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. (en)
Saison 2015-2016 des Penguins de Pittsburgh Autres saisons Saison suivante La saison 2015-2016 des Penguins de Pittsburgh est la quarante-neuvième saison de la franchise de hockey sur glace au sein de la Ligue nationale de hockey. Au cours de cette saison, les Penguins connaissent un début de saison compliqué emmenant le départ de l'entraîneur Mike Johnston remplacé par Mike Sullivan en décembre. Ils terminent tout de même la saison régulière deuxièmes de leur division et passent par la suite tous les tours des séries pour jouer la finale de la Coupe Stanley contre les Sharks de San José , le 12 juin 2016, la quatrième de leur histoire. Le capitaine de l'équipe, Sidney Crosby est désigné meilleur joueur des séries éliminatoires et remporte le trophée Conn-Smythe allant avec. (fr)