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Pittsburgh Penguins, 2015-16

Be the GM of the Pittsburgh Penguins Take over the 2015-16 team: trade, manage the cap and simulate the season.

Metropolitan Division, Eastern Conference Stanley Cup champions Stanley Cup champions Made the playoffs

2015-16 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
4 82 48-26-8 104 0.634 245 203 +42 26-11-4 22-15-4

Records are wins, then losses, then losses in overtime or a shootout.

Playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Five-on-five, from 24 games, ranked among the 16 playoff teams. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones. What these numbers mean

51.6Corsi for %7th of 16 · 1,219 attempts for, 1,142 against
53.8Fenwick for %2nd of 16 · unblocked attempts
55.4Shots for %1st of 16 · shots on goal
57.0Expected goals for %1st of 16 · 52.8 expected for, 39.8 against
54.3Goals for %4th of 16 · 50 for, 42 against
99.7PDO7.4% shooting + 92.3% saves

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 16 playoff teams: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO is left plain, since it is neither good nor bad on its own.

Form through the playoffs

Share of expected goals Share of shot attempts

40%45%50%55%60%65%Game 20Expected goalsShot attemptsThe team's share over its last 5 games

Each point looks back over the last 5 games at five-on-five. Above 50% the team was getting the better of play, below it the worse. The expected goals line counts each chance for what it was worth, and the shot attempts line counts them all alike.

Lines and pairings

The three forwards and the two defencemen who spent the most time on the ice together at five-on-five, and how the team did while they were out: its share of the shot attempts and of the expected goals, and the goals for and against. Time is minutes and seconds across the playoffs.

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Phil Kessel · Nick Bonino · Carl Hagelin24247:0053.258.015-9
Sidney Crosby · Patric Hornqvist · Conor Sheary22208:1958.261.811-12
Chris Kunitz · Evgeni Malkin · Bryan Rust15125:3264.370.78-2
Matt Cullen · Eric Fehr · Tom Kuhnhackl18120:3040.142.13-5
Matt Cullen · Bryan Rust · Tom Kuhnhackl965:3842.643.43-0
Chris Kunitz · Eric Fehr · Evgeni Malkin1160:2553.247.02-3
Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin22277:2057.060.09-11
Ben Lovejoy · Olli Maatta13136:2442.451.86-3
Ian Cole · Justin Schultz15132:3152.656.43-4
Kris Letang · Olli Maatta1792:4651.456.84-2
Ben Lovejoy · Ian Cole1988:2439.846.04-1

The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines and pairs that played a fair amount together: at least a tenth of the time of the busiest one. Hover over one for its percentile.

Where the shots come from

Shots for
Shots against

Every attempt in all situations, with the net being shot at on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot. Click a line in a key to see only that kind; Goals marks where each one was scored from.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
1st Round New York Rangers Won 4-1
2nd Round Washington Capitals Won 4-2
Eastern Conference Finals Tampa Bay Lightning Won 4-3
Stanley Cup Final San Jose Sharks Won 4-2

Value for money

$71MCap space usedthe cap hits of its 29 ranked players
$82.4MWorth at the going rate117.7 goals above replacement
+$11.3MValue6th of 30 · worth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

What the team got for its cap space in the regular season, counting the players with enough games to be ranked and a known contract. A player's season is worth what teams as a whole paid for one like it, and value is that less his cap hit. A player who changed teams is shared out by the games he played for each. How value is worked out

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it. Colours show where each number ranks in the league, from green (top fifth) to red (bottom fifth). Hover over a number for its percentile.

Cap hit is what a player counts against the salary cap this season. A star beside it means a former team pays part of it, and the amount shown is this team's share. Value is what his season was worth at the going rate, minus his cap hit. It appears once he has played enough to be ranked.

