Primary Owner:
Mario Lemieux (Lemieux Group)

General Manager:
Ray Shero

Head Coach:
Michel Therrien

Captain:
Sidney Crosby

Rookie of the Year:
Kris Letang
Player's Player:
Ryan Malone

Most Valuable Player:
Evgeni Malkin

Booster Club:
Evgeni Malkin

Masterton Nominee:
Ty Conklin

Baz Bastien Good Guy:
Ryan Whiney

Edward J. DeBartolo:
Georges Laraque

Bob Johnson Memorial:
not awarded

February 26
Acquired Hal Gill from the Toronto Maple Leafs for a second and fifth round draft pick in 2008.

Acquired Marian Hossa and Pascal Dupuis from the Atlanta Thrasers in exchange for Colby Armstrong, Erik Christensen, Angelo Esposito and a first round draft pick in 2008.

October 1, 2007
Signed forward Adam Hall to a one-year, two-way contract.

July 2, 2007
Signed winger Petr Sykora (2006-07: Edmonton Oilers) to a two-year contract.
and defenceman Darryl Sydor (2006-07: Dallas Stars) to a two-year, $5 million contract.

July 1, 2007
Signed goaltender Dany Sabourin (2006-07: Vancouver Canucks) to a two-year, $1.025 million contract.

June 23, 2007
Acquired center Tim Brent from the Anaheim Ducks for center Stephen Dixon.

June 22, 2007
Acquired a third-round round pick in 2007 from Atlanta Thrashers for Chris Thorburn.

2007-08

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2007-08 Pittsburgh Penguins Season Capsule
(47-27-8) 102 points – 1st in Atlantic Division, 2nd in Eastern Conference

Stanley Cup final:
Pittsburgh vs. Detroit Red Wings
Detroit won the series, 4-2

Eastern Conference final:
Penguins defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, 4-1

Second Round Playoffs:
Pittsburgh defeated the New York Rangers, 4-1

First Round Playoffs:
Pittsburgh defeated the Ottawa Senators in four games.
June 4: The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Penguins, 3-2, in Game 6 of final to win the Stanley Cup.
2007-08 Pittsburgh Penguins Stanley Cup final
ROAD
HOME
DATE - FACEOFF
WINNER
SCORE
Game 1
@
Saturday, May 24 - 8:08 pm
4-0
Game 2
@
Monday, May 26 - 8:08 pm
3-0
Game 3
@
Wednesday, May 28 - 8:08 pm
3-2
Game 4
@
Saturday, May 31 - 8:08 pm
2-1
Game 5
@
Monday, June 2 - 8:08 pm
4-3
Game 4
@
Wednesday, June 4 - 8:08 pm
3-2
Game Six - Review
recap to follow.

Three Stars: (1) Zetterberg , (2) Rafalski & (3) Malkin
VS.
2
3

Detroit won the series,
4-2.
Game Five - Review
Petr Sykora scored with 10:03 remaining in the third overtime to push the Penguins past the Red Wings to stave-off elimination in the final. Detroit leads the series, three games to two.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 55 saves against the Red Wings.

Overtime was made possible when Maxime Talbot tied the game with 0:35 remaining in regulation.

Pittsburgh got goals from Marian Hossa, Adam Hall while Darren Helm, Pavel Datsyuk and Brian Rafalski scored for Detroit.

Three Stars: (1) Fleury , (2) Sykora & (3) Henrik Zetterberg
VS.
4
3

Detroit leads the series,
3-2.
Game Four - Review
Jiri Hudler's third period goal has pushed the Pittsburgh Penguins to the brink of elimination as the Detroit Red Wings skate away with a 2-1 victory in Game 4.

Marian Hossa scored a first period powerplay goal that was answered later in the period by Nicklas Lidstrom.

The win by Detroit snapped Pittsburgh's 17-game winning streak at home and was the Penguins first home loss of the playoffs.

Three Stars: (1) Lidstrom, (2) Osgood & (3) Hossa
VS.
1
2

Detroit leads the series,
3-1.
Game Three - Review
Sidney Crosby scored twice and Adam Hall bagged the game-winner to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final.

Marian Hossa had two assists and Brooks Orpik had seven hits for Pittsburgh.

Johan Franzen and Mikael Samuelsson scored for the Red Wings, who now hold a 2-1 series lead heading into Game 4 on Saturday night

Three Stars: (1) Crosby, (2) Hossa & (3) Franzen
VS.
3
2

Detroit leads the series,
2-1.
Game Two - Review
The Red Wings jumped out to a two goal lead and played a strangling defense and continued to keep the Penguins off the scoreboard for the first 100 minutes of the final.

Brad Stuart opened the scoring with slapshot in the first period and Tomas Holmstom scored on a tap-in along the goal line.

Valtteri Flippula scored a goal for the Wings in the third period and goaltender Chris Osgood thwarted all 22 of Pittsburgh's scoring chances and opened the final with 120 consecutive minutes without allowing a goal.

Three Stars: (1) Osgood, (2) Flippula & (3) Stuart
VS.
0
3

Detroit leads the series,
2-0.
Game One - Review
Two unassisted goals from Detroit Red Wings' Mikael Samuelsson lifted the Wings to a 4-0 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final .

The Penguins showed a spark in the first period with 12 shots, but could not convert on four powerplays.

