2019–20 Pittsburgh Penguins season

2019-20 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	3rd Metropolitan
Conference	5th Eastern
2019-20 record	40–23–6
Home record	23–8–4
Road record	17–15–2
Goals for	224
Goals against	196
Team information
General manager	Jim Rutherford
Coach	Mike Sullivan
Captain	Sidney Crosby
Alternate captains	Kris Letang Evgeni Malkin
Arena	PPG Paints Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) Wheeling Nailers (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Bryan Rust (27)
Assists	Evgeni Malkin (49)
Points	Evgeni Malkin (74)
Penalty minutes	Evgeni Malkin (58)
Plus/minus	Brian Dumoulin John Marino (+17)
Wins	Tristan Jarry Matt Murray (20)
Goals against average	Tristan Jarry (2.43)

The 2019–20 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the 53rd season for the National Hockey League team that was established on June 5, 1967. This season saw the team try to extend their playoffs streak to 14 seasons.

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Penguins advanced to the playoffs, losing in four games to the Montreal Canadiens in the qualifying round.

Standings

Divisional standings

2019-20 NHL Metropolitan Division Standings

Pos.	Team	GP	W	L	OL	RW	GF	GA	Pct.
1	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	.652
2	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	86
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	86
4	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	81
5	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	80
6	Columbus BlueJackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	81
7	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	79
8	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	68

Eastern Conference

2019-20 NHL Eastern Conference standings

Pos.	Team	GP	W	L	OL	RW	GF	GA	Pct.
1	Boston Bruins	70	44	14	12	38	227	174	.714
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	43	21	6	35	245	195	.657
3	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	.652
4	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	.645
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	.623
6	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	.596
7	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	.588
8	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	36	25	9	28	238	227	.579
9	Columbus BlueJackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	.579
10	Florida Panthers	69	35	26	8	30	231	228	.565
11	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	.564
12	Montreal Canadiens	71	31	31	9	19	212	221	.500
13	Buffalo Sabres	69	30	31	8	22	195	217	.493
14	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	.493
15	Ottawa Senators	71	25	34	12	18	191	243	.437
16	Detroit Red Wings	71	17	49	5	13	145	267	.275

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.

2019 preseason game log: 2–1–3 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 0–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home Location Attendance Record 1 September 16 Pittsburgh 4–5 OT Buffalo Pegula Ice Arena 5,497 0–0–1 2 September 19 Columbus 1–4 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 15,649 1–0–1 3 September 21 Pittsburgh 1–3 Columbus Nationwide Arena 13,637 1–1–1 4 September 22 Pittsburgh 2–3 OT Detroit Little Caesars Arena 16,093 1–1–2 5 September 25 Detroit 2–4 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 15,112 2–1–2 6 September 28 Buffalo 3–2 SO Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,325 2–1–3

Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = OT/SO Loss

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.

Playoffs

The Penguins were defeated by the Montreal Canadiens in the qualifying round in four games.

