2018–19 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The 2018–19 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the 52nd season for the National Hockey League team that was established on June 5, 1967.^[2] The Penguins clinched a playoff spot on April 4, 2019, after a 4–1 win against the Detroit Red Wings.^[3]

2018–19 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	3rd Metropolitan
Conference	6th Eastern
2018–19 record	44–26–12
Home record	23–14–4
Road record	21–12–8
Goals for	273
Goals against	241
Team information
General manager	Jim Rutherford
Coach	Mike Sullivan
Captain	Sidney Crosby
Alternate captains	Kris Letang Evgeni Malkin
Arena	PPG Paints Arena
Average attendance	18,565[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) Wheeling Nailers (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Jake Guentzel (40)
Assists	Sidney Crosby (65)
Points	Sidney Crosby (100)
Penalty minutes	Evgeni Malkin (89)
Plus/minus	Brian Dumoulin (+31)
Wins	Matt Murray (29)
Goals against average	Matt Murray (2.69)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The Penguins qualified for the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs, where they were swept in the first round by the New York Islanders.

Standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Washington Capitals	82	48	26	8	44	278	249	+29	104
2	x – New York Islanders	82	48	27	7	43	228	196	+32	103
3	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	44	26	12	42	273	241	+32	100
4	x – Carolina Hurricanes	82	46	29	7	44	245	223	+22	99
5	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	47	31	4	45	258	232	+26	98
6	Philadelphia Flyers	82	37	37	8	34	244	281	−37	82
7	New York Rangers	82	32	36	14	26	227	272	−45	78
8	New Jersey Devils	82	31	41	10	28	222	275	−53	72

Source: National Hockey League^[4]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was released on June 15, 2018.^[5]

2018 preseason game log: 2–3–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home Location Attendance Record 1 September 18 Pittsburgh 2–3 Buffalo KeyBank Center 15,602 0–1–0 2 September 19 Pittsburgh 2–3 OT Detroit Little Caesars Arena 15,107 0–1–1 3 September 22 Columbus 3–7 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 17,190 1–1–1 4 September 23 Detroit 3–2 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,306 1–2–1 5 September 26 Buffalo 1–5 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 16,516 2–2–1 6 September 28 Pittsburgh 6–7 Columbus Nationwide Arena 13,976 2–3–1

Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = OT/SO Loss

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 21, 2018.^[6]

