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2014–15 Pittsburgh Penguins season

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Division
  
4th Metropolitan

2014–15 record
  
43–27–12

Road record
  
20–13–8

Conference
  
8th Eastern

Home record
  
23–14–4

Goals for
  
217

The 2014–15 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the 48th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.

Contents

Off-season

On May 16, 2014, Penguins' co-owners Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle fired General Manager Ray Shero after the team captured the Metropolitan Division title, but failed to beat the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. On June 6, 2014, the Penguins named Jim Rutherford as the new GM, and fired Head Coach Dan Bylsma. On June 25, 2014, over two weeks after new GM Rutherford fired Bylsma, the Penguins appointed Mike Johnston as their new head coach. They also proceeded to fire Tony Granato and Todd Reirden while hiring Rick Tocchet as an assistant coach to Johnston.

On June 27, 2014, during the first round of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, the Penguins traded right winger James Neal to the Nashville Predators in exchange for right winger Patric Hornqvist and restricted free agent Nick Spaling.

Pre-season

The Penguins released their 2014 pre-season schedule on June 18, 2014.

Statistics

Updated as of October 2, 2014
Note – Statistics compiled from Official Game/Event Summaries from NHL.com

Detailed records

Final

Injuries

Final

Game log

The Pittsburgh Penguins entered the playoffs as the final Wild Card team.

Injuries

Final

Statistics

Final Stats

Skaters

  • A B Team Total includes Skater Statistics, Goaltender Statistics and Bench Minor Penalties.

    • Goaltenders

    †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 Team only.
    Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

    Team

         – Denotes league leader.

    Team awards

    Awarded week of April 5

    Roster

    Final

    Transactions

    The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season:

    Other

    Notes
  • a – Two-way contract
  • b – Entry-level contract

    • Draft picks

    The 2014 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 27–28, 2014 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

    Draft notes
  • The Pittsburgh Penguins' second-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a March 25, 2013 trade that sent Douglas Murray to the Penguins in exchange for a 2013 second-round pick (#58–Tyler Bertuzzi) and this conditional pick.
  • Condition – Second-round pick if Penguins advance to third round of 2013 playoffs or if Murray re-signs with Penguins for 2013–14 season, else third-round pick. Converted to second-round pick when Penguins advanced to the 2013 Eastern Conference Finals.
  • The Pittsburgh Penguins' third-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of a March 5, 2014 trade that sent Lee Stempniak to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.
  • The Pittsburgh Penguins' fifth-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a March 5, 2014 trade that sent Marcel Goc to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.
  • a The Anaheim Ducks fifth-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a February 6, 2013 trade that sent Ben Lovejoy to the Ducks in exchange for this pick.

    • References

    2014–15 Pittsburgh Penguins season Wikipedia
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