2017 Stanley Cup Finals

2017 Stanley Cup Finals
1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Nashville Predators 3 1 5 4 0 0 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 5 4 1 1 6 2 4
Location(s)	Bridgestone Arena (3, 4, 6) PPG Paints Arena (1, 2, 5)
Coaches	Nashville: Peter Laviolette Pittsburgh: Mike Sullivan
Captains	Nashville: Mike Fisher Pittsburgh: Sidney Crosby
National anthems	Nashville: Martina McBride (game three), Dierks Bentley (game four), Faith Hill (game six) Pittsburgh: Jeff Jimerson
Referees	Wes McCauley (1, 3, 5), Brad Meier (1, 3, 5), Dan O'Halloran (2, 4, 6), Kevin Pollock (2, 4, 6)
Dates	May 29 – June 11
MVP	Sidney Crosby
Series-winning goal	Patric Hornqvist (18:25, Third, G6)
Networks	Canada (English): CBC Canada (French): TVA Sports United States (English): NBC and NBCSN
Announcers	(CBC) Jim Hughson, Craig Simpson (TVA) Felix Seguin, Patrick Lalime, Renaud Lavoie (NBC/NBCSN) Mike Emrick, Eddie Olczyk, Pierre McGuire (NHL International) Steve Mears, Kevin Weekes (NBC Sports Radio & NHL Radio) Kenny Albert, Joe Micheletti, Ray Ferraro
Stanley Cup Finals

The 2017 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2016–17 season, and the culmination of the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion and defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Western Conference champion Nashville Predators, four games to two. Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as most valuable player of the playoffs for the second consecutive year.

The Penguins had home ice advantage in the series due to their better regular season record. The series began on May 29 and concluded on June 11. The Penguins made their second consecutive Finals appearance, marking the third time in their history they had done this, following their appearances in 1991–1992 and 2008–2009. No team had appeared in consecutive Finals since the latter year, which was a rematch between the Penguins and Red Wings. The Predators made their debut in the Finals. This was the second consecutive season in which a Western Conference team made their first appearance in the Finals; the San Jose Sharks made their Finals debut the year prior. This was the first time in NHL history that two United States–born head coaches faced off against each other in the Stanley Cup Finals.

The series saw the first two games won by the Penguins, with the Predators coming back winning two games at home and tying the series at two games apiece. However, Penguins goaltender Matt Murray did not allow a goal for the rest of the series, allowing Pittsburgh to win games five and six by 6-0 and 2-0 scores. Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan became the third coach to win a Stanley Cup in his first two seasons as a coach with his team, joining Pete Green of the Ottawa Senators in 1920 and 1921 and Toe Blake of the Montreal Canadiens in 1956 and 1957. This was the first final since 1983 that no game was decided by one goal.

Paths to the Finals

Pittsburgh Penguins

Main article: 2016–17 Pittsburgh Penguins season

This is Pittsburgh's second consecutive Finals appearance, after defeating the San Jose Sharks in six games the previous season, and sixth appearance overall. The Penguins did not make any major transactions during the off-season nor regular season, instead signing head coach Mike Sullivan to a three-year extension. However, following a season-ending injury to Kris Letang, Pittsburgh acquired defencemen Ron Hainsey and Mark Streit via trades.

Pittsburgh earned 111 points (50 wins, 21 losses, and 11 overtime losses) during the regular season to finish second in the Metropolitan Division and second overall among playoff teams. Center and team captain Sidney Crosby led the club in points with 89, finishing second in the League, and led the club and League in goal scoring with 44 goals during the regular season. Teammate Phil Kessel led the team in assists with 47.

In the playoffs, the Penguins defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets in five games, eliminated the Presidents' Trophy-winning Washington Capitals for a second consecutive year, this time in seven games, and edged the Ottawa Senators in seven games in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Nashville Predators

Main article: 2016–17 Nashville Predators season

This was Nashville's first Finals appearance in its 19-year history.

During the off-season, Nashville traded defenceman and long-time team captain Shea Weber for defenceman P. K. Subban, and during the regular season, traded for forwards Cody McLeod and Vernon Fiddler. The Predators also re-signed forward Filip Forsberg during the off-season.

