2010–11 Pittsburgh Penguins season

2010–11 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	2nd Atlantic
Conference	4th Eastern
2010–11 record	49–25–8
Home record	25–14–2
Road record	24–11–6
Goals for	238
Goals against	199
Team information
General manager	Ray Shero
Coach	Dan Bylsma
Captain	Sidney Crosby
Alternate captains	Evgeni Malkin; Brooks Orpik; Jordan Staal
Arena	Consol Energy Center; Heinz Field (1 game)
Average attendance	18,240 (100.9%)[1]; (40 games)
Team leaders
Goals	Sidney Crosby (32)
Assists	Kris Letang (42)
Points	Sidney Crosby (66)
Penalty minutes	Matt Cooke (129)
Plus/minus	Sidney Crosby (+20); Alex Goligoski‡ (+20)
Wins	Marc-Andre Fleury (36)
Goals against average	Brent Johnson (2.17)

The 2010–11 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the team's 44th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Penguins began the season in their new arena, CONSOL Energy Center, which is adjacent from their old facility, Mellon Arena, which had been the third smallest and oldest arena in the NHL. The Penguins also hosted the 2011 NHL Winter Classic against the Washington Capitals at Heinz Field, home of the National Football League's Pittsburgh Steelers and NCAA's's Pittsburgh Panthers football.

Pre-season

On June 16, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced that they would play a six-game pre-season, including the first-ever game at the new Consol Energy Center on September 22 against the Detroit Red Wings.[2]

On July 26, 2010, longtime Penguins PA announcer John Barbaro died of brain cancer at age 65.

Game log

2010 Pre-season: 5–1–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss = OT/SO Loss

Regular season

First half

The Penguins inaugurated their new arena on October 7 with a home opener against their in-state rivals, the Philadelphia Flyers, the defending Eastern Conference champions, whom they will play three times in the first month of the season. However, rookie Flyers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky made his NHL debut, leading his team to a 3–2 victory.[3] Flyers forward Daniel Briere scored the first goal in the new building. In the first month of the season, goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury struggled, posting a 1–5 record for the month while backup goaltender Brent Johnson was 5–0–1 and posting a shutout in the final game of the month against the Carolina Hurricanes. Injuries were another trend for the first month of the season, with Jordan Staal failing to play the first month of the season with an infection in his foot. Other injuries to Zbynek Michalek and Brooks Orpik weakened the defensive unit during the first month. During the month of November, the Penguins went on a 12-game winning streak beginning with a 3-1 victory against the Vancouver Canucks on November 17. At the same time team captain Sidney Crosby went on a 25-game point streak during which he recorded 26 goals and 24 assists.[4] The Penguins winning streak ended on December 14 with 3-2 loss in Philadelphia.[5]

After 41 games, the midpoint of the season, the Penguins held a 26–12–3 record with 55 points, a two-point improvement over last season and good for second in the division behind the Philadelphia Flyers and fourth in the Eastern Conference.

2011 Winter Classic

The Penguins held the 2011 NHL Winter Classic at Heinz Field on January 1 against the Washington Capitals. This matchup pitted the two premiere stars of the game against each other, Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin. The Capitals won the contest however 3–1, overcoming a 1–0 Penguins lead in which Evgeni Malkin scored the lone Penguins goal. Jordan Staal made a return to the Penguins lineup in the Winter Classic after being held out all of the 2010 contests of the season due to foot and hand injuries.

Crosby suffered a concussion in an open ice hit in the Winter Classic but remained in the game and took part in the following contest with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Against Tampa Bay, however, he was hit again, this time behind the net against the boards and further aggravated his concussion. Crosby was held out games from January 7 through the end of the regular season.

Second half

Defenseman Kris Letang had a breakout first half of the season, sitting second on the team in points scored behind center Sidney Crosby. Letang, Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury were named to the roster of the 2011 NHL All-Star Game, though only Letang and Fleury made appearances, as Crosby and Malkin were held out of the contest with head and lower body injures, respectively.

Malkin also missed multiple games in late January due to a lingering lower body injury and a sinus infection. He returned to the lineup against the Buffalo Sabres on February 4, but reactivated the injury during a hit by Tyler Myers in the second period, tearing his right medial collateral ligament (MCL) and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).

