2016 Stanley Cup Finals

2016 Stanley Cup Finals
2016 Stanley Cup Finals
	* – Denotes overtime period(s)
Location(s)	San Jose: SAP Center (3, 4, 6); Pittsburgh: Consol Energy Center (1, 2, 5)
Coaches	San Jose: Peter DeBoer; Pittsburgh: Mike Sullivan
Captains	San Jose: Joe Pavelski; Pittsburgh: Sidney Crosby
National anthems	San Jose: Annemarie Martin (3); San Jose::Metallica (4); San Jose::Patrick Monahan (6); Pittsburgh: Jeff Jimerson
Referees	Wes McCauley, Dan O'Halloran, Dan O'Rourke, Kelly Sutherland
Dates	May 30–June 12
MVP	Sidney Crosby
Series-winning goal	Kris Letang (7:46, second, G6)
Networks	Canada (English): CBC; Canada (French): TVA Sports; United States (English): NBC and NBCSN
Announcers	(CBC) Jim Hughson, Craig Simpson, Glenn Healy; (TVA) Felix Seguin, Patrick Lalime, Renaud Lavoie; (NBC/NBCSN) Mike Emrick, Eddie Olczyk, Pierre McGuire; (NHL International) Steve Mears, Kevin Weekes; (NBC Sports Radio) Kenny Albert, Joe Micheletti, Darren Eliot

The 2016 Stanley Cup finals is the 123rd Stanley Cup trophy presentations as well as the champions of the 2015-16 NHL season. It featured the Pittsburgh Penguins and the San Jose Sharks. This was the Sharks first ever appearance in a Stanley Cup final and the Penguins 5th time in a Stanley Cup finals.

The Penguins beat the Sharks winning the series in game 6 at SAP Center, 3-1.^[3]

Series

May 30	San Jose Sharks		2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		12:46 – Bryan Rust (6) 13:48 – Conor Sheary (3)
Tomas Hertl (6) – pp – 03:02 Patrick Marleau (5) – 18:12		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		17:27 – Nick Bonino (4)
Martin Jones 38 saves / 41 shots		Goalie stats		Matt Murray 24 saves / 26 shots

June 1	San Jose Sharks		1–2	OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			08:20 – Phil Kessel (10)
Justin Braun (1) – 15:55		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			02:35 – Conor Sheary (4)
Martin Jones 28 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Matt Murray 21 saves / 22 shots

June 4	Pittsburgh Penguins		2–3	OT	San Jose Sharks	SAP Center	Recap
Ben Lovejoy (2) – 05:29		First period			09:34 – Justin Braun (2)
Patric Hornqvist (8) – 19:07		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			08:48 – pp – Joel Ward (7)
No scoring		First overtime period			12:18 – Joonas Donskoi (6)
Matt Murray 23 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			Martin Jones 40 saves / 42 shots

June 6	Pittsburgh Penguins		3–1	San Jose Sharks	SAP Center	Recap
Ian Cole (1) – 07:36		First period		No scoring
Evgeni Malkin (5) – pp – 02:37		Second period		No scoring
Eric Fehr (3) – 17:58		Third period		08:07 – Melker Karlsson (4)
Matt Murray 23 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats		Martin Jones 17 saves / 20 shots

June 9	San Jose Sharks		4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	Consol Energy Center	Recap
Brent Burns (7) – 01:04 Logan Couture (9) – 02:43 Melker Karlsson (5) – 14:47		First period		04:44 – pp – Evgeni Malkin (6) 05:06 – Carl Hagelin (6)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Joe Pavelski (14) – en – 18:40		Third period		No scoring
Martin Jones 44 saves / 46 shots		Goalie stats		Matt Murray 18 saves / 21 shots

June 12	Pittsburgh Penguins		3–1	San Jose Sharks	SAP Center	Recap
Brian Dumoulin (2) – pp – 08:16		First period		No scoring
Kris Letang (3) – 07:46		Second period		06:27 – Logan Couture (10)
Patric Hornqvist (9) – en – 18:58		Third period		No scoring
Matt Murray 18 saves / 19 shots		Goalie stats		Martin Jones 24 saves / 26 shots

Pittsburgh won series 4–2

Rosters

Years in boldface under the "Finals appearance" column signify the player won the Stanley Cup in the given year.

