2010–11 Pittsburgh Penguins season

2010–11 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	2nd Atlantic
Conference	4th Eastern
2010–11 record	49–25–8
Home record	25–14–2
Road record	24–11–6
Goals for	238
Goals against	199
General Manager	Ray Shero
Coach	Dan Bylsma
Captain	Sidney Crosby
Alternate captains	Evgeni Malkin Brooks Orpik Jordan Staal
Arena	Consol Energy Center Heinz Field (1 game)
Average attendance	18,240 (100.9%) (40 games)
Team leaders
Goals	Sidney Crosby (32)
Assists	Kris Letang (42)
Points	Sidney Crosby (66)
Penalties in minutes	Matt Cooke (129)
Wins	Marc-Andre Fleury (36)
Goals against average	Brent Johnson (2.17)

The 2010–11 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the team's 44th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Penguins began the season in their new arena, CONSOL Energy Center, which is adjacent from their old facility, Mellon Arena, which had been the third smallest and oldest arena in the NHL. The Penguins also hosted the 2011 NHL Winter Classic against the Washington Capitals at Heinz Field, home of the National Football League's Pittsburgh Steelers and NCAA's's Pittsburgh Panthers football.

Pre-season

On June 16, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced that they would play a six-game pre-season, including the first-ever game at the new Consol Energy Center on September 22 against the Detroit Red Wings.

On July 26, 2010, longtime Penguins PA announcer John Barbero died of brain cancer at age 65.

Game log

2010 Pre-season: 5–1–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 22 Detroit Red Wings 1–5 Pittsburgh Penguins Fleury 18,087 1–0–0 Recap 2 September 24 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 Columbus Blue Jackets Curry 10,694 2–0–0 Recap 3 September 25 Columbus Blue Jackets 1–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Fleury 18,087 3–0–0 Recap 4 September 28 Chicago Blackhawks 1–4 Pittsburgh Penguins Johnson 18,087 4–0–0 Recap 5 October 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–5 Chicago Blackhawks Johnson 19,913 4–1–0 Recap 6 October 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 Detroit Red Wings Fleury 17,501 5–1–0 Recap

Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = OT/SO Loss

Regular season

First half

The Penguins inaugurated their new arena on October 7 with a home opener against their in-state rivals, the Philadelphia Flyers, the defending Eastern Conference champions, whom they will play three times in the first month of the season. However, rookie Flyers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky made his NHL debut, leading his team to a 3–2 victory. Flyers forward Daniel Briere scored the first goal in the new building. In the first month of the season, goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury struggled, posting a 1–5 record for the month while backup goaltender Brent Johnson was 5–0–1 and posting a shutout in the final game of the month against the Carolina Hurricanes. Injuries were another trend for the first month of the season, with Jordan Staal failing to play the first month of the season with an infection in his foot. Other injuries to Zbynek Michalek and Brooks Orpik weakened the defensive unit during the first month. During the month of November, the Penguins went on a 12-game winning streak beginning with a 3-1 victory against the Vancouver Canucks on November 17. At the same time team captain Sidney Crosby went on a 25-game point streak during which he recorded 26 goals and 24 assists. The Penguins winning streak ended on December 14 with 3-2 loss in Philadelphia.

After 41 games, the midpoint of the season, the Penguins held a 26–12–3 record with 55 points, a two-point improvement over last season and good for second in the division behind the Philadelphia Flyers and fourth in the Eastern Conference.

2011 Winter Classic

See also: 2011 NHL Winter Classic

The Penguins held the 2011 NHL Winter Classic at Heinz Field on January 1 against the Washington Capitals. This matchup pitted the two premiere stars of the game against each other, Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin. The Capitals won the contest however 3–1, overcoming a 1–0 Penguins lead in which Evgeni Malkin scored the lone Penguins goal. Jordan Staal made a return to the Penguins lineup in the Winter Classic after being held out all of the 2010 contests of the season due to foot and hand injuries.

