2009–10 Pittsburgh Penguins season

	2009–10 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	2nd Atlantic
Conference	4th Eastern
2009–10 record	47–28–7
Home record	25–12–4
Road record	22–16–3
Goals for	257
Goals against	237
Team information
General manager	Ray Shero
Coach	Dan Bylsma
Captain	Sidney Crosby
Alternate captains	Sergei Gonchar; Evgeni Malkin
Arena	Mellon Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Sidney Crosby (51)
Assists	Sidney Crosby (58)
Points	Sidney Crosby (109)
Penalty minutes	Mike Rupp (120)
Plus/minus	Jordan Staal (+19)
Wins	Marc-Andre Fleury (37)
Goals against average	Alexander Pechurski (1.67)
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The 2009–10 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the 42nd season of the franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Penguins entered the season as defending Stanley Cup Champions. It is scheduled to be the last season during which the Penguins' home venue will be Mellon Arena, before they move into their new arena, the Consol Energy Center, which is being constructed adjacent to the Mellon Arena across Centre Avenue.

The regular season began with a home game against the New York Rangers in which the Penguins held a banner raising ceremony beforehand.

The Penguins qualified for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season. They did not become champions of the Atlantic Division, but earned the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with 101 points. They began the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs on April 14 against the Ottawa Senators. They beat the Senators, but were eliminated in the Eastern Conference semi-finals against the Montreal Canadiens.

Pre-season[]

2009 Pre-season Game Log: 1–4–1 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 0–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 15	Columbus Blue Jackets	4–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	OT	Fleury	15,766	1–0–0	[1]
2	September 18	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins		Johnson	16,621	1–1–0	[2]
3	September 21	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–4	Montreal Canadiens		Curry	21,273	1–2–0	[3]
4	September 22	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	SO	Johnson	18,910	1–2–1	[4]
5	September 24	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–5	Columbus Blue Jackets		Fleury	12,638	1–3–1	[5]
6	September 27	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–4	Detroit Red Wings		Fleury	13,891	1–4–1	[6]

Regular season[]

First half: October to December[]

The Penguins began the 2009–10 season on Friday, October 2. Prior to the game the team raised the Stanley Cup banner at Mellon Arena.^[1] The ceremonial banner raising was shown on a video board outside Mellon Arena, which displayed highlights from the previous season during the days leading up the game.^[2] The Penguins won their opening night game over the New York Rangers and defeated the New York Islanders the following night.^[3] After their first loss of the season to the Phoenix Coyotes, the Penguins embarked on a four game road trip to complete a series of five games in eight days.^[4] The Penguins swept the four game road trip—setting a new franchise record for consecutive road wins to start a season.^[5] The Penguins extended their overall win-streak to seven games by winning the first three games of their ensuing homestand; the win-streak ended with a loss to the New Jersey Devils on October 24.^[6]

The Penguins began November with a three-game road trip in California. After defeating the Anaheim Ducks, the Penguins lost their first back-to-back games of the season to the Los Angeles Kings and the San Jose Sharks. The team then lost to the Boston Bruins and New Jersey Devils. During the four-game losing streak the Penguins were outscored 17–3. Against the Bruins, Sidney Crosby did not score a point for the fifth-consecutive game, the worst of his career.^[7] The Penguins ended their skid with a 6–5 overtime victory against Boston on November 14. Bill Guerin tied the game with .04 second left, and Pascal Dupuis scored in overtime.^[8]

Extended injuries hindered the team throughout much of the early season. On November 16 the Penguins played without four of the six defenceman that had started with the team. Additionally, they were without forwards Tyler Kennedy, Max Talbot and Chris Kunitz. Evgeni Malkin had also missed significant time.^[9] Later in the week it was announced that defenceman Jay McKee would miss two to four weeks, but that Sergei Gonchar and Max Talbot, who had surgery during the off-season, would likely return on November 19.^[10]

Penguins09TimeOut — Team together during a time out

In late December through January 1, rosters for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver were announced, and five Penguins were selected. Malkin and Gonchar were selected to play for Russia, Crosby and Marc-Andre Fleury for Canada, and Brooks Orpik for the United States.

The Penguins concluded the first half of their season with their 41st game on December 30 against the New Jersey Devils. Through the first 41 games, the Penguins earned a 26–14–1 record. While the Penguins won five straight in the middle of the month, they ending losing three in a row, and four of their last five, including shutouts of 0–2 and 0–4 to the Devils. The 0–4 shutout earned Devils' goalie Martin Brodeur his 104th career shutout and the NHL record.

Second half: January to April[]

The Penguins began the second half of their season with their 42nd game on January 2 against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Penguins went on to lose both of their first two games of the second half of the season with the second coming against the Florida Panthers. The Penguins then returned home for a two game home stand in which they split by first defeating the Atlanta Thrashers and then loosing in a high scoring 7-4 contest to the Philadelphia Flyers. After the home stand, the Penguins embarked on a five game road trip of Canada and Minnesota in which they finished the trip with a decent 3-2 record with wins coming against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers. They battled with a struggling New Jersey Devils team for the Atlantic division title, but ultimately fell short, due in large part to having lost all 6 divisional games against the Devils. The Penguins had a 21-14-6 record in the 2nd half of the season, placing them in fourth place in the Eastern Conference (despite having the 3rd best points total). It would be the 3rd time in 4 years that the Penguins had 100+ points in a season (having missed out by a single point the previous year) and the 4th straight year with 45 wins or more.

