2014–15 Pittsburgh Penguins season

2014–15 Pittsburgh Penguins
2014–15 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	4th Metropolitan
Conference	8th Eastern
2014–15 record	43–27–12
Home record	23–14–4
Road record	20–13–8
Goals for	221
Goals against	210
Team information
General manager	Jim Rutherford
Coach	Mike Johnston
Captain	Sidney Crosby
Alternate captains	Chris Kunitz; Evgeni Malkin
Arena	Consol Energy Center
Average attendance	18,617; (41 games)
Minor league affiliate(s)	WBS Penguins (AHL); Wheeling Nailers (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby (28)
Assists	Sidney Crosby (56)
Points	Sidney Crosby (84)
Penalty minutes	Steve Downie (238)
Plus/minus	Paul Martin (+17)
Wins	Marc-Andre Fleury (34)
Goals against average	Jeff Zatkoff (1.62)
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the 48th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.^[2]

It was a somewhat slow season for the Penguins, as they finished with a sub-.600 points percentage for the first time in 9 years.

Off-season

On May 16, 2014, Penguins' co-owners Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle fired general manager Ray Shero after the team captured the Metropolitan Division title, but failed to beat the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference Semi-finals.^[3] On June 6, 2014, the Penguins named Jim Rutherford as the new GM, and fired Head Coach Dan Bylsma.^[4] On June 25, 2014, over two weeks after new GM Rutherford fired Bylsma, the Penguins appointed Mike Johnston as their new head coach. They also proceeded to fire Tony Granato and Todd Reirden while hiring Rick Tocchet as an assistant coach to Johnston.^[5]

On June 27, 2014, during the first round of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, the Penguins traded right winger James Neal to the Nashville Predators in exchange for right winger Patric Hornqvist and restricted free agent Nick Spaling.

Pre-season

The Penguins released their 2014 pre-season schedule on June 18, 2014.^[6]

Game log

2014 Pre-season game log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)

#	Date	Time (ET)	Visitor	Score	Home	Television	Record
1	Sept 22	7:00 pm	Detroit Red Wings	2–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	WPCW	0–1–0
2	Sept 23	7:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	0–2	Columbus Blue Jackets	–	0–2–0
3	Sept 25	7:00 pm	Minnesota Wild	2–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	–	1–2–0
4	Sept 27	4:00 pm	Columbus Blue Jackets	1–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	WPCW	2–2–0
5	Sept 29	8:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–4	Minnesota Wild	ROOT	2–3–0
6	Oct 1	7:30 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–0	Detroit Red Wings	ROOT	3–3–0

Legend: = Win = Loss = OT/SO Loss

Statistics

Updated as of October 2, 2014
Note – Statistics compiled from Official Game/Event Summaries from NHL.com

Preseason statistics

Skaters
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Blake Comeau	5	1	3	4	2	6
Oskar Sundqvist	5	2	1	3	1	2
Brandon Sutter	4	2	1	3	1	0
Nick Spaling	5	0	2	2	2	2
Marcel Goc	4	0	2	2	−1	0
Simon Despres	4	0	2	2	3	9
Beau Bennett	2	1	1	2	2	4
Steve Downie	5	1	0	1	−2	2
Andrew Ebbett	4	1	0	1	2	2
Christian Ehrhoff	4	0	1	1	0	0
Kasperi Kapanen	4	1	0	1	0	0
Kris Letang	4	0	1	1	−1	2
Craig Adams	3	0	1	1	−1	4
Rob Scuderi	3	0	1	1	1	0
Taylor Chorney	3	0	1	1	−1	2
Scott Harrington	5	0	0	0	1	0
Patric Hornqvist	4	0	0	0	−1	2
Paul Martin	4	0	0	0	0	2
Zach Sill	4	0	0	0	0	2
Brian Dumoulin	3	0	0	0	−3	5
Chris Kunitz	3	0	0	0	−1	0
Bobby Farnham	2	0	0	0	0	6
Daniel Carcillo	2	0	0	0	−1	0
Jayson Megna	2	0	0	0	0	0
Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond	2	0	0	0	0	9
Pascal Dupuis	2	0	0	0	−1	4
Philip Samuelsson	2	0	0	0	1	0
Robert Bortuzzo	2	0	0	0	1	4
Tom Kostopoulos	2	0	0	0	0	0
Adam Payerl	1	0	0	0	0	2
Anton Zlobin	1	0	0	0	1	0
Bryan Rust	1	0	0	0	−1	0
Dominik Uher	1	0	0	0	0	0
Harrison Ruopp	1	0	0	0	−1	0
Josh Archibald	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jean-Sebastien Dea	1	0	0	0	0	0
Reid McNeill	1	0	0	0	1	0
Sidney Crosby	1	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Kuhnhackl	1	0	0	0	−1	2

