2017–18 Pittsburgh Penguins season 2017–18 Pittsburgh Penguins season The 2017–18 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the 51st season for the National Hockey League ice hockey team that was established on June 5, 1967. They entered the season as two-time defending Stanley Cup champions. It was the first season since the 2002–03 season in which the team played without goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, who was drafted to the Vegas Golden Knights in the expansion draft. The Penguins failed to defend their title, after being eliminated in the Second Round of the playoffs by the eventual Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals, ending their chances of a possible three-peat,
1938 Stanley Cup Finals Goodman played and lost game two. Karakas returned for games three and four wearing a steel toe in his skate to protect his foot. Chicago set a record with eight American players winning the Stanley Cup. Also set a record for attendance with 18,497 in game three. It was the second time in NHL history a team would win the stanley cup after starting three different goalies in the playoffs after the Detroit Red Wings accomplish the feed the previous year, no Stanley Cup Champions would win the cup while starting three different goalies until the Penguins did it in