Primary Owner:
Mario Lemieux (Lemieux Group)

General Manager:
Ray Shero

Head Coach:
Michel Therrien

Captain:
Sidney Crosby

6
Number of road games in the next nine games


37
Number of points by Evgeni Malkin, leading NHL scorer


2
Number of short-handed goals scored by Pittsburgh this season


63.7
Percentage of faceoffs won by Mike Zigomanis, best in the NHL


14
Number of games out of 22 that have been decided by one goal


7
Number of wins after trailing to start the third period


30
Rank in NHL for powerplay goals in road games


78
Consecutive number of sellouts at the Mellon Arena

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
(14-6-3) 31 points – 2nd in Atlantic Division
November 29 - Sidney Crosby scored a hat trick to carry the Penguins over the New Jersey Devils, 4-1.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are introduced on opening night at the Mellon Arena.
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
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.

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: Sat, Nov 29, 2008
REGULAR SEASON
 PLAYOFFS
#
 Player
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
71
 Evgeni Malkin
23
10
29
39
16
87
 Sidney Crosby
23
13
20
33
16
81
 Miroslav Satan
23
9
9
18
20
48
 Tyler Kennedy
23
6
9
15
8
17
 Petr Sykora
20
5
8
13
6
11
 Jordan Staal
23
7
5
12
13
13
 Alex Goligoski
22
4
6
10
6
58
 Kris Letang
23
0
10
10
10
24
 Matt Cooke
19
2
7
9
27
26
 Ruslan Fedotenko
21
4
4
8
14
25
 Maxime Talbot
22
4
2
6
10
44
 Brooks Orpik
23
2
4
6
23
15
 Mike Zigomanis*
21
2
4
6
27
4
 Rob Scuderi
23
1
4
5
4
9
 Pascal Dupuis
20
2
2
4
8
5
 Darryl Sydor
8
1
1
2
2
28
 Eric Godard
23
0
1
1
51
2
 Hal Gill
19
0
1
1
21
7
 Mark Eaton
15
0
0
0
12
67, 16
 Paul Bissonnette
6
0
0
0
10
37
 Bill Thomas
2
0
0
0
0
22
 Jeff Taffe
1
0
0
0
2
32
 Christopher Minard
2
0
0
0
-
20
 Janne Pesonen
3
0
0
0
-
55
 Sergei Gonchar - IR
-
-
-
-
-
19
 Ryan Whitney - IR
-
-
-
-
-
43
 Phillipe Boucher*
5
0
0
0
4
* = 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
14
-
-
-
4
8
3
2
839
40
2.86
0
430
.907
30
 Dany Sabourin
9
-
-
-
2
5
1
1
488
15
1.84
-
213
.930
1
 John Curry
2
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
90
4
2.67
-
43
.907
The Penguins will wear their third, or alternate, jerseys in 15 games this season.

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