Crosby and Malkin were injured for most of January and into February. In spite of these injuries, the Penguins still held onto second place in the Division and fourth place in the Conference for most of the first half and middle of the season, going 8–3–1 without Crosby, which includes 4–1–0 without both Crosby and Malkin during the same 8–3–1 span.

Due to the absence of Malkin and Crosby, the Penguin's offense was not nearly as productive. This led General Manager Ray Shero to make personnel adjustments before the February trade deadline. On February 21, the Penguins traded defenseman Alex Goligoski to the Dallas Stars for left winger James Neal and defenseman Matt Niskanen. The organization also acquired right winger Alex Kovalev from the Ottawa Senators for a conditional draft pick on February 24.

On March 25, the Penguins defeated the New Jersey Devils 1–0 in a shootout. James Neal scored the lone goal, marking the fourth year in a row the Penguins have won a game on March 25 in a shutout and the first to go to overtime or a shootout.

On March 28, the Penguins set an NHL record by winning their fourth consecutive game in a shootout. During the stretch, the team defeated the Detroit Red Wings, Philadelphia Flyers, New Jersey Devils and Florida Panthers in a seven-day period.[6]

The Penguins concluded the regular season with the best penalty-kill percentage in the NHL, at 86.11%[7]

Game log

2010–2011 Schedule

October: 6–5–1 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 4–1–1), 13 Points

November: 10–3–1 (Home: 5–1–1 ; Road: 5–2–0), 21 Points

December: 9–3–1 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–1), 19 Points

January: 6–4–1 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 2–1–1), 13 Points

February: 6–6–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 3–4–1), 14 Points

March: 8–4–2 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 4–1–2), 18 Points

April: 4–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–0), 8 Points

Legend: = Win = Loss = OT/SO Loss

Standings

Atlantic Division[8]
		GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	y-Philadelphia Flyers	82	47	23	12	44	259	223	106
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	49	25	8	39	238	199	106
3	New York Rangers	82	44	33	5	35	233	198	93
4	New Jersey Devils	82	38	39	5	35	174	209	81
5	New York Islanders	82	30	39	13	26	229	264	73

Eastern Conference
R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – Washington Capitals	SE	82	48	23	11	43	224	197	107
2	y – Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	47	23	12	44	259	223	106
3	y – Boston Bruins	NE	82	46	25	11	44	246	195	103
4	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	49	25	8	39	238	199	106
5	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	46	25	11	40	247	240	103
6	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	44	30	8	41	216	209	96
7	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	43	29	10	38	245	229	96
8	New York Rangers	AT	82	44	33	5	35	233	198	93
8.5
9	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	40	31	11	35	236	239	91
10	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	37	34	11	32	218	251	85
11	New Jersey Devils	AT	82	38	39	5	35	174	209	81
12	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	34	36	12	29	223	269	80
13	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	32	40	10	30	192	250	74
14	New York Islanders	AT	82	30	39	13	26	229	264	73
15	Florida Panthers	SE	82	30	40	12	26	195	229	72

bold – qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; z – Placed first in conference (and division)
AT – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division

Detailed records

Final[9]

Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
Eastern Conference
Philadelphia Flyers	6	2	4	0	172–162	15	16	6–29	5–27	183–163
Pittsburgh Penguins
New York Rangers	6	2	3	1	189–160	15	21	2–22	7–22	170–171
New Jersey Devils	6	4	1	1	167–154	11	8	2–20	2–17	139–152
New York Islanders	6	4	1	1	197–173	15	16	6–32	4–28	183–187
Division Total	24	12	9	3	725–649	56	61	16–103	18–94	675–673

Northeast	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
Boston Bruins	4	2	2	0	146–142	12	15	2–11	3–13	108–122
Montreal Canadiens	4	1	2	1	132–92	8	10	4–17	0–13	113–105
Buffalo Sabres	4	4	0	0	123–125	12	5	0–20	1–12	130–112
Toronto Maple Leafs	4	2	1	1	120–90	16	14	2–11	4–20	122–114
Ottawa Senators	4	3	1	0	155–124	13	7	4–17	4–15	107–120
Division Total	20	12	6	2	676–573	61	51	12–76	12–73	580–573