Standings[]

Atlantic division

	Atlantic Division	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
1	y–New Jersey Devils	82	48	27	7	222	191	103
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	47	28	7	257	237	101
3	Philadelphia Flyers	82	41	35	6	236	225	88
4	New York Rangers	82	38	33	11	222	218	87
5	New York Islanders	82	34	37	11	222	264	79

Eastern conference

Eastern Conference	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
p–Washington Capitals	82	54	15	13	318	233	121
y–New Jersey Devils	82	48	27	7	222	191	103
y–Buffalo Sabres	82	45	27	10	235	207	100
Pittsburgh Penguins	82	47	28	7	257	237	101
Ottawa Senators	82	44	32	6	225	238	94
Boston Bruins	82	39	30	13	206	200	91
Philadelphia Flyers	82	41	35	6	236	225	88
Montreal Canadiens	82	39	33	10	217	223	88

New York Rangers	82	38	33	11	222	218	87
Atlanta Thrashers	82	35	34	13	234	256	83
Carolina Hurricanes	82	35	37	10	230	256	80
Tampa Bay Lightning	82	34	36	12	217	260	80
New York Islanders	82	34	37	11	222	264	79
Florida Panthers	82	32	37	13	208	244	77
Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	38	14	214	267	74

bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division)

Game log[]

Green background indicates win (2 points)
Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points)
White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

2009–10 Game log

October: 11–3–0 (Home: 5–3–0 ; Road: 6–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 2	New York Rangers	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins		Fleury	17,132	1–0–0	2	[7]
2	October 3	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–3	New York Islanders	SO	Fleury	16,234	2–0–0	4	[8]
3	October 7	Phoenix Coyotes	3–0	Pittsburgh Penguins		Johnson	16,975	2–1–0	4	[9]
4	October 8	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–4	Philadelphia Flyers		Fleury	19,611	3–1–0	6	[10]
5	October 10	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs		Fleury	19,374	4–1–0	8	[11]
6	October 12	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–1	Ottawa Senators		Fleury	17,014	5–1–0	10	[12]
7	October 14	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2	Carolina Hurricanes	SO	Fleury	14,056	6–1–0	12	[13]
8	October 17	Tampa Bay Lightning	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins		Fleury	17,132	7–1–0	14	[14]
9	October 20	St. Louis Blues	1–5	Pittsburgh Penguins		Fleury	17,132	8–1–0	16	[15]
10	October 23	Florida Panthers	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	SO	Johnson	16,971	9–1–0	18	[16]
11	October 24	New Jersey Devils	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins		Fleury	17,132	9–2–0	18	[17]
12	October 28	Montreal Canadiens	1–6	Pittsburgh Penguins		Fleury	16,965	10–2–0	20	[18]
13	October 30	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–3	Columbus Blue Jackets	SO	Johnson	19,136	11–2–0	22	[19]
14	October 31	Minnesota Wild	2–1	Pittsburgh Penguins		Fleury	16,960	11–3–0	22	[20]

November: 8–6–0 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 4–6–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
15	November 3	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–3	Anaheim Ducks		Fleury	16,128	12–3–0	24	[21]
16	November 5	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–5	Los Angeles Kings		Fleury	18,118	12–4–0	24	[22]
17	November 7	Pittsburgh Penguins	0–5	San Jose Sharks		Fleury	17,562	12–5–0	24	[23]
18	November 10	Pittsburgh Penguins	0–3	Boston Bruins		Fleury	17,565	12–6–0	24	[24]
19	November 12	New Jersey Devils	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins		Fleury	17,005	12–7–0	24	[25]
20	November 14	Boston Bruins	5–6	Pittsburgh Penguins	OT	Johnson	17,132	13–7–0	26	[26]
21	November 16	Anaheim Ducks	2–5	Pittsburgh Penguins		Fleury	17,052	14–7–0	28	[27]
22	November 19	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–6	Ottawa Senators		Fleury	17,039	14–8–0	28	[28]
23	November 21	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2	Atlanta Thrashers		Fleury	17,588	15–8–0	30	[29]
24	November 23	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2	Florida Panthers	OT	Fleury	17,024	16–8–0	32	[30]
25	November 25	Montreal Canadiens	1–3	Pittsburgh Penguins		Fleury	17,094	17–8–0	34	[31]
26	November 27	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–3	New York Islanders		Johnson	15,262	17–9–0	34	[32]
27	November 28	New York Rangers	3–8	Pittsburgh Penguins		Fleury	17,122	18–9–0	36	[33]
28	November 30	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–2	New York Rangers		Fleury	18,200	19–9–0	38	[34]

December: 7–5–1 (Home: 4–3–1 ; Road: 3–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
29	December 3	Colorado Avalanche	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins		Fleury	16,968	20–9–0	40	[35]
30	December 5	Chicago Blackhawks	2–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	OT	Fleury	17,132	20–9–1	41	[36]
31	December 7	Carolina Hurricanes	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins		Fleury	16,964	20–10–1	41	[37]
32	December 10	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2	Montreal Canadiens		Fleury	21,273	21–10–1	43	[38]
33	December 12	Florida Panthers	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	OT	Johnson	16,977	22–10–1	45	[39]
34	December 15	Philadelphia Flyers	1–6	Pittsburgh Penguins		Fleury	17,086	23–10–1	47	[40]
35	December 17	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2	Philadelphia Flyers	SO	Fleury	19,689	24–10–1	49	[41]
36	December 19	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–1	Buffalo Sabres	SO	Fleury	18,690	25–10–1	51	[42]
37	December 21	New Jersey Devils	4–0	Pittsburgh Penguins		Fleury	17,132	25–11–1	51	[43]
38	December 23	Ottawa Senators	2–8	Pittsburgh Penguins		Fleury	17,132	26–11–1	53	[44]
39	December 27	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins		Fleury	17,132	26–12–1	53	[45]
40	December 29	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–4	Buffalo Sabres		Fleury	18,690	26–13–1	53	[46]
41	December 30	Pittsburgh Penguins	0–2	New Jersey Devils		Johnson	17,625	26–14–1	53	[47]

