POS. PLAYERS POS. PLAYERS. 30 Cam Ward G 80 Rasmus Tirronen G. 29 Marc-Andre Fleury G 30 Matt Murray G

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1 GOALTENDERS 29 Marc-Andre Fleury G 30 Matt Murray G GOALTENDERS 30 Cam Ward G 80 Rasmus Tirronen G POS. PLAYERS 2 Adam Clendening D 3 Olli Maatta D 8 Brian Dumoulin D 9 Pascal Dupuis F 11 Kevin Porter F 14 Chris Kunitz F 28 Ian Cole D 32 Harrison Ruopp D 39 Jean-Sebastien Dea F 41 Daniel Sprong F 42 Tyler Biggs F 46 Dominik Uher F 49 Dominik Simon F 52 Jaden Lindo F 53 Barry Goers D 55 Sergei Gonchar D 58 Kris Letang D 61 Sergei Plotnikov F 71 Evgeni Malkin F 72 Patric Hornqvist F 81 Phil Kessel F 87 Sidney Crosby F VP / General Manager: Jim Rutherford Assoicate GM: Jason Botterill Assistant GM: Bill Guerin VP of Hockey Ops: Jason Karmanos Head Coach: Mike Johnston Asst. Coaches: Gary Agnew, Rick Tocchet Goaltending Coach: Mike Bales Special Assistant to the Head Coach: Jacques Martin Video Coach: Andy Saucier POS. PLAYERS 4 Haydn Fleury D 5 Noah Hanifin D 14 Nathan Gerbe F 16 Elias Lindholm F 20 Riley Nash F 21 James Wisniewski D 22 Zach Boychuk F 23 Brock McGinn F 25 Chris Terry F 39 T.J. Hensick F 43 Erik Karlsson F 47 Michal Jordan D 49 Victor Rask F 52 Justin Shugg F 53 Jeff Skinner F 55 Roland McKeown D 56 Brendan Woods F 62 Rasmus Rissanen D 71 Lucas Wallmark F 74 Jaccob Slavin D EVP / General Manager: Ron Francis Assistant GM: Brian Tatum Assistant GM / Dir. of Hockey Ops: Mike Vellucci Assistant GM: Ricky Olczyk Head Coach: Bill Peters Assistant Coaches: Rod Brind Amour, Steve Smith Goaltending Coach: David Marcoux Linesmen: Michel Cormier (#76), John Grandt (#98) National Anthem: Caroline McCabe Referees: Kendrick Nicholson (#44), Greg Kimmerly (#18)