2018–19 game log
October: 6–2–2 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 4–0–1), 14 points # Date Visitor Score Home Location Attendance Record Points 1 October 4 Washington 6–7 OT Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,627 1–0–0 2 2 October 6 Montreal 5–1 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,622 1–1–0 2 3 October 11 Vegas 2–4 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,610 2–1–0 4 4 October 13 Pittsburgh 3–4 SO Montreal Bell Centre 21,302 2–1–1 5 5 October 16 Vancouver 3–2 OT Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,492 2–1–2 6 6 October 18 Pittsburgh 3–0 Toronto Scotiabank Arena 19,483 3–1–2 8 7 October 23 Pittsburgh 6–5 OT Edmonton Rogers Place 18,347 4–1–2 10 8 October 25 Pittsburgh 9–1 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome 17,834 5–1–2 12 9 October 27 Pittsburgh 5–0 Vancouver Rogers Arena 17,537 6–1–2 14 10 October 30 NY Islanders 6–3 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,509 6–2–2 14
November: 4–7–3 (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 1–4–2), 11 points # Date Visitor Score Home Location Attendance Record Points 11 November 1 Pittsburgh 2–3 SO NY Islanders Barclays Center 10,910 6–2–3 15 12 November 3 Toronto 5–0 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,638 6–3–3 15 13 November 5 New Jersey 5–1 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,420 6–4–3 15 14 November 7 Pittsburgh 1–2 Washington Capital One Arena 18,506 6–5–3 15 15 November 10 Arizona 0–4 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,596 7–5–3 17 16 November 13 Pittsburgh 2–4 New Jersey Prudential Center 15,108 7–6–3 17 17 November 15 Tampa Bay 4–3 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,422 7–7–3 17 18 November 17 Pittsburgh 4–6 Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre 17,692 7–8–3 17 19 November 19 Buffalo 5–4 OT Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,618 7–8–4 18 20 November 21 Dallas 1–5 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,340 8–8–4 20 21 November 23 Pittsburgh 1–2 OT Boston TD Garden 17,565 8–8–5 21 22 November 24 Columbus 2–4 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,602 9–8–5 23 23 November 27 Pittsburgh 4–3 Winnipeg Bell MTS Place 15,321 10–8–5 25 24 November 28 Pittsburgh 3–6 Colorado Pepsi Center 17,348 10–9–5 25
December: 11–3–1 (Home: 6–2–0; Road: 5–1–1), 23 points # Date Visitor Score Home Location Attendance Record Points 25 December 1 Philadelphia 4–2 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,653 10–10–5 25 26 December 4 Colorado 3–6 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,415 11–10–5 27 27 December 6 NY Islanders 2–6 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,440 12–10–5 29 28 December 8 Pittsburgh 1–2 OT Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre 15,795 12–10–6 30 29 December 10 Pittsburgh 2–1 SO NY Islanders Nassau Coliseum 13,917 13–10–6 32 30 December 12 Pittsburgh 3–6 Chicago United Center 21,232 13–11–6 32 31 December 14 Boston 3–5 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,549 14–11–6 34 32 December 15 Los Angeles 3–4 OT Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,627 15–11–6 36 33 December 17 Anaheim 4–2 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,575 15–12–6 36 34 December 19 Pittsburgh 2–1 Washington Capital One Arena 18,506 16–12–6 38 35 December 20 Minnesota 1–2 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,435 17–12–6 40 36 December 22 Pittsburgh 3–0 Carolina PNC Arena 16,264 18–12–6 42 37 December 27 Detroit 2–5 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,639 19–12–6 44 38 December 29 Pittsburgh 6–1 St. Louis Enterprise Center 17,475 20–12–6 46 39 December 31 Pittsburgh 3–2 Minnesota Xcel Energy Center 19,163 21–12–6 48
January: 6–5–0 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 3–3–0), 12 points # Date Visitor Score Home Location Attendance Record Points 40 January 2 Pittsburgh 7–2 NY Rangers Madison Square Garden 18,006 22–12–6 50 41 January 4 Winnipeg 0–4 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,642 23–12–6 52 42 January 6 Chicago 5–3 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,623 23–13–6 52 43 January 8 Florida 1–5 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,526 24–13–6 54 44 January 11 Pittsburgh 7–4 Anaheim Honda Center 17,473 25–13–6 56 45 January 12 Pittsburgh 2–5 Los Angeles Staples Center 18,414 25–14–6 56 46 January 15 Pittsburgh 2–5 San Jose SAP Center 17,292 25–15–6 56 47 January 18 Pittsburgh 3–2 OT Arizona Gila River Arena 14,757 26–15–6 58 48 January 19 Pittsburgh 3–7 Vegas T-Mobile Arena 18,511 26–16–6 58 49 January 28 New Jersey 6–3 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,609 26–17–6 58 50 January 30 Tampa Bay 2–4 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,514 27–17–6 60
February: 6–5–2 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 3–2–2), 14 points # Date Visitor Score Home Location Attendance Record Points 51 February 1 Ottawa 3–5 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,618 28–17–6 62 52 February 2 Pittsburgh 2–3 Toronto Scotiabank Arena 19,477 28–18–6 62 53 February 5 Carolina 4–0 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,435 28–19–6 62 54 February 7 Pittsburgh 2–3 OT Florida BB&T Center 14,712 28–19–7 63 55 February 9 Pittsburgh 4–5 Tampa Bay Amalie Arena 19,092 28–20–7 63 56 February 11 Pittsburgh 4–1 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 19,103 29–20–7 65 57 February 13 Edmonton 1–3 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,750 30–20–7 67 58 February 16 Calgary 5–4 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,667 30–21–7 67 59 February 17 NY Rangers 5–6 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,646 31–21–7 69 60 February 19 Pittsburgh 4–3 New Jersey Prudential Center 15,824 32–21–7 71 61 February 21 San Jose 4–0 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,362 32–22–7 71 62 February 23 Pittsburgh 3–4 OT Philadelphia Lincoln Financial Field 69,620 (outdoors) 32–22–8 72 63 February 26 Pittsburgh 5–2 Columbus Nationwide Arena 18,776 33–22–8 74
March: 10–3–3 (Home: 5–2–1; Road: 5–1–2), 23 points # Date Visitor Score Home Location Attendance Record Points 64 March 1 Pittsburgh 3–4 OT Buffalo KeyBank Center 19,070 33–22–9 75 65 March 2 Pittsburgh 5–1 Montreal Bell Centre 21,302 34–22–9 77 66 March 5 Florida 2–3 OT Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,484 35–22–9 79 67 March 7 Columbus 0–3 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,611 36–22–9 81 68 March 9 Pittsburgh 1–4 Columbus Nationwide Arena 19,146 36–23–9 81 69 March 10 Boston 2–4 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,578 37–23–9 83 70 March 12 Washington 3–5 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,640 38–23–9 85 71 March 14 Pittsburgh 5–0 Buffalo KeyBank Arena 18,680 39–23–9 87 72 March 16 St. Louis 5–1 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,641 39–24–9 87 73 March 17 Philadelphia 2–1 OT Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,636 39–24–10 88 74 March 19 Pittsburgh 2–3 SO Carolina PNC Arena 14,677 39–24–11 89 75 March 21 Pittsburgh 2–1 SO Nashville Bridgestone Arena 17,729 40–24–11 91 76 March 23 Pittsburgh 3–2 Dallas American Airlines Center 18,532 41–24–11 93 77 March 25 Pittsburgh 5–2 NY Rangers Madison Square Garden 17,401 42–24–11 95 78 March 29 Nashville 3–1 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,632 42–25–11 95 79 March 31 Carolina 1–3 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,616 43–25–11 97
April: 1–1–1 (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 0–1–0), 3 points # Date Visitor Score Home Location Attendance Record Points 80 April 2 Pittsburgh 1–4 Detroit Little Caesars Arena 19,515 43–26–11 97 81 April 4 Detroit 1–4 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,574 44–26–11 99 82 April 6 NY Rangers 4–3 OT Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 18,660 44–26–12 100
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = OT/SO Loss