January: 8–7–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 5–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
42	January 2	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–3	Tampa Bay Lightning		Fleury	20,109	26–15–1	53	[48]
43	January 3	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–6	Florida Panthers		Fleury	18,110	26–16–1	53	[49]
44	January 5	Atlanta Thrashers	2–5	Pittsburgh Penguins		Johnson	17,049	27–16–1	55	[50]
45	January 7	Philadelphia Flyers	7–4	Pittsburgh Penguins		Johnson	17,095	27–17–1	55	[51]
46	January 9	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs		Fleury	19,567	28–17–1	57	[52]
47	January 11	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–4	Minnesota Wild		Fleury	19,044	28–18–1	57	[53]
48	January 13	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–1	Calgary Flames		Fleury	19,289	29–18–1	59	[54]
49	January 14	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2	Edmonton Oilers		Fleury	16,839	30–18–1	61	[55]
50	January 16	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–6	Vancouver Canucks		Curry	18,810	30–19–1	61	[56]
51	January 19	New York Islanders	4–6	Pittsburgh Penguins		Johnson	16,981	31–19–1	63	[57]
52	January 21	Washington Capitals	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins		Johnson	17,132	31–20–1	63	[58]
53	January 24	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–1	Philadelphia Flyers		Johnson	19,798	32–20–1	65	[59]
54	January 25	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–2	New York Rangers		Fleury	18,200	33–20–1	67	[60]
55	January 28	Ottawa Senators	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins		Fleury	17,084	33–21–1	67	[61]
56	January 31	Detroit Red Wings	1–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	SO	Fleury	17,105	34–21–1	69	[62]

February: 2–1–3 (Home: 2–0–2 ; Road: 0–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
57	February 1	Buffalo Sabres	4–5	Pittsburgh Penguins		Fleury	17,029	35–21–1	71	[63]
58	February 6	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–5	Montreal Canadiens		Fleury	21,273	35–22– 1	71	[64]
59	February 7	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–5	Washington Capitals	OT	Fleury	18,277	35–22–2	72	[65]
60	February 10	New York Islanders	1–3	Pittsburgh Penguins		Fleury	16,980	36–22–2	74	[66]
61	February 12	New York Rangers	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	OT	Fleury	17,132	36–22–3	75	[67]
62	February 14	Nashville Predators	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	SO	Fleury	17,132	36–22–4	76	[68]

March: 8–4–3 (Home: 5–1–1 ; Road: 3–3–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
63	March 2	Buffalo Sabres	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins		Johnson	17,132	37–22–4	78	[69]
64	March 4	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–4	New York Rangers	OT	Johnson	18,200	38–22–4	80	[70]
65	March 6	Dallas Stars	3–6	Pittsburgh Penguins		Fleury	17,132	39–22–4	82	[71]
66	March 7	Boston Bruins	1–2	Pittsburgh Penguins		Fleury	17,132	40–22–4	84	[72]
67	March 11	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–4	Carolina Hurricanes	OT	Johnson	16,426	40–22–5	85	[73]
68	March 12	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–3	New Jersey Devils		Fleury	17,625	40–23–5	85	[74]
69	March 14	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–1	Tampa Bay Lightning		Fleury	20,230	41–23–5	87	[75]
70	March 17	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–5	New Jersey Devils		Fleury	17,625	41–24–5	87	[76]
71	March 18	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–0	Boston Bruins		Fleury	17,565	42–24–5	89	[77]
72	March 20	Carolina Hurricanes	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	OT	Fleury	17,090	42–24–6	90	[78]
73	March 22	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–3	Detroit Red Wings		Fleury	20,066	42–25–6	90	[79]
74	March 24	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–4	Washington Capitals	SO	Fleury	18,277	42–25–7	91	[80]
75	March 27	Philadelphia Flyers	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins		Fleury	17,132	43–25–7	93	[81]
76	March 28	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	SO	Fleury	17,104	44–25–7	95	[82]
77	March 31	Tampa Bay Lightning	2–0	Pittsburgh Penguins		Fleury	17,132	44-26-7	95	[83]

April: 3–2–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
78	April 3	Atlanta Thrashers	3–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	OT	Fleury	17,047	45-26-7	97	[84]
79	April 6	Washington Capitals	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins		Johnson	17,132	45-27-7	97	[85]
80	April 8	New York Islanders	3–7	Pittsburgh Penguins		Fleury	17,132	46-27-7	99	[86]
81	April 10	Pittsburgh Penguins	0–1	Atlanta Thrashers		Fleury	18,959	46-28-7	99	[87]
82	April 11	Pittsburgh Penguins	6–5	New York Islanders	OT	Johnson	16,250	47-28-7	101	[88]

Stanley Cup playoffs[]

Main article: 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Penguins advanced to the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fourth consecutive season. They earned the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference and home-ice advantage in the opening round match-up with the Ottawa Senators. The Penguins defeated the Senators 4-2 and will now face the 8th seeded Montreal Canadiens.

Eastern Conference quarterfinals[]

The Penguins lost game one of the series 5-4. The Penguins took an early 1-0 lead when Evgeni Malkin scored at 3:03 into the first period on the power play, but finished the first period trailing the Senators 2-1 after Peter Regin and Chris Neil both scored on rebounds. The Senators extended their lead to 3-1 early in the second period on the power play when Marc-André Fleury was caught out of the net on an odd bounce off of the end board in which Chris Kelly put into the open net. Malkin managed to decrease the deficit to 3-2 with his second power play goal of the night near the midway point of the 2nd. The Senators lead was then re-extended the lead 3 minutes later when Erik Karlsson scored on the power play. Five minutes into the 3rd period, Craig Adams scored on a backhand shot to decrease the Senators lead back to one goal, but almost five minutes later ex-Penguin Jarkko Ruutu scored what would be the game winning goal. Alex Goligoski scored to make the score 5-4 with about a minute and a half off of a no look feed from Sidney Crosby behind the net.