2 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 2015 TRAINING CAMP ROSTER (as of ) Player # Pos. Shoots HT WT DOB (Age) Club Stats Status How Acquired GP G A PTS PIM DEFENSEMEN (17) Andersen, Niclas 38 D L /28/1988 (27) Brynas (SHL) NHL Signed as FA, 6/15/15 Clendening, Adam 2 D R /26/1992 (22) Vancouver (NHL) NHL Trade with VAN 7/28/15 Chicago (NHL) Utica (AHL) Cole, Ian 28 D L /21/1989 (26) St. Louis (NHL) NHL Trade with STL 3/2/15 Pittsburgh (NHL) Dumoulin, Brian 8 D L /06/1991 (24) Pittsburgh (NHL) NHL Trade with CAR 06/22/12 W-B/Scranton (AHL) Erixon, Tim 44 D L /24/1991 (24) Toronto (NHL) NHL Trade with TOR 7/1/15 Chicago (NHL) Columbus (NHL) Goers, Barry 53 D R /14/1986 (29) W-B/Scranton (AHL) AHL Gonchar, Sergei 55 D L /13/1974 (41) Montreal (NHL) PTO Dallas (NHL) Letang, Kris 58 D R /24/1987 (28) Pittsburgh (NHL) NHL Round 3 (62nd overall) 2005 Draft Lovejoy, Ben 12 D R /20/1984 (31) Pittsburgh (NHL) NHL Trade with ANA 3/2/15 Anaheim (NHL) Maatta, Olli 3 D L /22/1994 (21) Pittsburgh (NHL) NHL Round 1 (22nd overall) 2012 Draft McNeill, Reid 33 D L /29/1992 (23) W-B/Scranton (AHL) NHL Round 6 (170th overall) 2010 Draft Oleksy, Steve 65 D R /04/1986 (29) Washington (NHL) NHL Signed as FA, 7/1/15 Hershey (AHL) O'Neill, Will 27 D L /28/1988 (27) St. John's (AHL) NHL Signed as FA, 7/2/15 Pouliot, Derrick 51 D L /16/1994 (21) Pittsburgh (NHL) NHL Round 1 (8th overall) 2012 Draft W-B/Scranton (AHL) Ruopp, Harrison 32 D R /17/1993 (22) W-B/Scranton (AHL) NHL Trade with ARZ 6/22/12 Wheeling (ECHL) Scuderi, Rob 4 D L /30/1978 (36) Pittsburgh (NHL) NHL Signed as FA, 7/5/13 Warsofsky, David 5 D L /30/1990 (25) Boston (NHL) NHL Signed as FA, 7/1/15 Providence (AHL) FORWARDS (32) Stats Archibald, Josh 45 RW R /06/1992 (22) W-B/Scranton (AHL) NHL Round 6 (174th overall) 2011 Draft Wheeling (ECHL) Bennett, Beau 19 RW R /27/1991 (23) Pittsburgh (NHL) NHL Round 1 (20th overall) 2010 Draft W-B/Scranton (AHL) Biggs, Tyler 42 RW R /30/1993 (22) Toronto (AHL) NHL Trade with TOR 7/1/15 Orlando (ECHL) Bonino, Nick 13 C L /20/1988 (27) Vancouver (NHL) NHL Trade with VAN 7/28/15 Crosby, Sidney 87 C L /07/1987 (28) Pittsburgh (NHL) NHL Round 1 (1st overall) 2005 Draft Cullen, Matt 7 C L /02/1976 (38) Nashville (NHL) NHL Signed as free agent 8/6/15 Dea, Jean-Sebastien 39 C R /08/1994 (21) W-B/Scranton (AHL) NHL Signed as free agent 9/17/13 Wheeling (ECHL) Dupuis, Pascal 9 RW L /07/1979 (36) Pittsburgh (NHL) NHL Trade with ATL 2/26/08 Farnham, Bobby 24 RW L /21/1989 (26) Pittsburgh (NHL) NHL Signed as FA, 7/5/13 Fehr, Eric 16 C R /07/1985 (30) Washington (NHL) NHL Signed as FA, 7/28/15 Hornqvist, Patric 72 RW R /01/1987 (28) Pittsburgh (NHL) NHL Trade with NSH 06/27/14 Kessel, Phil 81 RW R /02/1987 (27) Toronto (NHL) NHL Trade with TOR 7/1/15 Kostopoulos, Tom 59 C R /24/1979 (36) W-B/Scranton (AHL) AHL Kuhnhackl, Tom 34 RW L /21/1992 (23) W-B/Scranton (AHL) NHL Round 4 (110th overall) 2010 Draft Kunitz, Chris 14 LW L /26/1979 (35) Pittsburgh (NHL) NHL Trade with ANA 02/26/09 Lindo, Jaden 52 RW R /11/1996 (19) Owen Sound (OHL) UDC Round 6 (173rd overall) 2014 Draft