Regular season

Game log

2014–15 schedule^[7]

October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–0–1), 13 Points

#	Oct	Time (ET)	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record	Points
1	9	7:00 pm	Anaheim Ducks	4–6	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,633)	1–0–0	2
2	11	7:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	Air Canada Centre (19,039)	2–0–0	4
3	16	7:00 pm	Dallas Stars	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,615)	2–1–0	4
4	18	7:00 pm	New York Islanders	1–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,655)	3–1–0	6
5	22^[A]	8:00 pm	Philadelphia Flyers	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,661)	3–2–0	6
6	23	7:30 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–4 OT	Detroit Red Wings	Joe Louis Arena (20,027)	3–2–1	7
7	25	8:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–0	Nashville Predators	Bridgestone Arena (17,218)	4–2–1	9
8	28	7:00 pm	New Jersey Devils	3–8	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,650)	5–2–1	11
9	30	7:00 pm	Los Angeles Kings	0–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,570)	6–2–1	13

November: 10–3–1 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 7–2–0), 21 Points

#	Nov	Time (ET)	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record	Points
10	1	7:00 pm	Buffalo Sabres	0–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,652)	7–2–1	15
11	4	8:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–1	Minnesota Wild	Xcel Energy Center (18,788)	8–2–1	17
12	6	8:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–3 SO	Winnipeg Jets	MTS Centre (15,016)	9–2–1	19
13	8	7:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	6–1	Buffalo Sabres	First Niagara Center (19,070)	10–2–1	21
14	11	7:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	0–5	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden (18,006)	10–3–1	21
15	14	7:30 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs	Air Canada Centre (19,295)	11–3–1	23
16	15^[A]	7:00 pm	New York Rangers	2–3 SO	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,652)	12–3–1	25
17	18	7:30 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–0	Montreal Canadiens	Bell Centre (21,287)	13–3–1	27
18	21	7:00 pm	New York Islanders	5–4 SO	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,653)	13–3–2	28
19	22	7:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–4	New York Islanders	Nassau Coliseum (16,170)	13–4–2	28
20	24	7:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2 OT	Boston Bruins	TD Garden (17,565)	14–4–2	30
21	26^[A]	7:30 pm	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–4 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,645)	15–4–2	32
22	28	7:00 pm	Carolina Hurricanes	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,665)	15–5–2	32
23	29	7:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2	Carolina Hurricanes	PNC Arena (11,225)	16–5–2	34

December: 7–4–3 (Home: 7–2–0 ; Road: 0–2–3), 17 Points

#	Dec	Time (ET)	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record	Points
24	2	7:00 pm	New Jersey Devils	0–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,572)	17–5–2	36
25	4	7:00 pm	Vancouver Canucks	3–0	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,463)	17–6–2	36
26	6	1:00 pm	Ottawa Senators	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,492)	18–6–2	38
27	8^[A]	7:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–4 OT	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden (18,006)	18–6–3	39
28	12	7:00 pm	Calgary Flames	1–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,471)	19–6–3	41
29	13	7:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–4 SO	Columbus Blue Jackets	Nationwide Arena (18,663)	19–6–4	42
30	15	7:00 pm	Tampa Bay Lightning	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,487)	20–6–4	44
31	18^[A]	7:00 pm	Colorado Avalanche	0–1 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,603)	21–6–4	46
32	20	7:00 pm	Florida Panthers	1–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,668)	22–6–4	48
33	22	7:30 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–4 SO	Florida Panthers	BB&T Center (15,947)	22–6–5	49
34	23	7:30 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–4	Tampa Bay Lightning	Tampa Bay Times Forum (19,204)	22–7–5	49
35	27	7:00 pm	Washington Capitals	3–0	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,663)	22–8–5	49
36	29	7:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–3	New Jersey Devils	Prudential Center (16,592)	22–9–5	49
37	31^[A]	7:00 pm	Carolina Hurricanes	1–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,639)	23–9–5	51

January: 5–4–3 (Home: 3–2–2 ; Road: 2–2–1), 13 Points

#	Jan	Time (ET)	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record	Points
38	2	7:00 pm	Tampa Bay Lightning	3–6	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,655)	24–9–5	53
39	3	7:00 pm	Montreal Canadiens	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,630)	24–10–5	53
40	7	8:00 pm	Boston Bruins	3–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,650)	24–10–6	54
41	10	7:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens	Bell Centre (21,287)	25–10–6	56
42	13^[A]	7:00 pm	Minnesota Wild	2–7	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,642)	26–10–6	58
43	16	7:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–6	New York Islanders	Nassau Coliseum (16,170)	26–11–6	58
44	18	12:30 pm	New York Rangers	5–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,687)	26–12–6	58
45	20	7:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers	Wells Fargo Center (19,982)	26–12–7	59
46	21^[A]	8:00 pm	Chicago Blackhawks	2–3 SO	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,655)	26–12–8	60
47	27	7:00 pm	Winnipeg Jets	3–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,627)	27–12–8	62
48	28	8:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	0–4	Washington Capitals	Verizon Center (18,506)	27–13–8	62
49	30	7:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–1 OT	New Jersey Devils	Prudential Center (16,592)	28–13–8	64