Looking to tie the series at 1 a piece in game two, things didn't get off on the right foot with the Senators Peter Regin scoring 18 seconds into the game to take an early 1-0 lead. Sidney Crosby leveled things up 8 minutes later knocking in a rebound off of a Chris Kunitz shot. After a scoreless second period, Kris Letang scored the game winner at 16:48 in the third on a slap shot with the assist from Crosby who fed Letang after falling to his knees. The Penguins were able to fend off the Senators for the remainder of the game and leveled the series 1-1.

The series then turned to Scotiabank Place, the home of the Senators for game 3. The Penguins started the scoring 1:17 into the first when Alexei Ponikarovsky beat Senators goalie Brian Elliott to give the Penguins a 1-0 lead. The Senators Peter Regin scored late in the first period, but the goal was disallowed due to the fact that the puck was scored by a clear kicking motion. Early in the 2nd period, Mike Fisher scored on a power play to knot things up at 1-1. Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby both went on to score goals in the second, with Crosby's coming on a power play to give the Penguins a 3-1 advantage after 2 periods. Bill Guerin extended the lead to 4-1 when he slotted home a shot on a breakaway. The Senators put on the pressure late and managed to put another behind Marc-André Fleury, this time it was Matt Cullen on the power play lifting a shot over Fleury's glove front a wide angle. The Senators pulled their goalie on a late power play to extend their man advantage to two, but failed to convert any shots to goals. When the clock struck zero, the final score was 4-2 to give the Penguins a 2-1 series lead.

Two days later, the two clubs met again in Ottawa for the fourth game of the series. The first goal of the game came 11:50 into the first period when Evgeni Malkin scored on a power play slap shot to take a 1-0 lead into the first intermission. In the second period, Ottawa turned the puck over near their blue line and Sergei Gonchar fed Chris Kunitz who then tapped the puck into the offensive zone where Sidney Crosby uncovered gathered the puck and slotted it home past Elliott to take a 2-0 lead. 12 seconds later, Maxime Talbot fed Matt Cooke from the corner boards to the front of the goal to increase the scoreline to 3-0. Things got ugly for Ottawa 13 seconds later, when Crosby came into the offensive zone virtually untouched and put a wrist shot top far corner to extend the lead to 4. Senators goal keeper Brian Elliott was then pulled and replaced by Pascal Leclaire. After the change Ottawa managed to score two goals from Chris Neil and Daniel Alfredsson]] to decrease the Penguin lead to 4-2. The goal scoring then continued in the period when Maxime Talbot scored a short handed goal. Matt Cullen for Ottawa then scored on a 5 on 3 power play and finally Chris Kunitz scored for Pittsburgh with around two minutes left in the period to go into the intermission with a 6-3 lead. In the final period, the Senators scored on another 5 on 3 power play and Jordan Staal scored the last goal of the game on a backhand shot to end any hopes of a Senators comeback. The final score was 7-4 and Pittsburgh took a 3-1 series lead back to Pittsburgh.

In game five the Penguins looked to wrap up the series on home ice. In the first period, the Senators took an early 2-0 lead with Mike Fisher scoring at 10:25 on a power play and Jarkko Ruutu put another one past Marc-Andre Fleury a little over a minute later. Kris Letang scored on a slap shot during a power play at 18:05 in the period to decrease the Senators lead to 2-1 going into the first intermission. In the second period, neither sides could manage to score until Chris Kunitz put a wrist shot past Pascal Leclaire to knot things up a 2-2 with about a minute and a half left in the second period. In the third period, Sidney Crosby scored at 9:01 on a beautiful wrist shot goal sitting on his backside in front of goal that looked like it could be the series clincher. The Senators quickly responded though at 10:24 when Peter Regin put a slap shot past Fleury to tie the game back up at 3-3. The game then went into overtime and a winner wasn't found until 7:06 into the third overtime when Matt Carkner's slap shot hit Fleury and trickled past the goal line to give the Senators a 4-3 win and decrease the Penguins advantage in the series to 3-2.

Eastern Conference semifinals[]

Playoff log[]

Win Loss Win Playoff Series

2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Eastern Conference quarterfinals vs #5 Ottawa Senators: 4–2 (Home: 1–2; Road: 3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Pittsburgh goals	Ottawa goals	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 14	Ottawa	5–4	Pittsburgh		Malkin, Malkin, Adams, Goligoski	Regin, Neil, Kelly, Karlsson, Ruutu	Fleury (0–1)	17,132	0–1	[89]
2	April 16	Ottawa	1–2	Pittsburgh		Crosby, Letang	Regin	Fleury (1–1)	17,132	1–1	[90]
3	April 18	Pittsburgh	4–2	Ottawa		Ponikarovsky, Malkin, Crosby, Guerin	Fisher, Cullen	Fleury (2–1)	20,119	2–1	[91]
4	April 20	Pittsburgh	7–4	Ottawa		Malkin, Crosby, Cooke, Crosby, Talbot, Kunitz, Staal	Neil, Alfredsson, Cullen, Spezza	Fleury (3–1)	20,014	3–1	[92]
5	April 22	Ottawa	4–3	Pittsburgh	3OT	Letang, Kunitz, Crosby	Fisher, Ruutu, Regin, Carkner (3OT)	Fleury (3–2)	17,132	3–2	[93]
6	April 24	Pittsburgh	4–3	Ottawa	OT	Cooke, Guerin, Cooke, Dupuis (OT)	Cullen, Neil, Alfredsson	Fleury (4–2)	20,122	Win series 4–2	[94]

