What league does Pittsburgh Penguins play in?

Pittsburgh Penguins play in the NHL.

When was Pittsburgh Penguins founded?

Pittsburgh Penguins was founded in 1967 in Pittsburgh, PA, USA, USA.

Where is Pittsburgh Penguins based?

Pittsburgh Penguins is based in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Who is the head coach of Pittsburgh Penguins?

The head coach of Pittsburgh Penguins is Ed Johnston.

Who is the captain of Pittsburgh Penguins?

The captain of Pittsburgh Penguins is Mario Lemieux.

What arena does Pittsburgh Penguins play in?

Pittsburgh Penguins play their home games at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Who is the general manager of Pittsburgh Penguins?

The general manager of Pittsburgh Penguins is Ed Johnston.

What are the team colors of Pittsburgh Penguins?

The team colors of Pittsburgh Penguins are Black + Yellow + White.

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1996-1997 Pittsburgh Penguins Player Stats

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#	Skater	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
NHL
1.	Mario Lemieux (C)	76	50	72	122	65	27	5	3	3	6	4	-4
2.	Jaromír Jágr (RW)	63	47	48	95	40	22	5	4	4	8	4	-4
3.	Ron Francis (C)	81	27	63	90	20	7	5	1	2	3	2	-7
4.	Petr Nedvěd (C)	74	33	38	71	66	-2	5	1	2	3	12	-2
5.	Kevin Hatcher (D)	80	15	39	54	103	11	5	1	1	2	4	-5
6.	Stu Barnes (C)	62	17	22	39	16	-20	5	0	1	1	0	0
7.	Jason Woolley (D)	57	6	30	36	28	3	5	0	3	3	0	-1
8.	Fredrik Olausson (D)	51	7	20	27	24	21	4	0	1	1	0	-1
9.	Tomas Sandström (RW)	40	9	15	24	33	4
10.	Glen Murray (RW)	66	11	11	22	24	-19
11.	Joe Mullen (RW)	54	7	15	22	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
12.	Alex Hicks (LW)	55	5	15	20	76	-6	5	0	1	1	2
13.	Joe Dziedzic (LW)	59	9	9	18	63	-4	5	0	1	1	4	-1
14.	Darius Kasparaitis (D)	57	2	16	18	84	24	5	0	0	0	6	-4
15.	Jean-Jacques Daigneault (D)	53	3	14	17	36	-5
16.	Greg Johnson (C)	32	7	9	16	14	-13	5	1	0	1	2	-1
17.	Ed Olczyk (C)	12	4	7	11	6	8	5	1	0	1	12	-2
18.	Dave Roche (LW)	61	5	5	10	155	-13
19.	Ian Moran (D)	36	4	5	9	22	-11	5	1	2	3	4	1
20.	Andreas Johansson (LW)	27	2	7	9	20	-6
21.	Garry Valk (LW/RW)	17	3	4	7	25	-6
22.	Chris Tamer (D)	45	2	4	6	131	-25	4	0	0	0	4	-1
23.	Dmitri Mironov (D)	15	1	5	6	24	-4
24.	Alek Stojanov (RW)	35	1	4	5	79	3
25.	Josef Beránek (C/LW)	8	3	1	4	4	-1	5	0	0	0	2	-4
26.	Jeff Christian (LW)	11	2	2	4	13	-3
27.	Tyler Wright (C)	45	2	2	4	70	-7
28.	Petr Klima (RW)	9	1	3	4	4	-4
29.	Craig Muni (D)	64	0	4	4	36	-6	3	0	0	0	0	0
30.	Dan Quinn (C)	16	0	3	3	10	-6
31.	François Leroux (D)	59	0	3	3	81	-3	3	0	0	0	0	0
32.	Richard Park (RW/C)	1	0	0	0	0	-1
33.	Domenic Pittis (C)	1	0	0	0	0	-1
34.	Stefan Bergqvist (D)	5	0	0	0	7	-1
35.	Ed Patterson (RW)	6	0	0	0	8	0
36.	Roman Oksiuta (RW)	7	0	0	0	0	-4
37.	Shawn Antoski (LW)	13	0	0	0	49	0
38.	Neil Wilkinson (D)	23	0	0	0	36	-12	5	0	0	0	4	-2