Southeast	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
Washington Capitals	4	1	3	0	121–114	4	9	0–14	3–15	123–132
Tampa Bay Lightning	4	2	2	0	129–103	17	9	2–18	2–21	128–127
Carolina Hurricanes	4	3	1	0	132–114	12	10	2–11	1–18	125–108
Atlanta Thrashers	4	4	0	0	112–128	18	9	3–13	4–20	107–118
Florida Panthers	4	4	0	0	122–134	14	7	2–11	0–12	97–125
Division Total	20	14	6	0	616–593	65	44	9–67	10–86	580–610
Conference Total	64	38	21	5	2017–1815	182	156	37–246	40–253	1835–1856

Central	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
Western Conference
Detroit Red Wings	2	2	0	0	54–78	9	5	0–4	2–8	47–75
Nashville Predators	1	1	0	0	38–24	4	3	0–5	1–4	30–28
Chicago Blackhawks	1	0	0	1	26–31	2	3	0–4	0–3	26–44
St. Louis Blues	1	0	0	1	31–24	0	1	0–4	0–3	21–25
Columbus Blue Jackets	2	1	1	0	68–48	8	6	4–6	1–7	62–48
Division Total	7	4	1	2	217–205	23	18	4–23	4–25	186–220

Northwest	GP	W	L	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
Vancouver Canucks	1	1	0	29–30	3	1	0–2	0–5	26–39
Calgary Flames	1	1	0	43–31	4	1	1–3	0–4	30–36
Minnesota Wild	1	0	1	26–37	0	4	0–4	0–5	20–38
Colorado Avalanche	1	1	0	36–31	3	2	1–5	0–2	25–29
Edmonton Oilers	1	1	0	33–29	5	1	1–6	0–4	36–21
Division Total	5	4	1	167–158	15	9	3–20	0–20	137–163

Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
San Jose Sharks	1	0	0	1	26–38	2	3	0–2	1–4	33–30
Anaheim Ducks	1	0	1	0	32–19	2	3	1–4	0–2	22–18
Phoenix Coyotes	2	2	0	0	74–55	10	4	4–10	0–12	56–67
Los Angeles Kings	1	1	0	0	26–33	2	1	0–2	0–3	30–21
Dallas Stars	1	0	1	0	23–29	2	5	0–4	0–5	30–28
Division Total	6	3	2	1	181–174	18	16	5–22	1–26	171–164
Conference Total	18	11	4	3	565–537	56	43	12–65	5–71	494–547
NHL Total	82	49	25	8	2582–2352	238	199	49–311	45–324	2329–2403

Playoffs

The Pittsburgh Penguins qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the fifth consecutive season. Their opponent in the first round were the Tampa Bay Lightning.

In Game 4 of the series on April 20, the Penguins defeated the Lightning on the road, 3–2 in double overtime. James Neal once again scored the winning goal. It marked the second time James Neal that Neal had scored the game-winning goal for the Penguins; the first time had been the shootout-winning goal on March 25 in a 1–0 victory over the New Jersey Devils.

On April 27, the Penguins were officially eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a 1–0 loss to the Lightning in Game 7; it marked the second time in two years that the Penguins had lost a Game 7 on home ice and it was the first time that they had been eliminated in the first round of the playoffs since 2007. Furthermore, the Penguins were the third team to be knocked out of the playoffs in the debut of their new facility.[10][11]

Game log

2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Eastern Conference quarterfinals vs No. 5 Tampa Bay Lightning: 3–4 (Home: 1–3; Road: 2–1)

Legend: = Win = Loss = OT/SO Loss

Scorer of game-winning goal in italics.