Nashville finished with 94 points (41 wins, 29 losses, and 12 overtime losses) during the regular season to finish as the second wild-card in the Western Conference, and the 16th overall and last seeded playoff team. Forsberg and Viktor Arvidsson tied for the team lead in regular-season goal-scoring with 31 each. Ryan Johansen led the team in assists with 47. Arvidsson and Johansen tied for the team lead in points with 61.

The Predators started the playoffs by defeating the top-seeded Chicago Blackhawks in four games, becoming the first wild-card and eighth-seeded team in NHL history to sweep the top-seeded team in their conference. They also eliminated both the St. Louis Blues and the Anaheim Ducks in six games respectively. In the second round of the playoffs, Kevin Fiala sustained an injury, and in the Conference Finals, Johansen would also receive an injury as well; both forwards would sustain serious leg injuries and neither would be able to return. For Predators head coach Peter Laviolette, this marks his third time being in the Stanley Cup Finals with a third different team. He previously coached the Carolina Hurricanes to the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, in which he won the Cup, and the Philadelphia Flyers to the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals.

Game summaries

Game one

May 29

Nashville Predators

3–5

Pittsburgh Penguins

PPG Paints Arena

Recap

The first period remained scoreless until the final five minutes; Nashville forwards Calle Jarnkrok and James Neal were both called on penalties for the same time period and on the 5-on-3 power play Evgeni Malkin took a pass from captain Sidney Crosby to put the Penguins up 1–0. 1:15 later, Conor Sheary scored after another pass from Crosby; in the final 17 seconds of the period, Nick Bonino gave Pittsburgh its third goal. The Penguins had no shots on goal in the second period while the Predators put off nine shots, with Ryan Ellis scoring a power-play goal. Nashville then tied the game in the third period. However, the Predators' comeback would be foiled as Penguins rookie Jake Guentzel gave Pittsburgh the lead back on the team's first shot since the first period. Bonino's second goal of the game as an empty-netter gave the Penguins a 5–3 triumph.

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	PIT	Evgeni Malkin (8) – pp	Trevor Daley (3) and Sidney Crosby (14)	15:32	1–0 PIT
	PIT	Conor Sheary (1)	Chris Kunitz (4) and Sidney Crosby (15)	16:37	2–0 PIT
	PIT	Nick Bonino (3)	Brian Dumoulin (3)	19:43	3–0 PIT
2nd	NSH	Ryan Ellis (5)	P. K. Subban (9) and Mike Fisher (1)	08:21	3–1 PIT
3rd	NSH	Colton Sissons (6)	Roman Josi (6) and Calle Jarnkrok (3)	10:06	3–2 PIT
	NSH	Frederick Gaudreau (1)	Austin Watson (3) and Mike Fisher (2)	13:29	3–3
	PIT	Jake Guentzel (10)	Matt Cullen (6) and Justin Schultz (8)	16:43	4–3 PIT
	PIT	Nick Bonino (4) – en	Chris Kunitz (5)	18:58	5–3 PIT
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	NSH	Calle Jarnkrok	Interference	13:50	2:00
	NSH	James Neal	Cross-checking	13:50	2:00
2nd	PIT	Olli Maatta	Interference	03:43	2:00
	PIT	Ian Cole	Roughing	06:39	2:00
3rd	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	Slashing	09:36	2:00
	NSH	P. K. Subban	Delay of game (puck over glass)	11:24	2:00

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	Total
Nashville	11	9	6	26
Pittsburgh	8	0	4	12

Game two

May 31

Nashville Predators

1–4

Pittsburgh Penguins

PPG Paints Arena

Recap

During the first period, the Predators received their first lead in a Finals game when Pontus Aberg went around Olli Maatta on a single effort to score his second of the playoffs. The Penguins tied it with 3:24 left in the first period when Jake Guentzel's shot sneaked in for his eleventh of the playoffs. After a scoreless second period in which the Predators took twice as many shots as the Penguins, Pittsburgh ignited in the third period, scoring three goals in 3:18. The first goal was by Guentzel who became the first rookie since Dino Ciccarelli to score twelve goals in a single playoff season (Ciccarelli scored 14 during his rookie season). The next two goals were scored 15 seconds apart and also prompted Predators head coach Peter Laviolette to replace goaltender Pekka Rinne with Juuse Saros. The Penguins stopped the Predators' six shots in the final period to win Game 2 4–1.