February: 7–4–1 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 5–1–1), 15 Points

#	Feb	Time (ET)	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record	Points
50	1	2:00 pm	Nashville Predators	4–0	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,535)	28–14–8	64
51	4	8:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–0	Edmonton Oilers	Rexall Place (16,839)	29–14–8	66
52	6	9:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–0	Calgary Flames	Scotiabank Saddledome (19,289)	30–14–8	68
53	7	10:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	0–5	Vancouver Canucks	Rogers Arena (18,870)	30–15–8	68
54	11	8:00 pm	Detroit Red Wings	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,580)	31–15–8	70
55	12	7:30 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–4 SO	Ottawa Senators	Canadian Tire Centre (18,826)	32–15–8	72
56	15	12:30 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–2 SO	Chicago Blackhawks	United Center (22,169)	32–15–9	73
57	17^[A]	7:00 pm	Washington Capitals	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,602)	32–16–9	73
58	19	7:00 pm	Columbus Blue Jackets	2–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,597)	32–17–9	73
59	21	8:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–2	St. Louis Blues	Scottrade Center (19,621)	33–17–9	75
60	22	6:00 pm	Florida Panthers	1–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,592)	34–17–9	77
61	25	8:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–3	Washington Capitals	Verizon Center (18,506)	35–17–9	79

March: 7–6–2 (Home: 4–2–1 ; Road: 3–4–1), 16 Points

#	Mar	Time (ET)	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record	Points
62	1	5:00 pm	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,581)	36–17–9	81
63	4	10:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–3	Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center (16,905)	36–18–9	81
64	6	10:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–2	Anaheim Ducks	Honda Center (17,310)	37–18–9	83
65	7	10:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–0 OT	Los Angeles Kings	Staples Center (18,487)	38–18–9	85
66	9	10:30 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–2 SO	San Jose Sharks	SAP Center at San Jose (17,336)	38–18–10	86
67	12	7:00 pm	Edmonton Oilers	4–6	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,662)	39–18–10	88
68	14^[A]	1:00 pm	Boston Bruins	2–0	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,651)	39–19–10	88
69	15^[A]	7:30 pm	Detroit Red Wings	5–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,668)	39–20–10	88
70	17	7:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	0–2	New Jersey Devils	Prudential Center (15,848)	39–21–10	88
71	19	8:30 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–2	Dallas Stars	American Airlines Center (18,532)	39–22–10	88
72	21	9:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–1	Arizona Coyotes	Jobing.com Arena (15,581)	40–22–10	90
73	24	7:00 pm	St. Louis Blues	3–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,631)	40–22–11	91
74	26	7:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–5	Carolina Hurricanes	PNC Arena (13,738)	40–23–11	91
75	28	1:00 pm	Arizona Coyotes	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,627)	41–23–11	93
76	29	7:30 pm	San Jose Sharks	2–3 SO	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,620)	42–23–11	95

April: 1–4–1 (Home: 0–2–0 ; Road: 1–2–1), 3 Points

#	Apr	Time (ET)	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record	Points
77	1^[A]	8:00 pm	Philadelphia Flyers	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,664)	42–24–11	95
78	4	2:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–5	Columbus Blue Jackets	Nationwide Arena (18,513)	42–25–11	95
79	5	7:30 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers	Wells Fargo Center (18,435)	42–26–11	95
80	7	7:30 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–4 OT	Ottawa Senators	Canadian Tire Centre (20,263)	42–26–12	96
81	10	7:00 pm	New York Islanders	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center (18,673)	42–27–12	96
82	11^[A]	7:00 pm	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–0	Buffalo Sabres	First Niagara Center (19,070)	43–27–12	98

Legend: = Win = Loss = OT/SO Loss
^A – Alternate Jersey^[8]

Season standings

Metropolitan Division
Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – New York Rangers	82	53	22	7	49	252	192	+60	113
2	x – Washington Capitals	82	45	26	11	40	242	203	+39	101
3	x – New York Islanders	82	47	28	7	40	252	230	+22	101
4	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	43	27	12	39	221	210	+11	98
5	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	42	35	5	33	236	250	−14	89
6	Philadelphia Flyers	82	33	31	18	30	215	234	−19	84
7	New Jersey Devils	82	32	36	14	27	181	216	−35	78
8	Carolina Hurricanes	82	30	41	11	25	188	226	−38	71

Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	x – Ottawa Senators	82	43	26	13	37	238	215	+23	99
2	ME	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	43	27	12	39	221	210	+11	98

3	AT	Boston Bruins	82	41	27	14	37	213	211	+2	96
4	AT	Florida Panthers	82	38	29	15	30	206	223	−17	91
5	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	42	35	5	33	236	250	−14	89
6	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	82	33	31	18	30	215	234	−19	84
7	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	32	36	14	27	181	216	−35	78
8	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	30	41	11	25	188	226	−38	71
9	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	44	8	25	211	262	−51	68
10	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	23	51	8	15	161	274	−113	54

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot

Detailed records

Final^[9]

Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
Eastern Conference
Montreal Canadiens	3	2	1	0	90–88	7	5	2–6	0–11	87–95
Tampa Bay Lightning	3	2	1	0	84–92	13	9	2–8	1–10	75–94
Detroit Red Wings	3	1	1	1	90–80	8	10	0–9	2–8	87–81
Boston Bruins	3	1	1	1	102–83	5	7	1–10	0–8	82–99
Ottawa Senators	3	2	0	1	90–106	11	10	1–9	2–11	82–108
Florida Panthers	3	2	0	1	87–118	11	6	2–13	1–12	110–94
Toronto Maple Leafs	3	3	0	0	107–83	11	6	4–11	2–14	110–93
Buffalo Sabres	3	3	0	0	111–67	13	1	5–10	0–7	94–79
Division Total	24	16	4	4	761–717	79	54	17–76	8–81	727–743

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
New York Islanders	5	1	3	1	158–166	12	19	4–9	2–14	145–140
New Jersey Devils	5	3	2	0	162–108	12	9	4–15	1–14	138–126
Washington Capitals	4	1	3	0	117–127	5	13	1–17	4–19	105–136
Pittsburgh Penguins
Columbus Blue Jackets	4	1	2	1	143–117	12	14	3–15	2–15	125–132
Philadelphia Flyers	4	0	3	1	132–124	7	16	1–12	5–17	124–112
New York Rangers	4	1	2	1	140–126	8	16	1–9	3–18	119–114
Carolina Hurricanes	4	2	2	0	123–122	9	12	0–10	5–15	105–126
Division Total	30	9	17	4	975–890	65	99	14–87	22–112	861–886
Conference Total	54	25	21	8	1736–1607	144	153	31–163	30–193	1588–1629

Central	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
Western Conference
Nashville Predators	2	1	1	0	47–49	3	4	2–6	1–7	49–42
Chicago Blackhawks	2	0	0	2	72–58	3	5	0–4	1–4	54–66
Dallas Stars	2	0	2	0	61–54	3	5	3–8	1–8	56–69
Minnesota Wild	2	2	0	0	59–66	11	3	2–5	0–5	60–65
St. Louis Blues	2	1	0	1	55–58	6	5	1–6	0–1	56–67
Colorado Avalanche	2	1	1	0	77–51	2	3	0–3	1–5	58–62
Winnipeg Jets	2	2	0	0	65–59	9	6	2–8	0–4	55–54
Division Total	14	7	4	3	436–395	37	31	10–40	4–34	388–425

Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
Anaheim Ducks	2	2	0	0	60–58	11	6	1–8	3–9	69–71
Los Angeles Kings	2	2	0	0	41–67	4	0	2–10	0–6	59–58
Calgary Flames	2	2	0	0	52–48	7	1	0–8	0–9	53–51
San Jose Sharks	2	1	0	1	73–62	4	4	1–5	1–9	64–62
Vancouver Canucks	2	0	2	0	53–58	0	8	0–7	2–7	54–65
Arizona Coyotes	2	2	0	0	83–55	6	3	3–10	0–5	64–67
Edmonton Oilers	2	2	0	0	60–51	8	4	1–3	2–5	57–59
Division Total	14	11	2	1	422–399	40	26	8–51	8–50	420–433
Conference Total	28	18	6	4	858–794	77	57	18–91	12–84	808–858
NHL Total	82	43	27	12	2594–2401	221	210	49–254	42–277	2396–2487

Injuries

Final^[10]

