2021–22 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The 2021–22 Pittsburgh Penguins season is the 55th season for the National Hockey League team that was established on June 5, 1967.[1]

2021–22 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division  Metropolitan
Conference  Eastern
2021–22 record15–8–5
Home record7–5–2
Road record8–3–3
Goals for85
Goals against72
Team information
General managerRon Hextall
CoachMike Sullivan
CaptainSidney Crosby
Alternate captainsKris Letang
Evgeni Malkin
ArenaPPG Paints Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)
Wheeling Nailers (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsJake Guentzel (15)
AssistsKris Letang (17)
PointsJake Guentzel (27)
Penalty minutesJeff Carter
Kris Letang (18)
Plus/minusMarcus Pettersson (+10)
WinsTristan Jarry (13)
Goals against averageTristan Jarry (1.92)

Standings

Divisional standings
Metropolitan Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 New York Rangers 29 19 7 3 17 84 74 +10 41
2 Washington Capitals 29 17 5 7 15 101 76 +25 41
3 Carolina Hurricanes 27 19 7 1 17 85 58 +27 39
4 Pittsburgh Penguins 28 15 8 5 13 85 72 +13 35
5 Columbus Blue Jackets 27 14 12 1 8 89 90 −1 29
6 Philadelphia Flyers 27 11 12 4 10 71 89 −18 26
7 New Jersey Devils 27 10 12 5 7 75 92 −17 25
8 New York Islanders 24 7 12 5 7 51 72 −21 19
Updated to game(s) played on December 15, 2021. Source: National Hockey League[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standings
Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 ME Pittsburgh Penguins 28 15 8 5 13 85 72 +13 35
2 AT Detroit Red Wings 29 14 12 3 8 80 97 −17 31
3 AT Boston Bruins 25 14 9 2 13 70 66 +4 30
4 ME Columbus Blue Jackets 27 14 12 1 8 89 90 −1 29
5 ME Philadelphia Flyers 27 11 12 4 10 71 89 −18 26
6 ME New Jersey Devils 27 10 12 5 7 75 92 −17 25
7 AT Buffalo Sabres 28 9 15 4 7 77 99 −22 22
8 ME New York Islanders 24 7 12 5 7 51 72 −21 19
9 AT Ottawa Senators 26 9 16 1 7 75 95 −20 19
10 AT Montreal Canadiens 30 6 21 3 6 64 107 −43 15
Updated to game(s) played on December 15, 2021. Source: National Hockey League[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on July 22, 2021.[4]

2021–22 game log
October: 3–3–2 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 1–0–1)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1October 12Pittsburgh6–2Tampa BayJarry19,0921–0–02[5]
2October 14Pittsburgh4–5 OTFloridaDeSmith14,3081–0–13[6]
3October 16Chicago2–5PittsburghJarry18,4202–0–15[7]
4October 19Dallas2–1 SOPittsburghJarry16,4502–0–26[8]
5October 23Toronto1–7PittsburghJarry15,3973–0–28[9]
6October 26Tampa Bay5–1PittsburghJarry15,7323–1–28[10]
7October 28Calgary4–0PittsburghDeSmith17,7433–2–28[11]
8October 30New Jersey4–2PittsburghJarry17,4523–3–28[12]
November: 7–4–3 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 4–2–2)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
9November 4Philadelphia2–3 OTPittsburghJarry17,0374–3–210[13]
10November 6Minnesota5–4 SOPittsburghJarry17,1814–3–311[14]
11November 9Pittsburgh2–3 SOChicagoJarry17,7364–3–412[15]
12November 11Florida2–3 SOPittsburghJarry17,1945–3–414[16]
13November 13Pittsburgh3–6OttawaDeSmith14,6615–4–414[17]
14November 14Pittsburgh1–6WashingtonJarry18,5735–5–414[18]
15November 16Buffalo2–1PittsburghJarry16,3665–6–414[19]
16November 18Pittsburgh6–0MontrealJarry20,7126–6–416[20]
17November 20Pittsburgh2–0TorontoJarry19,5317–6–418[21]
18November 22Pittsburgh3–1WinnipegJarry13,5708–6–420[22]
19November 24Vancouver1–4PittsburghJarry17,5909–6–422[23]
20November 26Pittsburgh1–0NY IslandersJarry17,25510–6–424[24]
21November 27Montreal6–3PittsburghDeSmith17,98510–7–424[25]
22November 29Pittsburgh1–2 SOCalgaryJarry15,34310–7–525[26]
December: 5–1–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
23December 1Pittsburgh2–5EdmontonJarry17,13010–8–525[27]
24December 4Pittsburgh4–1VancouverJarry18,42211–8–527[28]
25December 6Pittsburgh6–1SeattleDeSmith17,15112–8–529[29]
26December 10Pittsburgh4–2WashingtonJarry18,57313–8–531[30]
27December 11Anaheim0–1PittsburghDeSmith17,43514–8–533[31]
28December 14Montreal2–5PittsburghJarry17,00515–8–535[32]
29December 17Buffalo–Pittsburgh
30December 19Pittsburgh–New Jersey
31December 21New Jersey–Pittsburgh
32December 23Philadelphia–Pittsburgh
33December 27Pittsburgh–Boston
34December 29Pittsburgh–Toronto
35December 31Pittsburgh–Ottawa
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = OT/SO Loss