#	Goalie	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	T	SO	TOI	SVS	GP	GAA	SV%
NHL
1.	Patrick Lalime (G)	39	2.95	.913	21	12	2	3	2058:00	1065
2.	Philippe DeRouville (G)	2	3.24	.909	0	2	0	0	111:00	60
3.	Ken Wregget (G)	46	3.25	.902	17	17	6	2	2514:00	1247	5	3.63	.915
4.	Tom Barrasso (G)	5	5.79	.860	0	5	0	0	270:00	160

1996-1997 Pittsburgh Penguins Staff

Head CoachEd Johnston
GM/Head CoachCraig Patrick
Asst. CoachRandy Hillier
Asst. CoachRick Kehoe
Asst. CoachBryan Trottier
Goaltending CoachGilles Meloche
Asst. General ManagerEd Johnston
Amateur ScoutLes Binkley
Amateur ScoutHerb Brooks
Amateur ScoutRalph Cox
Amateur ScoutCharlie Hodge
Amateur ScoutGilles Meloche
BroadcasterMatt McConnell
ChairmanHoward Baldwin
Conditioning CoachJohn Welday
Dir. of Media RelationsBrian Coe

1996-1997 Pittsburgh Penguins Captains

"C"

Mario Lemieux

"A"

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1996-1997 Pittsburgh Penguins Demographics

Pittsburgh Penguins Facts

Plays in: National Hockey League
Team Colors: Black + Yellow + White
Town: Pittsburgh, PA, USA Map
Founded: 1967

1996-1997 Pittsburgh Penguins Roster Facts

Nationalities

23 players
8 players
4 players
4 players
2 players
1 player

Experience

Pittsburgh Penguins: 5 068 GP
NHL: 15 841 GP
WC: 224 GP
OG: 60 GP
SHL: 289 GP
Czechia: 66 GP
AHL: 1 630 GP
NL: 32 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Florida Everblades (ECHL)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)

Arena Information

Arena Name: PPG Paints Arena
Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Capacity: 18 387
Construction Year: 2010

Pittsburgh Penguins Games

date	home	visiting	score	league
10/03/2026 11:00 PM UTC	Pittsburgh Penguins	Montréal Canadiens	-	NHL
09/30/2026 11:30 PM UTC	Philadelphia Flyers	Pittsburgh Penguins	-	NHL
04/29/2026 11:30 PM UTC	Philadelphia Flyers	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 - 0 (OT 77:32)	NHL
04/27/2026 11:00 PM UTC	Pittsburgh Penguins	Philadelphia Flyers	3 - 2	NHL
04/26/2026 12:00 AM UTC	Philadelphia Flyers	Pittsburgh Penguins	2 - 4	NHL

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Pittsburgh Penguins History and Standings

