2016 Stanley Cup Finals

2016 Stanley Cup Finals
Teams12*3*456Games
San Jose Sharks 2131412
Pittsburgh Penguins  3 2 23 2 3 4

* – Denotes overtime period(s)

Location:San Jose: SAP Center (3, 4, 6)
Pittsburgh: Consol Energy Center (1, 2, 5)
Format:Best-of-seven
Coaches:San Jose: Peter DeBoer
Pittsburgh: Mike Sullivan
Captains:San Jose: Joe Pavelski
Pittsburgh: Sidney Crosby
National anthem:San Jose: Annemarie Martin (3)
San Jose::Metallica (4)[1]
San Jose::Pat Monahan (6)[2]
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
 < 2015Stanley Cup Finals 

The 2016 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League (NHL)'s 2015–16 season, and the culmination of the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs. This was the 123rd year of the Stanley Cup's presentation. 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 (all of them on the road). The Penguins had home ice advantage in the series, being the club with the better regular season record. The series began on May 30, 2016 and concluded on June 12, 2016.[3] This was the first Stanley Cup Final since 2007 to feature a team making their first appearance in the Finals in their club history.

The Eastern Conference team had home-ice advantage in the Final in consecutive seasons for the first time since the 2004 and 2006 Finals.

For the first time since 2011, an Eastern Conference team won the Stanley Cup and that neither the Chicago Blackhawks nor the Los Angeles Kings won the Stanley Cup.

Teams

Pittsburgh Penguins

This was Pittsburgh's fifth Finals appearance, the first since winning the Cup in 2009, and 25 years after their first Stanley Cup winning season in 1991. Since their win in 2009, the Penguins lost in the Conference Finals in 2013 in four games to the Boston Bruins and were eliminated twice by the New York Rangers in 2014 and 2015.

The Penguins made major trades during the off-season, receiving forwards Phil Kessel and Nick Bonino to improve their offense. Pittsburgh entered the 2015–16 season re-signing defenceman Olli Maatta and forward Bryan Rust. In free agency, the Penguins were able to sign centres Matt Cullen and Eric Fehr. During the season, the Penguins fired their coach Mike Johnston on December 12, 2015 after compiling a 15–10–3 record. Pittsburgh replaced him with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins coach Mike Sullivan who went 33–16–5. The Penguins made two major trades before the trade deadline, receiving defenceman Trevor Daley and forward Carl Hagelin. After goalie Marc-Andre Fleury suffered a concussion on April 2, the team turned to rookie Matt Murray for the final week of the regular season and throughout the playoffs.

Pittsburgh earned 104 points (48 wins, 26 losses, and eight overtime losses) during the regular season to finish second in the Metropolitan Division. Centre and team captain Sidney Crosby led the club in scoring during the regular season and finished third in the league with 85 points.

In the playoffs, the Penguins eliminated the New York Rangers in five games, after being defeated consecutively by them in 2014 and 2015, defeated the Presidents' Trophy-winning Washington Capitals in six games, and extinguished the defending Conference champion Tampa Bay Lightning in the Conference Final in seven games.

San Jose Sharks

This was San Jose's first Finals appearance in their 25-year history.

During the off-season the Sharks hired former New Jersey Devils head coach Peter DeBoer to replace Todd McLellan. The Sharks also traded for goalie Martin Jones, the former Los Angeles Kings backup goalie. The Sharks also picked up defenceman Paul Martin and right wingers Joel Ward and Dainius Zubrus via free agency. Before the trade deadline, the Sharks acquired forward Nick Spaling, defenceman Roman Polak as well as goalie James Reimer to improve defensively.

San Jose earned 98 points (46 wins, 30 losses, six overtime losses) to finish third in the Pacific Division. Centre Joe Thornton led the club in scoring with 82 points, and finished tied for fourth in the League, followed closely by centre and team captain Joe Pavelski with 78 points and defenceman Brent Burns with 75 points.

In the playoffs, San Jose avenged their previous loss to the Los Angeles Kings in 2014, in which they gave up a 3–0 series lead, by defeating the Kings in five games. San Jose also eliminated the Nashville Predators in seven games, winning every home game in the series, then defeated the St. Louis Blues in the Conference Final in six games.