Eastern Conference semifinals vs #8 Montreal Canadiens: 3–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Pittsburgh goals	Montreal goals	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 30	Montreal	3–6	Pittsburgh		Gonchar, Staal, Letang, Adams, Goligoski, Guerin	Subban, Cammalleri, Gionta	Fleury (5–2)	17,132	1–0	[95]
2	May 2	Montreal	3–1	Pittsburgh		Cooke	Gionta, Cammalleri, Cammalleri	Fleury (5–3)	17,132	1–1	[96]
3	May 4	Pittsburgh	2–0	Montreal		Malkin, Dupuis		Fleury (6–3)	21,273	2–1	[97]
4	May 6	Pittsburgh	2–3	Montreal		Talbot, Kunitz	Pyatt, Lapierre, Gionta	Fleury (6–4)	21,273	2–2	[98]
5	May 8	Montreal	1–2	Pittsburgh		Letang, Gonchar	Cammalleri	Fleury (7–4)	17,132	3–2	[99]
6	May 10	Pittsburgh	3–4	Montreal		Crosby, Letang, Guerin	Cammalleri, Cammalleri, Spacek, Lapierre	Fleury (7–5)	21,273	3–3	[100]
7	May 12	Montreal	5-2	Pittsburgh		Kunitz, Staal	Gionta, Moore, Cammalleri, Moen, Gionta	Fleury (7-6)	17,132	Lose series 3–4	[101]

Scorer of game winning goal in italics

Player stats[]

The following statistics were compiled from the Penguins' official website.

Skaters[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
&	-9	00	00	000	-99	0
Zz	99	99	99	999	99	99
Cro Sidney Crosby	81	51	58	109	+15	71
Mal Evgeni Malkin	67	28	49	77	-6 −6	100
Gon Sergei Gonchar	62	11	39	50	-4 −4	49
Sta Jordan Staal	82	21	28	49	+19	57
Gue Bill Guerin	78	21	24	45	-9 −9	75
Dup Pascal Dupuis	81	18	20	38	+5	16
Gol Alex Goligoski	69	8	29	37	+7	22
Kun Chris Kunitz	50	13	19	32	+3	39
Fed Ruslan Fedotenko	80	11	19	30	-17 −17	50
Coo Matt Cooke	79	15	15	30	+17	106
Let Kris Letang	73	3	24	27	+1	51
Ken Tyler Kennedy	64	13	12	25	+10	31
Orp Brooks Orpik	73	2	23	25	+6	64
Rup Mike Rupp	81	13	6	19	+5	120
Eat Mark Eaton	79	3	13	16	+5	26
McK Jay McKee	62	1	9	10	+6	54
Ada Craig Adams	82	0	10	10	-5	72
Pon Alexei Ponikarovsky	16	2	7	9	-6 −6	17
Leo Jordan Leopold	19	3	4	7	+4	6
Sko Martin Skoula	33	3	5	8	-4 −4	6
Tal Maxime Talbot	45	2	5	7	-9 −9	30
Con Chris Conner	8	2	1	3	-1 −1	0
God Eric Godard	45	1	2	3	+2	76
Bou Chris Bourque	20	0	3	3	-4 −4	10
Lov Ben Lovejoy	12	0	3	3	+8	2
Cap Luca Caputi	4	1	1	2	-1 −1	2
Joh Nick Johnson	6	1	1	2	-2 −2	2
Eng Deryk Engelland	9	0	2	2	-2 −2	17
Let Mark Letestu	10	1	0	1	-2 −2	2
Tan Eric Tangradi	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jef Dustin Jeffrey	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wal Tim Wallace	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gue Nathan Guenin	2	0	0	0	-2 −2	0
Goalies	—	0	2	2	—	10

Players in italics traded during the season.

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
&	00	-9	-9	-9	-99	0
Zz	99	99	99	999	99	99
Cro Sidney Crosby	13	6	13	19	+6	6
Gon Sergei Gonchar	13	2	10	12	+4	4
Kun Chris Kunitz	13	4	7	11	+3	8
Mal Evgeni Malkin	13	5	6	11	0	6
Gue Bill Guerin	11	4	5	9	+3	2
Gol Alex Goligoski	13	2	7	9	+4	2
Dup Pascal Dupuis	13	2	6	8	+5	4
Let Kris Letang	13	5	2	7	-5 −5	6
Coo Matt Cooke	13	4	2	6	-4 −4	22
Tal Max Talbot	13	2	4	6	+1	11
Pon Alexei Ponikarovsky	11	1	4	5	0	4
Sta Jordan Staal	11	3	2	5	-4 −4	6
Ada Craig Adams	13	2	1	3	+2	15
Eat Mark Eaton	13	0	3	3	-4 −4	4
Orp Brooks Orpik	13	0	2	2	+3	12
Let Mark Letestu	4	0	1	1	0	0
McK Jay McKee	5	0	0	0	+2	2
Rup Mike Rupp	11	0	0	0	0	8
Leo Jordan Leopold	8	0	0	0	-2 −2	2
Fed Ruslan Fedotenko	6	0	0	0	-3 −3	4
Ken Tyler Kennedy	10	0	0	0	-6 −6	2
Con Chris Conner	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders[]

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); GAA = Goals Against Average; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; SO = Shutouts; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage

Regular season

Player	GP	TOI	GAA	W	L	OT	SO	GA	Sv%
Marc-Andre Fleury	67	3798	2.65	37	21	6	1	168	.905
Brent Johnson	23	1108	2.76	10	6	1	0	51	.906
Alexander Pechurski	1	36	1.67	0	0	0	0	6	.923
John Curry	1	24	12.50	0	1	0	0	5	.643
Combined			2.67	47	28	7	1	230	.905

Players in italics traded during the season.