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	NSH	Pontus Aberg (2)	Viktor Arvidsson (9) and Mike Fisher (3)	12:57	1–0 NSH
	PIT	Jake Guentzel (11)	Conor Sheary (5) and Chris Kunitz (6)	16:36	1–1
2nd	None
3rd	PIT	Jake Guentzel (12)	Bryan Rust (2) and Ron Hainsey (5)	00:10	2–1 PIT
	PIT	Scott Wilson (3)	Phil Kessel (13) and Matt Cullen (7)	03:13	3–1 PIT
	PIT	Evgeni Malkin (9)	Chris Kunitz (7) and Ian Cole (8)	03:28	4–1 PIT
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	NSH	Craig Smith	Cross checking	02:04	2:00
	PIT	Chris Kunitz	Cross checking	09:36	2:00
	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	Hooking	09:36	2:00
	NSH	Mike Fisher	Interference	10:34	2:00
	NSH	Roman Josi	Cross checking	14:32	2:00
2nd	NSH	Austin Watson	Interference	11:48	2:00
	NSH	Cody McLeod	High-Sticking	17:25	2:00
3rd	NSH	Pontus Aberg	Slashing	04:51	2:00
	PIT	Sidney Crosby	Interference	09:20	2:00
	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	Fighting – major	12:14	5:00
	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	Roughing	12:14	2:00
	NSH	P. K. Subban	Fighting – major	12:14	5:00
	NSH	Cody McLeod	Interference	18:01	2:00
	PIT	Chris Kunitz	Slashing	18:29	2:00

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	Total
Nashville	18	14	6	38
Pittsburgh	12	7	8	29

Game three

June 3

Pittsburgh Penguins

1–5

Nashville Predators

Bridgestone Arena

Recap

Jake Guentzel came within one goal of Ciccarelli's rookie record when a shot 2:46 into the game got past the Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne. In the second period, the Predators scored 42 seconds apart to not only tie the game, but take the lead. The first goal for the Predators came when defenceman Roman Josi fired a slap shot past Matt Murray. The second goal was on a wrist shot blasted by Frederick Gaudreau. James Neal then gave the Predators a two-goal lead with 23 seconds left in the period. In the third period, a breakaway by Craig Smith gave the Predators a three-goal lead and a goal by Mattias Ekholm would be the insurance goal in a 5–1 victory for Nashville. Near the end of the game, several misconducts were assessed after a cross checking by Phil Kessel gathered a crowd and fights broke out.

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	PIT	Jake Guentzel (13)	Ian Cole (9) and Sidney Crosby (16)	2:46	1–0 PIT
2nd	NSH	Roman Josi (6) – pp	Calle Jarnkrok and Mattias Ekholm (9)	5:51	1–1
	NSH	Frederick Gaudreau (2)	Austin Watson (4) and Roman Josi (7)	6:33	2–1 NSH
	NSH	James Neal (6)	Viktor Arvidsson (10) and Roman Josi (8)	19:37	3–1 NSH
3rd	NSH	Craig Smith (1)	Unassisted	4:54	4–1 NSH
	NSH	Mattias Ekholm (1) – pp	Calle Jarnkrok (5) and Colton Sissons (6)	13:10	5–1 NSH
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	NSH	P. K. Subban	Holding	4:50	2:00
	NSH	Bench (served by James Neal)	Too many men on the ice	12:44	2:00
2nd	PIT	Justin Schultz	Holding	4:13	2:00 2nd Ryan Ellis boarding check https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/pit-vs-nsh/2017/06/03/2016030413#game=2016030413,game_state=final,game_tab=boxscore
3rd	PIT	Carl Hagelin	Roughing	10:42	2:00
	NSH	Mattias Ekholm	Roughing	10:42	2:00
	PIT	Sidney Crosby	Boarding	12:43	2:00
	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	Cross checking	12:43	2:00
	NSH	Filip Forsberg	Cross checking	12:43	2:00
	PIT	Trevor Daley	Holding	15:24	2:00
	NSH	Viktor Arvidsson	Holding	15:24	2:00
	NSH	James Neal	Unsportsmanlike conduct	15:24	2:00
	PIT	Ian Cole	Roughing	15:24	2:00
	PIT	Patric Hornqvist	Misconduct	15:38	10:00
	NSH	Mattias Ekholm	Misconduct	15:38	10:00
	PIT	Phil Kessel	Cross checking	17:01	2:00
	PIT	Chris Kunitz	Misconduct	17:01	10:00
	NSH	Austin Watson	Misconduct	17:01	10:00
	PIT	Matt Cullen	Misconduct	17:01	10:00