CF% and xGF% are the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals while he was on the ice at five-on-five. Rating is goals above replacement: the goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player who played the same minutes. For a player who changed teams, these numbers cover his whole season.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits CF% xGF% Rating Cap hit Value
Sidney Crosby C 80 36 49 85 19 42 248 90 54.4 55.9 +12.1 $8.7M-$467K
Kris Letang D 71 16 51 67 9 66 218 135 54.6 56.4 +8.8 $7.25M-$1.1M
Phil Kessel R 82 26 33 59 9 18 274 9 53.7 54.2 +5.4 $8M-$4M
Evgeni Malkin C 57 27 31 58 1 65 162 27 54.4 56.8 +9.1 $9.5M-$3.2M
Patric Hornqvist R 82 22 29 51 15 36 257 160 56.1 60.9 +15.6 $4.25M+$6.2M
Chris Kunitz L 80 17 23 40 29 41 150 264 55.8 56.6 +4.5 $3.85M-$426K
Matt Cullen C 82 16 16 32 5 20 118 40 49.6 56.8 +6.2 $800K+$3.7M
Nick Bonino C 63 9 20 29 13 31 97 22 51.4 55.9 +6.2 $1.9M+$2.6M
Carl Hagelin L 37 10 17 27 18 18 96 44 55.9 57.9 +8.8 $4M+$2.1M
Trevor Daley D 53 6 16 22 8 26 87 23 54.0 54.7 +3.3 $3.3M-$656K
Olli Maatta D 67 6 13 19 27 22 95 81 52.4 55.5 +3.7 $894K+$2M
Brian Dumoulin D 79 0 16 16 11 14 101 77 53.0 57.6 +7.2 $800K+$4.3M
David Perron L 43 4 12 16 -13 28 96 105 51.8 54.9 +3.6 $3.813M-$972K
Tom Kuhnhackl R 42 5 10 15 3 24 52 57 47.3 55.0 +2.2 $575K+$1.4M
Eric Fehr C 55 8 6 14 0 19 74 60 48.9 56.6 +3.7 $2M+$874K
Beau Bennett R 33 6 6 12 -1 10 52 65 52.0 48.9 -1.8 $800K-$1.4M
Ian Cole D 70 0 12 12 -3 59 72 122 50.1 53.3 -1.2 $2.1M-$2.3M
Bryan Rust R 41 4 7 11 1 12 68 62 51.6 61.1 +3.3 $653K+$2M
Ben Lovejoy D 66 4 6 10 9 30 90 154 51.3 55.7 +3.8 $1.1M+$1.8M
Conor Sheary L 44 7 3 10 -1 8 51 15 57.8 60.7 +2.3 $668K+$1.3M
Justin Schultz D 18 1 7 8 7 2 23 7 49.2 50.0 +1.0 $3.9M-$2.7M
Derrick Pouliot D 22 0 7 7 4 2 25 16 58.7 63.2 +2.7 $863K+$1.4M
Scott Wilson C 24 5 1 6 0 12 39 38 54.3 59.2 +1.2
Oskar Sundqvist C 18 1 3 4 0 4 13 18 48.9 50.8 -0.1 $701K
Pascal Dupuis R 18 2 2 4 -1 12 28 35 42.5 46.6 -0.3 $3.75M
Rob Scuderi D 25 0 4 4 4 8 9 10 47.4 50.0 +1.7 $3.375M-$1.7M
Kevin Porter C 41 0 3 3 -2 0 34 96 48.7 51.5 +0.9 $575K+$547K
Daniel Sprong R 18 2 0 2 -1 0 23 14 46.5 38.8 -1.1 $693K
Sergei Plotnikov L 32 0 2 2 -3 20 32 65 52.4 49.3 -0.8 $925K-$861K
Adam Clendening D 9 0 1 1 3 10 11 4 48.6 49.6 -0.4 $761K-$425K
David Warsofsky D 12 1 0 1 -6 0 21 2 52.8 47.9 +0.2 $600K+$57K
Dominik Simon C 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 59.4 81.2 +0.6
Tom Sestito L 4 0 1 1 1 19 1 13 31.3 53.9 +0.2 $575K
Bobby Farnham R 3 0 0 0 0 5 2 10 44.3 46.9 +1.2 $575K+$774K
Josh Archibald R 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12.5 0.0 0.0
Kael Mouillierat L 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 33.3 47.3 -0.2 $575K
Goalie GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Saved above xG Rating Cap hit Value
Marc-Andre Fleury 58 351765 1665 1533 132 2.29 0.921 +0.7 +14.3 $5.75M-$1.8M
Jeff Zatkoff 14 4710 408 374 34 2.79 0.917 -4.8 -1.8 $600K
Matt Murray 13 9211 355 330 25 2.00 0.930 +3.7 +6.6 $628K