Crosby suffered a concussion in an open ice hit in the Winter Classic but remained in the game and took part in the following contest with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Against Tampa Bay, however, he was hit again, this time behind the net against the boards and further aggravated his concussion. Crosby was held out games from January 7 through the end of the regular season.

Second half

Defenseman Kris Letang had a breakout first half of the season, sitting second on the team in points scored behind center Sidney Crosby. Letang, Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury were named to the roster of the 2011 NHL All-Star Game, though only Letang and Fleury made appearances, as Crosby and Malkin were held out of the contest with head and lower body injures, respectively.

Malkin also missed multiple games in late January due to a lingering lower body injury and a sinus infection. He returned to the lineup against the Buffalo Sabres on February 4, but reactivated the injury during a hit by Tyler Myers in the second period, tearing his right medial collateral ligament (MCL) and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).

Crosby and Malkin were injured for most of January and into February. In spite of these injuries, the Penguins still held onto second place in the Division and fourth place in the Conference for most of the first half and middle of the season, going 8–3–1 without Crosby, which includes 4–1–0 without both Crosby and Malkin during the same 8–3–1 span.

Due to the absence of Malkin and Crosby, the Penguin's offense was not nearly as productive. This led general manager Ray Shero to make personnel adjustments before the February trade deadline. On February 21, the Penguins traded defenseman Alex Goligoski to the Dallas Stars for left winger James Neal and defenseman Matt Niskanen. The organization also acquired right winger Alex Kovalev from the Ottawa Senators for a conditional draft pick on February 24.

On March 25, the Penguins defeated the New Jersey Devils 1–0 in a shootout. James Neal scored the lone goal, marking the fourth year in a row the Penguins have won a game on March 25 in a shutout and the first to go to overtime or a shootout.

On March 28, the Penguins set an NHL record by winning their fourth consecutive game in a shootout. During the stretch, the team defeated the Detroit Red Wings, Philadelphia Flyers, New Jersey Devils and Florida Panthers in a seven-day period.

The Penguins concluded the regular season with the best penalty-kill percentage in the NHL, at 86.11%

Standings

Atlantic Division GP W L OTL ROW GF GA Pts 1 Philadelphia Flyers 82 47 23 12 44 259 223 106 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 82 49 25 8 39 238 199 106 3 New York Rangers 82 44 33 5 35 233 198 93 4 New Jersey Devils 82 38 39 5 35 174 209 81 5 New York Islanders 82 30 39 13 26 229 264 73

Eastern Conference R GP W L OTL ROW GF GA Pts 1 z – Washington Capitals 82 48 23 11 43 224 197 107 2 y – Philadelphia Flyers 82 47 23 12 44 259 223 106 3 y – Boston Bruins 82 46 25 11 44 246 195 103 4 Pittsburgh Penguins 82 49 25 8 39 238 199 106 5 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 46 25 11 40 247 240 103 6 Montreal Canadiens 82 44 30 8 41 216 209 96 7 Buffalo Sabres 82 43 29 10 38 245 229 96 8 New York Rangers 82 44 33 5 35 233 198 93 8.5 9 Carolina Hurricanes 82 40 31 11 35 236 239 91 10 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 37 34 11 32 218 251 85 11 New Jersey Devils 82 38 39 5 35 174 209 81 12 Atlanta Thrashers 82 34 36 12 29 223 269 80 13 Ottawa Senators 82 32 40 10 30 192 250 74 14 New York Islanders 82 30 39 13 26 229 264 73 15 Florida Panthers 82 30 40 12 26 195 229 72

y – Won division; z – Placed first in conference (and division);

Detailed records

Final

Eastern Conference
Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
Philadelphia Flyers	6	2	4	0	172–162	15	16	6–29	5–27	183–163
Pittsburgh Penguins
New York Rangers	6	2	3	1	189–160	15	21	2–22	7–22	170–171
New Jersey Devils	6	4	1	1	167–154	11	8	2–20	2–17	139–152
New York Islanders	6	4	1	1	197–173	15	16	6–32	4–28	183–187
Division Total	24	12	9	3	725–649	56	61	16–103	18–94	675–673