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	Total
Pittsburgh	6	13	9	28
Nashville	12	16	5	33

Game four

June 5

Pittsburgh Penguins

1–4

Nashville Predators

Bridgestone Arena

Recap

The Predators' Calle Jarnkrok scored the first goal, but a breakaway set up by Brian Dumoulin for Sidney Crosby tied the score heading into the second period. In the second period, after a Penguins breakaway was stopped by Pekka Rinne, Predators forward Frederick Gaudreau's wrap-around shot appeared to be stopped by Matt Murray, however, upon a video review, the puck snuck in under Murray's paddle before being swatted out. A breakaway goal by Viktor Arvidsson would give the Predators their third goal of the game. Rinne would stop all nine shots faced in the third period and an empty-net goal by Filip Forsberg would tie the series 2–2 in a 4–1 victory for Nashville.

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	NSH	Calle Jarnkrok (2)	Craig Smith (2) and Austin Watson (5)	14:51	1–0 NSH
	PIT	Sidney Crosby (8)	Brian Dumoulin (4)	15:57	1–1
2nd	NSH	Frederick Gaudreau (3)	Ryan Ellis (8) and Harry Zolnierczyk (2)	03:45	2–1 NSH
	NSH	Viktor Arvidsson (3)	Mike Fisher (4) and James Neal (3)	13:08	3–1 NSH
3rd	NSH	Filip Forsberg (9) – en	Unassisted	16:37	4–1 NSH
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	PIT	Patric Hornqvist	Tripping	07:15	2:00
	NSH	James Neal	Interference	19:18	2:00
2nd	PIT	Ron Hainsey	High-sticking	06:15	2:00
3rd	NSH	Mattias Ekholm	Roughing	18:21	2:00
	PIT	Josh Archibald	Roughing	18:21	2:00
	NSH	Mattias Ekholm	Slashing	18:21	2:00
	NSH	Ryan Ellis	Cross checking	19:35	2:00

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	Total
Pittsburgh	6	8	10	24
Nashville	7	8	11	26

Game five

June 8

Nashville Predators

0–6

Pittsburgh Penguins

PPG Paints Arena

Recap

Justin Schultz scored for Pittsburgh early in the first period on the power play. The following two goals by the Penguins would then put goaltender Juuse Saros into the net. Pittsburgh continued their goal-scoring into the second period starting first with Conor Sheary. Jake Guentzel tied the rookie record for points in a single playoff season (21) assisting on the first goal of the period. The second goal came from Phil Kessel which gave Sidney Crosby his third point of the night. The third goal by Ron Hainsey gave Kessel his third point of the night along with Crosby. This was the first period in which the Penguins out shot the Predators. No goals were scored in the third period, giving Matt Murray the shutout — in doing so, he became the first rookie since Cam Ward to record a shutout in the Finals. During the third period, 20 penalties were assessed, the most in one period since game thre of the 2011 Finals.