season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2026-2027	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2025-2026	NHL	82	34	25	-	7	16	293	268	98	1.2	7	Conference QF loss
2024-2025	NHL	82	24	36	-	10	12	243	293	80	0.98	13	Did not make playoffs
2023-2024	NHL	82	32	32	-	6	12	255	251	88	1.07	10	Did not make playoffs
2022-2023	NHL	82	31	31	-	9	11	262	264	91	1.11	9	Did not make playoffs
2021-2022	NHL	82	37	25	-	9	11	272	229	103	1.26	7	Conference QF loss
2020-2021	NHL	56	37	16	-	-	3	196	156	77	1.38	5	Conference QF loss
2019-2020	NHL	69	40	23	-	-	6	224	196	86	1.25	7	Playoffs Qualifier loss
2018-2019	NHL	82	44	26	-	-	12	273	241	100	1.22	9	Conference QF loss
2017-2018	NHL	82	47	29	-	-	6	272	250	100	1.22	10	Conference SF loss
2016-2017	NHL	82	50	21	-	-	11	282	234	111	1.35	2	Champion
2015-2016	NHL	82	48	26	-	-	8	245	203	104	1.27	4	Champion
2014-2015	NHL	82	43	27	-	-	12	221	210	98	1.2	15	Conference QF loss
2013-2014	NHL	82	51	24	-	-	7	249	207	109	1.33	6	Conference SF loss
2012-2013	NHL	48	36	12	-	-	0	165	119	72	1.5	2	Conference Final loss
2011-2012	NHL	82	51	25	-	-	6	282	221	108	1.32	4	Conference QF loss
2010-2011	NHL	82	49	25	-	-	8	238	199	106	1.29	4	Conference QF loss
2009-2010	NHL	82	47	28	-	-	7	257	237	101	1.23	8	Conference SF loss
2008-2009	NHL	82	45	28	-	-	9	264	239	99	1.21	8	Champion
2007-2008	NHL	82	47	27	-	-	8	247	216	102	1.24	4	Final loss
2006-2007	NHL	82	47	24	-	-	11	277	246	105	1.28	10	Conference QF loss
2005-2006	NHL	82	22	46	-	-	14	244	316	58	0.71	29	Did not make playoffs
2003-2004	NHL	82	23	47	8	-	4	190	303	58	0.71	30	Did not make playoffs
2002-2003	NHL	82	27	44	6	-	5	189	255	65	0.79	29	Did not make playoffs
2001-2002	NHL	82	28	41	8	-	5	198	249	69	0.84	26	Did not make playoffs
2000-2001	NHL	82	42	28	9	-	3	281	256	96	1.17	9	Conference Final loss
1999-2000	NHL	82	37	31	8	-	6	241	236	88	1.07	13	Conference SF loss
1998-1999	NHL	82	38	30	14	-	-	242	225	90	1.1	11	Conference SF loss
1997-1998	NHL	82	40	24	18	-	-	228	188	98	1.2	5	Conference QF loss
1996-1997	NHL	82	38	36	8	-	-	285	280	84	1.02	10	Conference QF loss

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Pittsburgh Penguins Stars And Cult Players

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Ty Smith (D)	2026-2027	Dinamo Minsk	KHL	3	0	5	5	0
2.	Sergei Plotnikov (F)	2026-2027	SKA St. Petersburg	KHL	5	3	1	4	0
3.	Jesse Puljujärvi (F)	2026-2027	Genève-Servette HC	Champions HL	4	0	4	4	0
4.	Mark Friedman (D)	2026-2027	Rögle BK	Champions HL	3	2	0	2	2
5.	Daniel Sprong (F)	2026-2027	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL	3	1	1	2	0
6.	Alexander Galchenyuk (F)	2026-2027	Spartak Moskva	KHL	2	0	2	2	0
7.	Vasili Ponomaryov (F)	2026-2027	Avangard Omsk	KHL	2	1	0	1	0
8.	Dominik Simon (F)	2026-2027	HC Plzeň	Champions HL	3	1	0	1	0
9.	Scott Wilson (F)	2026-2027	SKA St. Petersburg	KHL	4	1	0	1	2
10.	Josh Currie (F)	2026-2027	Graz99ers	Champions HL	3	0	1	1	0

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2026-2027	View Roster	6'1"	194 lbs	28.88
2025-2026	View Roster	6'1"	196 lbs	28.97
2024-2025	View Roster	6'1"	196 lbs	28.58
2023-2024	View Roster	6'1"	196 lbs	29.33
2022-2023	View Roster	6'1"	194 lbs	30.04

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Sidney Crosby (F)	1420	654	1107	1761
2.	Mario Lemieux (F)	915	690	1033	1723
3.	Yevgeni Malkin (F)	1269	533	874	1407
4.	Jaromír Jágr (F)	806	439	640	1079
5.	Kris Letang (D)	1235	178	628	806

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Mario Lemieux (F)	915	690	1033	1723
2.	Sidney Crosby (F)	1420	654	1107	1761
3.	Yevgeni Malkin (F)	1269	533	874	1407
4.	Jaromír Jágr (F)	806	439	640	1079
5.	Jean Pronovost (F)	753	316	287	603