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	GAA	W	L	SO	GA	Sv%
Marc-Andre Fleury	13	798	2.78	7	6	1	37	.891
Brent Johnson	1	31	1.94	0	0	0	1	.857

Final roster[]

Updated April 28, 2010.^[11]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
27	Canada	Adams, CraigCraig Adams	4.3 C/RW	R	48	2009	Seria, Brunei
18	United States	Conner, ChrisChris Conner	7.0 RW	L	41	2009	Westland, Michigan
24	Canada	Cooke, MattMatt Cooke	6.0 LW	L	46	2008	Belleville, Ontario
87	Canada	Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby (C)	4.0 C	L	37	2005	Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia
36	United States	Curry, JohnJohn Curry	1.0 G	L	41	2007	Shorewood, Minnesota
9	Canada	Dupuis, PascalPascal Dupuis	6.0 LW	L	46	2008	Laval, Quebec
7	United States	Eaton, MarkMark Eaton	2.0 D	L	47	2006	Wilmington, Delaware
5	Canada	Engelland, DerykDeryk Engelland	2.0 D	L	43	2007	Edmonton, Alberta
26	Ukraine	Fedotenko, RuslanRuslan Fedotenko	6.0 LW	L	46	2008	Kiev, Soviet Union
29	Canada	Fleury, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Fleury	1.0 G	L	40	2003	Sorel, Quebec
28	Canada	Godard, EricEric Godard	7.0 RW	R	45	2008	Vernon, British Columbia
3	United States	Goligoski, AlexAlex Goligoski	2.0 D	L	39	2004	Grand Rapids, Minnesota
55	Russia	Gonchar, SergeiSergei Gonchar (A)	2.0 D	L	51	2005	Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union
13	United States	Guerin, BillBill Guerin	7.0 RW	R	54	2009	Worcester, Massachusetts
15	Canada	Jeffrey, DustinDustin Jeffrey	4.0 C	L	37	2007	Sarnia, Ontario
1	United States	Johnson, BrentBrent Johnson	1.0 G	L	48	2009	Farmington, Michigan
42	Canada	Johnson, NickNick Johnson	7.0 RW	R	39	2004	Calgary, Alberta
38	Canada	Letestu, MarkMark Letestu	4.0 C	R	40	2007	Elk Point, Alberta
48	Canada	Kennedy, TylerTyler Kennedy	7.0 RW	R	38	2007	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
14	Canada	Kunitz, ChrisChris Kunitz	6.0 LW	L	45	2009	Regina, Saskatchewan
4	United States	Leopold, JordanJordan Leopold	2.0 D	L	44	2010	Golden Valley, Minnesota
58	Canada	Letang, KristopherKristopher Letang	2.0 D	R	38	2005	Montreal, Quebec
6	United States	Lovejoy, BenBen Lovejoy	2.0 D	R	41	2008	Canaan, New Hampshire
71	Russia	Malkin, EvgeniEvgeni Malkin (A)	4.3 C/RW	L	38	2004	Magnitogorsk, Soviet Union
74	Canada	McKee, JayJay McKee	2.0 D	L	47	2009	Kingston, Ontario
44	United States	Orpik, BrooksBrooks Orpik	2.0 D	L	44	2000	San Francisco, California
23	Ukraine	Ponikarovsky, AlexeiAlexei Ponikarovsky	6.0 LW	L	45	2010	Kiev, Soviet Union
17	United States	Rupp, MichaelMichael Rupp	4.2 C/LW	L	45	2009	Cleveland, Ohio
11	Canada	Staal, JordanJordan Staal	4.0 C	L	36	2006	Thunder Bay, Ontario
25	Canada	Talbot, MaximeMaxime Talbot	4.3 C/RW	L	41	2002	LeMoyne, Quebec
56	USA	Tangradi, EricEric Tangradi	6.0 LW	L	36	2009	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
49	Canada	Thiessen, BradBrad Thiessen	1.0 G	L	39	2009	Aldergrove, British Columbia
20	United States	Wagner, SteveSteve Wagner	2.0 D	L	41	2010	Grand Rapids, Michigan
22	United States	Wallace, TimTim Wallace	6.0 LW	R	40	2006	Anchorage, Alaska

Transactions[]

The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.

Trades

June 19, 2009	To New York Rangers: Chad Johnson	To Pittsburgh: 151st pick in 2009
June 26, 2009	To Montreal Canadiens: 7th-round pick (#211 overall) in 2009	To Pittsburgh: 6th-round pick in 2010
February 11, 2010	To St. Louis Blues: Nate Guenin	To Pittsburgh: Steve Wagner
March 1, 2010^[12]	To Florida Panthers: 2nd-round pick in 2010	To Pittsburgh: Jordan Leopold
March 2, 2010^[13]	To Toronto Maple Leafs: Martin Skoula Luca Caputi	To Pittsburgh: Alexei Ponikarovsky
March 3, 2010^[14]	To Toronto Maple Leafs: Chris Peluso	To Pittsburgh: 6th-round pick in 2010

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Mike Rupp^[15]	New Jersey Devils	2 years, $1.65 million
Nate Guenin^[16]	Philadelphia Flyers	1 year, $500,000
Chris Conner^[17]	Dallas Stars	1 year, $500,000
Chris Lee^[17]	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	1 year, $500,000
Jay McKee^[18]	St. Louis Blues	1 year, $800,000
Brent Johnson^[19]	Washington Capitals	1 year, $525,000
Wade Brookbank^[20]	Carolina Hurricanes	1 year, $500,000
Wyatt Smith^[20]	San Antonio Rampage	1 year, $500,000
Ryan Bayda^[21]	Carolina Hurricanes	1 year, $500,000
Martin Skoula^[22]	Minnesota Wild	1 year, $575,000

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Hal Gill^[23]	Montreal Canadiens	2 years, $4.5 million
Mathieu Garon^[24]	Columbus Blue Jackets	2 years, $2.4 million
Rob Scuderi^[25]	Los Angeles Kings	4 years, $13.6 million
Jeff Taffe^[26]	Florida Panthers	2 years, $1.2 million
Chris Minard^[27]	Edmonton Oilers	1 year, $550,000
Petr Sykora^[28]	Minnesota Wild	1 year, $1.6 million
Miroslav Satan^[29]	Boston Bruins	1 year, $700,000

Claimed from waivers

Date	Player	Previous team
September 30, 2009	Chris Bourque^[30]	Washington Capitals

Lost from waivers

Date	Player	New team
September 30, 2009	Paul Bissonnette^[31]	Phoenix Coyotes
December 5, 2009	Chris Bourque^[32]	Washington Capitals