2020 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (12) Montreal Canadiens: Montreal won 3–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 1 Montreal 3–2 Pittsburgh OT Murray 0–1 Recap 2 August 3 Montreal 1–3 Pittsburgh Murray 1–1 Recap 3 August 5 Pittsburgh 3–4 Montreal Murray 1–2 Recap 4 August 7 Pittsburgh 0–2 Montreal Jarry 1–3 Recap
Legend:           = Win           = Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Malkin, EvgeniEvgeni Malkin 55 25 49 74 7 58 Rust, BryanBryan Rust 55 27 29 56 14 30 Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby 41 16 31 47 −8 15 Letang, KrisKris Letang 61 15 29 44 0 38 Guentzel, JakeJake Guentzel 39 20 23 43 11 14 McCann, JaredJared McCann 66 14 21 35 6 17 Hornqvist, PatricPatric Hornqvist 52 17 15 32 9 36 Kahun, DominikDominik Kahun ‡ || 50 || 10 || 17 || 27 || 6 || 8 Marino, JohnJohn Marino 56 6 20 26 17 20 Tanev, BrandonBrandon Tanev 68 11 14 25 −1 16 Blueger, TeddyTeddy Blueger 69 9 13 22 2 25 Simon, DominikDominik Simon 64 7 15 22 −9 12 Pettersson, MarcusMarcus Pettersson 69 2 20 22 9 35 Galchenyuk, AlexAlex Galchenyuk ‡ || 45 || 5 || 12 || 17 || −7 || 10 Aston-Reese, ZachZach Aston-Reese 57 6 7 13 6 28 Lafferty, SamSam Lafferty 50 6 7 13 5 23 Zucker, JasonJason Zucker † || 15 || 6 || 6 || 12 || −1 || 2 Schultz, JustinJustin Schultz 46 3 9 12 −13 6 Johnson, JackJack Johnson 67 3 8 11 −1 26 Dumoulin, BrianBrian Dumoulin 28 1 7 8 17 10 Riikola, JuusoJuuso Riikola 36 1 6 7 3 6 Ruhwedel, ChadChad Ruhwedel 41 2 4 6 4 12 Blandisi, JosephJoseph Blandisi ‡ || 21 || 2 || 3 || 5 || −3 || 10 Sheary, ConorConor Sheary † || 8 || 1 || 3 || 4 || −1 || 2 Bjugstad, NickNick Bjugstad 13 1 1 2 3 8 Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau † || 8 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 2 Johnson, AdamAdam Johnson 7 1 1 2 −1 2 Agozzino, AndrewAndrew Agozzino 17 0 2 2 0 4 Angello, AnthonyAnthony Angello 8 1 0 1 −1 4 Noesen, StefanStefan Noesen ‡ || 6 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 Rodrigues, EvanEvan Rodrigues † || 7 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 4 Gudbranson, ErikErik Gudbranson ‡ || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 Di Pauli, ThomasThomas Di Pauli 2 0 0 0 −3 10 Trotman, ZachZach Trotman 8 0 0 0 −1 4

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby 4 2 1 3 0 0 Guentzel, JakeJake Guentzel 4 1 2 3 1 0 Rust, BryanBryan Rust 4 1 2 3 −2 2 Zucker, JasonJason Zucker 4 2 0 2 0 0 Hornqvist, PatricPatric Hornqvist 4 1 1 2 −3 0 Sheary, ConorConor Sheary 4 0 2 2 3 2 Blueger, TeddyTeddy Blueger 4 1 0 1 −1 0 McCann, JaredJared McCann 3 0 1 1 −1 2 Aston-Reese, ZachZach Aston-Reese 4 0 1 1 −3 2 Tanev, BrandonBrandon Tanev 4 0 1 1 −2 0 Marino, JohnJohn Marino 4 0 1 1 −1 2 Dumoulin, BrianBrian Dumoulin 4 0 1 1 0 4 Schultz, JustinJustin Schultz 4 0 1 1 −4 0 Malkin, EvgeniEvgeni Malkin 4 0 1 1 −3 6 Letang, KrisKris Letang 4 0 0 0 −2 0 Pettersson, MarcusMarcus Pettersson 4 0 0 0 1 4 Johnson, JackJack Johnson 4 0 0 0 −4 0 Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau 4 0 0 0 −4 0 Lafferty, SamSam Lafferty 1 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jarry, TristanTristan Jarry	33	31	1,926:29	20	12	1	78	2.43	985	.921	3	0	0	0
Murray, MattMatt Murray	38	38	2,237:30	20	11	5	107	2.87	1,055	.899	1	0	1	2

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Murray, MattMatt Murray	3	3	192:07	1	2	8	2.50	93	.914	0	0	0	0
Jarry, TristanTristan Jarry	1	1	58:46	0	1	1	1.02	21	.952	0	0	0	0