Series

Number in parentheses represents the player's total goals or assists to that point of the entire four rounds of the playoffs

Game one

In game one, it remained scoreless until both Bryan Rust and Conor Sheary scored a minute apart for the Penguins midway in the first period. San Jose came back in the second period with a power play goal by Tomas Hertl at 3:02 and the tying goal by Patrick Marleau at 18:12. The score remained tied 2–2 through most of the third period even with the Penguins firing off 18 shots on goal and it appeared that the game would go into overtime. However, Nick Bonino's goal at 17:27 gave the Penguins the lead, after receiving a pass from Kris Letang that went past the Sharks' defencemen Brent Burns (who had just moments earlier lost his stick) and Paul Martin. The Penguins held off the Sharks in the final minutes to take game one 3–2.[4][5]

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st PIT Bryan Rust (6) Justin Schultz (3) and Chris Kunitz (7) 12:46 1–0 PIT
PIT Conor Sheary (3) Sidney Crosby (10) and Olli Maatta (5) 13:48 2–0 PIT
2nd SJ Tomas Hertl (6) – pp Joonas Donskoi (5) and Brent Burns (15) 3:02 2–1 PIT
SJ Patrick Marleau (5) Brent Burns (16) and Logan Couture (17) 18:12 2–2
3rd PIT Nick Bonino (4) Kris Letang (9) and Carl Hagelin (8) 17:27 3–2 PIT
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st SJ Dainius Zubrus High Sticking 8:54 2:00
2nd PIT Ian Cole Hooking 1:14 2:00
SJ Joe Pavelski Tripping 18:52 2:00
SJ Joe Thornton Roughing 18:52 2:00
PIT Evgeni Malkin Slashing 18:52 2:00
3rd SJ Patrick Marleau Illegal Check to Head 4:47 2:00
PIT Ben Lovejoy Hooking 17:51 2:00
Shots by period
Team 1 2 3 Total
San Jose 4 13 9 26
Pittsburgh 15 8 18 41

Game two

In game two, eleven and six shots were taken for the Penguins and Sharks respectively in the first period, but no goals were scored. In the second period, a series of mistakes led to a Penguins goal starting first with defenceman Roman Polak of the Sharks almost giving it away to Phil Kessel, then Brenden Dillon got stripped of the puck by Carl Hagelin who gave it to Nick Bonino for a tip-in by Kessel. The Sharks were able to tie the game late in the third on a goal by Justin Braun to send the game into overtime. Early in overtime, a quick shot by Conor Sheary got past the Sharks goaltender Martin Jones to give the Penguins a 2–0 series lead.[6][7]

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st None
2nd PIT Phil Kessel (10) Nick Bonino (13) and Carl Hagelin (9) 8:20 1–0 PIT
3rd SJ Justin Braun (1) Logan Couture (18) and Joel Ward (6) 15:55 1–1
OT PIT Conor Sheary (4) Kris Letang (10) and Sidney Crosby (11) 2:35 2–1 PIT
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st SJ Paul Martin Delay of Game (Puck over Glass) 12:09 2:00
2nd SJ Paul Martin High-sticking 8:50 2:00
PIT Ian Cole Interference 18:49 2:00
3rd None
OT None
Shots by period
Team 1 2 3 OT Total
San Jose 6 5 9 2 22
Pittsburgh 11 12 6 1 30

Game three

In game three, Ben Lovejoy started off the scoring at 5:29 of the first period after his shot got deflected in off Sharks defenceman Roman Polak. The Sharks tied it up at 9:34 on Justin Braun's goal after receiving a pass from Joe Thornton. The Penguins got their second lead of the game in the second period with Ben Lovejoy's point shot being tipped in off forward Patric Hornqvist's stick. In the third period, Penguins forward Nick Bonino high-sticked Thornton (resulting in some blood being spilled) causing a four-minute power play for the Sharks. In the dying seconds of the power play, Joel Ward fired a slap shot that got past Matt Murray. In overtime, Joonas Donskoi fired a shot that went high over Murray into the net for the game winner.[8]

