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The 2011–12 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the franchise's forty-fifth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Penguins, which was led by head coach Dan Bylsma and started the season without captain center Sidney Crosby, still managed a 51–25–6 record, an East-best 29 home wins, and 108-point average, which was second-best in the Eastern Conference.
2011–12 Pittsburgh Penguins | |
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Division | 2nd Atlantic |
Conference | 4th Eastern |
2011–12 record | 51–25–6 |
Home record | 29–10–2 |
Road record | 22–15–4 |
Goals for | 282 |
Goals against | 221 |
Team information | |
General manager | Ray Shero |
Coach | Dan Bylsma |
Captain | Sidney Crosby |
Alternate captains | Evgeni Malkin Brooks Orpik Jordan Staal |
Arena | Consol Energy Center |
Average attendance | 18,566[1] |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Evgeni Malkin (50) |
Assists | Evgeni Malkin (59) |
Points | Evgeni Malkin (109) |
Penalty minutes | James Neal (87) |
Plus/minus | Kris Letang (+21) |
Wins | Marc-Andre Fleury (42) |
Goals against average | Marc-Andre Fleury (2.36) |
In February, the team began the league's longest season winning streak and also saw the return of Crosby after missing more than forty games with concussion-like symptoms, before it saw its streak end in March at eleven games.[citation needed]
Center Evgeni Malkin was able to play in seventy-five games despite difficulties associated with recent knee surgery and recorded his greatest goal tally in a season (fifty) on the way to winning his second Art Ross Trophy. Marc-Andre Fleury tied a franchise record for goalie wins (226) in a victory against the Atlantic division winning-New York Rangers.[citation needed]
The fourth-seed Penguins saw its playoff run end when it lost to the same team that halted its regular-season winning streak, the Philadelphia Flyers, losing the first three games before its final loss in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Semi-finals.[citation needed]
On April 27, Malkin was named as one of three finalists for the Hart Memorial Trophy,[2] marking his third-career nomination for the award. On June 20 Malkin finished first in votes for the Hart Trophy, earning his first career MVP award.
2011 Pre-season game log: 5–1–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–0)
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Excluding 9 shootout-winning goals, the Penguins scored 273 goals overall, the most in the League.[3][4]
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October: 8–3–2 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 4–2–1), 18 Points
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November: 6–4–2 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 2–4–1), 14 Points
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December: 7–6–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 4–3–0), 14 Points
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January: 8–4–0 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 4–1–0), 16 Points
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February: 8–4–1 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 3–3–1), 17 Points
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March: 11–3–1 (Home: 7–1–0 ; Road: 4–2–1), 23 Points
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April: 3–1–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–0–0), 6 Points
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Legend: = Win = Loss = OT/SO Loss |
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | New York Rangers | 82 | 51 | 24 | 7 | 47 | 226 | 187 | +39 | 109 |
2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 51 | 25 | 6 | 42 | 282 | 221 | +61 | 108 |
3 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 47 | 26 | 9 | 43 | 264 | 232 | +32 | 103 |
4 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 48 | 28 | 6 | 36 | 228 | 209 | +19 | 102 |
5 | New York Islanders | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 27 | 203 | 255 | −52 | 79 |
Pos | Div | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | AT | z – New York Rangers | 82 | 51 | 24 | 7 | 47 | 226 | 187 | +39 | 109 |
2 | NE | y – Boston Bruins | 82 | 49 | 29 | 4 | 40 | 269 | 202 | +67 | 102 |
3 | SE | y – Florida Panthers | 82 | 38 | 26 | 18 | 32 | 203 | 227 | −24 | 94 |
4 | AT | x – Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 51 | 25 | 6 | 42 | 282 | 221 | +61 | 108 |
5 | AT | x – Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 47 | 26 | 9 | 43 | 264 | 232 | +32 | 103 |
6 | AT | x – New Jersey Devils | 82 | 48 | 28 | 6 | 36 | 228 | 209 | +19 | 102 |
7 | SE | x – Washington Capitals | 82 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 38 | 222 | 230 | −8 | 92 |
8 | NE | x – Ottawa Senators | 82 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 35 | 249 | 240 | +9 | 92 |
9 | NE | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 39 | 32 | 11 | 32 | 218 | 230 | −12 | 89 |
10 | SE | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 38 | 36 | 8 | 35 | 235 | 281 | −46 | 84 |
11 | SE | Winnipeg Jets | 82 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 33 | 225 | 246 | −21 | 84 |
12 | SE | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 33 | 33 | 16 | 32 | 213 | 243 | −30 | 82 |
13 | NE | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 31 | 231 | 264 | −33 | 80 |
14 | AT | New York Islanders | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 27 | 203 | 255 | −52 | 79 |
