the penguins beat new york islanders in 2016 stanley cup.
the penguins beat new york islanders in 2016 stanley cup.
who did the penguins beat in 2016 stanley cup?
new york islanders
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the 2016 stanley cup final was the championship series of the national hockey league's (nhl) 2015–16 season, and the culmination of the 2016 stanley cup playoffs. the eastern conference champion pittsburgh penguins defeated the western conference champion san jose sharks four games to two to win their fourth championship in franchise history (winning the clinching game of all four on the road). penguins captain sidney crosby was awarded the conn smythe trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs.
2016 stanley cup finals
more recently, with the drafting and emergence of alexander ovechkin in washington, and sidney crosby in pittsburgh, the rivalry has heated up again, with controversial comments that alexander semin made about crosby in the media and physical altercations taking place between ovechkin and malkin during games. one of the best series to date between the teams was the 2009 eastern conference semifinals, in which the capitals took a 2–0 series lead before letting it go once again to be downed in 7 games, ending with a 6–2 game 7 loss at the verizon center. just like in 1991 and 1992, the penguins defeated the capitals in the playoffs en route to the stanley cup. the two teams faced off at the 2011 nhl winter classic hosted in pittsburgh at heinz field, with the capitals emerging victorious 3–1, and a hit in the game resulting in crosby missing nearly all of two seasons with concussion-related issues. the capitals and penguins completed their second playoff confrontation in the ovechkin-crosby era in the 2016 stanley cup playoffs with the penguins winning in six games, again preceding pittsburgh's fourth stanley cup title. in 2017, the capitals and penguins met again in the second round. pittsburgh gained a 3–1 series lead only to see washington win the next two games. the penguins would shut out the capitals at verizon center in washington to advance to the eastern conference finals and eventually the franchise's fifth stanley cup. the two teams would again face off in the 2018 stanley cup playoffs in the second round for the third consecutive year. the washington capitals would defeat the pittsburgh penguins in six games to advance to the eastern conference final, and eventually win the stanley cup.
national hockey league rivalries