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HISTORY t 368
2008-09 HIGHLIGHTS
SCORING
t The Penguins defeat Philadelphia (4-2), Washington (4-3), Carolina (40) and Detroit (4-3) to win their third Stanley Cup in franchise history.
PLAYERS
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
Evgeni Malkin
82
35
78
113
80
t Penguins clinch all four playoff series with wins on the road.
Sidney Crosby
77
33
70
103
76
t Dan Bylsma, named head coach on Feb. 15, 2009, joined Al MacNeil (Montreal, 1971) as the only rookie head coach hired mid-season to win the Stanley Cup, and just the fourth rookie coach to do so.
Chris Kunitz
82
23
30
53
71
Jordan Staal
82
22
27
49
37
t Penguins go 18-3-4 in final 25 games of regular season after Bylsma took over, and climbed from 10th place in the Eastern Conference standings to fourth.
Bill Guerin
78
21
27
48
81
Petr Sykora
76
25
21
46
36
t Evgeni Malkin becomes the fifth player (since 1968 expansion) to win the NHL regular-season and postseason scoring title, and first since Mario Lemieux (1992). Malkin joins Wayne Gretzky, Lemieux, Guy Lafleur and Phil Housely.
Ruslan Fedotenko
65
16
23
39
44
Miroslav Satan
65
17
19
36
36
Tyler Kennedy
67
15
20
35
30
t Sidney Crosby becomes the youngest captain (21) in NHL history to lead his team to a Stanley Cup title.
Kris Letang
74
10
23
33
24
Matt Cooke
76
13
18
31
101
Pascal Dupuis
71
12
16
28
30
Maxime Talbot
75
12
10
22
63
Alex Goligoski
45
6
14
20
16
Sergei Gonchar
25
6
13
19
73
Brooks Orpik
79
2
17
19
73
Nov. 16, 2008 - Obtained Philippe Boucher from Dallas for Darryl Sydor.
Rob Scuderi
81
1
15
16
18
Jan. 17, 2009 - Obtained Mathieu Garon from Edmonton for Dany Sabourin, Ryan Stone and a 2011 fourth-round draft pick.
Hal Gill
62
2
8
10
53
Philippe Boucher
41
3
6
9
39
Feb. 15, 2009 - Dan Bylsma named interim head coach.
Mark Eaton
68
4
5
9
39
Feb. 26, 2009 - Obtained Chris Kunitz and Eric Tangradi from Anaheim for Ryan Whitney.
Craig Adams
45
2
5
7
22
Mike Zigomanis
22
2
4
6
27
March 4, 2009 - Claimed Craig Adams off waivers from Chicago.
Eric Godard
71
2
2
4
171
March 4, 2009 - Obtained Bill Guerin from NY Islanders for a 2009 conditional third-round draft pick.
Chris Minard
20
1
2
3
2
Bill Thomas
16
2
1
3
2
Dustin Jeffrey
14
1
2
3
0
Jeff Taffe
8
0
2
2
7
Tim Wallace
16
0
2
2
7
t Malkin becomes the third-youngest Conn Smythe winner (22 years, 10 months) as playoff MVP.
TRANSACTIONS Oct. 9, 2008 - Obtained Mike Zigomanis from Phoenix for future considerations.
GOALTENDERS GOALIE
W-L-T
GP
MP
GA
SO
GAA
Marc-Andre Fleury
35-18-7
62
3640
162
4
2.67
Paul Bissonnette
15
0
1
1
22
Mathieu Garon
2-1-0
4
205
10
0
2.91
Luca Caputi
5
1
0
1
4
Dany Sabourin
6-8-2
19
989
47
0
2.85
Connor James
1
0
0
0
0
John Curry
2-1-0
3
149
6
0
2.40
Ryan Stone
2
0
0
0
2
45-28-7
82
4983
225
4
2.71
Janne Pesonen
7
0
0
0
0
Ben Lovejoy
2
0
0
0
0
TOTALS