Notable achievements[]

Sidney Crosby – 400 Points, 6th fastest in NHL history; October 3, 2009
Matt Cooke – 100th career goal; October 11, 2009
Deryk Engelland – 1st NHL game; November 11, 2009^[33]
Pascal Dupuis – 100th career goal; November 14, 2009
Mark Letestu – 1st NHL game; November 14, 2009^[34]
Mike Rupp – 1st NHL hat trick; November 30, 2009
Sidney Crosby – 150th career goal; December 3, 2009
Jordan Staal – 10th short handed goal; December 15, 2009
Jay McKee – 100th career assist; December 15, 2009
Alexander Pechurskiy – 1st NHL game; January 16, 2010
Nick Johnson – 1st NHL game and 1st NHL goal; January 21, 2010
Mark Letestu – 1st NHL goal; February 1, 2010
Sidney Crosby – 300th NHL Assist; February 6, 2010
Sergei Gonchar – 200th NHL goal; March 2, 2010. First Russian Defenseman to do so.
Pittsburgh Penguins – recorded 55 shots against the New York Rangers; March 5. 2010. Set a new team record for most shots in a road game.
Chris Kunitz – 100th NHL goal; March 22, 2010
Sidney Crosby - 500th NHL point, 3rd youngest in NHL history (after Gretzky and Lemieux); April 8, 2010. Last regular season home game at Mellon Arena.
Eric Tangradi - 1st NHL game; April 11, 2010

Awards[]

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
Sidney Crosby^[35]	NHL First Star of the Week	November 30, 2009
Marc-Andre Fleury^[36]	NHL Second Star of the Week	December 21, 2009
Sidney Crosby^[37]	NHL Third Star of the Week	January 25, 2010
Sidney Crosby	Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy	April 11, 2010
Sidney Crosby^[38]	NHL First Star of the Week	April 12, 2010

Draft picks[]

The 2009 NHL Entry Draft was the 47th NHL Entry Draft. It is was held June 26–27 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, the first NHL draft to be held in Montreal since 1992. At the Entry Draft, the Penguins made two trades to increase their number of overall picks, as several of their picks had been traded previously. With their first-round pick, the Penguins chose Simon Despres, 30th overall.

Round	Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	030	Simon Despres	D	Canada	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL, Canada)
2	061	Philip Samuelsson	D	Canada	Chicago Steel (USHL, United States)
3	063	Ben Hanowski	RW	United States	Little Falls High School (MSHSL, United States)
4	121	Nick Petersen	RW	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL, Canada)
5	123	Alex Velischek	D	Canada	Delbarton School (New Jersey Prep School, United States)
5	151	Andy Bathgate	C	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL, Canada)
6	181	Viktor Ekbom	D	Sweden	IK Oskarshamn (HockeyAllsvenskan, Sweden)

Notes on Draft Picks

The Tampa Bay Lightning's third-round pick went to the Penguins as the result of a trade on June 28, 2008 that sent Gary Roberts and Ryan Malone to Tampa Bay in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Ryan Malone is signed by Tampa Bay prior to the 2008-09 season – was converted on June 29, 2008.
The Tampa Bay Lightning's fifth-round pick went to the Penguins as the result of a trade on October 1, 2008 that sent Michal Sersen to Tampa Bay for this pick.
The Penguins' fifth-round pick (151st overall) was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs on February 26, 2008 along with a second-round pick in 2008 in exchange for Hal Gill. The New York Rangers then acquired the pick from the Maple Leafs in July 2008, then the Penguins re-claimed their pick in a June 2009 trade that sent Chad Johnson to the Rangers.

The Penguins' third-round pick was traded to the New York Islanders as a result of the conditional trade in which the Penguins acquired Bill Guerin on March 4, 2009. The trade sent the New York Islanders a conditional 2009 draft pick that became the third-round pick, because the Penguins advanced beyound the first round in the 2009 playoffs.

References[]

↑ Kevin Gorman. "Penguins players, fans share thrilling moment at center ice in Mellon Arena", 2009-10-03.
↑ Rob Rossi. "Outdoor screen on for Pens' banner raising", 2009-09-30.
↑ Rob Rossi. "Penguins ruin Tavares' debut with Islanders", 2009-10-04.
↑ Rob Rossi. "Penguins get break after back-to-back games", 2009-10-05.
↑ Aaron Beard. "Penguins beat Hurricanes 3-2 in shootout", Yahoo! Sports, 2009-10-14.
↑ Dave Molinari. "Penguins' 7-game win streak ends in 4-1 loss to Devils", 2009-10-28.
↑ Crosby pointless again as Pens fall to Bruins. NBC Sports (10 November 2009). Retrieved on 16 November 2009.
↑ "Dupuis' OT goal ends Pens' 4-game skid; Malkin nets 3 assists in return", ESPN.com, November 14, 2009. Retrieved on May 13, 2010.
↑ Yohe, Josh (16 November 2009). Penguins defenseman Goligoski out 2-3 weeks with injury. Daily News. Retrieved on 16 November 2009.
↑ Anderson, Shelly (18 November 2009). Penguins' McKee out two to four weeks. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved on 18 November 2009.
↑ Pittsburgh Penguins - Team - Roster. Pittsburgh Penguins. Retrieved on April 28, 2010.
↑ Penguins Acquire Defenseman Jordan Leopold from the Florida Panthers in Exchange for 2010 Second-Round Draft Pick
↑ http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=519729 Penguins acquire Alex Ponikarovsky from Leafs
↑ Penguins Acquire 2010 Sixth-Round Draft Pick From The Toronto Maple Leafs In Exchange For Chris Peluso
↑ Penguins Sign Forward Mike Rupp
↑ Pittsburgh Penguins Sign Defenseman Nate Guenin to One-Year Contract
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 Pens Sign Conner, Lee
↑ Pittsburgh Penguins Sign Defenseman Jay McKee
↑ Pens Sign Goaltender Brent Johnson
↑ ^20.0 ^20.1 Penguins Sign Forwards Brookbank, Smith
↑ Penguins Sign Forward Ryan Bayda to One-Year Contract
↑ Skoula Eager to Help Penguins
↑ Hal Gill heading to Montreal
↑ Garon Signed to a Two-Year Deal
↑ KINGS SIGN SCUDERI FOR FOUR YEARS
↑ Florida Panthers Sign C Jeff Taffe
↑ Oilers sign pair
↑ Wild Signs F Petr Sykora
↑ BRUINS SIGN MIROSLAV SATAN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON
↑ Penguins Claim Forward Chris Bourque Off Waivers
↑ Coyotes Claim Bissonnette Off Waivers
↑ Capitals Claim Chris Bourque off Waivers from Pittsburgh
↑ Anderson, Shelly (12 November 2009). Engelland fills hole on Penguins' defense. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved on 12 November 2009.
↑ Penguins 6, Bruins 5, OT (14 November 2009). Retrieved on 27 November 2009.
↑ Sidney Crosby named first star of the week, Brodeur and Hagman second and third
↑ Huet, Fleury, Hornqvist named NHL Three Stars
↑ Brian Elliott, Craig Anderson and Sidney Crosby are NHL's 3 stars of week
↑ Crosby, Staal, Backstrom are NHL's Stars of the Week