Detailed records

Final^[7]

Eastern Conference
Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
Boston Bruins	3	2	0	1	102–129	10	7	2–8	1–7	94–104
Buffalo Sabres	3	1	0	2	112–96	12	9	5–10	1–7	106–78
Detroit Red Wings	3	2	1	0	126–89	10	7	4–9	2–4	101–81
Florida Panthers	3	2	0	1	99–113	10	6	1–9	2–10	86–85
Montreal Canadiens	3	1	1	1	75–108	9	10	2–8	1–12	104–97
Ottawa Senators	3	1	1	1	108–94	10	11	1–8	3–10	94–85
Tampa Bay Lightning	3	1	2	0	85–95	11	11	2–8	5–10	95–104
Toronto Maple Leafs	3	1	2	0	99–104	5	8	2–8	1–6	85–111
Division total	24	11	7	6	806–826	77	69	19–68	16–66	765–745

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
Carolina Hurricanes	4	2	1	1	121–148	8	8	0–6	1–10	123–126
Columbus Blue Jackets	4	3	1	0	123–120	13	8	1–11	1–10	98–129
New Jersey Devils	4	1	3	0	135–142	10	18	2–13	4–13	126–128
New York Islanders	4	2	1	1	121–101	12	12	3–14	1–12	123–103
New York Rangers	4	3	0	1	141–139	21	13	3–13	2–8	127–112
Philadelphia Flyers	4	1	1	2	145–152	10	11	0–6	2–13	101–128
Pittsburgh Penguins
Washington Capitals	4	3	1	0	143–131	15	12	6–17	2–15	134–110
Division total	28	15	8	5	929–933	89	82	15–80	13–81	832–836
Conference total	52	26	15	11	1736–1759	166	151	34–148	29–147	1597–1581