15 | NE | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 31 | 35 | 16 | 26 | 212 | 226 | −14 | 78 |
Final[5]
Eastern Conference | ||||||||||
Atlantic | GP | W | L | OT | SHOTS | GF | GA | PP | PK | FO W–L |
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New York Rangers | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 196–177 | 20 | 12 | 2–17 | 3–20 | 151–205 |
Pittsburgh Penguins | ||||||||||
Philadelphia Flyers | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 193–157 | 20 | 22 | 3–22 | 6–29 | 207–163 |
New Jersey Devils | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 203–145 | 18 | 16 | 6–22 | 2–16 | 186–158 |
New York Islanders | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 211–157 | 23 | 15 | 4–22 | 3–24 | 181–166 |
Division Total | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 803–636 | 81 | 65 | 15–83 | 14–89 | 725–692 |
Northeast | GP | W | L | OT | SHOTS | GF | GA | PP | PK | FO W–L |
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Boston Bruins | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133–121 | 13 | 9 | 4–16 | 1–10 | 130–122 |
Ottawa Senators | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 146–102 | 15 | 22 | 3–14 | 4–17 | 138–124 |
Buffalo Sabres | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 117–99 | 17 | 15 | 6–14 | 0–10 | 118–110 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 130–116 | 11 | 11 | 2–11 | 3–13 | 107–115 |
Montreal Canadiens | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 146–114 | 14 | 11 | 0–15 | 1–17 | 132–109 |
Division Total | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 672–552 | 70 | 68 | 15–70 | 9–67 | 625–580 |
Southeast | GP | W | L | OT | SHOTS | GF | GA | PP | PK | FO W–L |
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Florida Panthers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 145–120 | 12 | 7 | 0–12 | 2–11 | 122–108 |
Washington Capitals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 133–77 | 8 | 8 | 2–13 | 1–9 | 96–112 |
Tampa Bay Lightning | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 153–96 | 19 | 10 | 5–18 | 4–15 | 129–133 |
Winnipeg Jets | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 142–108 | 21 | 12 | 4–13 | 1–10 | 140–124 |
Carolina Hurricanes | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 173–102 | 12 | 10 | 1–10 | 1–13 | 107–133 |
Division Total | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 746–503 | 72 | 47 | 12–66 | 9–58 | 594–610 |
Conference Total | 64 | 38 | 23 | 3 | 2221–1691 | 223 | 180 | 42–219 | 32–214 | 1944–1882 |
Western Conference | ||||||||||
Central | GP | W | L | OT | SHOTS | GF | GA | PP | PK | FO W–L |
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St. Louis Blues | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72–77 | 5 | 5 | 2–7 | 0–9 | 69–58 |
Nashville Predators | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23–30 | 5 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 25–25 |
Detroit Red Wings | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26–25 | 1 | 4 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 25–27 |
Chicago Blackhawks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28–38 | 3 | 2 | 1–7 | 0–3 | 37–30 |
Columbus Blue Jackets | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40–24 | 4 | 2 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 37–32 |
Division Total | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 189–194 | 18 | 14 | 5–24 | 1–18 | 193–172 |
Northwest | GP | W | L | OT | SHOTS | GF | GA | PP | PK | FO W–L |
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Vancouver Canucks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28–36 | 4 | 3 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 27–32 |
Calgary Flames | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37–20 | 5 | 3 | 2–5 | 0–3 | 36–39 |
Colorado Avalanche | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 61–63 | 11 | 4 | 1–10 | 0–6 | 52–62 |
Minnesota Wild | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25–26 | 4 | 2 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 36–29 |
Edmonton Oilers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34–35 | 1 | 2 | 1–8 | 0–5 | 39–38 |
Division Total | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 185–180 | 25 | 14 | 7–28 | 0–22 | 190–200 |
Pacific | GP | W | L | OT | SHOTS | GF | GA | PP | PK | FO W–L |
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Phoenix Coyotes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28–37 | 2 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 25–34 |
San Jose Sharks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36–37 | 3 | 4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 25–39 |
Los Angeles Kings | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33–26 | 3 | 2 | 1–6 | 0–4 | 22–41 |
Dallas Stars | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 61–53 | 7 | 4 | 2–10 | 0–6 | 71–69 |
Anaheim Ducks | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26–29 | 1 | 2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 30–2 |
Division Total | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 184–182 | 16 | 13 | 3–18 | 0–16 | 173–185 |
Conference Total | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 558–556 | 59 | 41 | 15–70 | 1–56 | 556–557 |
NHL Total | 82 | 51 | 25 | 6 | 2779–2247 | 282 | 221 | 57–289 | 33–270 | 2500–2439 |
The Pittsburgh Penguins qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the sixth consecutive season, but lost in six games to the Philadelphia Flyers.
