Three big playoff games have taken place on May 4th during this era of Penguins hockey. The Penguins started the Playoffs with a shutout against the Islanders. Six years ago today, the Penguins defeated the pesky Blue Jackets in six games.
The Penguins started their series with the Capitals with a road win. The Penguins kicked off their third straight postseason series against the Capitals with an opening game win.
In , the Penguins clinched their victory in the first round against the Flyers with a comeback win. The Penguins sent the Rangers home in style in their first round series in The Penguins winger had himself an afternoon against the Flyers in Game 6 of the Playoff series.
The Penguins winger made his first big playoff appearance back in the spring of The Penguins allowed eight goals in a playoff game, not once, but twice within 3 days. The Penguins and Flyers memorable series of featured some wild things — and a little bit of hockey. On April 11th in , the Penguins kicked off their postseason with a bang.
On this date in , Gary Roberts tried to take on all of the Ottawa Senators at the same time. Hard to believe it was only 21 years ago that Carolina hockey was shiny and new, right? Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.
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Drafting Sidney Crosby. Penguins Primary Logo. Penguins Alternate Logo. Penguins Wordmark Logo. May 4 The Penguins announce plans to build a practice and training facility located in the Southpointe development project in Washington County. June 28 Disney Sports Enterprises, Inc. Weicker, Jr. Mars, and Bruce Robbins. August 29 Mario Lemieux announces that he will take a one year medical leave of absence.
September 30 The NHL announces the postponement of the opening of the season. January 20 The season begins. February 4 The Penguins defeat Tampa Bay, , to tie a club record with their seventh consecutive victory from the start of the season.
February 7 Joe Mullen records his 1,th career point against the Florida Panthers, to become the first American-born player to record 1, or more points. February 16 The Penguins defeat the Hartford Whalers, , to extend their club record start of the season unbeaten streak to 13 games October 26 Mario Lemeiux scores his th career goal in a win at the NY Islanders at of the 3rd period against Tommy Soderstrom.
April 26 Dave Burrows, Edward J. DeBartolo are named to the Penguins Hall of Fame. Pearson trophy for the third time. June 27 Craig Patrick signs a new five-year contracr as the team's executive vice president and general manager. November 30 Mario Lemieux becomes the ninth player in NHL history to record 1, points and Ron Francis becomes the ninth player to reach assists vs.
December 28 Ron Francis records his 1,th career point vs. January 15 Patrick Lalime sets the NHL record for best start by a rookie goaltender from the beginning of his career with a win at Hartford. The win boosted his record to Calgary, running his record to January 26 Mario Lemieux scores four goals in one period at Montreal, becoming the 11th player to accomplish this feat.
Lemieux becomes the second fastest and only the seventh player to reach the career NHL goals mark. March 14 Joey Mullen scores his th NHL career goal to be the first American-born hockey player to ever reach goals against Colorado. March 20 Patrick Lalime records his 20th win of the season, becoming the first Penguin rookie goaltender to reach 20 wins since the campaign when Les Binkley recorded March 29 Ron Francis scores his th career goal vs.
Los Angeles Kings, making the Penguins the first team to have players record their th, th and th goals in the same season. April 3 Mario Lemieux passes Bobby Hull for sixth place on the career list with his th vs. The crowd began chatting for Lemieux with 5 minutes remaining and came to its feet with to play after a Lemieux video montage was shown on the Jumbotron scoreboard.
Mario with just over a minute to go broke in Garth Snow and scored, bringing tears to many fans' eyes. May 8 Roger Marino officially joins the Penguins ownership group. June 12 Kevin Constantine is introduced as the Penguins new head coach. Lemieux had the 3 year waiting period waived. November 19 Mario Lemieux number 66 is retired and raised to the Civic Arena rafters in a pre-game ceremony before a standing room only crowd of 17, March 21 Ron Francis becomes the seventh player to record his 1,th career assist, and the Penguins become the 10th NHL team to reach tje 1, win plateau with a win over the Philadelphia Flyers.
April 15 Jaromir Jagr records his th career goal vs. Tampa Bay. The Penguins clinch their third Northeast Division Championship fifth division championship overall with a win over the Lightning.
October 13 The Penguins file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. January 18 Kevin Hatcher appears in his 1,th career game in Anaheim. January 31 Jaromir Jagr records his th career point with a goal vs. February 21 Tom Barrasso appears in his th career game at Philadelphia. March 5 Jaromir Jagr records his th career assist vs. Jagr wins his third scoring championship overall. June 24 Mario Lemieux's group is confirmed as the new ownership of the Penguins.
June 24 Jaromir Jagr becomes the second Penguins' player to capture the Hart Trophy as the National hockey League's most valuable player. He also becomes the second to win the Lester B. November 26 Jaromir Jagr records his th career point in a win against Ottawa.
December 15 Jaromir Jagr records his 66th career game-winning goal, and passes Mario Lemieux for the Penguins all-time record. May 4 The Penguins and Philadephia Flyers play the third-longest game in league history at Philadelphia wins the game , in the fifth overtime.
Penguins golatender Ron Tugnutt makes 70 saves in the loss. October 7 The Penguins face-off against the Nashville Predators just outside of Tokyo, Japan to open up their season. Nashville comes away with a victory. December 8 The Penguins announce that Mario Lemieux will attempt to make a comeback after three-and-a-half years in retirement. December 12 Lemieux makes the announcement official at a press conference, saying he is coming back to the league so that his young son Austin can watch him play.