Western Conference
Central	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
Chicago Blackhawks	2	0	2	0	77–60	6	11	0–5	2–5	58–54
Colorado Avalanche	2	1	1	0	57–71	9	9	2–7	1–4	62–57
Dallas Stars	2	2	0	0	60–50	8	3	2–4	0–5	48–54
Minnesota Wild	2	2	0	0	69–74	5	3	1–4	1–3	63–54
Nashville Predators	2	1	1	0	76–55	3	4	0–6	1–5	66–50
St. Louis Blues	2	1	1	0	71–57	7	6	4–8	1–4	61–56
Winnipeg Jets	2	2	0	0	63–60	8	3	1–4	0–3	54–64
Division total	14	9	5	0	473–427	46	39	10–38	6–29	422–389

Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
Anaheim Ducks	2	1	1	0	66–61	9	8	2–7	1–4	42–56
Arizona Coyotes	2	2	0	0	67–72	7	2	2–6	1–8	73–57
Calgary Flames	2	1	1	0	74–70	13	6	5–6	1–6	61–61
Edmonton Oilers	2	2	0	0	65–85	9	6	1–4	2–7	60–64
Los Angeles Kings	2	1	1	0	76–66	6	8	2–7	2–6	49–57
San Jose Sharks	2	0	2	0	50–62	2	9	0–4	3–8	54–51
Vancouver Canucks	2	1	0	1	63–55	7	3	0–5	0–3	67–50
Vegas Golden Knights	2	1	1	0	59–72	7	9	0–3	1–4	67–60
Division total	16	9	6	1	520–543	60	51	12–42	11–46	473–456
Conference total	30	18	11	1	993–970	106	90	22–80	17–75	885–845
NHL total	82	44	26	12	2828–2729	272	241	56–228	46–222	2482–2426

Playoffs

Main article: 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Penguins faced the New York Islanders in the First Round of the playoffs, where they were swept in four games.^[8]

Game log

2019 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M2) New York Islanders: Islanders won 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 10 Pittsburgh 3–4 NY Islanders OT Murray 13,917 0–1 Recap 2 April 12 Pittsburgh 1–3 NY Islanders Murray 13,917 0–2 Recap 3 April 14 NY Islanders 4–1 Pittsburgh Murray 18,610 0–3 Recap 4 April 16 NY Islanders 3–1 Pittsburgh Murray 18,609 0–4 Recap
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Playoff series win

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season[9] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Sidney Crosby 79 35 65 100 18 36 Phil Kessel 82 27 55 82 -19 28 Jake Guentzel 82 40 36 76 13 26 Evgeni Malkin 68 21 51 72 -25 89 Kris Letang 65 16 40 56 13 48 Patric Hornqvist 69 18 19 37 -3 26 Bryan Rust 72 18 17 35 10 24 Dominik Simon 71 8 20 28 8 18 Brian Dumoulin 76 3 20 23 31 20 Matt Cullen 71 7 13 20 6 14 Marcus Pettersson† 57 2 17 19 13 49 Jared McCann† 32 11 6 17 8 13 Zach Aston-Reese 43 8 9 17 12 26 Derick Brassard‡ 40 9 6 15 -6 29 Justin Schultz 29 2 13 15 0 4 Nick Bjugstad† 32 9 5 14 4 14 Tanner Pearson†‡ 44 9 5 14 -6 13 Olli Maatta 60 1 13 14 9 12 Jack Johnson 82 1 12 13 -4 41 Jamie Oleksiak‡ 36 4 7 11 5 37 Teddy Blueger 28 6 4 10 7 15 Riley Sheahan‡ 49 7 2 9 -7 13 Garrett Wilson 50 2 6 8 2 18 Derek Grant‡ 25 2 3 5 3 6 Juuso Riikola 37 2 3 5 3 10 Daniel Sprong‡ 16 0 4 4 -7 0 Carl Hagelin‡ 16 1 2 3 2 12 Chad Ruhwedel 18 1 1 2 -9 4 Erik Gudbranson† 19 0 2 2 7 4 Adam Johnson 6 0 2 2 2 0 Jean-Sebastien Dea† 3 1 0 1 1 2 Zach Trotman 13 0 1 1 4 4 Joseph Blandisi† 6 0 0 0 0 0 Total 271 459 730 — 655