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season[19]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Sidney Crosby	41	32	34	66	20	31
Kris Letang	82	8	42	50	15	101
Chris Kunitz	66	23	25	48	18	47
Tyler Kennedy	80	21	24	45	1	37
Evgeni Malkin	43	15	22	37	–4	18
Pascal Dupuis	81	17	20	37	16	59
Alex Goligoski^‡	60	9	22	31	20	28
Jordan Staal	42	11	19	30	7	24
Matt Cooke	67	12	18	30	14	129
Mark Letestu	64	14	13	27	4	13
Paul Martin	77	3	21	24	9	16
Maxime Talbot	82	8	13	21	–3	66
Zbynek Michalek	73	5	14	19	0	30
Mike Rupp	81	9	8	17	–4	124
Ben Lovejoy	47	3	14	17	11	48
Chris Conner	60	7	9	16	5	10
Craig Adams	80	4	11	15	–5	76
Brooks Orpik	63	1	12	13	12	66
Dustin Jeffrey	25	7	5	12	5	4
Arron Asham	44	5	6	11	0	46
Deryk Engelland	63	3	7	10	–5	123
Alexei Kovalev^†	20	2	5	7	3	16
James Neal^†	20	1	5	6	–1	6
Mike Comrie	21	1	5	6	–4	18
Brett Sterling	7	3	2	5	1	16
Matt Niskanen^†	18	1	3	4	–2	20
Eric Godard	19	0	3	3	4	105
Nick Johnson	4	1	2	3	1	5
Eric Tangradi	15	1	2	3	–4	10
Joe Vitale	9	1	1	2	–1	13
Andrew Hutchinson	5	0	1	1	–3	6
Ryan Craig	6	0	0	0	–3	22
Brian Strait	3	0	0	0	–1	0
Tim Wallace	7	0	0	0	–3	5
Corey Potter	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	82	228	388	616	28[20]	1343

Playoffs[21]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Maxime Talbot	7	1	3	4	1	14
Kris Letang	7	0	4	4	0	10
Arron Asham	7	3	1	4	2	2
Tyler Kennedy	7	2	1	3	0	2
Jordan Staal	7	1	2	3	–2	2
Brooks Orpik	7	0	3	3	–2	14
Paul Martin	7	0	2	2	1	2
Ben Lovejoy	7	0	2	2	0	4
Mike Rupp	7	1	1	2	4	4
James Neal	7	1	1	2	–1	6
Alexei Kovalev	7	1	1	2	–3	10
Pascal Dupuis	7	1	0	1	–2	2
Chris Conner	7	1	0	1	1	0
Mark Letestu	7	0	1	1	–3	0
Matt Niskanen	7	0	1	1	–3	0
Craig Adams	7	1	0	1	2	2
Chris Kunitz	6	1	0	1	–1	6
Zbynek Michalek	7	0	1	1	1	0
Eric Tangradi	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	7	14	24	38	−1[22]	80

Goaltenders

Regular Season[23]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Marc-Andre Fleury	65	62	3,695:10	36	20	5	143	2.32	1,742	0.918	3	1	10
Brent Johnson	23	20	1,296:42	13	5	3	47	2.17	604	0.922	1	1	24
Totals		82	4,991:52	49	25	8	190	2.28	2,346	0.919	4	2	34

Playoffs[24]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	PIM
Marc-Andre Fleury	7	7	405:12	3	4	17	2.52	168	0.899	1	0
Brent Johnson	1	0	34:29	0	0	4	6.96	11	0.636	0	2
Totals		7	439:41	3	4	21	2.87	179	0.883	1	2

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Team. Stats reflect time with the Team only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Roster

Final.[25]