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 9, 2016 @ PHI L 1-3 19 36
Apr 7, 2016 @ WSH W 4-3 (OT) 35 30
Apr 5, 2016 @ OTT W 5-3 28 30
Apr 3, 2016 vs PHI W 6-2 39 30
Apr 2, 2016 @ NYI W 5-0 33 24
Mar 31, 2016 vs NSH W 5-2 41 24
Mar 29, 2016 vs BUF W 5-4 (SO) 46 30
Mar 27, 2016 @ NYR W 3-2 (OT) 32 27
Mar 26, 2016 @ DET W 7-2 41 23
Mar 24, 2016 vs NJD L 0-3 39 24
Mar 20, 2016 vs WSH W 6-2 31 18
Mar 19, 2016 @ PHI W 4-1 35 17
Mar 17, 2016 vs CAR W 4-2 48 33
Mar 15, 2016 vs NYI W 2-1 (SO) 34 26
Mar 13, 2016 @ NYR W 5-3 33 27
Mar 11, 2016 @ CBJ W 3-2 31 27
Mar 8, 2016 @ NYI L 1-2 35 27
Mar 6, 2016 @ NJD W 6-1 30 18
Mar 5, 2016 vs CGY L 2-4 31 30
Mar 3, 2016 vs NYR W 4-1 26 28
Mar 1, 2016 @ WSH L 2-3 30 37
Feb 29, 2016 vs ARI W 6-0 33 30
Feb 27, 2016 vs WPG W 4-1 33 28
Feb 24, 2016 @ BOS L 1-5 42 29
Feb 21, 2016 @ BUF W 4-3 31 27
Feb 20, 2016 vs TBL L 2-4 39 20
Feb 18, 2016 vs DET W 6-3 39 38
Feb 15, 2016 @ FLA L 1-2 (SO) 32 28
Feb 12, 2016 @ CAR W 2-1 (SO) 26 30
Feb 10, 2016 vs NYR L 0-3 34 22
Feb 8, 2016 vs ANA W 6-2 35 38
Feb 6, 2016 @ FLA W 3-2 (OT) 35 44
Feb 5, 2016 @ TBL L 3-6 30 29
Feb 2, 2016 vs OTT W 6-5 44 23
Jan 26, 2016 vs NJD W 2-0 31 25
Jan 23, 2016 vs VAN W 5-4 30 32
Jan 21, 2016 vs PHI W 4-3 45 32
Jan 18, 2016 @ STL L 2-5 38 25
Jan 17, 2016 vs CAR W 5-0 32 22
Jan 15, 2016 @ TBL L 4-5 (OT) 40 25
Jan 12, 2016 @ CAR L 2-3 (OT) 25 21
Jan 9, 2016 @ MTL W 3-1 32 34
Jan 6, 2016 @ CHI L 1-3 18 37
Jan 5, 2016 vs CHI L 2-3 (OT) 36 30
Jan 2, 2016 vs NYI W 5-2 43 40
Dec 31, 2015 @ DET W 5-2 37 35
Dec 30, 2015 vs TOR L 2-3 (SO) 41 36
Dec 27, 2015 @ WPG L 0-1 30 28
Dec 26, 2015 @ MIN W 3-1 32 26
Dec 21, 2015 vs CBJ W 5-2 35 24
Dec 19, 2015 vs CAR L 1-2 38 26
Dec 18, 2015 vs BOS L 2-6 32 34
Dec 16, 2015 @ BOS L 0-3 34 29
Dec 14, 2015 vs WSH L 1-4 45 34
Dec 11, 2015 vs LAK L 2-3 (SO) 42 40
Dec 9, 2015 @ COL W 4-2 33 26
Dec 6, 2015 @ ANA L 1-2 24 25
Dec 5, 2015 @ LAK L 3-5 20 37
Dec 1, 2015 @ SJS W 5-1 29 34
Nov 28, 2015 vs EDM L 2-3 (SO) 41 36
Nov 27, 2015 @ CBJ L 1-2 (OT) 25 43
Nov 25, 2015 vs STL W 4-3 (OT) 34 32
Nov 21, 2015 vs SJS L 1-3 39 29
Nov 19, 2015 vs COL W 4-3 30 31
Nov 17, 2015 vs MIN W 4-3 29 29
Nov 14, 2015 @ NJD L 0-4 21 37
Nov 13, 2015 vs CBJ L 1-2 29 28
Nov 11, 2015 vs MTL W 4-3 (SO) 34 38
Nov 7, 2015 @ CGY L 2-5 25 31
Nov 6, 2015 @ EDM W 2-1 33 28
Nov 4, 2015 @ VAN W 3-2 23 20
Oct 31, 2015 @ TOR W 4-0 32 21
Oct 29, 2015 vs BUF W 4-3 29 53
Oct 28, 2015 @ WSH W 3-1 25 34
Oct 24, 2015 @ NSH W 2-1 (OT) 25 39
Oct 22, 2015 vs DAL L 1-4 34 23
Oct 20, 2015 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 35 33
Oct 17, 2015 vs TOR W 2-1 33 27
Oct 15, 2015 vs OTT W 2-0 36 22
Oct 13, 2015 vs MTL L 2-3 33 30
Oct 10, 2015 @ ARI L 1-2 28 39
Oct 8, 2015 @ DAL L 0-3 37 24