Player	Injury	Date	Returned	Games missed
Beau Bennett	Lower Body	October 9, 2014^[11]	November 8, 2014	10 games
Robert Bortuzzo	Lower Body	October 9, 2014^[12]	November 1, 2014	10 games
Olli Maatta	Thyroid Cancer	November 4, 2014^[13]	November 15, 2014^[14]	6 games
Blake Comeau	Illness	November 14, 2014	November 15, 2014	1 game
Pascal Dupuis	Blood Clot - Lung	November 18, 2014^[15]	Remainder of season^[16]	65 games
Beau Bennett	Lower Body, Mumps	November 26, 2014^[17]^[18]	December 29, 2014	16 games
Kris Letang	Lower Body	November 29, 2014^[19]	December 8, 2014	5 games
Marcel Goc	Foot	November 29, 2014	December 2, 2014	2 games
Chris Kunitz	Foot	December 2, 2014^[20]	December 18, 2014	8 games
Scott Wilson	Leg	December 4, 2014^[20]	January 13, 2015^[21]	18 games
Patric Hornqvist	Upper Body	December 6, 2014^[22]	December 8, 2014	2 games
Olli Maatta	Shoulder Surgery, Mumps	December 8, 2014^[23]^[24]	–	55 games
Sidney Crosby	Mumps	December 12, 2014^[25]^[26]	December 15, 2014	3 games
Zach Sill	Upper Body	December 13, 2014	January 3, 2015	11 games
Robert Bortuzzo	Upper Body	December 15, 2014^[27]	December 23, 2014	5 games
Thomas Greiss	Mumps Testing	December 18, 2014^[28]	December 19, 2014^[24]	1 game
Craig Adams	Undisclosed	December 20, 2014^[29]	December 29, 2014	5 games
Christian Ehrhoff	Lower Body	December 20, 2014^[29]	December 29, 2014	5 games
Paul Martin	Undisclosed	December 20, 2014^[29]	January 3, 2015	8 games
Steve Downie	Mumps	December 22, 2014^[30]^[31]	December 31, 2014	5 games
Thomas Greiss	Mumps	December 22, 2014^[30]^[31]	December 27, 2014	3 games
Brandon Sutter	Mumps Testing	December 22, 2014^[30]^[31]	December 23, 2014	2 games
Blake Comeau	Upper Body	December 23, 2014	February 11, 2015	20 games
Patric Hornqvist	Lower Body	December 29, 2014^[32]	January 27, 2015	11 games
Marcel Goc	Illness	January 7, 2015^[33]	January 10, 2015	1 game
Simon Despres	Illness	January 20, 2015^[34]	January 27, 2015	2 games
Kris Letang	Concussion	January 21, 2015^[35]	January 27, 2015	1 game
Evgeni Malkin	Lower Body	January 21, 2015^[36]	February 4, 2015^[37]	5 games
Sidney Crosby	Lower Body	January 27, 2015^[38]	January 28, 2015	1 game
Christian Ehrhoff	Concussion	January 28, 2015^[39]	February 25, 2015	12 games
Christian Ehrhoff	Concussion	March 1, 2015^[40]	March 14, 2015	6 games
Sidney Crosby	Illness	March 14, 2015^[41]	March 15, 2015	1 game
Evgeni Malkin	Lower Body	March 14, 2015^[42]	March 28, 2015^[43]	6 games
Patric Hornqvist	Lower Body	March 15, 2015^[44]	March 28, 2015^[43]	5 games
Christian Ehrhoff	Undisclosed	March 21, 2015	March 24, 2015	1 game
Christian Ehrhoff	Concussion	March 24, 2015^[45]	–	9 games
David Perron	Illness	March 28, 2015	March 29, 2015	1 game
Kris Letang	Concussion	March 28, 2015^[46]	–	7 games
Evgeni Malkin	Undisclosed	April 1, 2015	April 5, 2015	2 games
Steve Downie	Upper Body	April 4, 2015	April 10, 2015	2 games
Derrick Pouliot	Upper Body	April 7, 2015	–	2 games
Total				341 games

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Robert Bortuzzo	Interference against New Jersey Devils forward Jaromir Jagr during NHL Game No. 364 in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, December 2, 2014, at 17:57 of the second period.	2 games	$6,451.62	December 3, 2014^[47]

Playoffs

Game log

The Pittsburgh Penguins entered the playoffs as the final Wild Card team.

2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Eastern Conference First Round vs. New York Rangers: New York won 4–1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 16	Pittsburgh	1–2	New York		Fleury	18,006	0–1	Recap
2	April 18	Pittsburgh	4–3	New York		Fleury	18,006	1–1	Recap
3	April 20	New York	2–1	Pittsburgh		Fleury	18,645	1–2	Recap
4	April 22	New York	2–1	Pittsburgh	OT	Fleury	18,619	1–3	Recap
5	April 24	Pittsburgh	1–2	New York	OT	Fleury	18,006	1–4	Recap

Legend: = If needed = Win = Loss = Playoff series win

Injuries

Final

Player	Injury	Date	Returned	Games missed
Pascal Dupuis	Blood Clot - Lung	From season	–	5 games
Olli Maatta	Upper Body - Shoulder	From season	–	5 games
Christian Ehrhoff	Concussion	From season	–	5 games
Kris Letang	Concussion	From season	–	5 games
Derrick Pouliot	Upper Body	From season	–	5 games
Beau Bennett	Upper Body	April 18, 2015	–	5 games
Total				28 games