#	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
27	Craig Adams	RW/C	R	34	2009	Seria, Brunei
45	Arron Asham	RW	R	33	2010	Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
19	Mike Comrie	C	L	30	2010	Edmonton, Alberta
16	Chris Conner	W	L	27	2009	Westland, Michigan
24	Matt Cooke	LW	L	32	2008	Belleville, Ontario
87	Sidney Crosby (C)	C	L	23	2005	Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia
9	Pascal Dupuis	W	L	32	2008	Laval, Quebec
5	Deryk Engelland	D	R	29	2007	Edmonton, Alberta
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	G	L	26	2003	Sorel, Quebec
28	Eric Godard	RW	R	31	2008	Vernon, British Columbia
15	Dustin Jeffrey	C/LW	L	32	2007	Sarnia, Ontario
1	Brent Johnson	G	L	34	2009	Farmington, Michigan
38	Nick Johnson	RW	R	25	2004	Calgary, Alberta
48	Tyler Kennedy	RW	R	24	2004	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
72	Alexei Kovalev	RW	L	38	2011	Tolyatti, Soviet Union
14	Chris Kunitz	LW	L	31	2009	Regina, Saskatchewan
58	Kris Letang	D	R	24	2005	Montreal, Quebec
10	Mark Letestu	C	R	26	2007	Elk Point, Alberta
6	Ben Lovejoy	D	R	27	2008	Canaan, New Hampshire
71	Evgeni Malkin (A)	C	L	24	2004	Magnitogorsk, Soviet Union
7	Paul Martin	D	L	30	2010	Elk River, Minnesota
4	Zbynek Michalek	D	R	28	2010	Jindřichův Hradec, Czechoslovakia
18	James Neal	LW	L	23	2011	Whitby, Ontario
2	Matt Niskanen	D	R	24	2011	Virginia, Minnesota
44	Brooks Orpik (A)	D	L	40	2000	San Francisco, California
17	Mike Rupp	LW/C	L	31	2009	Cleveland, Ohio
11	Jordan Staal (A)	C	L	22	2006	Thunder Bay, Ontario
25	Maxime Talbot	F	L	27	2002	LeMoyne, Quebec
26	Eric Tangradi	W	L	22	2009	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Transactions

The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.

Trades

May 28, 2010[26]	To Anaheim Ducks: 6th-round pick in 2010	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Mattias Modig
June 25, 2010[27]	To Philadelphia Flyers: 3rd-round pick in 2011	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Dan Hamhuis[lower-alpha 1]
June 26, 2010[28]	To San Jose Sharks: 7th-round pick in 2010	To Pittsburgh Penguins: 7th-round pick in 2011
February 21, 2011[29]	To Dallas Stars: Alex Goligoski	To Pittsburgh Penguins: James Neal Matt Niskanen
February 24, 2011[30]	To Ottawa Senators: Conditional 7th-round pick in 2011[lower-alpha 2]	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Alexei Kovalev

Trade of negotiating rights to.
Condition satisfied.

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Zbynek Michalek[31]	Phoenix Coyotes	5 years/$20 million
Paul Martin[32]	New Jersey Devils	5 years/$25 million
Ryan Craig[33]	Tampa Bay Lightning	1 year/$500,000 (two-way)
Brett Sterling[34]	San Jose Sharks	1 year/$500,000 (two-way)
Andrew Hutchinson[35]	Dallas Stars	1 year/$500,000 (two-way)
Corey Potter[36]	New York Rangers	1 year/$500,000 (two-way)
Arron Asham[37]	Philadelphia Flyers	1 year/$700,000
Mike Comrie[38]	Edmonton Oilers	1 year/$500,000
Paul Thompson[39]	University of New Hampshire	2 years/$1.23 million (entry-level)
Brian Gibbons[40]	Boston College	2 years/$1.33 million (entry-level)

Free agents lost

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Sergei Gonchar[41]	Ottawa Senators	3 years/$16.5 million
Jordan Leopold[42]	Buffalo Sabres	3 years/$9 million
Mark Eaton[43]	New York Islanders	2 years/$5 million
Dan Hamhuis[44]	Vancouver Canucks	6 years/$27 million
Alexei Ponikarovsky[45]	Los Angeles Kings	1 year/$3 million
Ruslan Fedotenko[46]	New York Rangers	1 year/$1 million

Player signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Deryk Engelland[47]	May 19, 2010	1 year/$500,000 (two-way)
Nick Petersen[48]	May 27, 2010	3 years/$1.7 million (entry-level)
Mattias Modig[26]	May 28, 2010	2 years/$1.2 million (entry-level)
Nick Johnson[49]	June 8, 2010	1 year/$500,000 (two-way)
Steve Wagner[50]	June 14, 2010	1 year/$500,000 (two-way)
Ben Lovejoy[51]	June 21, 2010	3 years/$1.575 million (two-way first year)
Matt Cooke[52]	June 22, 2010	3 years/$5.4 million
Chris Conner[53]	July 13, 2010	1 year/$550,000 (two-way)
Deryk Engelland[54]	January 3, 2011	3 years/$1.7 million
Mark Letestu[55]	January 18, 2011	2 years/$1.25 million
Tom Kuhnhackl[56]	March 22, 2011	3 years/$1.83 million (entry-level)
Philip Samuelsson[57]	April 12, 2011	3 years/$1.845 million (entry-level)