Playoffs[10] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Evgeni Malkin 4 1 2 3 -1 6 Justin Schultz 4 1 2 3 -2 0 Phil Kessel 4 1 1 2 -1 2 Garrett Wilson 4 1 0 1 -1 0 Erik Gudbranson 4 1 0 1 0 2 Jake Guentzel 4 1 0 1 -3 0 Sidney Crosby 4 0 1 1 -4 2 Kris Letang 4 0 1 1 -3 2 Brian Dumoulin 4 0 1 1 -3 0 Jared McCann 3 0 1 1 1 0 Marcus Pettersson 4 0 1 1 -1 4 Dominik Simon 4 0 1 1 -1 0 Matt Cullen 4 0 0 0 -1 0 Jack Johnson 3 0 0 0 -3 6 Patric Hornqvist 4 0 0 0 -2 8 Nick Bjugstad 4 0 0 0 -3 2 Bryan Rust 4 0 0 0 -4 2 Olli Maatta 1 0 0 0 -2 0 Teddy Blueger 1 0 0 0 0 0 Zach Aston-Reese 4 0 0 0 -2 0 Total 6 11 17 — 36

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[11]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Matt Murray	50	50	2880:14	29	14	6	129	2.69	1594	0.919	4	0	0	4
Casey DeSmith	36	30	1943:33	15	11	5	89	2.75	1060	0.916	3	0	0	2
Tristan Jarry	2	2	120:03	0	1	1	7	3.5	62	0.887	0	0	0	0
Total		82	4943:50	44	26	12	225	2.73	2716	0.917	7	0	0	6

Playoffs^[12]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Matt Murray	4	4	238:44	0	4	0	12	3.02	127	0.906	0	0	0	0
Total		4	238:44	0	4	0	12	3.03	127	0.906	0	0	0	0

^†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 Penguins only.

Awards and honours

• Kris Letang set the franchise record for career points by a defenseman with 493. He broke the previous record of 440 held by Paul Coffey on October 6 against the Montreal Canadiens.
• Kris Letang set the franchise record for career goals by a defenseman with 112. He broke the previous record of 108 held by Paul Coffey on February 11 against the Philadelphia Flyers.

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached J. Riikola 1st career NHL game October 11, 2018 K. Letang 100th career NHL goal October 18, 2018 J. Johnson 800th career NHL game November 3, 2018 C. Hagelin 500th career NHL game November 3, 2018 J. Oleksiak 200th career NHL game November 7, 2018 E. Malkin 800th career NHL game November 13, 2018 K. Letang 700th career NHL game November 19, 2018 B. Rust 200th career NHL game November 19, 2018 J. Guentzel 1st career regular season hat-trick November 24, 2018 J. Guentzel 100th career NHL point November 27, 2018 O. Maatta 100th career NHL point November 27, 2018 G. Wilson 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point November 27, 2018 J. Riikola 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point November 28, 2018 R. Sheahan 400th career NHL game December 22, 2018 J. Riikola 1st career NHL goal December 29, 2018 S. Crosby 900th career NHL game December 31, 2018 B. Rust 100th career NHL point January 8, 2019 T. Blueger 1st career NHL game January 30, 2019 E. Malkin 600th career NHL assist January 30, 2019 T. Blueger 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point February 1, 2019 G. Wilson 1st career NHL goal February 9, 2019 N. Bjugstad 400th career NHL game February 11, 2019 B. Dumoulin 300th career NHL game February 13, 2019 P. Kessel 800th career NHL point February 16, 2019 P. Hornqvist 700th career NHL game March 1, 2019 M. Cullen 1,500th career NHL game March 5, 2019 S. Crosby 1,200th career NHL point March 5, 2019 E. Malkin 1,000th career NHL point March 12, 2019 J. Schultz 200th career NHL point March 12, 2019 N. Bjugstad 200th career NHL point March 14, 2019 C. DeSmith 50th career NHL game March 16, 2019 D. Simon 100th career NHL game March 17, 2019 M. Pettersson 100th career NHL game March 23, 2019 J. Guentzel 200th career NHL game March 29, 2019