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st PIT Ben Lovejoy (2) Unassisted 5:29 1–0 PIT
SJ Justin Braun (2) Joe Thornton (16) and Marc-Edouard Vlasic (11) 9:34 1–1
2nd PIT Patric Hornqvist (8) Ben Lovejoy (4) and Olli Maatta (6) 19:07 2–1 PIT
3rd SJ Joel Ward (7) Joonas Donskoi (6) and Joe Thornton (17) 8:48 2–2
OT SJ Joonas Donskoi (6) Chris Tierney (3) 12:18 3–2 SJ
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st SJ Joel Ward High-sticking 2:58 2:00
2nd PIT Carl Hagelin Tripping 10:39 2:00
3rd PIT Nick Bonino High-sticking (double-minor) 4:48 4:00
OT None
Shots by period
Team 1 2 3 OT Total
Pittsburgh 14 6 13 9 42
San Jose 6 9 7 4 26

Game four

The Penguins scored first for the seventh consecutive game; at 7:36 of the first period, after receiving a pass from Evgeni Malkin, Phil Kessel sped into the Sharks zone and fired a shot that rebounded off Martin Jones onto Ian Cole's stick for his first playoff goal. In the second period, Sharks forward Melker Karlsson got called for interference against Eric Fehr and on the ensuing power play, Malkin tipped in a shot by Kessel for the Penguins' second goal. During the third period, Karlsson was able to cut the deficit to one at 8:07. However, the Penguins were able to regain a two-goal lead with 2:02 left when Carl Hagelin received a chip pass from Olli Maatta then gave it to Eric Fehr who fired a snap shot past Jones.[9]

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st PIT Ian Cole (1) Phil Kessel (10) and Evgeni Malkin (12) 7:36 1–0 PIT
2nd PIT Evgeni Malkin (5) Phil Kessel (11) and Kris Letang (11) 2:37 2–0 PIT
3rd SJ Melker Karlsson (4) Chris Tierney (4) and Brenden Dillon (1) 8:07 2–1 PIT
PIT Eric Fehr (3) Carl Hagelin (10) and Olli Maatta (7) 17:58 3–1 PIT
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st SJ Marc-Edouard Vlasic Interference 11:37 2:00
PIT Ben Lovejoy Holding the stick 14:45 2:00
2nd SJ Melker Karlsson Interference 2:28 2:00
PIT Bryan Rust Hooking 17:33 2:00
3rd None
Shots by period
Team 1 2 3 Total
Pittsburgh 6 7 7 20
San Jose 8 4 12 24

Game five

In game five, four goals were scored in the first 5:06 of the game. Brent Burns started the scoring at 1:04 slipping it past the Penguins goaltender on the right post after receiving a pass from Melker Karlsson. For the Sharks, it was their first lead in the Finals during regulation. At 2:53, the Sharks scored their second goal; this time Logan Couture scored the goal, deflecting a shot by Justin Braun. Less than two minutes later, Sharks forward Dainius Zubrus got called for a delay of game after shooting the puck over the glass. On the ensuing power play, Evgeni Malkin's shot got deflected off Braun's skate, cutting the deficit to 2–1. Twenty-two seconds later, Brenden Dillon gave away the puck to Nick Bonino who shot it on goal then getting deflected in by Carl Hagelin. In the middle of the first period on the power play, the Penguins shot once on the crossbar and Phil Kessel's shot went off both posts but stayed out. Later in the period, Dillon passed down low for Couture who sauced a backhand pass for Karlsson's goal to regain the lead for the Sharks. The Sharks then played defensively throughout the second and third period with goaltender Martin Jones stopping all 31 shots. Joe Pavelski provided an empty-net goal to force a sixth game.[10]