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	PIT	Justin Schultz (4) – pp	Sidney Crosby (17) and Patric Hornqvist (4)	01:31	1–0 PIT
	PIT	Bryan Rust (7)	Chris Kunitz (8) and Trevor Daley (4)	06:43	2–0 PIT
	PIT	Evgeni Malkin (10)	Phil Kessel (14) and Ron Hainsey (6)	19:49	3–0 PIT
2nd	PIT	Conor Sheary (2)	Sidney Crosby (18) and Jake Guentzel (8)	01:19	4–0 PIT
	PIT	Phil Kessel (8)	Olli Maatta (6) and Sidney Crosby (19)	08:02	5–0 PIT
	PIT	Ron Hainsey (2)	Evgeni Malkin (18) and Phil Kessel (15)	16:40	6–0 PIT
3rd	None
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	NSH	Ryan Ellis	Holding	00:50	2:00
	PIT	Bench (served by Scott Wilson)	Too many men on ice	10:06	2:00
	NSH	P. K. Subban	Holding	18:28	2:00
	PIT	Sidney Crosby	Holding	18:28	2:00
2nd	NSH	Filip Forsberg	Goaltender interference	13:02	2:00
3rd	PIT	Bryan Rust	Tripping	03:45	2:00
	NSH	James Neal	Cross checking	07:31	2:00
	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	Roughing	11:32	2:00
	NSH	P. K. Subban	Unsportsmanlike conduct	11:32	2:00
	NSH	Roman Josi	Interference	11:32	2:00
	PIT	Patric Hornqvist	Unsportsmanlike conduct	11:32	2:00
	NSH	Roman Josi	Roughing	11:32	2:00
	NSH	Viktor Arvidsson	Fighting – major	11:32	5:00
	NSH	Roman Josi	Roughing	11:32	2:00
	NSH	Viktor Arvidsson	Misconduct	11:32	10:00
	PIT	Carl Hagelin	Misconduct	11:32	10:00
	PIT	Carl Hagelin	Fighting – major	11:32	5:00
	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	Roughing	11:32	2:00
	NSH	Austin Watson	Charging	12:40	2:00
	NSH	Colton Sissons	Match penalty	19:26	5:00
	NSH	Yannick Weber	Fighting – major	19:26	5:00
	NSH	Austin Watson	Misconduct	19:26	10:00
	PIT	Trevor Daley	Misconduct	19:26	10:00
	PIT	Chris Kunitz	Fighting – major	19:26	5:00

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	Total
Nashville	9	6	9	24
Pittsburgh	9	10	5	24

Game six

June 11

Pittsburgh Penguins

2–0

Nashville Predators

Bridgestone Arena

Recap

The game remained scoreless until the final two minutes of the third period when former-Predator Patric Hornqvist scored the game winning goal with 1:35 left in the game. A challenge was made against the goal as the Predators thought goaltender interference was involved, but it was ruled a good goal. Carl Hagelin added an empty net goal to end the game 2–0.

There was some controversy during the game. A Predators goal was called back when the referee blew a "quick whistle." Referee Kevin Pollock lost sight of the puck when it was actually loose in the goal crease.

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	None
2nd	None
3rd
	PIT	Patric Hornqvist (5)	Justin Schultz (2) and Chris Kunitz (6)	18:25	1–0 PIT
	PIT	Carl Hagelin (2) – en	Brian Dumoulin (5)	19:46	2–0 PIT
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	PIT	Ian Cole	Interference	13:14	2:00
2nd	PIT	Conor Sheary	Tripping	04:38	2:00
3rd	PIT	Olli Maatta	Tripping	07:19	2:00
	PIT	Trevor Daley	Roughing	08:47	2:00

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	Total
Pittsburgh	9	13	7	29
Nashville	8	11	8	27