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Sidney Crosby (F)	1420	654	1107	1761
2.	Mario Lemieux (F)	915	690	1033	1723
3.	Yevgeni Malkin (F)	1269	533	874	1407
4.	Jaromír Jágr (F)	806	439	640	1079
5.	Kris Letang (D)	1235	178	628	806

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Yevgeni Malkin (F)	1269	533	1407	1263
2.	Kevin Stevens (F)	522	260	555	1048
3.	Troy Loney (F)	532	69	169	980
4.	Rod Buskas (D)	431	16	64	959
5.	Sidney Crosby (F)	1420	654	1761	898

Franchise All-Time Games Played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Sidney Crosby (F)	1420	654	1107	1761
2.	Yevgeni Malkin (F)	1269	533	874	1407
3.	Kris Letang (D)	1235	178	628	806
4.	Mario Lemieux (F)	915	690	1033	1723
5.	Jaromír Jágr (F)	806	439	640	1079

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Mario Lemieux (F)	915	690	1723	1.88
2.	Jaromír Jágr (F)	806	439	1079	1.34
3.	Paul Coffey (D)	331	108	440	1.33
4.	Sidney Crosby (F)	1420	654	1761	1.24
5.	Rick Tocchet (F)	150	76	179	1.19

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Mario Lemieux (F)	1988-1989	76	85	199
2.	Mario Lemieux (F)	1987-1988	77	70	168
3.	Mario Lemieux (F)	1995-1996	70	69	161
4.	Mario Lemieux (F)	1992-1993	60	69	160
5.	Jaromír Jágr (F)	1995-1996	82	62	149

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Mario Lemieux (F)	1988-1989	76	85	199
2.	Mario Lemieux (F)	1987-1988	77	70	168
3.	Mario Lemieux (F)	1995-1996	70	69	161
4.	Mario Lemieux (F)	1992-1993	60	69	160
5.	Jaromír Jágr (F)	1995-1996	82	62	149

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Mario Lemieux (F)	1988-1989	76	114	199
2.	Mario Lemieux (F)	1987-1988	77	98	168
3.	Mario Lemieux (F)	1985-1986	79	93	141
4.	Mario Lemieux (F)	1995-1996	70	92	161
5.	Ron Francis (F)	1995-1996	77	92	119

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Paul Baxter (D)	1981-1982	76	43	409
2.	Dave Schultz (F)	1977-1978	66	34	378
3.	Pat Price (D)	1981-1982	77	38	322
4.	Gary Rissling (F)	1983-1984	47	17	297
5.	Jay Caufield (F)	1988-1989	58	5	285