Notable achievements

Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
Sidney Crosby[58]	NHL Second Star of the Week	November 15, 2010
Sidney Crosby[59]	NHL Third Star of the Week	November 29, 2010
Sidney Crosby[60]	NHL First Star of the Month	November 2010
Sidney Crosby[61]	NHL First Star of the Week	December 6, 2010
Marc-Andre Fleury[62]	NHL Second Star of the Week	December 13, 2010
Sidney Crosby[63]	NHL Third Star of the Week	December 27, 2010
Sidney Crosby[64]	NHL First Star of the Month	December 2010
Dan Bylsma[65]	Jack Adams Award (Best Coach)	June 2011

Team awards

Player	Award	Notes
Mark Letestu	Michel Brière Rookie of the Year Award	Presented to the Penguins player judged to be the best rookie on the team. The trophy is presented in memory of the late Michel Briere, who was an outstanding forward in his only season with the Penguins in 1969–70.
Mike Rupp	Baz Bastien Memorial Award	Presented by the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association to the player who the local media of the PHWA want to acknowledge for his cooperation throughout the year. The award is presented in memory of the late Aldege "Baz" Bastien, Penguins general manager from 1976–83. Sponsor: UPMC Sports Medicine
Deryk Engelland	Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy nominee	The Pittsburgh Chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association votes for the Penguins' Masterton nominee. Each NHL team selects a Masterton candidate from which the overall winner is chosen. The Masterton candidate is nominated as the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey. Sponsor: Trib Total Media
Marc-Andre Fleury	A. T. Caggiano Memorial Booster Club Cup	Presented in memory of A.T. Caggiano, long-time Penguins' locker room attendant & Booster Club supporter, the award is presented by Penguins Booster Club members, who vote for the three stars after every home game and tally votes at the end of the regular season.
Brooks Orpik	Player's Player Award	The players hold a vote at the end of the season for the player they feel exemplifies leadership for the team, both on and off the ice, a player dedicated to teamwork. Sponsor: Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Maxime Talbot Mike Rupp	Edward J. DeBartolo Award	The award recognizes the player who has donated a tremendous amount of time and effort during the season working on community and charity projects. Sponsor: Verizon Wireless
Brooks Orpik	Defensive Player of the Year	This award honors the defensive skills of an individual player on the team. Sponsor: PNC Wealth Management
Marc-Andre Fleury	Most Valuable Player	Based on the overall contribution the player makes to the team. Sponsor: Consol Energy

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
Eric Tangradi	1st Career NHL Assist	October 11, 2010
Eric Tangradi	1st Career NHL Point	October 11, 2010
Mark Letestu	1st Career NHL Assist	October 15, 2010
Eric Tangradi	1st Career NHL Goal	October 15, 2010
Craig Adams	600th Career NHL Game	November 3, 2010
Pascal Dupuis	600th Career NHL Game	November 5, 2010
Tyler Kennedy	200th Career NHL Game	November 5, 2010
Chris Kunitz	400th Career NHL Game	November 6, 2010
Deryk Engelland	1st Career NHL Goal	November 12, 2010
Aaron Asham	100th Career NHL Assist	November 13, 2010
Evgeni Malkin	400th Career NHL Point	November 19, 2010
Sidney Crosby	200th Career NHL Goal	November 27, 2010
Kris Letang	100th Career NHL Point	November 27, 2010
Sidney Crosby	400th Career NHL Game	December 6, 2010
Ben Lovejoy	1st Career NHL Goal	December 22, 2010
Chris Conner	100th Career NHL Game	December 26, 2010
Tyler Kennedy	100th Career NHL Point	January 18, 2011
Maxime Talbot	100th Career NHL Point	February 2, 2011
Joe Vitale	1st Career NHL Game	February 10, 2011
Brooks Orpik	500th Career NHL Game	February 11, 2011
Joe Vitale	1st Career NHL Assist	February 11, 2011
Joe Vitale	1st Career NHL Point	February 11, 2011
Joe Vitale	1st Career NHL Goal	February 17, 2011
Brian Strait	1st Career NHL Game	February 21, 2011
Matt Cooke	800th Career NHL Game	March 5, 2011
Zbynek Michalek	100th Career NHL Assist	March 5, 2011
Matt Cooke	300th Career NHL Point	March 13, 2011
Jordan Staal	100th Career NHL Assist	April 2, 2011
Alexei Kovalev	1,300th Career NHL Game	April 5, 2011
Kris Letang	100th Career NHL Assist	April 8, 2011

