penguins have won stanley cup five times.
penguins have won stanley cup five times.
how many times have penguins won stanley cup?
five times
the franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original expansion from six to twelve teams. the penguins played in the civic arena, also known as the igloo, from the time of their inception through the end of the 2009–10 season, when they moved to the consol energy center, which was later renamed ppg paints arena. the 1992–93 penguins won the franchise's first-ever presidents' trophy for being the team with the most points at the end of the regular season. in addition to their eight division titles, they have qualified for six stanley cup finals, winning the stanley cup five times – in 1991, 1992, 2009, 2016, and 2017. along with the edmonton oilers, the penguins are tied for the most stanley cup championships among non-original six teams and sixth overall. with their stanley cup wins in 2016 and 2017, the penguins became the first back-to-back champions in 19 years (since the 1997–98 detroit red wings) and the first team to do so since the introduction of the nhl salary cap. they also became the fifth team to accomplish this feat multiple times.
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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.
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