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e Beginning with the 1999–2000 season, teams received one point for losing a regular-season game in overtime. [12] f The season was cancelled because of the 2004–05 NHL lockout. [13] g Before the 2005–06 season, the NHL instituted a penalty shootout for regular-season games that remained tied after a five-minute overtime period, which ...
The 2005–06 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the team's 39th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The season was notable for being Sidney Crosby's rookie campaign. . However, Crosby's inaugural season did not improve the team, as they suffered another losing season, finishing last place in the Eastern Conference with 58 points, the second worst in t
The Pittsburgh Penguins 2006–07 season was rife with potential, as the team featured one of the largest groups of young stars in the National Hockey League (NHL). Evgeni Malkin , the second overall pick in the 2004 NHL entry draft , came to the United States from Russia prior to the season and joined the team.
Sidney Crosby set the Penguins record for points by a rookie, scoring 102 in 2005–06. Most goals: Mario Lemieux, 85 (1988–89) Most assists: Mario Lemieux, 114 (1988–89)
Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby is the 10th player in NHL history to record 1,600 regular-season points in a career. Crosby recorded the secondary assist on Bryan Rust’s power-play ...
[6] In the 1970–71 season, the Penguins finished five games out of the playoffs with a 21–37–20 record, the fourth-worst record in the league. Pittsburgh achieved a playoff berth in 1972, only to be swept by the Chicago Black Hawks in the first round.
The Penguins renewed 99% of their season ticket sales from the 2007–08 season; having sold out 67 consecutive games at Mellon Arena dating back to the 2006–07 season. [6] In July, ESPN named Pittsburgh the top team in the Eastern Conference , [ 7 ] and Sporting News predicted the team would finish in the league's fifth overall position.
The Penguins had a 21–14–6 record in the second half of the season, placing them in fourth place in the Eastern Conference (despite having the third-best points total). It would be the third time in four years that the Penguins had over 100 points in a season (having missed out by a single point the previous year) and the fourth-straight ...