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st SJ Brent Burns (7) Melker Karlsson (2) and Logan Couture (19) 1:04 1–0 SJ
SJ Logan Couture (9) Justin Braun (5) 2:53 2–0 SJ
PIT Evgeni Malkin (6) – pp Phil Kessel (12) and Kris Letang (12) 4:44 2–1 SJ
PIT Carl Hagelin (6) Nick Bonino (14) 5:06 2–2
SJ Melker Karlsson (5) Logan Couture (20) and Brenden Dillon (2) 14:47 3–2 SJ
2nd None
3rd SJ Joe Pavelski (14) – en Joe Thornton (18) 18:40 4–2 SJ
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st SJ Danius Zubrus Delay of game (shot puck over glass) 4:21 2:00
SJ Brent Burns High-sticking 8:18 2:00
2nd PIT Bench (served by Phil Kessel) Too many men on ice 5:58 2:00
SJ Melker Karlsson Slashing 10:30 2:00
3rd PIT Carl Hagelin Hooking 14:04 2:00
PIT Sidney Crosby Roughing 19:56 2:00
SJ Melker Karlsson Roughing 19:56 2:00
Shots by period
Team 1 2 3 Total
San Jose 7 8 7 22
Pittsburgh 15 17 14 46

Game six

In game six, Brian Dumoulin started the scoring for Pittsburgh on the power play, taking a pass from Justin Schultz and Chris Kunitz. In the second period, San Jose tied it up as Logan Couture took a pass from Melker Karlsson and fired a shot past Matt Murray. A little over a minute later though, Pittsburgh took the lead again as a shot by Kris Letang ricocheted off Sharks goaltender Martin Jones into the net. The Penguins played defensively in the third period, limiting the shots by the Sharks to two. The Penguins got an empty-net goal by Patric Hornqvist as insurance. The Pittsburgh Penguins won their fourth Stanley Cup in their franchise history, winning all on the road.[11]

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st PIT Brian Dumoulin (2) – pp Justin Schultz (4) and Chris Kunitz (8) 8:16 1–0 PIT
2nd SJ Logan Couture (10) Melker Karlsson (3) and Brent Burns (17) 6:27 1–1
PIT Kris Letang (3) Sidney Crosby (12) and Conor Sheary (6) 7:46 2–1 PIT
3rd PIT Patric Hornqvist (9) – en Sidney Crosby (13) 18:50 3–1 PIT
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st SJ Dainius Zubrus Tripping 7:50 2:00
2nd None
3rd PIT Conor Sheary Hooking 5:26 2:00
SJ Brent Burns Slashing 11:02 2:00
PIT Eric Fehr High-sticking 19:50 2:00
Shots by period
Team 1 2 3 Total
Pittsburgh 9 11 7 27
San Jose 4 13 2 19

Rosters

Pittsburgh Penguins

# Nat Player Position Hand Age Acquired Place of birth Finals appearance
19 United States Bennett, BeauBeau Bennett RW R 24–18224 2010 Gardena, California first
13 United States Bonino, NickNick Bonino C L 28–03728 2015 Hartford, Connecticut first
28 United States Cole, IanIan Cole D L 27–09627 2015 Ann Arbor, Michigan first
87 Canada Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby – C C L 28–29428 2005 Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia third (2008, 2009)
7 United States Cullen, MattMatt Cullen C L 39–20739 2015 Virginia, Minnesota second (2006)
6 Canada Daley, TrevorTrevor Daley D L 32–23132 2015 Toronto, Ontario first
8 United States Dumoulin, BrianBrian Dumoulin D L 24–26424 2012 Biddeford, Maine first
16 Canada Fehr, EricEric Fehr C/RW R 30–26330 2015 Winkler, Manitoba first
29 Canada Fleury, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Fleury G L 31–18131 2003 Sorel-Tracy, Quebec third (2008, 2009)
62 Sweden Hagelin, CarlCarl Hagelin LW L 27–27827 2016 Södertälje, Sweden second (2014)
72 Sweden Hornqvist, PatricPatric Hornqvist RW R 29–14727 2014 Sollentuna, Sweden first
81 United States Kessel, PhilPhil Kessel RW R 28–23828 2015 Madison, Wisconsin first
34 Germany Kuhnhackl, TomTom Kuhnhackl LW L 24–12724 2010 Landshut, Germany first
14 Canada Kunitz, ChrisChris Kunitz – A LW L 36–24436 2009 Regina, Saskatchewan third (2007, 2009)
58 Canada Letang, KrisKris Letang D R 29–03329 2005 Montreal, Quebec third (2008, 2009)
12 United States Lovejoy, BenBen Lovejoy D R 32–09732 2015 Concord, New Hampshire first
3 Finland Maatta, OlliOlli Maatta D L 21–27921 2012 Jyväskylä, Finland first
71 Russia Malkin, EvgeniEvgeni Malkin – A C L 29–30129 2004 Magnitogorsk, Soviet Union third (2008, 2009)
30 Canada Murray, MattMatt Murray G L 22–00222 2012 Thunder Bay, Ontario first
51 Canada Pouliot, DerrickDerrick Pouliot D L 22–13222 2012 Estevan, Saskatchewan first
17 United States Rust, BryanBryan Rust RW R 24–01624 2010 Pontiac, Michigan first
4 Canada Schultz, JustinJustin Schultz D R 25–32625 2016 Kelowna, British Columbia first
43 United States Sheary, ConorConor Sheary LW L 23–35423 2015 Melrose, Massachusetts first
40 Sweden Sundqvist, OskarOskar Sundqvist C/RW R 22–06522 2012 Boden, Sweden first
37 United States Zatkoff, JeffJeff Zatkoff G L 28–35328 2012 Detroit, Michigan first

