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2020–21 Pittsburgh Penguins
DivisionEast
2020–21 record5–4–1
Home record4–0–0
Road record1–4–1
Goals for30
Goals against37
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 (4)
AssistsBryan Rust (5)
PointsSidney Crosby (8)
Penalty minutesChad Ruhwedel (12)
Plus/minusKasperi Kapanen (+4)
WinsCasey DeSmith (3)
Goals against averageCasey DeSmith (2.85)

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.

Standings

Divisional standings

East Division
Pos Team
 GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Pittsburgh Penguins 56 37 16 3 29 196 156 +40 77
2 x – Washington Capitals 56 36 15 5 29 191 163 +28 77
3 x – Boston Bruins 56 33 16 7 25 168 136 +32 73
4 x – New York Islanders 56 32 17 7 24 156 128 +28 71
5 e – New York Rangers 56 27 23 6 24 177 157 +20 60
6 e – Philadelphia Flyers 56 25 23 8 17 163 201 −38 58
7 e – New Jersey Devils 56 19 30 7 15 145 194 −49 45
8 e – Buffalo Sabres 56 15 34 7 11 138 199 −61 37
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 number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number 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 number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

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: 0–1–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Points
10 February 1 Pittsburgh 1–3 NY Rangers DeSmith 0 5–4–1 11
— February 2 New Jersey – Pittsburgh Postponed due to COVID-19.[5]
— February 4 New Jersey – Pittsburgh Postponed due to COVID-19
13 February 6 Pittsburgh – NY Islanders
14 February 9 Pittsburgh – New Jersey
15 February 11 Pittsburgh – NY Islanders
16 February 14 Washington – Pittsburgh
17 February 16 Washington – Pittsburgh
18 February 18 NY Islanders – Pittsburgh
19 February 20 NY Islanders – Pittsburgh
20 February 23 Pittsburgh – Washington
21 February 25 Pittsburgh – Washington
22 February 27 Pittsburgh – NY Islanders
23 February 28 Pittsburgh – 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 Crosby 8 3 4 7 −4 4
Bryan Rust 8 2 4 6 −1 0
Teddy Blueger 8 2 3 5 0 0
Jake Guentzel 8 2 3 5 −6 6
Jared McCann 8 2 3 5 +2 2
Brandon Tanev 8 2 1 3 −1 2
Evgeni Malkin 8 1 2 3 −3 0
Mark Jankowski 8 1 2 3 −1 0
Kasperi Kapanen 5 1 2 3 +2 0
Jason Zucker 8 1 2 3 −2 4
Kris Letang 8 0 3 3 −2 6
Colton Sceviour 8 2 0 2 −2 0
Cody Ceci 5 1 1 2 −1 4
Evan Rodrigues 6 1 0 1 −4 0
Marcus Pettersson 4 1 0 1 −2 0
Pierre-Olivier Joseph 4 0 1 1 +1 0
Drew O'Connor 2 0 1 1 +1 0
Brian Dumoulin 7 0 1 1 −1 2
Mike Matheson 2 0 0 0 −1 4
Chad Ruhwedel 7 0 0 0 +1 8
Sam Lafferty 3 0 0 0 −2 0
John Marino 8 0 0 0 −5 2
Juuso Riikola 2 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Czuczman 1 0 0 0 −2 0

Goaltenders

Regular season[7]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Casey DeSmith 3 2 173:56 2 2 0 8 2.76 62 .871 0 0 1 0
Tristan Jarry 6 6 321:07 2 3 1 21 3.92 149 .859 0 0 0 2

Current roster

Updated July 1, 2024[8][9]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
55 United States Noel Acciari Injured Reserve C R 32 2023 Johnston, Rhode Island
– Sweden Sebastian Aho D L 28 2024 Umeå, Sweden
– Canada Anthony Beauvillier LW L 27 2024 Sorel-Tracy, Quebec
52 Sweden Emil Bemstrom C R 25 2024 Nyköping, Sweden
8 Canada Michael Bunting LW L 28 2024 Scarborough, Ontario
87 Canada Sidney Crosby (C) C L 36 2005 Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia
20 Denmark Lars Eller C L 35 2023 Rødovre, Denmark
27 Canada Ryan Graves Injured Reserve D L 29 2023 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
– United States Matt Grzelcyk D L 30 2024 Boston, Massachusetts
– United States Kevin Hayes RW L 32 2024 Boston, Massachusetts
35 Canada Tristan Jarry G L 29 2013 Surrey, British Columbia
65 Sweden Erik Karlsson D R 34 2023 Landsbro, Sweden
58 Canada Kris Letang (A) D R 37 2005 Montreal, Quebec
– Canada Blake Lizotte C L 26 2024 Lindstrom, Minnesota
7 Canada John Ludvig D L 23 2023 Liberec, Czech Republic
71 Russia Evgeni Malkin (A) C L 37 2004 Magnitogorsk, Soviet Union
39 United States Alex Nedeljkovic G L 28 2023 Parma, Ohio
83 United States Matt Nieto Injured Reserve LW L 31 2023 Long Beach, California
10 United States Drew O'Connor W L 26 2020 Chatham, New Jersey
28 Sweden Marcus Pettersson D L 28 2018 Skellefteå, Sweden
18 Finland Jesse Puljujarvi W R 26 2024 Älvkarleby, Sweden
67 Sweden Rickard Rakell W R 31 2022 Sundbyberg, Sweden
17 United States Bryan Rust RW R 32 2010 Pontiac, Michigan


Transactions

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

Trades

Date Details
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 Finland Oulun Kärpät U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga)
3 77 Calle Clang G Sweden Sweden Kristianstads IK (HockeyAllsvenskan)
4 108 Lukas Svejkovsky C United States United States Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
6 170 Chase Yoder C United States United States U.S. NTDP (USHL)

References

  1. ^ "Jim Rutherford Resigns as GM; Patrik Allvin Named Interim GM". NHL.com. January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  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 July 1, 2024.
  9. ^ "Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  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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