Lemieux states he has been working out privately with former teammate Jay Caufield for several weeks to get back in game shape. December 19 More than people cram the bleachers to watch Lemieux in his first practice with the team. Pittsburgh wins the historic contest, Jagr hits the 1, point mark in the same game. March 23 Mario Lemieux is named captain of the Canadian Olympic team. March 31 The Penguins clinch their team record 11th straight post-season appearance with a win over the St.
Louis Blues. April 8 Jagr finishes the season with points to capture his fourth consecutive Art Ross Trophy fifth overall as the league's leading scorer. His 69 assists tie for league lead. May 8 Martin Straka scores in overtime to give Pittsburgh a win in Game Six for the second round against the Sabres to send the series to a seventh game.
May 10 Darius Kasparitis - who had one goal in 55 previous playoff games - beats Hasek in overtime to give the Penguins a win. December 11 Alexei Kovalev records his th career point in Washington. April 15 Rick Kehoe is relieved of his head coaching duties.
June 11 Eddie Olcyk is named Penguins' head coach. October 29 Mario Lemieux's assist on Dick Tarnstrom's first period goal gives him 1, points for his career. April 18 Sibney Crosby adds a goal and an assist against Toronto to finish as the youngest player in history to reach points in a season.
October 5 Marc-Andre Fleury recorded his third-career shutout with 40 saves against the Philadelphia Flyers on opening night at Mellon Areana. Fluery set an NHL record for number of saves in an opening-game shutout.
October 21 Staal 18 years, 41 days became the youngest NHL player ever to score a pair of short-handed goals in one game, breaking the record set by Radek Dvorak Florida on Dec. The surge put him in the NHL scoring lead at only age The only other teenager to hold the NHL lead in points at any time in the league's "modern era" was Gretzky, briefly near the end of the season and early in the campaign.
April 7 Evgeni Malkin won the rookie scoring title with 85 points to give the Penguins the overall points leader and rookie points leader. The last NHL team to finish a season with both was the Blackhawks. Malkin is the first Penguins player to lead all rookies in scoring since Lemieux in May 31 Sidney Crosby named Penguins captain. At 19 years, nine months days he is the youngest team captain in NHL history. Previously, the youngest captain in NHL history was Tampa Bay's Vincent Lecavalier, who was named captain in March, , at age 19 years, 10 months days.
April 29 The Penguins pushed their playoff winning streak to seven games with a win in New York. The seven-straight wins are the most in franchise history to start a playoffs. May 18 The Penguins improved their playoff record to They are the 11th club since to enter the Stanley Cup Final with two losses or fewer.
June 2 In one of the most-thrilling games in Penguins history, the team rallied from a deficit to post a win in triple overtime of Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final. Max Talbot scored with 35 seconds left in regulation to knot the game at 3-all and Petr Sykora scored the winner into the third overtime. It was the fifth longest game in Stanley Cup Final history. Fleury stopped 55 of 58 shots he faced in the contest. Henrik Zetterburg had 27 points in 22 games. Crosby lead the playoffs with 21 assists.
Fleury tied for the league lead with 14 wins and had a playoff-best. Pittsburgh won the game on the strength of Sidney Crosby's three assists. The Penguins took the first game with a overtime victory.
Crosby hit three career marks in the game with his th goal, th assist and th point. He added an assist for a four-point effort. Consol Energy Center will be home to the Pittsburgh Penguins for the season. December 30 Sidney Crosby played in his th career game. Crosby has goals and assists for points in his first contests, sixth most in NHL history for a player at the game juncture.
January 30 Evgeni Malkin scored his th career goal. February 11 Jordan Staal tallied an assist to record his th career point. February 15 Dan Bylsma was named Penguins interim head coach. Tom Fitzgerald joined the coaching staff as an assistant coach.
Michel Therrien was relieved of his duties. Andre Savard was re-assigned within the organization. April 7 Evgeni Malkin tallied his th career point. May 4 Game 2 of the conference semifinals featured dueling hat tricks between superstars.
May 21 Evgeni Malkin posted his first career postseason hat trick in Pittsburgh's victory over the Carolina Hurricanes in game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals. June 12 Evgeni Malkin became the fifth player in NHL history since expansion to win the regular-season and post-season scoring title, and first since Mario Lemieux June 15 Nearly , fans packed the streets of downtown Pittsburgh for the Penguins' Stanley Cup victory parade.
October 2 The Penguins raise the Stanley Cup championship banner as part of a spectacular pregame ceremony in their final home opener at Mellon Arean.
Pittsburgh then beat the NY Rangers November 19 Captain Sidney Crosby becomes one of 12, Canadiens to carry the Vancouver Olympic torch when he marches with the torch for three miles through downtown Halifax in his native province of Nove Scotia, Canada. April 8 Bill Guerin scores the final goal in regular-season history at Mellon Arena, when he tallies into the third period.
Pascal Dupuis and Sidney Croaby pick up the assists. Crosby is the second Penguin Mario Lemieux to lead the league in goals, and eighth Penguin to score 50 goals. May 12 Despite goals from Chris Kunitz and Jordan Staal, the Penguins fall to the Montreal Canadiens, , in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals in what proves to be the final game in the history of Mellon Arena, Staal scores the Penguins' final goal in the second period.
Montreal's Brian Gionta tallies the final goal at the minute mark of the third period. Hall of Famer owner Mario Lemieux consludes a riveting pregame ceremony by pouring water from the Mellon Arena ice onto the new surface at center ice.
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