San Jose Sharks

# Nat Player Position Hand Age Acquired Place of birth Finals appearance
61 United States Braun, JustinJustin Braun D R 29–10629 2007 St. Paul, Minnesota first
88 Canada Burns, BrentBrent Burns D R 31–07831 2011 Barrie, Ontario first
39 Canada Couture, LoganLogan Couture – A C L 27–05927 2007 Guelph, Ontario first
4 Canada Dillon, BrendenBrenden Dillon D L 25–19525 2014 New Westminster, British Columbia first
27 Finland Donskoi, JoonasJoonas Donskoi RW R 24–04324 2015 Raahe, Finland first
48 Czech Republic Hertl, TomasTomas Hertl LW L 22–19622 2012 Prague, Czech Republic first
31 Canada Jones, MartinMartin Jones G L 26–13726 2015 North Vancouver, British Columbia second (2014)
68 Sweden Karlsson, MelkerMelker Karlsson C/RW R 25–31325 2014 Lycksele, Sweden first
12 Canada Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau LW L 36–25436 1997 Swift Current, Saskatchewan first
7 United States Martin, PaulPaul Martin D L 35–08235 2015 Elk River, Minnesota first
83 United States Nieto, MattMatt Nieto LW L 23–20323 2011 Long Beach, California first
8 United States Pavelski, JoeJoe Pavelski – C C R 31–32031 2003 Plover, Wisconsin first
46 Czech Republic Polak, RomanRoman Polak D R 30–02830 2016 Ostrava, Czechoslovakia first
34 Canada Reimer, JamesJames Reimer G L 28–07228 2016 Morweena, Manitoba first
16 Canada Spaling, NickNick Spaling C L 27–25027 2016 Palmerston, Ontario first
19 Canada Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton – A C L 36–32936 2005 London, Ontario first
50 Canada Tierney, ChrisChris Tierney C L 21–33021 2012 Keswick, Ontario first
44 Canada Vlasic, Marc-EdouardMarc-Edouard Vlasic D L 29–05729 2005 Montreal, Quebec first
42 Canada Ward, JoelJoel Ward RW R 35–17635 2015 North York, Ontario first
57 United States Wingels, TommyTommy Wingels RW/C R 28–04428 2008 Evanston, Illinois first
9 Lithuania Zubrus, DainiusDainius Zubrus C/RW L 37–34537 2015 Elektrėnai, Lithuanian SSR third (1997, 2012)

Pittsburgh Penguins – 2016 Stanley Cup champions

The 2016 Stanley Cup was presented to Penguins captain Sidney Crosby by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman following the Penguins' 3–1 win over the Sharks in game six.