The Red Wings locked the Penguins down allowing only seven shots in the final two periods, and Wings goalie Chris Osgood held the shutout.

Daniel Cleary score a short-handed goal at 17:18 of the third and Henrik Zetterberg finished Detroit's scoring with a powerplay goal with 0:13 remaining.

Three Stars: (1) Samuelsson, (2) Osgood & (3) Cleary
VS.
0
4

Detroit leads the series,
1-0.
Scroll Down for Penguins' Playoff Scoring Statistics
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
May 24 - The Penguins lost to the Detroit Red Wings, 4-0, in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final.

May 18 - The Penguins defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in the Eastern Conference final and advanced to the Stanley Cup final against the Detroit Red Wings.

May 11 - The Penguins set a franchise record with their seventh straight playoff win on home ice.

April 9 - Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 26 shots from the New York Rangers to earn his second NHL playoff shutout as the Pens defeated the Rangers, 2-0.

April 11 - The Penguins had 54 shots on goal against the Ottawa Senators to set a post-season record for most shots on goal in regulation.

April 9 - Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 26 shots from the Ottawa Senators to earn his first NHL playoff shutout as the Pens defeated the Sens, 4-0.

April 2 - The Penguins defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, 4-2, to claim their first Atlantic Division Championship. The Pens record 41st sellout of the season to mark the first time in franchise history that the team sold out every game of the season.

March 22 - Evgeni Malkin scored two goals and had an assist to become the 12th Pens player to reach 100 points in one season.

March 12 - The Penguins establish a single-season attendence record with the 35th consecutive sellout.

– Chris Minard scored his first NHL goal by beating Buffalo Sabre's goalie Ryan Miller in a 7-3 Pittsburgh victory.

February 26 - Connor James scored his first NHL goal - in a game against the New York Islanders.

February 21 - Sergei Gonchar scored against the Montreal Candiens for his 600th NHL point.

January 14 - Evgeni Malkin scored his second career hat trick in a 4-1 victory over the New York Rangers.

January 3 - Evgeni Malkin scored his first career hat trick in a 6-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.

January 1: Sidney Crosby scored the walk-off winner in the shootout to push the Pens past the Buffalo Sabres, 2-1, in the Winter Classic in front of 71,217 fans at Ralph Wilson Stadium – a new attendance record for an NHL game.

December 23 - The Penguins defeat the Boston Bruins, 4-2, in front of the 31st consecutive sellout at the Mellon Arena - setting a new attendence record.

December 21 - Gary Roberts' assist on an Erik Christensen goal gave him his 900th assist in the NHL in a game against the New York Islanders.

November 5 - Danny Sabourin records his first NHL shutout after stopping 20 shots from the New Jersey Devils.

November 3 - Tyler Kennedy scores his first NHL goal in a game against the New York Islanders.

October 22 - Marc-Andre Fleury stops 36 shots from the New York Rangers for his 8th career shutout.

October 19 - Petr Sykora scores his 250th NHL goal in a game against the Carolina Hurricanes.

October 5 - The Penguins, and the rest of the NHL, introduce a new uniform style.

October 4 - Sergei Gonchar, Gary Roberts and Mark Recchi named as Alternate Captains

September 17 - The Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins will make National Hockey League history on New Year’s Day in front of 73,000 fans at Ralph Wilson Stadium when they play in the AMP NHL Winter Classic, the League’s first regular-season outdoor game in the United States.

Tickets for the Winter Classic sold out in 30 minutes.

May 31, 2007 - Sidney Crosby is named the team captain, the youngest in NHL history.
UNIFORM NUMBERS & SEASON STATISTICS
Last updated: Sat, Aug 16, 2008
REGULAR SEASON
 PLAYOFFS
#
 Player
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
71
 Evgeni Malkin
82
47
59
106
78
20
10
12
22
24
87
 Sidney Crosby
53
24
48
72
39
20
6
21
27
12
17
 Petr Sykora
81
28
35
63
41
20
6
3
9
16
55
 Sergei Gonchar
78
12
53
65
66
20
1
13
14
8
12
 Ryan Malone
77
27
24
51
103
20
6
10
16
25
19
 Ryan Whitney
76
12
28
40
45
20
1
5
6
25
11
 Jordan Staal
82
12
16
28
55
20
6
1
7
14
25
 Maxime Talbot
63
12
14
26
53
17
3
6
9
36
20
 Colby Armstrong*
54
9
15
24
50
-
-
-
-
-
16
 Erik Christensen*
49
9
11
20
28
-
-
-
-
-
48
 Tyler Kennedy
55
10
9
19
35
20
0
4
4
13
58
 Kris Letang
63
6
11
17
23
16
0
2
2
12
37
 Jarkko Ruutu
71
6
10
16
138
20
2
1
3
26
10
 Gary Roberts
38
3
12
15
40
11
2
2
4
32
27
 Georges Laraque
71
4
9
13
141
15
1
2
3
4
5
 Darryl Sydor
74
1
12
13
26
4
0
0
0
2
38
 Jeff Taffe
45
5
7
12
8
-
-
-
-
-
9
 Pascal Dupuis*
16
2
10
12
8
20
2
5
7
18
44
 Brooks Orpik
78
1
10
11
57
20
0