3 Malkin, Evgeni 71 C L /31/1986 (29) Pittsburgh (NHL) NHL Round 1 (2nd overall) 2004 Draft Marcantuoni, Matia 36 RW R /22/1994 (21) W-B/Scranton (AHL) NHL Round 4 (92nd overall) 2012 Draft Wheeling (ECHL) Mouillierat, Kael 22 LW L /09/1987 (27) NY Islanders (NHL) NHL Signed as FA, 7/1/15 Bridgeport (AHL) Perron, David 57 LW R /28/1988 (27) Edmonton (NHL) NHL Trade with EDM 1/2/15 Pittsburgh (NHL) Plotnikov, Sergei 61 LW L /03/1990 (25) Yaroslavl (KHL) NHL Signed as FA, 7/1/15 Porter, Kevin 11 C L /12/1986 (29) Grand Rapids (AHL) NHL Signed as FA, 7/1/15 Rowney, Carter 54 RW R /10/1989 (26) W-B/Scranton (AHL) AHL Rust, Bryan 17 RW R /11/1992 (23) Pittsburgh (NHL) NHL Round 3 (80th overall) 2010 Draft W-B/Scranton (AHL) Sheary, Conor 43 LW L /08/1992 (23) W-B/Scranton (AHL) NHL Signed as free agent 7/1/15 Sestito, Tom 47 LW L /28/1987 (27) Vancouver (NHL) PTO Utica (AHL) Simon, Dominik 49 C L /08/1994 (21) Plzen HC (Czech) NHL Round 5 (137th overall) 2015 Draft Sprong, Daniel 41 RW R /17/1997 (18) Charlottetown (QMJHL) NHL Round 2 (46th overall) 2015 Draft Sundqvist, Oskar 40 C R /23/1994 (21) Skelleftea (SHL) NHL Round 3 (81st overall) 2012 Draft Uher, Dominik 46 C L /31/1992 (22) Pittsburgh (NHL) NHL Roud 5 (144th overall) 2011 Draft W-B/Scranton (AHL) Wilson, Scott 23 LW L /24/1992 (23) Pittsburgh (NHL) NHL Round 7 (209th overall) 2011 Draft W-B/Scranton (AHL) Zlobin, Anton 48 LW R /22/1993 (22) W-B/Scranton (AHL) NHL Round 6 (173rd overall) 2012 Draft GOALTENDERS (4) Catches GP Record SO GAA SV% Fleury, Marc-Andre 29 G L /28/1984 (30) Pittsburgh (NHL) NHL Round 1 (1st overall) 2003 Draft Jarry, Tristan 35 G L /29/1995 (20) Edmonton (WHL) NHL Round 2 (44th overall) 2013 Draft Murray, Matt 30 G L /25/1994 (21) W-B/Scranton (AHL) NHL Round 3 (83rd overall) 2012 Draft Zatkoff, Jeff 37 G L /09/1987 (28) Pittsburgh (NHL) NHL Signed as FA, 7/1/12 Key UDC Unsigned draft choice AHL AHL contract NHL NHL contract ATO Amateur Tryout PTO Professional Tryout W-B/Scranton (AHL)

4 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS (1-0- 0) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (0-1- 0) Tuesday, September 22, 2015 CONSOL Energy Center 7 p.m. Penguins 2015 Preseason Schedule Date Opponent Time Television Result Monday, Sept. 21 at Columbus 7 p.m. NONE 1-0, SOW Tuesday, Sept. 22 CAROLINA 7 p.m. WPCW Thursday, Sept. 24 at Detroit 7:30 p.m. ROOT SPORTS Saturday, Sept. 26 COLUMBUS 4 p.m. WPCW Monday, Sept. 28 at Montreal (Quebec) 7 p.m. NONE Tuesday, Sept. 29 TAMPA BAY (Johnstown) 7:30 p.m. NBC Sports Network Wednesday, Sept. 30 DETROIT 7 p.m. NONE Friday, Oct. 2 at Carolina 7 p.m. NONE (All times Eastern) All Penguins preseason games can be heard on the team s official flagship radio station, The X HOME EXHIBITION OPENER Tonight the Penguins play their first preseason home game against the Carolina Hurricanes at 7 p.m. This is the first of three exhibition games the Penguins will play at CONSOL Energy Center. On Saturday, Sept. 26 the Penguins and Blue Jackets will meet at 4 p.m. in the fifth annual Free Game For Kids, and Wednesday, Sept. 30 the Penguins host the Detroit Red Wings. Last season the Penguins went 2-2 against the Hurricanes, including a 1-1 mark here at CONSOL Energy Center. Chris Kunitz led the Penguins in both goals (2) and points (4) during the season series. Sidney Crosby and Beau Bennett each had a team- best three assists. TONIGHT S GAME ON WPCW As a reminder, tonight s game is the first of four Penguins preseason games that will be shown on television. Tonight s action can be seen on Pittsburgh s CW (WPCW), with regular TV commentators Paul Steigerwald, Bob Errey and Dan Potash calling the action. Pittsburgh s game on Thursday in Detroit will be broadcast on regional rightsholder ROOT SPORTS; while Saturday s fifth annual Free Game for Kids will be on Pittsburgh s CW. The Kraft Hockeyville USA game between the Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning in Johnstown, Pa. on Sept. 29 will be nationally broadcast by NBC Sports Network. That game will have a 7:40 p.m. puck drop, with Doc Emrick, Pierre McGuire and Jeremy Roenick calling the action. The pregame show will be live on site beginning at 7 p.m. with hosts Bob Costas, Liam McHugh and Mike Milbury.