Northeast	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
Boston Bruins	4	2	2	0	146–142	12	15	2–11	3–13	108–122
Montreal Canadiens	4	1	2	1	132–92	8	10	4–17	0–13	113–105
Buffalo Sabres	4	4	0	0	123–125	12	5	0–20	1–12	130–112
Toronto Maple Leafs	4	2	1	1	120–90	16	14	2–11	4–20	122–114
Ottawa Senators	4	3	1	0	155–124	13	7	4–17	4–15	107–120
Division Total	20	12	6	2	676–573	61	51	12–76	12–73	580–573

Southeast	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
Washington Capitals	4	1	3	0	121–114	4	9	0–14	3–15	123–132
Tampa Bay Lightning	4	2	2	0	129–103	17	9	2–18	2–21	128–127
Carolina Hurricanes	4	3	1	0	132–114	12	10	2–11	1–18	125–108
Atlanta Thrashers	4	4	0	0	112–128	18	9	3–13	4–20	107–118
Florida Panthers	4	4	0	0	122–134	14	7	2–11	0–12	97–125
Division Total	20	14	6	0	616–593	65	44	9–67	10–86	580–610
Conference Total	64	38	21	5	2017–1815	182	156	37–246	40–253	1835–1856

Western Conference
Central	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
Detroit Red Wings	2	2	0	0	54–78	9	5	0–4	2–8	47–75
Nashville Predators	1	1	0	0	38–24	4	3	0–5	1–4	30–28
Chicago Blackhawks	1	0	0	1	26–31	2	3	0–4	0–3	26–44
St. Louis Blues	1	0	0	1	31–24	0	1	0–4	0–3	21–25
Columbus Blue Jackets	2	1	1	0	68–48	8	6	4–6	1–7	62–48
Division Total	7	4	1	2	217–205	23	18	4–23	4–25	186–220

Northwest	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
Vancouver Canucks	1	1	0	0	29–30	3	1	0–2	0–5	26–39
Calgary Flames	1	1	0	0	43–31	4	1	1–3	0–4	30–36
Minnesota Wild	1	0	1	0	26–37	0	4	0–4	0–5	20–38
Colorado Avalanche	1	1	0	0	36–31	3	2	1–5	0–2	25–29
Edmonton Oilers	1	1	0	0	33–29	5	1	1–6	0–4	36–21
Division Total	5	4	1	0	167–158	15	9	3–20	0–20	137–163

Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
San Jose Sharks	1	0	0	1	26–38	2	3	0–2	1–4	33–30
Anaheim Ducks	1	0	1	0	32–19	2	3	1–4	0–2	22–18
Phoenix Coyotes	2	2	0	0	74–55	10	4	4–10	0–12	56–67
Los Angeles Kings	1	1	0	0	26–33	2	1	0–2	0–3	30–21
Dallas Stars	1	0	1	0	23–29	2	5	0–4	0–5	30–28
Division Total	6	3	2	1	181–174	18	16	5–22	1–26	171–164
Conference Total	18	11	4	3	565–537	56	43	12–65	5–71	494–547
NHL Total	82	49	25	8	2582–2352	238	199	49–311	45–324	2329–2403

Playoffs

The Pittsburgh Penguins qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the fifth consecutive season. Their opponent in the first round were the Tampa Bay Lightning.

In Game 4 of the series on April 20, the Penguins defeated the Lightning on the road, 3–2 in double overtime. James Neal once again scored the winning goal. It marked the second time James Neal that Neal had scored the game-winning goal for the Penguins; the first time had been the shootout-winning goal on March 25 in a 1–0 victory over the New Jersey Devils.

On April 27, the Penguins were officially eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a 1–0 loss to the Lightning in Game 7; it marked the second time in two years that the Penguins had lost a Game 7 on home ice and it was the first time that they had been eliminated in the first round of the playoffs since 2007. Furthermore, the Penguins were the third team to be knocked out of the playoffs in the debut of their new facility.

