2015–16 Pittsburgh Penguins season
# Oct Time ( ET ) Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points
1 8 8:30 PM Pittsburgh Penguins 0-3 Dallas Stars American Airlines Center ( 18,532 ) 0-1-0 0
2 10 10:00 PM Pittsburgh Penguins 1-2 Arizona Coyotes Gila River Arena ( 17,125 ) 0-2-0 0
3 13 7:00 PM Montreal Canadiens 3-2 Pittsburgh Penguins Consol Energy Center ( 18,626 ) 0-3-0 0
4 15 7:00 PM Ottawa Senators 0-2 Pittsburgh Penguins Consol Energy Center ( 18,486 ) 1-3-0 2
5 17 7:00 PM Toronto Maple Leafs 1-2 Pittsburgh Penguins Consol Energy Center ( 18,650 ) 2-3-0 4
6 20 7:00 PM Florida Panthers 2-3 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Consol Energy Center ( 18,471 ) 3-3-0 6
7 22 7:00 PM Dallas Stars 4-1 Pittsburgh Penguins Consol Energy Center ( 18,490 ) 3-4-0 6
8 24 8:00 PM Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 OT Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena ( 17,163 ) 4-4-0 8
9 28 8:00 PM Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 Washington Capitals Verizon Center ( 18,506 ) 5-4-0 10
10 29 7:00 PM Buffalo Sabres 3-4 Pittsburgh Penguins Consol Energy Center ( 18,415 ) 6-4-0 12
11 31 7:00 PM Pittsburgh Penguins 4-0 Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre ( 19,197 ) 7-4-0 14
The 2015-16 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the 49th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967. Their regular season games began on October 8, 2015 against the Dallas Stars. On December 12, the team had a record of 15-10-3. The organization then fired head coach Mike Johnston and replaced him with Mike Sullivan, head coach of the organization's American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes-Barre. The Penguins qualified for the playoffs for the tenth consecutive season. They earned second place in the Metropolitan Division with 104 points. They began the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs on April 13 against the New York Rangers, the team they were eliminated by in the Stanley Cup playoffs both of the previous two seasons. They went on to beat the Rangers, in five games. In the second round the Pens defeated the Washington Capitals, the winners of the Presidents' Trophy, in six games. The team then played in their first Eastern Conference Final since 2013 against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Pens defeated the Lightning in seven games, despite trailing the series 3-2 after Game 5, to earn the franchise's fifth berth in the Stanley Cup Final. In the Final, the Penguins defeated the San Jose Sharks in six games to win the franchise's fourth league title.