5 BEAU KNOWS WINNING The Penguins won their preseason opener last night in Columbus, 1-0 in a shootout, as Beau Bennett was the lone shooter on either side to convert in the shootout. Jeff Zatkoff got the start for Pittsburgh and went 40 minutes, stopping all 23 shots he faced. Tristan Jarry played the final 25 minutes, stopped all seven shots he saw before denying all three shootout attempts, earning Jarry the victory. The contest was supposed to be one of Pittsburgh s three pre- selected games to feature 3- on- 3 overtime following regulation, regardless of the score, but the new format was needed anyways when neither team scored in the first 60 minutes. One wrinkle of 3- on- 3 overtime was on display as a Columbus penalty on Antti Pihlstrom gave the Penguins a power play, which was played 4- on- 3 since three skaters are the fewest an NHL team can have on the ice at any one time. Bennett led the Penguins with seven shots, with David Perron finishing just behind him with six. Defenseman David Warsofsky, signed from the Boston organization on July 1, logged a team- best 25:45 minutes. Reid McNeill and Ben Lovejoy paced the club with five hits each. In the shootout, Conor Sheary and Perron had the other attempts for the Penguins. Oliver Bjorkstrand, Alexander Wennberg and Ryan Murray all shot for Columbus, with none of the three successful. BY THE NUMBERS Below is a look at the Penguins exhibition totals: Goals by Period OT TOTAL PGH OPP Shots by Period OT TOTAL PGH OPP Power Play 0- for- 5 Penalty Kill 4- for- 4 Date Opponent GF GA SF SA PP PK FOW FOL PCT 9/21 at Columbus /5 4/ /22 CAROLINA 9/24 at Detroit 9/26 COLUMBUS 9/28 at Montreal 9/29 TAMPA BAY 9/30 DETROIT 10/2 at Carolina TOTALS /5 4/

6 NEUTRAL SITE VISITS Pittsburgh will play a pair of neutral site games this preseason on back- to- back nights September The first night the Penguins will head to Quebec City to play the Montreal Canadiens in the first- ever game at the Videotron Centre. One night later, the Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning meet in the first- ever Kraft Hockeyville USA contest versus the Tampa Bay Lightning at the historic Cambria County War Memorial Arena in Johnstown, Pa. War Memorial Arena was the setting for the famous 1977 comedy Slap Shot featuring the late Paul Newman based upon the fictional Charlestown Chiefs hockey team. Penguins goaltender Marc- Andre Fleury and ROOT SPORTS reporter Dan Potash did a remake of one of the iconic scenes from the movie, an interview conducted by broadcaster Jim Carr with French- Canadian goaltender Denis Lemieux of the Charlestown Chiefs. Below is a link to the video and an article on the skit: NBC Sports Network will broadcast Slap Shot immediately following the Penguins- Lightning tilt. 3- on- 3 OVERTIME This season the NHL has instituted 3- on- 3 overtime to help settle games that are deadlocked after 60 minutes of regulation. If games are still tied following overtime, the contest will advance to the shootout format. During the preseason, any game that is tied will use 3- on- 3, followed by the shootout. In an effort to help teams prepare for the new format, each club has had three of its preseason games pre- selected to play 3- on- 3 following regulation, REGARDLESS of the score. For score- keeping purposes, the team ahead at the end of regulation will have been deemed the winner, eliminating the need for a shootout even if 3- on- 3 concludes without a goal. Here are the three games the Penguins will DEFINITELY play 3- on- 3 overtime: Monday, Sept. 21 at Columbus 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24 at Detroit 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26 COLUMBUS 4 p.m. Pittsburgh s first pre- selected 3- on- 3 overtime contest, the exhibition opener against the Columbus Blue Jackets, required overtime anyways as neither team scored during the first 60 minutes. The match remained scoreless following five minutes of 3- on- 3, necessitating a shootout. During the 3- on- 3 overtime against Columbus, the Penguins played two minutes with a 4- on- 3 power play, as the Blue Jackets Antti Pihlstrom was whistled for boarding.