Game log

2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference quarterfinals vs No. 5 Tampa Bay Lightning: 3–4 (Home: 1–3; Road: 2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT PIT goals TBL goals Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 13 Tampa Bay 0–3 Pittsburgh Kovalev, Asham, Kunitz Fleury (1–0) 18,390 1–0 2 April 15 Tampa Bay 5–1 Pittsburgh Adams Brewer, Lecavalier, Thompson, St. Louis, Ohlund Fleury (1–1) 18,507 1–1 3 April 18 Pittsburgh 3–2 Tampa Bay Talbot, Asham, Kennedy St. Louis, St. Louis Fleury (2–1) 20,545 2–1 4 April 20 Pittsburgh 3–2 Tampa Bay 2OT Kennedy, Asham, Neal St. Louis, Bergenheim Fleury (3–1) 20,326 3–1 5 April 23 Tampa Bay 8–2 Pittsburgh Rupp, Conner Gagne, Stamkos, Lecavalier, Gagne, Stamkos, Kubina, Kubina, Moore Fleury (3–2) 18,535 3–2 6 April 25 Pittsburgh 2–4 Tampa Bay Dupuis, Staal Purcell, Bergenheim, Downie, Malone Fleury (3–3) 20,309 3–3 7 April 27 Tampa Bay 1–0 Pittsburgh Bergenheim Fleury (3–4) 18,507 3–4
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = OT/SO Loss

• Scorer of game-winning goal in italics.

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby 41 32 34 66 20 31 Letang, KrisKris Letang 82 8 42 50 15 101 Kunitz, ChrisChris Kunitz 66 23 25 48 18 47 Kennedy, TylerTyler Kennedy 80 21 24 45 1 37 Malkin, EvgeniEvgeni Malkin 43 15 22 37 -4 –4 18 Dupuis, PascalPascal Dupuis 81 17 20 37 16 59 Goligoski, AlexAlex Goligoski ‡ || 60 || 9 || 22 || 31 || 20 || 28 Staal, JordanJordan Staal 42 11 19 30 7 24 Cooke, MattMatt Cooke 67 12 18 30 14 129 Letestu, MarkMark Letestu 64 14 13 27 4 13 Martin, PaulPaul Martin 77 3 21 24 9 16 Talbot, MaximeMaxime Talbot 82 8 13 21 -3 –3 66 Michalek, ZbynekZbynek Michalek 73 5 14 19 0 30 Rupp, MikeMike Rupp 81 9 8 17 -4 –4 124 Lovejoy, BenBen Lovejoy 47 3 14 17 11 48 Conner, ChrisChris Conner 60 7 9 16 5 10 Adams, CraigCraig Adams 80 4 11 15 -5 –5 76 Orpik, BrooksBrooks Orpik 63 1 12 13 12 66 Jeffrey, DustinDustin Jeffrey 25 7 5 12 5 4 Asham, ArronArron Asham 44 5 6 11 0 46 Engelland, DerykDeryk Engelland 63 3 7 10 -5 –5 123 Kovalev, AlexeiAlexei Kovalev † || 20 || 2 || 5 || 7 || 3 || 16 Neal, JamesJames Neal † || 20 || 1 || 5 || 6 || -1 –1 || 6 Comrie, MikeMike Comrie 21 1 5 6 -4 –4 18 Sterling, BrettBrett Sterling 7 3 2 5 1 16 Niskanen, MattMatt Niskanen † || 18 || 1 || 3 || 4 || -2 –2 || 20 Godard, EricEric Godard 19 0 3 3 4 105 Johnson, NickNick Johnson 4 1 2 3 1 5 Tangradi, EricEric Tangradi 15 1 2 3 -4 –4 10 Vitale, JoeJoe Vitale 9 1 1 2 -1 –1 13 Hutchinson, AndrewAndrew Hutchinson 5 0 1 1 -3 –3 6 Craig, RyanRyan Craig 6 0 0 0 -3 –3 22 Strait, BrianBrian Strait 3 0 0 0 -1 –1 0 Wallace, TimTim Wallace 7 0 0 0 -3 –3 5 Potter, CoreyCorey Potter 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 82 228 388 616 28 1343