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Player	Position	Hand	Age	Acquired	Place of birth	Finals appearance
19	Beau Bennett	RW	R	24–18224	2010	Gardena, California	first
13	Nick Bonino	C	L	28–03728	2015	Hartford, Connecticut	first
28	Ian Cole	D	L	27–09627	2015	Ann Arbor, Michigan	first
87	Sidney Crosby – C	C	L	28–29428	2005	Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia	third (2008, 2009)
7	Matt Cullen	C	L	39–20739	2015	Virginia, Minnesota	second (2006)
6	Trevor Daley	D	L	32–23132	2015	Toronto, Ontario	first
8	Brian Dumoulin	D	L	24–26424	2012	Biddeford, Maine	first
16	Eric Fehr	C/RW	R	30–26330	2015	Winkler, Manitoba	first
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	G	L	31–18131	2003	Sorel-Tracy, Quebec	third (2008, 2009)
62	Carl Hagelin	LW	L	27–27827	2016	Södertälje, Sweden	second (2014)
72	Patric Hornqvist	RW	R	29–14727	2014	Sollentuna, Sweden	first
81	Phil Kessel	RW	R	28–23828	2015	Madison, Wisconsin	first
34	Tom Kuhnhackl	LW	L	24–12724	2010	Landshut, Germany	first
14	Chris Kunitz – A	LW	L	36–24436	2009	Regina, Saskatchewan	third (2007, 2009)
58	Kris Letang	D	R	29–03329	2005	Montreal, Quebec	third (2008, 2009)
12	Ben Lovejoy	D	R	32–09732	2015	Concord, New Hampshire	second (2009)
3	Olli Maatta	D	L	21–27921	2012	Jyväskylä, Finland	first
71	Evgeni Malkin – A	C	L	29–30129	2004	Magnitogorsk, Soviet Union	third (2008, 2009)
30	Matt Murray	G	L	22–00222	2012	Thunder Bay, Ontario	first
51	Derrick Pouliot	D	L	22–13222	2012	Estevan, Saskatchewan	first
17	Bryan Rust	RW	R	24–01624	2010	Pontiac, Michigan	first
4	Justin Schultz	D	R	25–32625	2016	Kelowna, British Columbia	first
43	Conor Sheary	LW	L	23–35423	2015	Melrose, Massachusetts	first
40	Oskar Sundqvist	C/RW	R	22–06522	2012	Boden, Sweden	first
37	Jeff Zatkoff	G	L	28–35328	2012	Detroit, Michigan	first

San Jose Sharks

#	Player	Position	Hand	Age	Acquired	Place of birth	Finals appearance
61	Justin Braun	D	R	29–10629	2007	St. Paul, Minnesota	first
88	Brent Burns	D	R	31–07831	2011	Barrie, Ontario	first
39	Logan Couture – A	C	L	27–05927	2007	Guelph, Ontario	first
4	Brenden Dillon	D	L	25–19525	2014	New Westminster, British Columbia	first
27	Joonas Donskoi	RW	R	24–04324	2015	Raahe, Finland	first
48	Tomas Hertl	LW	L	22–19622	2012	Prague, Czech Republic	first
31	Martin Jones	G	L	26–13726	2015	North Vancouver, British Columbia	second (2014)
68	Melker Karlsson	C/RW	R	25–31325	2014	Lycksele, Sweden	first
12	Patrick Marleau	LW	L	36–25436	1997	Swift Current, Saskatchewan	first
7	Paul Martin	D	L	35–08235	2015	Elk River, Minnesota	first
83	Matt Nieto	LW	L	23–20323	2011	Long Beach, California	first
8	Joe Pavelski – C	C	R	31–32031	2003	Plover, Wisconsin	first
46	Roman Polak	D	R	30–02830	2016	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia	first
34	James Reimer	G	L	28–07228	2016	Morweena, Manitoba	first
16	Nick Spaling	C	L	27–25027	2016	Palmerston, Ontario	first
19	Joe Thornton – A	C	L	36–32936	2005	London, Ontario	first
50	Chris Tierney	C	L	21–33021	2012	Keswick, Ontario	first
44	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	L	29–05729	2005	Montreal, Quebec	first
42	Joel Ward	RW	R	35–17635	2015	North York, Ontario	first
57	Tommy Wingels	RW/C	R	28–04428	2008	Evanston, Illinois	first
9	Dainius Zubrus	C/RW	L	37–34537	2015	Elektrėnai, Lithuanian SSR	third (1997, 2012)

References

↑ "Metallica to play anthem before Game 4". NHL.com. National Hockey League. 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
↑ "Train's Pat Monahan to perform anthem for Game 6". NHL.com. National Hockey League. 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
↑ Pat Iverson (June 12, 2016). "NHL playoffs 2016: Bracket, schedule, scores and more". SB Nation. Vox Media, Inc. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

[1] "Metallica to play anthem before Game 4". NHL.com. National Hockey League. 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2016-06-06.

[2] "Train's Pat Monahan to perform anthem for Game 6". NHL.com. National Hockey League. 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2016-06-12.

[3] Pat Iverson (June 12, 2016). "NHL playoffs 2016: Bracket, schedule, scores and more". SB Nation. Vox Media, Inc. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

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