Transactions

The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	To Colorado Avalanche OTT's 3rd-round pick in 2018 5th-round pick in 2018	To Pittsburgh Penguins NSH's 2nd-round pick in 2018	[13]
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	To Vegas Golden Knights 7th-round pick in 2018	To Pittsburgh Penguins 7th-round pick in 2019	[13]
June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27)	To Buffalo Sabres Matt Hunwick Conor Sheary	To Pittsburgh Penguins Conditional 4th-round pick in 2019	[14]
November 14, 2018 (2018-11-14)	To Los Angeles Kings Carl Hagelin	To Pittsburgh Penguins Tanner Pearson	[15]
December 3, 2018 (2018-12-03)	To Anaheim Ducks Daniel Sprong	To Pittsburgh Penguins Marcus Pettersson	[16]
December 5, 2018 (2018-12-05)	To Ottawa Senators Stefan Elliott Tobias Lindberg	To Pittsburgh Penguins Macoy Erkamps Ben Sexton	[17]
January 17, 2019 (2019-01-17)	To Anaheim Ducks Derek Grant	To Pittsburgh Penguins Joseph Blandisi	[18]
January 28, 2019 (2019-01-28)	To Dallas Stars Jamie Oleksiak	To Pittsburgh Penguins Conditional 4th-round pick in 2019	[19]
February 1, 2019 (2019-02-01)	To Florida Panthers Derick Brassard Riley Sheahan 2nd-round pick in 2019 4th-round pick in 2019 MIN's 4th-round pick in 2019	To Pittsburgh Penguins Nick Bjugstad Jared McCann	[20]
February 11, 2019 (2019-02-11)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Conditional 7th-round pick in 2019	To Pittsburgh Penguins Blake Siebenaler	[21][22]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To Florida Panthers Jean-Sebastien Dea	To Pittsburgh Penguins Chris Wideman	[23]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To Vancouver Canucks Tanner Pearson	To Pittsburgh Penguins Erik Gudbranson	[24]
June 15, 2019 (2019-06-15)	To Chicago Blackhawks Olli Maatta	To Pittsburgh Penguins Dominik Kahun 5th-round pick in 2019	[25]

Free agents

Player	Acquired from	Lost to	Date	Contract term
Matt Cullen[26]	Minnesota Wild		July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	1-year
Stefan Elliott[27]	HV71 (SHL)		July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	1-year[a]
Jimmy Hayes[27]	New Jersey Devils		July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	1-year[a]
Jack Johnson[28]	Columbus Blue Jackets		July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	5-year
Josh Jooris[29]		Toronto Maple Leafs	July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	1-year[a]
John Muse[27]	Lehigh Valley Phantoms		July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	1-year[a]
Jarred Tinordi[30]		Nashville Predators	July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	1-year[a]
Carter Rowney[31]		Anaheim Ducks	July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	3-year
Tom Kuhnhackl[32]		New York Islanders	July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	1-year
Andrey Pedan[33]		Ak Bars Kazan (KHL)	July 4, 2018 (2018-07-04)	2-year
Derek Grant[34]	Anaheim Ducks		July 19, 2018 (2018-07-19)	1-year
Vincent Dunn[35]		Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL)	August 29, 2018 (2018-08-29)	1-year
Ryan Haggerty[36]	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)		September 25, 2018 (2018-09-25)	2-year[a]
Frank Corrado[37]		Toronto Marlies (AHL)	October 22, 2018 (2018-10-22)	1-year
Joseph Cramarossa[38]	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)		February 20, 2019 (2019-02-20)	1-year[a]
Jake Lucchini[39]	Michigan Tech Huskies (WCHA)		March 11, 2019 (2019-03-11)	1-year[b]
Oula Palve[40]	HC TPS (Liiga)		April 22, 2019 (2019-04-22)	1-year[b]
Emil Larmi[41]	HPK (Liiga)		June 2, 2019 (2019-06-02)	2-year[b]