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season^[48]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Sidney Crosby	77	28	56	84	5	47
Evgeni Malkin	69	28	42	70	-2	60
Kris Letang	69	11	43	54	12	79
Patric Hornqvist	64	25	26	51	12	38
Chris Kunitz	74	17	23	40	2	56
Brandon Sutter	80	21	12	33	6	14
Blake Comeau	61	16	15	31	6	65
Steve Downie	72	14	14	28	2	238
Nick Spaling	82	9	18	27	-2	26
David Perron^†	43	12	10	22	-8	42
Paul Martin	74	3	17	20	17	20
Simon Despres^‡	59	2	15	17	9	64
Christian Ehrhoff	49	3	11	14	8	26
Beau Bennett	49	4	8	12	-1	16
Pascal Dupuis	16	6	5	11	2	4
Rob Scuderi	82	1	9	10	9	17
Daniel Winnik^†	21	2	7	9	8	8
Olli Maatta	20	1	8	9	1	10
Ian Cole^†	20	1	7	8	-2	7
Derrick Pouliot	34	2	5	7	-11	4
Craig Adams	70	1	6	7	-1	44
Marcel Goc^‡	43	2	4	6	-2	4
Robert Bortuzzo^‡	38	2	4	6	-6	68
Andrew Ebbett	24	1	5	6	1	2
Ben Lovejoy^†	20	1	2	3	-7	8
Rob Klinkhammer^†‡	10	1	2	3	0	0
Zach Sill^‡	42	1	2	3	-3	60
Bryan Rust	14	1	1	2	-3	4
Maxim Lapierre^†	35	0	2	2	-13	16
Mark Arcobello^†‡	10	0	2	2	1	2
Brian Dumoulin	8	1	0	1	0	2
Jayson Megna	12	0	1	1	-2	14
Taylor Chorney	7	0	0	0	-1	0
Scott Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dominik Uher	2	0	0	0	-1	0
Scott Harrington	10	0	0	0	-10	4
Bobby Farnham	11	0	0	0	0	24
Total		217	382	599	—	1,093

Playoffs^[49]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Sidney Crosby	5	2	2	4	1	0
Patric Hornqvist	5	2	1	3	1	2
Chris Kunitz	5	1	2	3	2	8
Brandon Sutter	5	1	1	2	-1	2
Nick Spaling	5	1	1	2	1	4
Paul Martin	5	0	2	2	-3	2
Steve Downie	5	0	2	2	1	4
Ben Lovejoy	5	0	2	2	-3	0
Ian Cole	5	0	2	2	0	8
Blake Comeau	5	1	0	1	0	8
David Perron	5	0	1	1	-1	4
Rob Scuderi	5	0	0	0	0	0
Maxim Lapierre	5	0	0	0	-2	0
Evgeni Malkin	5	0	0	0	-1	0
Daniel Winnik	5	0	0	0	-6	2
Taylor Chorney	5	0	0	0	0	2
Brian Dumoulin	5	0	0	0	1	0
Beau Bennett	2	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Wilson	3	0	0	0	0	0
Total		8	16	24	—	46

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[50]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Marc-Andre Fleury	64	64	3776:59	34	20	9	146	2.32	1831	0.920	10	1	6
Thomas Greiss	20	18	1159:37	9	6	3	50	2.59	546	0.908	0	0	0
Jeff Zatkoff	1	0	36:45	0	1	0	1	1.63	17	0.941	0	0	0
Total		82	4973:21	43	27	12	197	2.38	2394	0.918	10	1	6

Playoffs^[51]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Marc-Andre Fleury	5	5	311:44	1	4	--	11	2.12	150	0.927	0	0	0	0
Total		5	311:44	1	4	0	11	2.12	150	0.927	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.

Notable achievements

Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
S. Crosby	NHL Third Star of the Week^[52]	October 13, 2014
M. Fleury	NHL Third Star of the Week^[53]	November 3, 2014
S. Crosby	NHL Second Star of the Month^[54]	November 3, 2014
M. Fleury	NHL Third Star of the Week^[55]	December 22, 2014
S. Crosby	NHL All-Star game selection^[56]	January 10, 2015
E. Malkin	NHL All-Star game selection^[56]	January 10, 2015
M. Fleury	NHL All-Star game replacement selection^[57]	January 15, 2015
E. Malkin	NHL Third Star of the Week^[58]	March 2, 2015

