sidney Crosby
Alternate captains	Kris Letang; Evgeni Malkin
Arena	PPG Paints Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL); Wheeling Nailers (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Bryan Rust (27)
Assists	Evgeni Malkin (49)
Points	Evgeni Malkin (74)
Penalty minutes	Evgeni Malkin (58)
Plus/minus	Brian Dumoulin; John Marino (+17)
Wins	Tristan Jarry; Matt Murray (20)
Goals against average	Tristan Jarry (2.43)

The 2019–20 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the 53rd season for the National Hockey League team that was established on June 5, 1967.[1] This season saw the team try to extend their playoffs streak to 14 seasons.

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled.[4] The Penguins advanced to the playoffs. Prior to the pause however, after taking the lead in the Metropolitan Division on February 18th, the Penguins suffered a crucial six-game losing streak which coincided with both the Washington Capitals and Philadelphia Flyers (the latter of whom were on a nine-game winning streak) surpassing the Penguins in the standings. This dropped the Penguins into third in the division and fifth in the conference. These events loomed large as the modified playoff format cost the Penguins of being amongst the top four teams in the conference of having a bye directly into the first round. When the Penguins returned to play as the fifth-seed, they were upset in four games to the twelfth-seeded Montreal Canadiens in the best-of-five qualifying round.[5]

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	+25	90
2	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	+36	89
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	+28	86
4	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	+29	81
5	Columbus Blue Jackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	−7	81
6	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	−1	80
7	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	+12	79
8	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	−41	68

Source: National Hockey League[6]

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	Boston Bruins	70	44	14	12	38	227	174	+53	.714	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament[7]
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	43	21	6	35	245	195	+50	.657
3	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	+25	.652
4	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	+36	.645
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	+28	.623	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round[7]
6	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	+29	.596
7	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	−1	.588
8	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	36	25	9	28	238	227	+11	.579
9	Columbus Blue Jackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	−7	.579
10	Florida Panthers	69	35	26	8	30	231	228	+3	.565
11	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	+12	.564
12	Montreal Canadiens	71	31	31	9	19	212	221	−9	.500
13	Buffalo Sabres	69	30	31	8	22	195	217	−22	.493
14	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	−41	.493
15	Ottawa Senators	71	25	34	12	18	191	243	−52	.437
16	Detroit Red Wings	71	17	49	5	13	145	267	−122	.275

Source: NHL Eastern Conference Points percentage

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.[8]

2019 preseason game log: 2–1–3 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 0–1–2)

Legend: = Win = Loss = OT/SO Loss

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.[9]

2019–20 game log

October: 8–5–0 (Home: 5–3–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)

November: 6–4–4 (Home: 5–0–2 ; Road: 1–4–2)

December: 10–2–0 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 4–1–0)

January: 8–3–1 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 5–2–0)

February: 5–7–1 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 2–6–0)

March: 3–2–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–0–0)

Cancelled games

Legend: = Win = Loss = OT/SO Loss

Playoffs

The Penguins were defeated by the Montreal Canadiens in the qualifying round in four games.[10]

2020 Stanley Cup playoffs

Eastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (12) Montreal Canadiens: Montreal won 3–1

Legend: = Win = Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season[11]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Evgeni Malkin	55	25	49	74	7	58
Bryan Rust	55	27	29	56	14	30
Sidney Crosby	41	16	31	47	−8	15
Kris Letang	61	15	29	44	0	38
Jake Guentzel	39	20	23	43	11	14
Jared McCann	66	14	21	35	6	17
Patric Hornqvist	52	17	15	32	9	36
Dominik Kahun^‡	50	10	17	27	6	8
John Marino	56	6	20	26	17	20
Brandon Tanev	68	11	14	25	−1	16
Teddy Blueger	69	9	13	22	2	25
Dominik Simon	64	7	15	22	−9	12
Marcus Pettersson	69	2	20	22	9	35
Alex Galchenyuk^‡	45	5	12	17	−7	10
Zach Aston-Reese	57	6	7	13	6	28
Sam Lafferty	50	6	7	13	5	23
Jason Zucker^†	15	6	6	12	−1	2
Justin Schultz	46	3	9	12	−13	6
Jack Johnson	67	3	8	11	−1	26
Brian Dumoulin	28	1	7	8	17	10
Juuso Riikola	36	1	6	7	3	6
Chad Ruhwedel	41	2	4	6	4	12
Joseph Blandisi^‡	21	2	3	5	−3	10
Conor Sheary^†	8	1	3	4	−1	2
Nick Bjugstad	13	1	1	2	3	8
Patrick Marleau^†	8	1	1	2	0	2
Adam Johnson	7	1	1	2	−1	2
Andrew Agozzino	17	0	2	2	0	4
Anthony Angello	8	1	0	1	−1	4
Stefan Noesen^‡	6	1	0	1	0	0
Evan Rodrigues^†	7	1	0	1	0	4
Erik Gudbranson^‡	7	0	0	0	0	4
Thomas Di Pauli	2	0	0	0	−3	10
Zach Trotman	8	0	0	0	−1	4