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

Transactions

The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

Trades

Date	Details
June 29, 2019 (2019-06-29)	To Arizona Coyotes Phil Kessel Dane Birks 4th-round pick in 2021	To Pittsburgh Penguins Alex Galchenyuk Pierre-Olivier Joseph
October 25, 2019 (2019-10-25)	To Anaheim Ducks Erik Gudbranson	To Pittsburgh Penguins Andreas Martinsen 7th-round pick in 2021
February 10, 2020 (2020-02-10)	To Minnesota Wild Alex Galchenyuk Calen Addison Conditional 1st-round pick in 2020	To Pittsburgh Penguins Jason Zucker
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To San Jose Sharks Conditional third-round pick in 2020.[a]	To Pittsburgh Penguins Patrick Marleau
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Buffalo Sabres Dominik Kahun	To Pittsburgh Penguins Conor Sheary Evan Rodrigues

• ^a  - Third-round pick becomes a second-rounder if the Pittsburgh Penguins win the Stanley Cup in 2020.

Free agents

Player	Acquired from	Lost to	Date	Contract terms
Brandon Tanev	Winnipeg Jets		July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	6-years for $21 million
Andrew Agozzino	Colorado Avalanche		July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	2-years for $1.4 million
David Warsofsky	Colorado Avalanche		July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	2-years for $1.4 million

Waivers

Date	Player	To/From	Team
December 19, 2019 (2019-12-19)	Stefan Noesen	→	San Jose Sharks

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) Retirement Date Player Ref Signings Player Date Contract terms Kevin Czuczman June 26, 2019 2-years for $700,000[ext] Zach Trotman June 26, 2019 2-years for $700,000[ext] Joseph Blandisi July 3, 2019 1-year for $700,000 Adam Johnson July 3, 2019 1-year for $700,000 Teddy Blueger July 16, 2019 2-years for $1.5 million Zach Aston-Reese July 22, 2019 2-years for $2 million John Marino August 8, 2019 Entry-level contract Marcus Pettersson January 28, 2020 5-years for $20,125,875[ext] ext  - Contract extension. Draft picks See also: List of Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks Below are the Pittsburgh Penguins' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League) 1 21 Samuel Poulin RW Canada Sherbrooke Phoenix (QMJHL) 3 74 Nathan Legare RW Canada Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL) 5 145 Judd Caulfield RW United States U.S. NTDP (USHL) 7 203 Valtteri Puustinen RW Finland HPK (Liiga) 7 211< Santeri Airola D Finland SaiPa U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga) Notes: The Chicago Blackhawks' third-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent Buffalo's fourth-round pick, Tampa Bay's fifth-round pick and a seventh-round pick all in 2019 (98th, 151st and 207th overall) to Arizona in exchange for this pick. The Vegas Golden Knights' seventh-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent a seventh-round pick in 2018 to Vegas in exchange for this pick. The Washington Capitals' seventh-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent a seventh-round pick in 2020 to San Jose in exchange for this pick. References Pittsburgh Penguins Team Franchise • Players • Coaches • GMs • Seasons • Records • Draft Picks • Mellon Arena • PPG Paints Arena Coaches Sullivan • Kelly • Schinkel • Boileau • Wilson • Johnston • Angotti • Berry • Creamer • Ubriaco • Patrick • Johnson • Bowman • Constantine • Brooks • Hlinka • Kehoe • Olczyk • Therrien Seasons 1967-68 • 1968-69 • 1969-70 • 1970-71 • 1971-72 • 1972-73 • 1973-74 • 1974-75 • 1975-76 • 1976-77 • 1977-78 • 1978-79 • 1979-80 • 1980-81 • 1981-82 • 1982-83 • 1983-84 • 1984-85 • 1985-86 • 1986-87 • 1987-88 • 1988-89 • 1989-90 • 1990-91 • 1991-92 • 1992-93 • 1993-94 • 1994-95 • 1995-96 • 1996-97 • 1997-98 • 1998-99 • 1999-00 • 2000-01 • 2001-02 • 2002-03 • 2003-04 • 2004-05 • 2005-06 • 2006-07 • 2007-08 • 2008-09 • 2009-10 • 2010-11 • 2011-12 • 2012-13 • 2013-14 • 2014-15 • 2015-16 • 2016-17 • 2017-18 • 2018-19 • Affiliates Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL), Wheeling Nailers (ECHL)