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Eastern Conference quarterfinals vs No. 5 Philadelphia Flyers: Philadelphia wins series 4–2 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Playoff series win Bold = Game Winning Goal |
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Marc-Andre Fleury | 67 | 64 | 3896:13 | 42 | 17 | 4 | 153 | 2.36 | 1768 | 0.913 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Brent Johnson | 16 | 14 | 811:05 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 42 | 3.11 | 359 | 0.883 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Brad Thiessen | 5 | 4 | 257:44 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3.72 | 113 | 0.858 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 82 | 4965:02 | 51 | 25 | 6 | 211 | 2.55 | 2240 | 0.906 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Marc-Andre Fleury | 6 | 6 | 337:08 | 2 | 4 | -- | 26 | 4.63 | 157 | 0.834 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Brent Johnson | 1 | 0 | 20:00 | 0 | 0 | -- | 2 | 6.00 | 6 | 0.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 6 | 357:08 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 4.71 | 163 | 0.828 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
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Awarded on April 5, 2012[22]
Player | Award | Notes |
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Marc-Andre Fleury Pascal Dupuis | Baz Bastien Memorial Award | Presented by the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association to the player who the local media of the PHWA want to acknowledge for his cooperation throughout the year. The award is presented in memory of the late Aldege "Baz" Bastien, Penguins general manager from 1976 to 1983. Sponsor: UPMC Sports medicine |
Matt Cooke | Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy nominee | The Pittsburgh Chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association votes for the Penguins' Masterton nominee. Each NHL team selects a Masterton candidate from which the overall winner is chosen. The Masterton candidate is nominated as the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey. Sponsor: Trib Total Media |
Evgeni Malkin | A. T. Caggiano Memorial Booster Club Cup | Presented in memory of A.T. Caggiano, long-time Penguins' locker room attendant & Booster Club supporter, the award is presented by Penguins Booster Club members, who vote for the three stars after every home game and tally votes at the end of the regular season. |
Brooks Orpik | Player's Player Award | The players hold a vote at the end of the season for the player they feel exemplifies leadership for the team, both on and off the ice, a player dedicated to teamwork. Sponsor: Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield |
Evgeni Malkin | Edward J. DeBartolo Award | The award recognizes the player who has donated a tremendous amount of time and effort during the season working on community and charity projects. Sponsor: Verizon Wireless |
Brooks Orpik Marc-Andre Fleury | Defensive Player of the Year | This award honors the defensive skills of an individual player on the team. Sponsor: PNC Wealth Management |
Evgeni Malkin | Most Valuable Player | Based on the overall contribution the player makes to the team. Sponsor: CONSOL Energy |
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The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2011–12 season:
November 8, 2011[23] | To Columbus Blue Jackets:
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To Pittsburgh:
4th-round pick in 2012 |
June 4, 2012[24] | To Washington Capitals:
7th-round pick in 2012 |
To Pittsburgh:
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Free agents acquired
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Free agents lost
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Claimed via waivers
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Lost via waivers
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Player signings
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The Penguins' selected five players at the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.[67]
Round | Pick # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/junior/club team (league) |
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1 | 23 | Joe Morrow | Defense | Canada | Portland Winterhawks (WHL) |
2 | 54 | Scott Harrington | Defense | Canada | London Knights (OHL) |
5 | 144 | Dominik Uher | Center | Czech Republic | Spokane Chiefs (WHL) |
6 | 174 | Josh Archibald | Wing | Canada | Brainerd High School (USHS-MN) |
7 | 209[a] | Scott Wilson | Center | Canada | Georgetown Raiders (OJHL) |
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