External links[]

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[1] Kevin Gorman. "Penguins players, fans share thrilling moment at center ice in Mellon Arena", 2009-10-03.

[2] Rob Rossi. "Outdoor screen on for Pens' banner raising", 2009-09-30.

[3] Rob Rossi. "Penguins ruin Tavares' debut with Islanders", 2009-10-04.

[4] Rob Rossi. "Penguins get break after back-to-back games", 2009-10-05.

[5] Aaron Beard. "Penguins beat Hurricanes 3-2 in shootout", Yahoo! Sports, 2009-10-14.

[6] Dave Molinari. "Penguins' 7-game win streak ends in 4-1 loss to Devils", 2009-10-28.

[7] Crosby pointless again as Pens fall to Bruins. NBC Sports (10 November 2009). Retrieved on 16 November 2009.

[8] "Dupuis' OT goal ends Pens' 4-game skid; Malkin nets 3 assists in return", ESPN.com, November 14, 2009. Retrieved on May 13, 2010.

[9] Yohe, Josh (16 November 2009). Penguins defenseman Goligoski out 2-3 weeks with injury. Daily News. Retrieved on 16 November 2009.

[10] Anderson, Shelly (18 November 2009). Penguins' McKee out two to four weeks. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved on 18 November 2009.

[11] Pittsburgh Penguins - Team - Roster. Pittsburgh Penguins. Retrieved on April 28, 2010.

[12] Penguins Acquire Defenseman Jordan Leopold from the Florida Panthers in Exchange for 2010 Second-Round Draft Pick

[13] ttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=519729 Penguins acquire Alex Ponikarovsky from Leafs

[14] Penguins Acquire 2010 Sixth-Round Draft Pick From The Toronto Maple Leafs In Exchange For Chris Peluso

[15] Penguins Sign Forward Mike Rupp

[16] Pittsburgh Penguins Sign Defenseman Nate Guenin to One-Year Contract

[Pens_Sign_Conner,_Lee-17] 17.0 ^17.1 Pens Sign Conner, Lee

[18] Pittsburgh Penguins Sign Defenseman Jay McKee

[19] Pens Sign Goaltender Brent Johnson

[penguins.nhl.com-20] 20.0 ^20.1 Penguins Sign Forwards Brookbank, Smith

[21] Penguins Sign Forward Ryan Bayda to One-Year Contract

[22] Skoula Eager to Help Penguins

[23] Hal Gill heading to Montreal

[24] Garon Signed to a Two-Year Deal

[25] KINGS SIGN SCUDERI FOR FOUR YEARS

[26] Florida Panthers Sign C Jeff Taffe

[27] Oilers sign pair

[28] Wild Signs F Petr Sykora

[29] BRUINS SIGN MIROSLAV SATAN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON

[30] Penguins Claim Forward Chris Bourque Off Waivers

[31] Coyotes Claim Bissonnette Off Waivers

[32] Capitals Claim Chris Bourque off Waivers from Pittsburgh

[33] Anderson, Shelly (12 November 2009). Engelland fills hole on Penguins' defense. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved on 12 November 2009.

[34] Penguins 6, Bruins 5, OT (14 November 2009). Retrieved on 27 November 2009.

[35] Sidney Crosby named first star of the week, Brodeur and Hagman second and third

[36] Huet, Fleury, Hornqvist named NHL Three Stars

[37] Brian Elliott, Craig Anderson and Sidney Crosby are NHL's 3 stars of week

[38] Crosby, Staal, Backstrom are NHL's Stars of the Week

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2009–10 NHL season by team
Atlantic	New Jersey Devils • New York Islanders • New York Rangers • Philadelphia Flyers • Pittsburgh Penguins
Northeast	Boston Bruins • Buffalo Sabres • Montreal Canadiens • Ottawa Senators • Toronto Maple Leafs
Southeast	Atlanta Thrashers • Carolina Hurricanes • Florida Panthers • Tampa Bay Lightning • Washington Capitals
Central	Chicago Blackhawks • Columbus Blue Jackets • Detroit Red Wings • Nashville Predators • St. Louis Blues
Northwest	Calgary Flames • Colorado Avalanche • Edmonton Oilers • Minnesota Wild • Vancouver Canucks
Pacific	Anaheim Ducks • Dallas Stars • Los Angeles Kings • Phoenix Coyotes • San Jose Sharks
See also	2009 NHL Entry Draft • Winter Classic • Playoffs • Transactions • Three Star Awards