Team awards

Awarded week of April 5

Player	Award	Notes
Kris Letang	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
Derrick Pouliot	Rookie of the Year Award	Presented in memory of former Penguins forward Michel Briere to the player who makes a substantial contribution during his rookie season. Sponsor: Highmark
Marc-Andre Fleury	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: American Eagle Outfitters
Paul Martin	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
Kris Letang	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	Milestone	Reached
M. Johnston	1st career NHL win (coach)	October 9, 2014
N. Spaling	300th Career NHL Game	October 13, 2014
S. Crosby	500th Career NHL Assist	October 18, 2014
P. Dupuis	400th Career NHL Point	October 25, 2014
C. Ehrhoff	700th Career NHL Game	October 28, 2014
E. Malkin	400th Career NHL Assist	October 30, 2014
M. Fleury	30th Career NHL Shutout	October 30, 2014
S. Despres	100th Career NHL Game	November 14, 2014
C. Adams	900th Career NHL Game	November 22, 2014
C. Adams	100th Career NHL Assist	November 24, 2014
M. Fleury	300th Career NHL Win	November 24, 2014
S. Crosby	800th Career NHL Point	November 26, 2014
S. Wilson	1st Career NHL Game	December 2, 2014
C. Adams	314th Consecutive Game^{[See note]}	December 6, 2014
B. Comeau	100th Career NHL Assist	December 8, 2014
B. Farnham	1st Career NHL Game	December 13, 2014
B. Rust	1st Career NHL Game	December 13, 2014
B. Rust	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	December 15, 2014
B. Dumoulin	1st Career NHL Goal	December 15, 2014
S. Harrington	1st Career NHL Game	December 18, 2014
D. Pouliot	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	December 20, 2014
D. Pouliot	1st Career NHL Assist	December 22, 2014
D. Uher	1st Career NHL Game	December 23, 2014
B. Rust	1st Career NHL Assist	January 2, 2015
N. Spaling	100th Career NHL Point	January 2, 2015
M. Goc	600th Career NHL Game	January 10, 2015
Z. Sill	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	January 12, 2015
C. Kunitz	500th Career NHL Point	January 20, 2015
Z. Sill	1st Career NHL Goal	January 21, 2015
K. Letang	200th Career NHL Assist	January 27, 2015
R. Bortuzzo	100th Career NHL Game	January 28, 2015
C. Kunitz	700th Career NHL Game	January 30, 2015
P. Hornqvist	400th Career NHL Game	February 1, 2015
M. Fleury	8th Shutout Game (Season)^{[See note]}	February 6, 2015
S. Crosby	600th Career NHL Game	February 11, 2015
R. Scuderi	700th Career NHL Game	March 1, 2015
E. Malkin	700th Career NHL Point	March 12, 2015
M. Lapierre	600th Career NHL Game	March 14, 2015
S. Downie	400th Career NHL Game	March 21, 2015
S. Crosby	300th Career NHL Goal	April 1, 2015
R. Scuderi	100th Career NHL Point	April 10, 2015

^Note Franchise Record

Playoffs
Player	Milestone	Reached
B. Dumoulin	1st Career Playoff Game	April 16, 2015
T. Chorney	1st Career Playoff Game	April 16, 2015
B. Comeau	1st Career Playoff Goal 1st Career Playoff Point	April 16, 2015
I. Cole	1st Career Playoff Assist 1st Career Playoff Point	April 18, 2015
S. Wilson	1st Career Playoff Game	April 20, 2015
E. Malkin	100th Career Playoff Game	April 22, 2015
S. Crosby	100th Career Playoff Game	April 24, 2015

Transactions

The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season:

Trades

June 27, 2014^[59]	To Nashville Predators James Neal	To Pittsburgh Penguins Patric Hornqvist Nick Spaling
December 5, 2014^[60]	To Arizona Coyotes Philip Samuelsson	To Pittsburgh Penguins Rob Klinkhammer conditional 5th-round pick in 2016
January 2, 2015^[61]	To Edmonton Oilers Rob Klinkhammer 1st-round pick in 2015 (To NYI–#16–Mathew Barzal)	To Pittsburgh Penguins David Perron
January 27, 2015^[62]	To St. Louis Blues Marcel Goc	To Pittsburgh Penguins Maxim Lapierre
February 25, 2015^[63]	To Toronto Maple Leafs Zach Sill 2nd-round pick in 2016 4th-round pick in 2015 (To EDM to OTT–#107–Christian Wolanin)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Daniel Winnik
March 2, 2015^[64]	To St. Louis Blues Robert Bortuzzo 7th-round pick in 2016	To Pittsburgh Penguins Ian Cole
March 2, 2015^[65]	To Anaheim Ducks Simon Despres	To Pittsburgh Penguins Ben Lovejoy