Playoffs
Player	Award	Awarded
Ben Lovejoy	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 13, 2011
James Neal	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 13, 2011
	1st Career NHL Playoff Assist
	1st Career NHL Playoff Point
Ben Lovejoy	1st Career NHL Playoff Assist	April 18, 2011
Ben Lovejoy	1st Career NHL Playoff Point	April 18, 2011
James Neal	1st Career NHL Playoff Goal	April 20, 2011
Eric Tangradi	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 20, 2011
Chris Conner	1st Career NHL Playoff Goal	April 23, 2011
Chris Conner	1st Career NHL Playoff Point	April 23, 2011
Alexei Kovalev	100th Career NHL Playoff Point	April 23, 2011

Draft picks

Pittsburgh Penguins' picks at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 25–26 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.[66]

Round	Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	20	Beau Bennett	RW	United States	Penticton Vees (BCHL)
3	80	Bryan Rust	RW	United States	U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL)
4	110	Tom Kuhnhackl	RW	Germany	Landshut Cannibals (2nd Bundesliga)
5	140	Kenny Agostino	LW	United States	Delbarton School (USHS-NJ)
6	152^[a]	Joe Rogalski	D	United States	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
6	170	Reid McNeill	D	Canada	London Knights (OHL)

Draft notes[67]

The Pittsburgh Penguins' second-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a March 1, 2010, trade that sent Jordan Leopold to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.[68]
^a The Toronto Maple Leafs' sixth-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a March 3, 2010, trade that sent Chris Peluso to the Maple Leafs in exchange for this pick.[69]
The Pittsburgh Penguins' seventh-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a June 26, 2010, trade that sent 2011 seventh-round pick to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.[70]

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[32] Condition satisfied.

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[27] "Penguins Acquire The Rights To Defenseman Dan Hamhuis". Penguins.nhl.com. Retrieved March 26, 2012.

[29] "Day 2 provides more wheeling and dealing". Nhl.com. June 26, 2010. Retrieved March 26, 2012.

[30] "Penguins Acquire James Neal and Matt Niskanen From Dallas In Exchange For Alex Goligoski". Penguins.nhl.com. Retrieved March 26, 2012.

[31] "Penguins Acquire Alex Kovalev from Ottawa In Exchange for a Conditional Seventh-Round Pick". Penguins.nhl.com. Retrieved March 26, 2012.

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[35] "Penguins Sign Forward Craig". Pittsburgh Penguins. July 2, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2010.

[36] "Penguins Sign Left Wing Sterling". Pittsburgh Penguins. July 3, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2010.

[37] "Penguins Agree to Terms with Defenseman Andrew Hutchinson". Pittsburgh Penguins. July 7, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2010.

[38] "Penguins Sign Defenseman Potter". Pittsburgh Penguins. July 16, 2010. Archived from the original on July 19, 2010. Retrieved July 17, 2010.

[39] "Penguins Sign Forward Arron Asham". Pittsburgh Penguins. August 20, 2010. Archived from the original on August 21, 2010. Retrieved August 21, 2010.

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[41] "Penguins Sign Forward Thompson". Pittsburgh Penguins. March 28, 2011. Retrieved March 28, 2011.

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[55] "Penguins Re-Sign Forward Chris Conner". Penguins.nhl.com. Retrieved March 26, 2012.

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