2020–21 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The 2020–21 Pittsburgh Penguins season is the 54th season for the National Hockey League team that was established on June 5, 1967.[2] The Penguins will attempt to extend their playoff streak to 15 seasons. On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada-United States border. As a result of this realignment the Penguins will play this season in the East Division and will only play games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.

2020–21 Pittsburgh Penguins
2020–21 record5–5–1
Home record4–0–0
Road record1–5–1
Goals for33
Goals against41
Team information
General managerJim Rutherford (Jan. 13 – Jan. 27)
Patrik Allvin[1] (interim) (Jan. 27 – present)
CoachMike Sullivan
CaptainSidney Crosby
Alternate captainsKris Letang
Evgeni Malkin
ArenaPPG Paints Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)
Wheeling Nailers (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsSidney Crosby
Jake Guentzel (4)
AssistsBryan Rust (6)
PointsSidney Crosby (9)
Penalty minutesChad Ruhwedel (12)
Plus/minusPierre-Olivier Joseph (+5)
WinsCasey DeSmith (3)
Goals against averageCasey DeSmith (2.85)

Standings

Divisional standings
East Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Boston Bruins 11 8 1 2 4 36 24 +12 18
2 Philadelphia Flyers 12 7 3 2 5 39 37 +2 16
3 Washington Capitals 11 6 2 3 4 40 38 +2 15
4 Pittsburgh Penguins 11 5 5 1 1 33 41 −8 11
5 New Jersey Devils 9 4 3 2 3 23 26 −3 10
6 New York Islanders 10 4 4 2 4 23 27 −4 10
7 New York Rangers 10 4 4 2 3 29 28 +1 10
8 Buffalo Sabres 10 4 4 2 2 30 32 −2 10
Updated to game(s) played on February 6, 2021. Source: National Hockey League[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater amount of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater amount of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[4]

2020–21 game log
January: 5–3–1 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 1–3–1)
February: 0–2–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–2–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeDecisionAttendanceRecordPoints
10February 1Pittsburgh1–3NY RangersDeSmith05–4–111
—February 2New Jersey–PittsburghPostponed due to COVID-19.[5] Rescheduled for March 21.
—February 4New Jersey–PittsburghPostponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for April 20.
11February 6Pittsburgh3–4NY IslandersJarry05–5–111
12February 11Pittsburgh–NY Islanders
13February 14Washington–Pittsburgh
14February 16Washington–Pittsburgh
15February 18NY Islanders–Pittsburgh
16February 20NY Islanders–Pittsburgh
17February 23Pittsburgh–Washington
18February 25Pittsburgh–Washington
19February 27Pittsburgh–NY Islanders
20February 28Pittsburgh–NY Islanders
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
May: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = OT/SO Loss        = Postponement

Player statistics

As of January 28, 2021

Skaters
Regular season[6]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Sidney Crosby8347−44
Bryan Rust8246−10
Teddy Blueger823500
Jake Guentzel8235−66
Jared McCann8235+22
Brandon Tanev8213−12
Evgeni Malkin8123−30
Mark Jankowski8123−10
Kasperi Kapanen5123+20
Jason Zucker8123−24
Kris Letang8033−26
Colton Sceviour8202−20
Cody Ceci5112−14
Evan Rodrigues6101−40
Marcus Pettersson4101−20
Pierre-Olivier Joseph4011+10
Drew O'Connor2011+10
Brian Dumoulin7011−12
Mike Matheson2000−14
Chad Ruhwedel7000+18
Sam Lafferty3000−20
John Marino8000−52
Juuso Riikola200000
Kevin Czuczman1000−20

Goaltenders
Regular season[7]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Casey DeSmith32173:5622082.7662.8710010
Tristan Jarry66321:07231213.92149.8590002

Current roster

Updated February 2, 2021[8][9]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
57 Anthony Angello RW R 24 2014 Manlius, New York
12 Zach Aston-Reese  C L 26 2017 Staten Island, New York
53 Teddy Blueger C L 26 2012 Riga, Latvia
4 Cody Ceci D R 27 2020 Ottawa, Ontario
87 Sidney Crosby (C) C L 33 2005 Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia
27 Kevin Czuczman D L 30 2017 Port Elgin, Ontario
33 Alex D'Orio G R 21 2017 Sherbrooke, Quebec
1 Casey DeSmith G L 29 2017 Rochester, New Hampshire
8 Brian Dumoulin  D L 29 2012 Biddeford, Maine
11 Frederick Gaudreau C R 27 2020 Bromont, Quebec
59 Jake Guentzel LW L 26 2013 Omaha, Nebraska
14 Mark Jankowski C L 26 2020 Hamilton, Ontario
35 Tristan Jarry G L 25 2013 Surrey, British Columbia
73 Pierre-Olivier Joseph D L 21 2019 Laval, Quebec
42 Kasperi Kapanen RW R 24 2020 Kuopio, Finland
18 Sam Lafferty C R 25 2014 Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania
31 Maxime Lagace G L 28 2020 Longueuil, Quebec
58 Kris Letang (A) D R 33 2005 Montreal, Quebec
71 Evgeni Malkin (A) C L 34 2004 Magnitogorsk, Soviet Union
6 John Marino D R 23 2019 North Easton, Massachusetts
5 Mike Matheson  D L 26 2020 Pointe-Claire, Quebec
19 Jared McCann C L 24 2019 Stratford, Ontario
10 Drew O'Connor LW L 22 2020 Chatham, New Jersey
28 Marcus Pettersson  D L 24 2018 Skellefteå, Sweden
50 Juuso Riikola  D L 27 2018 Joensuu, Finland
9 Evan Rodrigues  RW R 27 2020 Etobicoke, Ontario
2 Chad Ruhwedel D R 30 2016 San Diego, California
17 Bryan Rust RW R 28 2010 Pontiac, Michigan
7 Colton Sceviour C R 31 2020 Red Deer, Alberta
13 Brandon Tanev LW L 29 2019 Toronto, Ontario
55 Zach Trotman  D R 30 2017 Carmel, Indiana
3 Yannick Weber D R 32 2021 Morges, Switzerland
16 Jason Zucker LW L 29 2020 Newport Beach, California

Transactions

The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.

Trades
DateDetails
October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07)[10] To Ottawa Senators
Matt Murray		 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Jonathan Gruden
2nd-round pick in 2020


Draft picks
See also: List of Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks

Below are the Pittsburgh Penguins' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was instead held on October 6–7, 2020, virtually via video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2 52 Joel Blomqvist G Finland Oulun Kärpät U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga)
3 77 Calle Clang G Sweden Kristianstads IK (HockeyAllsvenskan)
4 108 Lukas Svejkovsky C United States Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
6 170 Chase Yoder C United States U.S. NTDP (USHL)

References
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  2. Stainkamp, Michael (August 25, 2010). "A brief history: Pittsburgh Penguins". NHL.com. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  3. "NHL Hockey Standings". www.nhl.com. National Hockey League.
  4. "2020-21 NHL schedule announced". NHL.com. December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  5. "Devils games postponed through at least Saturday because of COVID-19". NHL.com. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  6. "2020–21 Regular season – Pittsburgh Penguins Stats – Skaters". NHL.com. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  7. "2020–21 Regular season – Pittsburgh Penguins Stats – Goalies". NHL.com. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  8. "Pittsburgh Penguins Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  9. "Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  10. "Penguins Acquire Gruden and a 2020 2nd-Round Draft Pick for Matt Murray". NHL.com. October 7, 2020. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
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