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Talbot, MaximeMaxime Talbot 7 1 3 4 1 14 Letang, KrisKris Letang 7 0 4 4 0 10 Asham, ArronArron Asham 7 3 1 4 2 2 Kennedy, TylerTyler Kennedy 7 2 1 3 0 2 Staal, JordanJordan Staal 7 1 2 3 -2 –2 2 Orpik, BrooksBrooks Orpik 7 0 3 3 -2 –2 14 Martin, PaulPaul Martin 7 0 2 2 1 2 Lovejoy, BenBen Lovejoy 7 0 2 2 0 4 Rupp, MikeMike Rupp 7 1 1 2 4 4 Neal, JamesJames Neal 7 1 1 2 -1 –1 6 Kovalev, AlexeiAlexei Kovalev 7 1 1 2 -3 –3 10 Dupuis, PascalPascal Dupuis 7 1 0 1 -2 –2 2 Conner, ChrisChris Conner 7 1 0 1 1 0 Letestu, MarkMark Letestu 7 0 1 1 -3 –3 0 Niskanen, MattMatt Niskanen 7 0 1 1 -3 –3 0 Adams, CraigCraig Adams 7 1 0 1 2 2 Kunitz, ChrisChris Kunitz 6 1 0 1 -1 –1 6 Michalek, ZbynekZbynek Michalek 7 0 1 1 1 0 Tangradi, EricEric Tangradi 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 7 14 24 38 −1 80

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Fleury, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Fleury	65	62	3,695:10	36	20	5	143	2.32	1,742	0.918	3	0	1	10
Johnson, BrentBrent Johnson	23	20	1,296:42	13	5	3	47	2.17	604	0.922	1	0	1	24
Totals		82	4,991:52	49	25	8	190	2.28	2,346	0.919	4	0	2	34

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Fleury, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Fleury	7	7	405:12	3	4	0	17	2.52	168	0.899	1	0	0	0
Johnson, BrentBrent Johnson	1	0	34:29	0	0	0	4	6.96	11	0.636	0	0	0	2
Totals		7	439:41	3	4	0	21	2.87	179	0.883	1	0	0	2

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Team. Stats reflect time with the Team only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Transactions

The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.

Trades

May 28, 2010	To Anaheim Ducks: 6th-round pick in 2010	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Mattias Modig
June 25, 2010	To Philadelphia Flyers: 3rd-round pick in 2011	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Dan Hamhuis
June 26, 2010	To San Jose Sharks: 7th-round pick in 2010	To Pittsburgh Penguins: 7th-round pick in 2011
February 21, 2011	To Dallas Stars: Alex Goligoski	To Pittsburgh Penguins: James Neal Matt Niskanen
February 24, 2011	To Ottawa Senators: Conditional 7th-round pick in 2011	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Alexei Kovalev

Free agents acquired Player Former team Contract terms Zbynek Michalek Phoenix Coyotes 5 years/$20 million Paul Martin New Jersey Devils 5 years/$25 million Ryan Craig Tampa Bay Lightning 1 year/$500,000 (two-way) Brett Sterling San Jose Sharks 1 year/$500,000 (two-way) Andrew Hutchinson Dallas Stars 1 year/$500,000 (two-way) Corey Potter New York Rangers 1 year/$500,000 (two-way) Arron Asham Philadelphia Flyers 1 year/$700,000 Mike Comrie Edmonton Oilers 1 year/$500,000 Paul Thompson University of New Hampshire 2 years/$1.23 million (entry-level) Brian Gibbons Boston College 2 years/$1.33 million (entry-level)