Player Nationalities Throughout History

Recent NHL Entry Draft Selections

rnd	#	player	born	birthplace	height	weight
2026
1	#22	Liam Ruck (F)	02/21/2008	Osoyoos, BC, CAN	6'0"	176 lbs
2	#39	Markus Ruck (F)	02/21/2008	Osoyoos, BC, CAN	6'0"	168 lbs
2	#54	Tomas Galvas (D)	02/11/2006	Zlin, CZE	5'10"	168 lbs
3	#86	Pierce Mbuyi (F)	04/17/2008	Mississauga, ON, CAN	5'11"	163 lbs
4	#111	Parker Von Richter (D)	05/17/2006	Mississauga, ON, CAN	6'1"	205 lbs
5	#160	Matvei Nikonovich (G)	06/28/2008	-	6'2"	187 lbs
2025
1	#11	Benjamin Kindel (F)	04/19/2007	Coquitlam, BC, CAN	5'11"	181 lbs
1	#22	Bill Zonnon (F)	10/03/2006	Montréal, QC, CAN	6'2"	190 lbs
1	#24	William Horcoff (F)	01/23/2007	Birmingham, MI, USA	6'5"	203 lbs
2	#39	Peyton Kettles (D)	09/01/2007	Winnipeg, MB, CAN	6'6"	194 lbs
3	#73	Charlie Trethewey (D)	08/02/2007	Ellicott City, MD, USA	6'2"	201 lbs
3	#84	Gabriel D'Aigle (G)	11/21/2006	Sorel-Tracy, QC, CAN	6'4"	212 lbs
3	#91	Brady Peddle (D)	05/23/2007	Antigonish, NS, CAN	6'3"	205 lbs
4	#105	Travis Hayes (F)	09/03/2007	Ann Arbor, MI, USA	5'11"	168 lbs
5	#130	Ryan Miller (F)	05/03/2007	Medicine Hat, AB, CAN	6'0"	181 lbs
5	#148	Quinn Beauchesne (D)	03/01/2007	Ottawa, ON, CAN	6'0"	185 lbs
5	#154	Jordan Charron (F)	06/21/2007	Ayr, ON, CAN	6'1"	190 lbs
6	#169	Carter Sanderson (F)	09/12/2007	Pierre, SD, USA	6'2"	196 lbs
7	#201	Kale Dach (F)	02/15/2007	Fort Saskatchewan, AB, CAN	5'10"	165 lbs
2024
2	#44	Harrison Brunicke (D)	05/08/2006	Johannesburg, RSA	6'3"	196 lbs
2	#46	Tanner Howe (F)	11/28/2005	Prince Albert, SK, CAN	5'11"	183 lbs
4	#111	Chase Pietila (D)	03/03/2004	Howell, MI, USA	6'2"	187 lbs
6	#175	Joona Väisänen (D)	07/29/2004	Espoo, FIN	6'0"	176 lbs
7	#207	Mac Swanson (F)	01/10/2006	Nürnberg, GER	5'8"	174 lbs
7	#223	Finn Harding (D)	03/02/2005	Toronto, ON, CAN	6'2"	192 lbs

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2017 Stanley Cup Championship Lineup
Jake Guentzel - Sidney Crosby - Conor Sheary
Scott Wilson - Yevgeni Malkin - Phil Kessel
Chris Kunitz - Matt Cullen - Bryan Rust
Carl Hagelin - Nick Bonino - Patric Hörnqvist

Brian Dumoulin - Justin Schultz
Olli Määttä - Trevor Daley
Ian Cole - Ron Hainsey

Matt Murray
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2016 Stanley Cup Championship Lineup
Conor Sheary - Sidney Crosby - Patric Hörnqvist
Carl Hagelin - Nick Bonino - Phil Kessel
Chris Kunitz - Yevgeni Malkin - Bryan Rust
Tom Kühnhackl - Matt Cullen - Eric Fehr

Brian Dumoulin - Kris Letang
Olli Määttä - Ben Lovejoy
Ian Cole - Trevor Daley/Justin Schultz

Matt Murray
(Marc-André Fleury)

2009 Stanley Cup Championship Lineup
Chris Kunitz - Sidney Crosby - Bill Guerin
Ruslan Fedotenko - Evgeni Malkin - Max Talbot
Matt Cooke - Jordan Staal - Tyler Kennedy
Pascal Dupuis - Craig Adams - Miroslav Šatan

Brooks Orpik - Sergei Gonchar
Hal Gill - Rob Scuderi
Mark Eaton - Kris Letang

Marc-André Fleury
(Mathieu Garon)

1992 Stanley Cup Championship Lineup
Kevin Stevens - Mario Lemieux - Rick Tocchet
Bob Errey - Ron Francis - Joe Mullen
Troy Loney - Bryan Trottier - Jaromír Jágr
Phil Bourque - Jiří Hrdina - Shawn McEachern

Geordie Roberts - Larry Murphy
Ulf Samuelsson - Paul Stanton
Jim Paek - Kjell Samuelsson

Tom Barrasso
(Ken Wregget)

1991 Stanley Cup Championship Lineup
Bob Errey - Mario Lemieux - Mark Recchi
Kevin Stevens - Ron Francis - Joe Mullen
Troy Loney - Bryan Trottier - Jaromír Jágr
Phil Bourque - Jiří Hrdina - Scott Young

Peter Taglianetti - Paul Coffey
Geordie Roberts - Larry Murphy
Ulf Samuelsson - Paul Stanton

Tom Barrasso
(Frank Pietrangelo)