Player statistics

As of November 16, 2021

Skaters
Regular season[33]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Jake Guentzel178715−110
Evan Rodrigues186713+50
Kasperi Kapanen184711+46
Kris Letang141910+58
Danton Heinen1863908
Jeff Carter15459−214
Jason Zucker18459−14
John Marino18189−62
Bryan Rust11178+14
Teddy Blueger18527+12
Brock McGinn18437+38
Mike Matheson1516702
Drew O'Connor12325+24
Zach Aston-Reese16055+311
Marcus Pettersson14134+76
Dominik Simon1213400
Mark Friedman11044+36
Brian Boyle14202−19
Sidney Crosby6112−32
Brian Dumoulin13022−26
Sam Lafferty501107
Juuso Riikola5011+22
Chad Ruhwedel14011+10
Pierre-Olivier Joseph4000−22

Goaltenders
Regular season[34]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Tristan Jarry1212737:00543312.52374.9170008
Casey DeSmith33177:50021144.7297.8560000

†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.


Current roster

Updated December 11, 2021[35][36]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
12 Zach Aston-Reese C L 27 2017 Staten Island, New York
53 Teddy Blueger C L 27 2012 Riga, Latvia
11 Brian Boyle C L 36 2021 Hingham, Massachusetts
77 Jeff Carter C/RW R 36 2021 London, Ontario
87 Sidney Crosby (C) C L 34 2005 Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia
1 Casey DeSmith G L 30 2017 Rochester, New Hampshire
8 Brian Dumoulin D L 30 2012 Biddeford, Maine
52 Mark Friedman D R 25 2021 Toronto, Ontario
59 Jake Guentzel  LW L 27 2013 Omaha, Nebraska
43 Danton Heinen LW L 26 2021 Langley, British Columbia
35 Tristan Jarry G L 26 2013 Surrey, British Columbia
42 Kasperi Kapanen RW R 25 2020 Kuopio, Finland
18 Sam Lafferty C R 26 2014 Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania
58 Kris Letang (A) D R 34 2005 Montreal, Quebec
71 Evgeni Malkin (A)  C L 35 2004 Magnitogorsk, Soviet Union
6 John Marino D R 24 2019 North Easton, Massachusetts
5 Mike Matheson D L 27 2020 Pointe-Claire, Quebec
23 Brock McGinn LW L 27 2021 Fergus, Ontario
10 Drew O'Connor LW L 23 2020 Chatham, New Jersey
28 Marcus Pettersson D L 25 2018 Skellefteå, Sweden
9 Evan Rodrigues RW R 28 2020 Etobicoke, Ontario
2 Chad Ruhwedel D R 31 2016 San Diego, California
17 Bryan Rust  RW R 29 2010 Pontiac, Michigan
49 Dominik Simon C L 27 2021 Prague, Czech Republic
16 Jason Zucker LW L 29 2020 Newport Beach, California

Transactions

The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2021–22 season.

Trades
DateDetailsRef
July 17, 2021 (2021-07-17) To Toronto Maple Leafs
Jared McCann		 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Filip Hallander
7th-round pick in 2023		 [37]

Players acquired
DatePlayerFormer teamTermViaRef
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)Taylor FedunDallas Stars1-yearFree agency[38]
Brock McGinnCarolina Hurricanes4-yearFree agency[39]
Dominik SimonCalgary Flames1-yearFree agency[40]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29)Michael ChaputArizona Coyotes1-yearFree agency[41]
Danton HeinenAnaheim Ducks1-yearFree agency[42]
September 2, 2021 (2021-09-02)Louis DomingueCalgary Flames1-yearFree agency[43]
October 12, 2021 (2021-10-12)Brian Boyle1-yearFree agency[44]

Players lost
DatePlayerNew teamTermViaRef
July 20, 2021 (2021-07-20)Yannick WeberRetirement[45]
July 21, 2021 (2021-07-21)Brandon TanevSeattle KrakenExpansion draft[46]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)Cody CeciEdmonton Oilers4-yearFree agency[47]
Frederick GaudreauMinnesota Wild2-yearFree agency[48]
Maxime LegaceTampa Bay Lightning1-yearFree agency[49]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29)Kevin CzuczmanMinnesota Wild1-yearFree agency[50]
July 30, 2021 (2021-07-30)Sam MileticCarolina Hurricanes1-yearFree agency[51]
October 13, 2021 (2021-10-13)Colton SceviourEdmonton Oilers1-yearFree agency[52]
October 16, 2021 (2021-10-16)Mark JankowskiRochester Americans (AHL)1-yearFree agency[53]

Signings
DatePlayerTermContract typeRef
July 14, 2021 (2021-07-14)Teddy Blueger2-yearRe-signing[54]
July 24, 2021 (2021-07-24)Kasper Bjorkqvist1-yearRe-signing[55]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)Evan Rodrigues1-yearRe-signing[56]
Filip Lindberg2-yearEntry-level[57]
August 3, 2021 (2021-08-03)Radim Zohorna2-yearRe-signing[58]
August 5, 2021 (2021-08-05)Zach Aston-Reese1-yearRe-signing[59]

Draft picks
See also: List of Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks

Below are the Pittsburgh Penguins' selections at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, which were held on July 23 to 24, 2021. It was held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round # Player Pos. Nationality Team (League)
2 58 Tristan Broz C  USA Fargo Force (USHL)
5 154 Isaac Belliveau D  Canada Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
7 194 Ryan McCleary D  Canada Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
7 215 Daniel Laatsch D  USA Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
7 218 Kirill Tankov C  Russia SKA Varyagi (MHL)

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