7 WHEELIN AND DEALIN Penguins GM Jim Rutherford and his hockey operations staff made several roster moves this summer to help transform Pittsburgh s offensive attack. The biggest move was the July 1 blockbuster deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs to acquire five- time 30- goal scorer Phil Kessel as part of a megadeal that saw Nick Spaling, Scott Harrington and Kasperi Kapanen exit the Penguins organization. In late July, the Penguins swung another big deal, sending Brandon Sutter, who was coming off a career- high 21 goals, to Vancouver for versatile, two- way forward Nick Bonino and prospect D- man Adam Clendening, in a move that also saw the Penguins acquire a 2016 second- round pick in exchange for a third- rounder. In free agency the Penguins signed NHL vets Eric Fehr and Matt Cullen, while also luring Russian winger Sergei Plotnikov from the KHL and Swedish blueliner Niclas Andersen from the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Below is a look at the additions and subtractions to Pittsburgh s depth chart since the end of the 2015 postseason: ADDITIONS SUBTRACTIONS D Niclas Andersen (FA- SHL) F Craig Adams (FA) F Tyler Biggs (T- Toronto) F Blake Comeau (FA- Colorado) D Adam Clendening (T- Vancouver) D Taylor Chorney (FA- Washington) F Matt Cullen (FA- Nashville) F Steve Downie (FA- Arizona) D Tim Erixon (T- Toronto) F Andrew Ebbett (FA- Europe) F Eric Fehr (FA- Washington) D Christian Ehrhoff (FA- Los Angeles) F Phil Kessel (T- Toronto) G Thomas Greiss (FA- NY Islanders) F Kael Mouillierat (FA- NY Islanders) D Scott Harrington (T- Toronto) D Steve Oleksy (FA- Washington) F Maxim Lapierre (FA- Europe) D Will O Neill (FA- Winnipeg) F Jayson Megna (FA- NY Rangers) F Sergei Plotnikov (FA- KHL) F Nick Spaling (T- Toronto) F Kevin Porter (FA- Detroit) F Brandon Sutter (T- Vancouver) D David Warsofsky (FA- Boston) F Daniel Winnik (FA- Toronto) TRYOUT TIME The Penguins have invited two NHL veterans to camp on professional tryout contracts defenseman Sergei Gonchar and forward Tom Sestito. Gonchar was a member of the Penguins 2009 Stanley Cup championship club during his original run with the club from During that time he rung up 259 points (54G- 205A), the sixth- highest total among blueliners in team history. Last season, Gonchar split the year between the Dallas Stars and Montreal Canadiens.

8 Sestito, the largest member of the Penguins training camp roster at 6- foot- 5, 228 pounds, played last year with the Vancouver Canucks and their top minor- league affiliate in Utica of the American Hockey League (AHL). LAST SEASON LOOKBACK Last year the Penguins played their first season under the direction of rookie head coach Mike Johnston, finishing fourth in the Metropolitan Division, which earned a First Round meeting with the New York Rangers, who eliminated Pittsburgh for the second- consecutive year, 4-1. The regular season was a tale of two halves for the Penguins, as the club stormed out of the gate to a mark through the first 41 games, but a rash of injuries led to an uneven second half that forced the Penguins to defeat the Buffalo Sabres (2-0) on the final night of the regular season to earn a ninth- consecutive postseason appearance. Goaltender Marc- Andre Fleury was a rock between the pipes, leading the NHL with a career- high 10 shutouts en route to being crowned Team MVP. Captain Sidney Crosby once again led the team in points with 84, as he and Evgeni Malkin tied for the team goal- scoring lead with 28 apiece. Although Kris Letang was limited to just 69 games in large part because of a concussion suffered on March 28 against Arizona, he still put together the finest regular season of his career, establishing career bests in both assists (43) and points (54) while excelling in his own zone. SUMMER OF SID Penguins captain Sidney Crosby enjoyed an eventful summer, with the highlight being his first- ever Sidney Crosby Hockey School held August 3-7 in his hometown of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The camp, which featured 120 boys and girls aged 8-12 was held at Cole Harbour Place. It included on- ice skill development, dry- land and other off- ice activities and special guest presentations. Among the NHL players who assisted Crosby during his camp were Nate MacKinnon, Zach Sill and Andrew MacDonald. Crosby and McKinnon were also photographed together working a Tim Hortons drive- thru window as part of a commercial they were filming. In August, Crosby and his former teammate/linemate, Colby Armstrong, played for the Penguins staff dek hockey club, Team Iceland, for a ball- hockey game in Cranberry, Pa. Crosby donned the goaltender pads and picked up the shootout victory in a 4-3 Iceland win. Crosby stopped both shooters he faced in the shootout, while Armstrong scored Iceland s opening goal in regulation and added a shootout marker.