Playoffs[12]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Sidney Crosby	4	2	1	3	0	0
Jake Guentzel	4	1	2	3	1	0
Bryan Rust	4	1	2	3	−2	2
Jason Zucker	4	2	0	2	0	0
Patric Hornqvist	4	1	1	2	−3	0
Conor Sheary	4	0	2	2	3	2
Teddy Blueger	4	1	0	1	−1	0
Jared McCann	3	0	1	1	−1	2
Zach Aston-Reese	4	0	1	1	−3	2
Brandon Tanev	4	0	1	1	−2	0
John Marino	4	0	1	1	−1	2
Brian Dumoulin	4	0	1	1	0	4
Justin Schultz	4	0	1	1	−4	0
Evgeni Malkin	4	0	1	1	−3	6
Kris Letang	4	0	0	0	−2	0
Marcus Pettersson	4	0	0	0	1	4
Jack Johnson	4	0	0	0	−4	0
Patrick Marleau	4	0	0	0	−4	0
Sam Lafferty	1	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltenders

Regular season[13]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Tristan Jarry	33	31	1,926:29	20	12	1	78	2.43	985	.921	3	0	0	0
Matt Murray	38	38	2,237:30	20	11	5	107	2.87	1,055	.899	1	0	1	2

Playoffs[14]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Matt Murray	3	3	192:07	1	2	8	2.50	93	.914	0	0	0	0
Tristan Jarry	1	1	58:46	0	1	1	1.02	21	.952	0	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.

Transactions

The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

Trades

Date	Details
June 29, 2019 (2019-06-29)[15]	To Arizona Coyotes Phil Kessel Dane Birks 4th-round pick in 2021	To Pittsburgh Penguins Alex Galchenyuk Pierre-Olivier Joseph
October 25, 2019 (2019-10-25)[16]	To Anaheim Ducks Erik Gudbranson	To Pittsburgh Penguins Andreas Martinsen 7th-round pick in 2021
February 10, 2020 (2020-02-10)[17]	To Minnesota Wild Alex Galchenyuk Calen Addison Conditional 1st-round pick in 2020	To Pittsburgh Penguins Jason Zucker
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)[18]	To San Jose Sharks Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2020.^[a]	To Pittsburgh Penguins Patrick Marleau
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)[19]	To Buffalo Sabres Dominik Kahun	To Pittsburgh Penguins Conor Sheary Evan Rodrigues
August 25, 2020 (2020-08-25)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Kasperi Kapanen Pontus Åberg Jesper Lindgren	To Toronto Maple Leafs David Warsofsky Evan Rodrigues Filip Hållander 1st-round pick in 2020
September 11, 2020 (2020-09-11)	To Minnesota Wild Nick Bjugstad*	To Pittsburgh Penguins Conditional 7th-round pick in 2021
September 24, 2020 (2020-09-24)	To Florida Panthers Patric Hörnqvist	To Pittsburgh Penguins Mike Matheson Colton Sceviour

^a - Third-round pick becomes a second-rounder if the Pittsburgh Penguins win the Stanley Cup in 2020.

Free agents

Player	Acquired from	Date	Contract terms
Brandon Tanev[20]	Winnipeg Jets	July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	6-years for $21 million
Andrew Agozzino[21]	Colorado Avalanche	July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	2-years for $1.4 million
David Warsofsky[22]	Colorado Avalanche	July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	2-years for $1.4 million

Waivers

Date	Player	To/From	Team
December 19, 2019 (2019-12-19)[23]	Stefan Noesen	→	San Jose Sharks

Contract terminations

Date	Player	Via	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)

Retirement

Date	Player	Ref

Signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Kevin Czuczman[24]	June 26, 2019	2-years for $700,000^[ext]
Zach Trotman[24]	June 26, 2019	2-years for $700,000^[ext]
Joseph Blandisi[25]	July 3, 2019	1-year for $700,000
Adam Johnson[26]	July 3, 2019	1-year for $700,000
Teddy Blueger[27]	July 16, 2019	2-years for $1.5 million
Zach Aston-Reese[28]	July 22, 2019	2-years for $2 million
John Marino[29]	August 8, 2019	Entry-level contract
Marcus Pettersson[30]	January 28, 2020	5-years for $20,125,875^[ext]

^ext - Contract extension.

Draft picks

Below are the Pittsburgh Penguins' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	21	Samuel Poulin	RW	Canada	Sherbrooke Phoenix (QMJHL)
3	74^[1]	Nathan Legare	RW	Canada	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
5	145	Judd Caulfield	RW	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
7	203^[2]	Valtteri Puustinen	RW	Finland	HPK (Liiga)
7	211^[3]	Santeri Airola	D	Finland	SaiPa U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga)

Notes:

¹ - The Chicago Blackhawks' third-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent Buffalo's fourth-round pick, Tampa Bay's fifth-round pick and a seventh-round pick all in 2019 (98th, 151st and 207th overall) to Arizona in exchange for this pick.[31]

² The Vegas Golden Knights' seventh-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent a seventh-round pick in 2018 to Vegas in exchange for this pick.[32]

³ The Washington Capitals' seventh-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent a seventh-round pick in 2020 to San Jose in exchange for this pick.[33]

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