Waivers

Player	Claimed from	Lost to	Date
Jean-Sebastien Dea[42]		New Jersey Devils	September 28, 2018 (2018-09-28)
Jean-Sebastien Dea[43]	New Jersey Devils		November 29, 2018 (2018-11-29)

Signings

Player	Date	Contract term
Kevin Czuczman[44]	June 25, 2018 (2018-06-25)	1-year[a]
Dominik Simon[44]	June 25, 2018 (2018-06-25)	2-year
Daniel Sprong[44]	June 25, 2018 (2018-06-25)	2-year
Bryan Rust[45]	June 26, 2018 (2018-06-26)	4-year
Riley Sheahan[46]	June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27)	1-year
Jean-Sebastien Dea[47]	June 28, 2018 (2018-06-28)	1-year[a]
Zach Trotman[27]	July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	1-year[a]
Jamie Oleksiak[48]	July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12)	3-year
Filip Hallander[49]	July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15)	3-year[b]
Teddy Blueger[50]	July 17, 2018 (2018-07-17)	1-year[a]
Thomas Di Pauli[50]	July 17, 2018 (2018-07-17)	1-year[a]
Ethan Prow[50]	July 17, 2018 (2018-07-17)	1-year[a]
Tristan Jarry[51]	July 26, 2018 (2018-07-26)	2-year[a]
Jake Guentzel[52]	December 27, 2018 (2018-12-27)	5-year
Casey DeSmith[53]	January 11, 2019 (2019-01-11)	3-year
Jan Drozg[54]	March 5, 2019 (2019-03-05)	3-year[b]
Justin Almeida[55]	March 9, 2019 (2019-03-09)	3-year[b]
Calen Addison[56]	April 6, 2019 (2019-04-06)	3-year[b]
Joseph Cramarossa[57]	April 27, 2019 (2019-04-27)	1-year
Thomas Di Pauli[58]	April 30, 2019 (2019-04-30)	1-year[a]
Niclas Almari[59]	May 9, 2019 (2019-05-09)	3-year[b]
Kasper Bjorkqvist[60]	May 15, 2019 (2019-05-15)	2-year[b]
Chad Ruhwedel[61]	May 23, 2019 (2019-05-23)	2-year

Retirement

Player	Date
Tom Sestito[62]	September 6, 2018

Contract terminations

Player	Date
Frederik Tiffels[63]	September 22, 2018

Notes

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

Draft picks

See also: List of Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks

Below are the Pittsburgh Penguins' selections at the 2018 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	53	Calen Addison	D	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
2	58[a]	Filip Hallander	C	Sweden	Timra IK (Allsvenskan)
5	129[b]	Justin Almeida	C	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
6	177	Liam Gorman	C	United States	Saint Sebastian's School (USHS)

Notes:

• ^a The Nashville Predators' second-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent Ottawa's third-round pick and a fifth-round pick both in 2018 (64th and 146th overall) to Colorado in exchange for this pick.^[13]
• ^b The Detroit Red Wings' fifth-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on October 21, 2017, that sent Scott Wilson and a third-round pick in 2018 to Detroit in exchange for Riley Sheahan and this pick.^[64]