Coaching and Administrative Staff:


Engraving notes:

Pittsburgh broke the 1938 Chicago Black Hawks' record of eight US born players with ten US born players on the Stanley Cup winning team: Nick Bonino, Ian Cole, Matt Cullen, Brian Dumoulin, Phil Kessel, Ben Lovejoy, Kevin Porter, Bryan Rust, Conor Sheary, and Jeff Zatkoff.

Included on the team picture, but left off the Stanley Cup.

Players who were part of the 2009 and 2016 Stanley Cup wins:

- Engraved as players twice: Sidney Crosby, Marc-Andre Fleury, Chris Kunitz, Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin and Pascal Dupuis (retired on Dec. 8, 2015)
- Engraved as player once: Ben Lovejoy (included on 2009 team picture but did not qualify to be on Cup that year)
- Engraved twice (including once as a player — in 2009): Bill Guerin (assistant general manager in 2016)

TV and radio

In the U.S., the Finals was split between NBC and NBCSN. NBCSN aired two games of the series while NBC aired the other five (if necessary).[12] On May 27, NBC Sports announced that if the series was tied at 1-1 entering Game 3, then it would have aired on NBC and Game 4 televised on NBCSN. However, if one team led 2-0 (as this eventually happened), Game 3 moved to NBCSN and then Game 4 on NBC.[13] The games were broadcast nationally on radio via the NBC Sports Radio network.[14]

In Canada, the series aired on CBC Television (through Hockey Night in Canada, as produced by Sportsnet through a brokerage agreement) in English,[15] and TVA Sports in French.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Metallica to play anthem before Game 4". NHL.com. National Hockey League. 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
  2. ↑ "Train's Pat Monahan to perform anthem for Game 6". NHL.com. National Hockey League. 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  3. 1 2 "Stanley Cup Final schedule". NHL.com. New York City: NHL Enterprises, L.P. May 26, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  4. ↑ Crosby, Wes (May 30, 2016). "Penguins score late to win Game 1 against Sharks". NHL.com. Pittsburgh: NHL Enterprise, L.P. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  5. ↑ Graves, Will (May 31, 2016). "Penguins edge Sharks 3-2 in Game 1 of Stanley Cup Final". Associated Press. Pittsburgh: AP News. Associated Press. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
  6. ↑ Crosby, Wes (June 1, 2016). "Penguins win Game 2 against Sharks in overtime". NHL.com. Pittsburgh: NHL Enterprise, L.P. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  7. ↑ Graves, Will (June 2, 2016). "Penguins edge Sharks 2-1, take 2-0 lead in Stanley Cup Final". Associated Press. Pittsburgh: AP News. Associated Press. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
  8. ↑ Gilmore, Eric (June 4, 2016). "Sharks win Game 3 in OT, first of Cup Final". NHL.com. San Jose: NHL Enterprise, L.P. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  9. ↑ Roarke, Shawn P. (June 6, 2016). "Penguins win Game 4, one victory from Stanley Cup". NHL.com. San Jose: NHL Enterprise, L.P. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  10. ↑ Crosby, Wes (June 9, 2016). "Sharks win Game 5, keep Penguins from Stanley Cup". NHL.com. Pittsburgh: NHL Enterprise, L.P. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  11. ↑ Gilmore, Eric (June 12, 2016). "Penguins win Stanley Cup, defeat Sharks in Game 6". National Hockey League. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  12. ↑ "NBC Sports Group to present every Stanley Cup playoff game for fifth consecutive year" (Press release). Stamford, Connecticut: NBC Sports. April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  13. ↑ "NBC Sports switches TV schedule for Stanley Cup Final". Sports Illustrated. New York City: Time Inc. May 27, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  14. ↑ Thomas, Ian (May 3, 2016). "NBC Sports Radio Named Terrestrial Partner For '16 Stanley Cup Final". Sports Business Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  15. ↑ "The Final Stage is Set: Sportsnet Announces 2016 Stanley Cup Final Broadcast Schedule" (Press release). Toronto: Sportsnet. May 26, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
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