Primary Owner:
Mario Lemieux (Lemieux Group)

General Manager:
Ray Shero

Head Coach:
Michel Therrien

Captain:
Sidney Crosby

December 19
Traded Jonathan Filewich to St. Louis Blues for a conditional sixth-round pick in 2010.

November 15
Traded defenseman Darryl Sydor to the Dallas Stars for defenseman Phillipe Boucher.


October 9
Traded future considerations to the Phoenix Coyotes for Mike Zigomanis

June 28
Traded the rights to Ryan Malone and Gary Roberts to the Tampa Bay Lightning for conditional draft picks.

July 8
Acquired the rights to defenseman Danny Richmond in exchange for the rights to Tim Brent,
Signed TJ Kemp and Adam Henrich.

2008-09

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2008-09 Pittsburgh Penguins Season Capsule
(19-17-4) 42 points – 4th in Atlantic Division; 9th in Eastern Conference

LAST GAME RECAP:
January 5 - The Penguins lost their fifth game in a row after being shutout by the New York Rangers, 4-0.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are introduced on opening night at the Mellon Arena.
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
January 1 - Dustin Jeffrey scored his first NHL goal in a game against the Bruins.

December 30: Jordan Staal became the youngest player in NHL history to play in 200 games.

December 26: Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 37 shots from the New Jersey Devils for his 12th career shutout.

December 15: CONSOL Energy Inc. signed a 21-year naming rights agreement with the Pittsburgh Penguins and named the building Consol Energy Center.

December 11 - Petr Sykora scored his first career hat trick, after going 38 games with two goals. Pascal Dupuis also socre his first NHL hat trick in a 9-1 win over the New York Islanders.

December 6 - Jordan Staal scored his 50th NHL goal in a game against the Ottawa Senators.

December 4 - Petr Sykora scored his 100th NHL powerplay goal.

November 29 - Sidney Crosby scored his second career hat trick in a 4-3 win over the New Jersey Devils.

November 26 - Evgeni Malkin scored his third career hat trick and goaltender John Curry got his first win in the NHL.

November 15 - The Penguins wore blue and white at home for the first time in 28 years.

November 11 - Jordan Staal scored his second NHL hat trick and set up the game winning goal in overtime.

October 18 - Sidney Crosby scored his 100th NHL goal, earned his 200th assist and reached the 300 point career total in a 4-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Evgeni Malkin had four assists pushing him over the 200-point milestone. Native Pittsburgher Bill Thomas played his first pro game at the Mellon Arena.

October 11 - Marc-Andre Fleury set a career-high save mark, 47, in a 2-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils. The Pens replaced and updated championship banners at the Mellon Arena.

October 5 - Alex Goligoski scored his first NHL goal.

October 4 - Opened the season with a 4-3 overtime win against the Ottawa Senators in Bridgestone Premiere game played in Stockholm, Sweden.
UNIFORM NUMBERS & SEASON STATISTICS
Last updated: Mon, Jan 5, 2009
REGULAR SEASON
 PLAYOFFS
#
 Player
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
71
 Evgeni Malkin
40
15
45
60
42
87
 Sidney Crosby
40
15
35
50
55
17
 Petr Sykora
37
13
16
29
14
81
 Miroslav Satan
40
12
14
26
28
11
 Jordan Staal
40
11
10
21
19
26
 Ruslan Fedotenko
38
11
10
21
27
13
 Alex Goligoski
38
6
13
19
14
48
 Tyler Kennedy
26
6
9
15
10
24
 Matt Cooke
36
4
10
14
57
58
 Kris Letang
36
1
12
13
10
9
 Pascal Dupuis
36
9
3
12
16
44
 Brooks Orpik
40
2
7
9
35
4
 Rob Scuderi
40
1
8
9
6
25
 Maxime Talbot
37
4
3
7
35
15
 Mike Zigomanis*
22
2
4
6
27
43
 Phillipe Boucher*
15
2
0
2
14
28
 Eric Godard
34
1
1
2
106
7
 Mark Eaton
31
1
1
2
22
5
 Darryl Sydor
8
1
1
2
2
42
 Dustin Jeffrey
6
1
1
2
0
2
 Hal Gill
26
0
2
2
25
22
 Jeff Taffe
8
0
2
2
2
63
 Tim Wallace
11
0
2
2
7
19
 Ryan Whitney
7
0
1
1
4
32
 Christopher Minard
7
0
0
0
0
67, 16
 Paul Bissonnette
8
0
0
0
10
20
 Janne Pesonen
6
0
0
0
0
37
 Bill Thomas
2
0
0
0
0
65
 Ben Lovejoy
2
0
0
0
0
33
 Ryan Stone
2
0
0
0
2
36
 Connor James
1
0
0
0
0
55
 Sergei Gonchar - IR
-
-
-
-
-
* = spent part of season on another NHL roster
#
 Goalie GPI G A PTS PIM W L OT MIN GA GAA SO SA PCT
29
 Marc-Andre Fleury
23
-
-
-
6
11
9
2
1336
67
3.01
1
691
.903
30
 Dany Sabourin
18
-
-
-
2
6
7
2
949
43
2.72
0
438
.902
1
 John Curry
3
-
-
-
-
2
1
-
150
6
2.40
0
69
.913
The Penguins will wear their third, or alternate, jerseys in 15 games this season.
Construction stopped briefly on December 15 to raise a banner to reveal the building's name.

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