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 Finals
1 2 3 4 5 6 Total San Jose Sharks 2 1 3 1 4 1 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 3 2 2 3 2 3 4
* – Denotes overtime period(s)
Location(s)	San Jose: SAP Center (3, 4, 6) Pittsburgh: Consol Energy Center (1, 2, 5)
Coaches	San Jose: Peter DeBoer Pittsburgh: Mike Sullivan
Captains	San Jose: Joe Pavelski Pittsburgh: Sidney Crosby
National anthems	San Jose: Annemarie Martin (3) San Jose::Metallica (4) San Jose::Patrick Monahan (6) Pittsburgh: Jeff Jimerson
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

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		Beau Bennett	RW	R	24–18224	2010	Gardena, California	first
13		Nick Bonino	C	L	28–03728	2015	Hartford, Connecticut	first
28		Ian Cole	D	L	27–09627	2015	Ann Arbor, Michigan	first
87		Sidney Crosby – C	C	L	28–29428	2005	Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia	third (2008, 2009)
7		Matt Cullen	C	L	39–20739	2015	Virginia, Minnesota	second (2006)
6		Trevor Daley	D	L	32–23132	2015	Toronto, Ontario	first
8		Brian Dumoulin	D	L	24–26424	2012	Biddeford, Maine	first
16		Eric Fehr	C/RW	R	30–26330	2015	Winkler, Manitoba	first
29		Marc-Andre Fleury	G	L	31–18131	2003	Sorel-Tracy, Quebec	third (2008, 2009)
62		Carl Hagelin	LW	L	27–27827	2016	Södertälje, Sweden	second (2014)
72		Patric Hornqvist	RW	R	29–14727	2014	Sollentuna, Sweden	first
81		Phil Kessel	RW	R	28–23828	2015	Madison, Wisconsin	first
34		Tom Kuhnhackl	LW	L	24–12724	2010	Landshut, Germany	first
14		Chris Kunitz – A	LW	L	36–24436	2009	Regina, Saskatchewan	third (2007, 2009)
58		Kris Letang	D	R	29–03329	2005	Montreal, Quebec	third (2008, 2009)
12		Ben Lovejoy	D	R	32–09732	2015	Concord, New Hampshire	second (2009)
3		Olli Maatta	D	L	21–27921	2012	Jyväskylä, Finland	first
71		Evgeni Malkin – A	C	L	29–30129	2004	Magnitogorsk, Soviet Union	third (2008, 2009)
30		Matt Murray	G	L	22–00222	2012	Thunder Bay, Ontario	first
51		Derrick Pouliot	D	L	22–13222	2012	Estevan, Saskatchewan	first
17		Bryan Rust	RW	R	24–01624	2010	Pontiac, Michigan	first
4		Justin Schultz	D	R	25–32625	2016	Kelowna, British Columbia	first
43		Conor Sheary	LW	L	23–35423	2015	Melrose, Massachusetts	first
40		Oskar Sundqvist	C/RW	R	22–06522	2012	Boden, Sweden	first
37		Jeff Zatkoff	G	L	28–35328	2012	Detroit, Michigan	first

San Jose Sharks

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