2016 Stanley Cup Finals

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.

2016 Stanley Cup Final
Teams 1 2* 3* 4 5 6 Games San Jose Sharks  2 1 3 1 4 1 2 Pittsburgh Penguins  3 2 2 3 2 3 4 * – Denotes overtime period(s)
Location: San Jose: SAP Center (3, 4, 6) Pittsburgh: Consol Energy Center (1, 2, 5) Format: Best-of-seven Coaches: San Jose: Peter DeBoer Pittsburgh: Mike Sullivan Captains: San Jose: Joe Pavelski Pittsburgh: Sidney Crosby 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
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The Penguins beat the Sharks winning the series in game 6 at SAP Center, 3-1.

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

#	Nat	Player	Position	Hand	Age	Acquired	Place of birth	Finals appearance
19		Bennett, BeauBeau Bennett	RW	R	24–18224	2010	Gardena, California	first
13		Bonino, NickNick Bonino	C	L	28–03728	2015	Hartford, Connecticut	first
28		Cole, IanIan Cole	D	L	27–09627	2015	Ann Arbor, Michigan	first
87		Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby – C	C	L	28–29428	2005	Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia	third (2008, 2009)
7		Cullen, MattMatt Cullen	C	L	39–20739	2015	Virginia, Minnesota	second (2006)
6		Daley, TrevorTrevor Daley	D	L	32–23132	2015	Toronto, Ontario	first
8		Dumoulin, BrianBrian Dumoulin	D	L	24–26424	2012	Biddeford, Maine	first
16		Fehr, EricEric Fehr	C/RW	R	30–26330	2015	Winkler, Manitoba	first
29		Fleury, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Fleury	G	L	31–18131	2003	Sorel-Tracy, Quebec	third (2008, 2009)
62		Hagelin, CarlCarl Hagelin	LW	L	27–27827	2016	Södertälje, Sweden	second (2014)
72		Hornqvist, PatricPatric Hornqvist	RW	R	29–14727	2014	Sollentuna, Sweden	first
81		Kessel, PhilPhil Kessel	RW	R	28–23828	2015	Madison, Wisconsin	first
34		Kuhnhackl, TomTom Kuhnhackl	LW	L	24–12724	2010	Landshut, Germany	first
14		Kunitz, ChrisChris Kunitz – A	LW	L	36–24436	2009	Regina, Saskatchewan	third (2007, 2009)
58		Letang, KrisKris Letang	D	R	29–03329	2005	Montreal, Quebec	third (2008, 2009)
12		Lovejoy, BenBen Lovejoy	D	R	32–09732	2015	Concord, New Hampshire	second (2009)
3		Maatta, OlliOlli Maatta	D	L	21–27921	2012	Jyväskylä, Finland	first
71		Malkin, EvgeniEvgeni Malkin – A	C	L	29–30129	2004	Magnitogorsk, Soviet Union	third (2008, 2009)
30		Murray, MattMatt Murray	G	L	22–00222	2012	Thunder Bay, Ontario	first
51		Pouliot, DerrickDerrick Pouliot	D	L	22–13222	2012	Estevan, Saskatchewan	first
17		Rust, BryanBryan Rust	RW	R	24–01624	2010	Pontiac, Michigan	first
4		Schultz, JustinJustin Schultz	D	R	25–32625	2016	Kelowna, British Columbia	first
43		Sheary, ConorConor Sheary	LW	L	23–35423	2015	Melrose, Massachusetts	first
40		Sundqvist, OskarOskar Sundqvist	C/RW	R	22–06522	2012	Boden, Sweden	first
37		Zatkoff, JeffJeff Zatkoff	G	L	28–35328	2012	Detroit, Michigan	first

San Jose Sharks

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

2016 Stanley Cup Finals Media

• Nick Bonino 2016-04-07 1.JPG

  Nick Bonino scored the game-winning goal in game one.

• Conor Sheary 2016-04-28 1.JPG

  Conor Sheary scored the game-winning goal in overtime of game two.

• Joonas Donskoi Sharks.jpg

  Joonas Donskoi scored the game-winning goal in overtime of game three.

• Matt Murray 2016-04-28 1.JPG

  Matt Murray saved 23 of 24 shots faced in game four.

• Logan Couture 2016.jpg

  Logan Couture scored three points in game five, adding to his playoff-leading 30-point campaign.

• Kris Letang 2017-06-11 1.jpg

  Kris Letang scored the Stanley Cup-clinching goal in game six.

• Crosby2.jpg

  Sidney Crosby captained the Penguins to their second Stanley Cup championship and third Finals appearance in nine seasons

• Joe Pavelski.jpg

  Joe Pavelski captained the Sharks to their first Stanley Cup Final appearance in franchise history.

• The Penguins and the Sharks shaking hands afterGame 6