Free agents lost Player Former team Contract terms Sergei Gonchar Ottawa Senators 3 years/$16.5 million Jordan Leopold Buffalo Sabres 3 years/$9 million Mark Eaton New York Islanders 2 years/$5 million Dan Hamhuis Vancouver Canucks 6 years/$27 million Alexei Ponikarovsky Los Angeles Kings 1 year/$3 million Ruslan Fedotenko New York Rangers 1 year/$1 million

Player signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Deryk Engelland	May 19, 2010	1 year/$500,000 (two-way)
Nick Petersen	May 27, 2010	3 years/$1.7 million (entry-level)
Mattias Modig	May 28, 2010	2 years/$1.2 million (entry-level)
Nick Johnson	June 8, 2010	1 year/$500,000 (two-way)
Steve Wagner	June 14, 2010	1 year/$500,000 (two-way)
Ben Lovejoy	June 21, 2010	3 years/$1.575 million (two-way first year)
Matt Cooke	June 22, 2010	3 years/$5.4 million
Chris Conner	July 13, 2010	1 year/$550,000 (two-way)
Deryk Engelland	January 3, 2011	3 years/$1.7 million
Mark Letestu	January 18, 2011	2 years/$1.25 million
Tom Kuhnhackl	March 22, 2011	3 years/$1.83 million (entry-level)
Philip Samuelsson	April 12, 2011	3 years/$1.845 million (entry-level)

Notable achievements

Awards

Regular Season

Player	Award	Awarded
Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby || NHL Second Star of the Week || November 15, 2010
Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby || NHL Third Star of the Week || November 29, 2010
Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby || NHL First Star of the Month || November 2010
Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby || NHL First Star of the Week || December 6, 2010
Fleury, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Fleury || NHL Second Star of the Week || December 13, 2010
Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby || NHL Third Star of the Week || December 27, 2010
Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby || NHL First Star of the Month || December 2010
Bylsma, DanDan Bylsma || Jack Adams Award (Best Coach) || June 2011

Team awards

Player	Award	Notes
Mark Letestu	Michel Brière Rookie of the Year Award	Presented to the Penguins player judged to be the best rookie on the team. The trophy is presented in memory of the late Michel Briere, who was an outstanding forward in his only season with the Penguins in 1969–70.
Mike Rupp	Baz Bastien Memorial Award	Presented by the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association to the player who the local media of the PHWA want to acknowledge for his cooperation throughout the year. The award is presented in memory of the late Aldege "Baz" Bastien, Penguins general manager from 1976 to 1983. Sponsor: UPMC Sports medicine
Deryk Engelland	Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy nominee	The Pittsburgh Chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association votes for the Penguins' Masterton nominee. Each NHL team selects a Masterton candidate from which the overall winner is chosen. The Masterton candidate is nominated as the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey. Sponsor: Trib Total Media
Marc-Andre Fleury	A. T. Caggiano Memorial Booster Club Cup	Presented in memory of A.T. Caggiano, long-time Penguins' locker room attendant & Booster Club supporter, the award is presented by Penguins Booster Club members, who vote for the three stars after every home game and tally votes at the end of the regular season.
Brooks Orpik	Player's Player Award	The players hold a vote at the end of the season for the player they feel exemplifies leadership for the team, both on and off the ice, a player dedicated to teamwork. Sponsor: Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Maxime Talbot Mike Rupp	Edward J. DeBartolo Award	The award recognizes the player who has donated a tremendous amount of time and effort during the season working on community and charity projects. Sponsor: Verizon Wireless
Brooks Orpik	Defensive Player of the Year	This award honors the defensive skills of an individual player on the team. Sponsor: PNC Wealth Management
Marc-Andre Fleury	Most Valuable Player	Based on the overall contribution the player makes to the team. Sponsor: Consol Energy