Free agents

Player	Acquired from	Lost to	Date	Contract terms
Jussi Jokinen^[66]		Florida Panthers	July 1, 2014	4-year/$16 million
Christian Ehrhoff^[67]	Buffalo Sabres		July 1, 2014	1 year/$4 million
Blake Comeau^[68]	Columbus Blue Jackets		July 1, 2014	1 year/$700,000
Thomas Greiss^[69]	Arizona Coyotes		July 1, 2014	1 year/$1 million
Tanner Glass^[70]		New York Rangers	July 1, 2014	3-year/$4.35 million
Brooks Orpik^[71]		Washington Capitals	July 1, 2014	5-year/$27.5 million
Deryk Engelland^[72]		Calgary Flames	July 1, 2014	3-year/$8.7 million
Matt Niskanen^[73]		Washington Capitals	July 1, 2014	7-year/$40.25 million
Taylor Chorney^[74]	St. Louis Blues		July 1, 2014	1 year/$550,000^[a]
Chris Conner^[75]		Washington Capitals	July 1, 2014	1 year/$550,000^[a]
Harry Zolnierczyk^[76]		New York Islanders	July 1, 2014	1 year/$600,000^[a]
Joe Vitale^[77]		Arizona Coyotes	July 1, 2014	3-year/$3.35 million
Chuck Kobasew^[78]		SC Bern	July 2, 2014	2 years
Steve Downie^[79]	Philadelphia Flyers		July 2, 2014	1 year/$1 million
Brian Gibbons^[80]		Columbus Blue Jackets	July 4, 2014	1 year/$750,000^[a]
Lee Stempniak^[81]		New York Rangers	July 19, 2014	1 year/$900,000
Taylor Pyatt^[82]		Genève-Servette HC	July 24, 2014	1 year
Daniel Carcillo^[83]	New York Rangers		September 4, 2014	Professional Tryout Contract
Brendan Mikkelson		Toronto Maple Leafs	September 28, 2014	Minor league contract

Waivers

Player	Claimed from	Lost to	Date
Mark Arcobello^[84]	Nashville Predators		January 14, 2015
Mark Arcobello^[85]		Arizona Coyotes	February 11, 2015

Signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Nick Drazenovic^[86]	July 1, 2014	1 year/$550,000^[a]
Marcel Goc^[87]	July 1, 2014	1 year/$1.2 million
Zach Sill^[88]	July 3, 2014	1 year/$550,000^[a]
Jayson Megna^[89]	July 10, 2014	1 year/$874,125^[a]
Philip Samuelsson^[90]	July 10, 2014	1 year/$550,000^[a]
Kasperi Kapanen^[91]	July 11, 2014	3 years/$2.775 million^[b]
Bobby Farnham^[92]	July 15, 2014	1 year/$550,000^[a]
Simon Despres^[93]	July 18, 2014	2 years/$1.8 million
Nick Spaling^[94]	July 31, 2014	2 years/$4.4 million
Brandon Sutter^[95]	August 5, 2014	2 years/$6.6 million
Marc-Andre Fleury^[96]	November 5, 2014	4 years/$23 million contract extension

Other

Name	Date	Details
Gary Agnew^[97]	July 10, 2014	Named as Assistant Coach
Mark Recchi^[98]	July 18, 2014	Named as Player Development Coach
Jacques Martin^[99]	July 23, 2014	Named as Senior Advisor of Hockey Operations
Daniel Carcillo^[100]	October 2, 2014	Released
Jeff Zatkoff^[101]	October 4, 2014	Waived
Tomas Vokoun^[102]	December 15, 2014	Retirement

Notes

^a – Two-way contract
^b – Entry-level contract

Draft picks

The 2014 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 27–28, 2014 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[103]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	22	Kasperi Kapanen	RW	Finland	KalPa (SM-liiga)
4	113	Sam Lafferty	C/LW	United States	Deerfield Academy (USHS–MA)
5	145^[a]	Anthony Angello	C	United States	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
6	173	Jaden Lindo	RW	Canada	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
7	203	Jeff Taylor	D	United States	Union College (ECAC)

Draft notes^[104]

The Pittsburgh Penguins' second-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a March 25, 2013 trade that sent Douglas Murray to the Penguins in exchange for a 2013 second-round pick (#58–Tyler Bertuzzi) and this conditional pick.^[105]
- Condition – Second-round pick if Penguins advance to third round of 2013 playoffs or if Murray re-signs with Penguins for 2013–14 season, else third-round pick. Converted to second-round pick when Penguins advanced to the 2013 Eastern Conference Finals.
The Pittsburgh Penguins' third-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of a March 5, 2014 trade that sent Lee Stempniak to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.^[106]
The Pittsburgh Penguins' fifth-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a March 5, 2014 trade that sent Marcel Goc to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.^[107]
^a The Anaheim Ducks fifth-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a February 6, 2013 trade that sent Ben Lovejoy to the Ducks in exchange for this pick.^[108]

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