Team rosters

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Nat	Player	Position	Hand	Age	Acquired	Place of birth	Finals appearance
45		Josh Archibald	RW	R	24	2011	Regina, Saskatchewan	first
13		Nick Bonino	C	L	29	2015	Hartford, Connecticut	second (2016)
28		Ian Cole	D	L	28	2015	Ann Arbor, Michigan	second (2016)
87		Sidney Crosby – C	C	L	29	2005	Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia	fourth (2008, 2009, 2016)
7		Matt Cullen	C	L	40	2015	Virginia, Minnesota	third (2006, 2016)
6		Trevor Daley	D	L	33	2015	Toronto, Ontario	second (2016)
8		Brian Dumoulin	D	L	25	2012	Biddeford, Maine	second (2016)
29		Marc-Andre Fleury	G	L	32	2003	Sorel-Tracy, Quebec	fourth (2008, 2009, 2016)
59		Jake Guentzel	C/LW	L	22	2013	Omaha, Nebraska	first
62		Carl Hagelin	LW	L	28	2016	Södertälje, Sweden	third (2014, 2016)
65		Ron Hainsey	D	L	36	2017	Bolton, Connecticut	first
72		Patric Hornqvist	RW	R	30	2014	Sollentuna, Sweden	second (2016)
81		Phil Kessel	RW	R	29	2015	Madison, Wisconsin	second (2016)
34		Tom Kuhnhackl	LW	L	25	2010	Landshut, Germany	second (2016)
14		Chris Kunitz – A	LW	L	37	2009	Regina, Saskatchewan	fourth (2007, 2009, 2016)
3		Olli Maatta	D	L	22	2012	Jyväskylä, Finland	second (2016)
71		Evgeni Malkin – A	C	L	30	2004	Magnitogorsk, Soviet Union	fourth (2008, 2009, 2016)
30		Matt Murray	G	L	23	2012	Thunder Bay, Ontario	second (2016)
37		Carter Rowney	C/RW	R	28	2016	Sexsmith, Alberta	first
17		Bryan Rust	RW	R	25	2010	Pontiac, Michigan	second (2016)
4		Justin Schultz	D	R	26	2016	Kelowna, British Columbia	second (2016)
43		Conor Sheary	LW	L	24	2015	Melrose, Massachusetts	second (2016)
32		Mark Streit	D	L	39	2017	Bern, Switzerland	first
23		Scott Wilson	C	L	25	2011	Oakville, Ontario	first

Nashville Predators

#	Nat	Player	Position	Hand	Age	Acquired	Place of birth	Finals appearance
46		Pontus Åberg	LW	R	23	2012	Stockholm, Sweden	first
38		Viktor Arvidsson	LW	R	24	2014	Skellefteå, Sweden	first
14		Mattias Ekholm	D	L	27	2009	Borlänge, Sweden	first
4		Ryan Ellis – A	D	R	26	2009	Hamilton, Ontario	first
83		Vernon Fiddler	C	L	37	2017	Edmonton, Alberta	first
12		Mike Fisher – C	C	R	36	2011	Peterborough, Ontario	second (2007)
9		Filip Forsberg	LW	R	22	2013	Östervåla, Sweden	first
32		Frederick Gaudreau	C	R	24	2016	Bromont, Quebec	first
52		Matt Irwin	D	L	29	2016	Victoria, British Columbia	first
19		Calle Jarnkrok	C	R	25	2014	Gävle, Sweden	first
59		Roman Josi – A	D	L	26	2008	Bern, Switzerland	first
55		Cody McLeod	LW	L	32	2017	Binscarth, Manitoba	first
18		James Neal – A	RW	L	29	2015	Whitby, Ontario	first
11		P. A. Parenteau	RW	R	34	2017	Hull, Quebec	first
35		Pekka Rinne	G	L	34	2004	Kempele, Finland	first
20		Miikka Salomaki	RW	L	24	2011	Raahe, Finland	first
74		Juuse Saros	G	L	22	2013	Forssa, Finland	first
10		Colton Sissons	C	R	23	2012	North Vancouver, British Columbia	first
15		Craig Smith	RW	R	27	2009	Madison, Wisconsin	first
76		P. K. Subban	D	R	28	2016	Toronto, Ontario	first
51		Austin Watson	W/C	R	25	2010	Ann Arbor, Michigan	first
7		Yannick Weber	D	R	28	2016	Morges, Switzerland	first
33		Colin Wilson	LW	L	27	2008	Greenwich, Connecticut	first
26		Harry Zolnierczyk	LW	L	29	2016	Toronto, Ontario	first

Pittsburgh Penguins – 2017 Stanley Cup champions

The 2017 Stanley Cup was presented to Penguins captain Sidney Crosby by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman. The following players and staff qualified to have their names engraved on the Stanley Cup:

Players

  Centres

  Wingers

• 14 Chris Kunitz (A)
• 17 Bryan Rust
• 23 Scott Wilson
• 34 Tom Kuhnhackl
• 37 Carter Rowney¹
• 43 Conor Sheary
• 45 Josh Archibald
• 59 Jake Guentzel
• 62 Carl Hagelin
• 72 Patric Hornqvist
• 81 Phil Kessel

  Defencemen

• 3 Olli Maatta
• 4 Justin Schultz
• 6 Trevor Daley
• 8 Brian Dumoulin
• 28 Ian Cole
• 32 Mark Streit
• 58 Kris Letang
• 65 Ron Hainsey

  Goaltenders

• 29 Marc-Andre Fleury
• 30 Matt Murray

• ¹ Played both centre and wing.

Coaching and administrative staff

• Mario Lemieux (Chairman/Co-Owner/Alt. Governor), Ronald Burkle (Co-Owner/Alt. Governor), William Kassling (Co-Owner/Alt. Governor),
• David Morehouse (President/Governor), Travis Williams (Chief Operating Officer/Alt. Governor), Jim Rutherford (Exe. Vice President/General Manager),
• Bill Guerin (Asst. General Manager), Jason Karmanos (Vice President of Hockey Operations),
• Mark Recchi (Player Development Coach), Mike Sullivan (Head Coach), Jacques Martin (Asst. Coach),
• Rick Tocchet (Asst. Coach), Mike Bales (Goaltending Coach), Andy Saucier (Video Coach), Sergei Gonchar (Defense Coach)
• Dr. Dharmesh Vyas (Head Team Physician), Chris Stewart (Athletic Trainer), Curtis Bell (Asst. Athletic Trainer),
• Patrick Steidle (Asst. Athletic Trainer), Andy O'Brien (Director of Sport Science & Performance), Alex Trinca (Strength & Conditioning Coach),
• Dana Heinze (Equipment Manager), J.C. Ihrig (Asst. Equipment Manager), Jon Taglianetti (Asst. Equipment Manager),
• Jim Britt (Director of Team Operations), Randy Sexton (Director of Amateur Scouting), Derek Clancey (Director of Pro Scouting).

Stanley Cup engraving

• 58 Kris Letang (D) – played 41 regular season games, missed 41 regular season games and all 25 playoff games due to injury – qualifies.
• 65 Ron Hainsey (D) - 56 games for Carolina, 16 regular season and 25 playoff games for Pittsburgh - qualifies.
• 32 Mark Streit (D) – played 49 game for Philadelphia and 19 games for Pittsburgh and plus three games in Conference finals when Chad Ruhwedel got injured- qualifies.
• 37 Carter Rowney (RW) - 26 games in minors, 27 regular season, and 20 playoff games for Pittsburgh - qualifies.
• 45 Josh Archibald (RW) played 61 games in the minors, 10 regular season games, and four playoff games for Pittsburgh (three in Conference Finals, one in finals) - qualifies
• 2 Chad Ruhwedel (D) – played 34 regular season games and 11 games in the playoffs (plus 28 games in the minors). Got injury in game four of Conference Finals, and the Stanley Cup finals. Should get an injury exemptions.
• 35 Tristan Jarry (G) - dressed for 11 straight playoff games when Matt Murray was injured in the first game of the playoffs. Jarry will get a second Stanley Cup ring, while only playing one NHL game. Unknown if his name will go on the cup. Also played 45 games in the minors.

TV and radio

In Canada, the series was broadcast by Sportsnet and simulcast by CBC Television in English, and TVA Sports in French. In the U.S., NBC broadcast most of the games; games two and three were aired by NBCSN. In the U.S., the games were seen by an average of 4.762 million viewers, an increase of 19% over the 2016 finals, and the highest-rated finals without an Original Six team. Despite competition from the 2017 Tony Awards broadcast and the return of ABC's Sunday-night game show block, game six achieved a total viewership of 7.086 million.

The NHL on Westwood One/NBC Sports Radio carried the games throughout the United States on radio and through online streaming, while the home calls of Nashville (WPRT-FM/Predators Radio Network) and Pittsburgh (WXDX-FM/Penguins Radio Network) was available both over the air in their home markets and through online streaming.