Milestones

Regular Season Player Award Awarded Tangradi, EricEric Tangradi 1st Career NHL Assist October 11, 2010 1st Career NHL Point Letestu, MarkMark Letestu 1st Career NHL Assist October 15, 2010 Tangradi, EricEric Tangradi 1st Career NHL Goal October 15, 2010 Adams, CraigCraig Adams 600th Career NHL Game November 3, 2010 Dupuis, PascalPascal Dupuis 600th Career NHL Game November 5, 2010 Kennedy, TylerTyler Kennedy 200th Career NHL Game November 5, 2010 Kunitz, ChrisChris Kunitz 400th Career NHL Game November 6, 2010 Engelland, DerykDeryk Engelland 1st Career NHL Goal November 12, 2010 Asham, AaronAaron Asham 100th Career NHL Assist November 13, 2010 Malkin, EvgeniEvgeni Malkin 400th Career NHL Point November 19, 2010 Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby 200th Career NHL Goal November 27, 2010 Letang, KrisKris Letang 100th Career NHL Point November 27, 2010 Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby 400th Career NHL Game December 6, 2010 Lovejoy, BenBen Lovejoy 1st Career NHL Goal December 22, 2010 Conner, ChrisChris Conner 100th Career NHL Game December 26, 2010 Kennedy, TylerTyler Kennedy 100th Career NHL Point January 18, 2011 Talbot, MaximeMaxime Talbot 100th Career NHL Point February 2, 2011 Vitale, JoeJoe Vitale 1st Career NHL Game February 10, 2011 Orpik, BrooksBrooks Orpik 500th Career NHL Game February 11, 2011 Vitale, JoeJoe Vitale 1st Career NHL Assist February 11, 2011 1st Career NHL Point Vitale, JoeJoe Vitale 1st Career NHL Goal February 17, 2011 Strait, BrianBrian Strait 1st Career NHL Game February 21, 2011 Cooke, MattMatt Cooke 800th Career NHL Game March 5, 2011 Michalek, ZbynekZbynek Michalek 100th Career NHL Assist March 5, 2011 Cooke, MattMatt Cooke 300th Career NHL Point March 13, 2011 Staal, JordanJordan Staal 100th Career NHL Assist April 2, 2011 Kovalev, AlexeiAlexei Kovalev 1,300th Career NHL Game April 5, 2011 Letang, KrisKris Letang 100th Career NHL Assist April 8, 2011

Playoffs Player Award Awarded Lovejoy, BenBen Lovejoy 1st Career NHL Playoff Game April 13, 2011 Neal, JamesJames Neal 1st Career NHL Playoff Game April 13, 2011 1st Career NHL Playoff Assist 1st Career NHL Playoff Point Lovejoy, BenBen Lovejoy 1st Career NHL Playoff Assist April 18, 2011 1st Career NHL Playoff Point Neal, JamesJames Neal 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal April 20, 2011 Tangradi, EricEric Tangradi 1st Career NHL Playoff Game April 20, 2011 Conner, ChrisChris Conner 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal April 23, 2011 1st Career NHL Playoff Point Kovalev, AlexeiAlexei Kovalev 100th Career NHL Playoff Point April 23, 2011

Draft picks

See also: List of Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks

Pittsburgh Penguins' picks at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 25–26 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Round	Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	20	Beau Bennett	RW	United States	Penticton Vees (BCHL)
3	80	Bryan Rust	RW	United States	U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL)
4	110	Tom Kuhnhackl	RW	Germany	Landshut Cannibals (2nd Bundesliga)
5	140	Kenny Agostino	LW	United States	Delbarton School (USHS-NJ)
6	152[a]	Joe Rogalski	D	United States	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
6	170	Reid McNeill	D	Canada	London Knights (OHL)

Draft notes

• The Pittsburgh Penguins' second-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a March 1, 2010, trade that sent Jordan Leopold to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.
• ^a The Toronto Maple Leafs' sixth-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a March 3, 2010, trade that sent Chris Peluso to the Maple Leafs in exchange for this pick.
• The Pittsburgh Penguins' seventh-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a June 26, 2010, trade that sent 2011 seventh-round pick to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.

External links

• 2010–11 Pittsburgh Penguins season at ESPN
• 2010–11 Pittsburgh Penguins season at Hockey Reference