9 ROOKIE TOURNAMENT RECAP Pittsburgh sent a group of 26 prospects and free agent invites to the annual rookie tournament in London, Ontario Sept The Penguins, who were coached by the Wilkes- Barre/Scranton staff of Mike Sullivan and Jay Leach, along with Wheeling head man Clark Donatelli, went 2-1. Pittsburgh opened the tournament with a 4-3 overtime win against Montreal, then posted an impressive 4-1 defeat of the Ottawa Senators the following afternoon. The tournament concluded with a 6-2 loss to Toronto in the concluding matchup. The 4-3 overtime win against Montreal marked the first time this season that the Penguins participated in a 3- on- 3 overtime session. Pittsburgh won the game 1:18 into OT when 2015 second- round (46 th overall) Daniel Sprong beat Montreal s Anthony Fucale with a backhander on a breakaway. That play was preceded by Montreal hitting two posts behind Pittsburgh s Matt Murray at the opposite end. Sprong led Pittsburgh in both goals (2) and points (3) during the rookie tournament. Below is a look at the Penguins offensive and goaltending statistics that weekend: Name Pos. GP G A PTS Daniel Sprong F Matt Murphy D Jean- Sebastien Dea F Matia Marcantuoni F Oskar Sundqvist F Anton Zlobin F Conor Sheary F Mickael Beauregard D Scott Wilson F Sahir Gill F Jaden Lindo F Ty Loney F Josh Archibald F Tyler Biggs F Nat Halbert D Kameron Kielly F Miles Liberati D Dominik Simon F Name W- L- O MIN GA Shots Saves GAA SVP Matt Murray Tristan Jarry

10 PITTSBURGH NAMED A FINALIST FOR THE 2018 WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP USA Hockey announced on Tuesday, Sept. 15 that Pittsburgh was named one of three finalists along with Buffalo and St. Louis to host the 2018 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship. Officials from USA Hockey will visit each of the three finalist cities over the next month and a final decision on the host for the event is expected by the end of the year. The IIHF World Junior Championship is an annual event that features 10 nations and the future stars of the NHL. It is conducted in late December/early January each year and includes the best male players in the world under the age of 20. All total, 31 games are played in the championship over a two- and- a- half week stretch with worldwide television coverage, including the NHL Network in the United States. The IIHF World Junior Championship has been officially staged by the IIHF since USA Hockey has served as the host federation for the event on five occasions, including 1982 (Minneapolis/St. Paul), 1989 (Anchorage, Alaska), 1996 (Boston, Massachusetts), 2005 (Grand Forks, North Dakota/Thief River Falls, Minnesota) and 2011 (Buffalo, New York).

11 FORWARDS 45 Josh Archibald Pos: RW Age: 22 Birth Place: Regina, SK Height: 5-10 Weight: 176 How Acquired: Drafted 6th Round (174th overall), 2011 *Recorded 2 hits and 2 blocked shots on 9/21 at Columbus *Completed his 1st full season as a pro in , primarily in the AHL *Played 2 seasons of college hockey with the University of Nebraska- Omaha (UNO) of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) *Played with fellow Penguins prospect Jake Guentzel in with UNO Mavericks *Was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award as the top NCAA college hockey player and was an NCAA First- Team All- American in Beau Bennett Pos: RW Age: 23 Birth Place: Gardena, CA Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 How Acquired: Drafted 1st Round (20th overall), 2010 *Recorded team- leading 7 shots on net and scored the game- deciding shootout goal on 9/21 at Columbus *Played 5:31 on the power- play unit for Pittsburgh on 9/21 at Columbus *Played his 3rd professional season with Pittsburgh in the NHL in *Appeared in a career- high 49 regular season games last season, totaling 4 goals and 8 assists *Set a career high with 3 points (1G- 2A) in a game on Nov. 18, 2014 at Montreal *Scored his 1st career playoff goal in his 1st career playoff game on his 1st career playoff shot 5/1/2013 vs. NY Islanders; Became the 1st Pens rookie to score a goal in his 1st playoff game since Jordan Staal (4/11/2007 at Ottawa) 42 Tyler Biggs Pos: RW Age: 22 Birth Place: Binghamton, NY Height: 6-2 Weight: 221 How Acquired: Trade with TOR (7/1/15) * Originally drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1 st round (22 nd overall) of the 2011 NHL Draft * Has played last two full seasons as a member of the Toronto Marlies (AHL) * Product of U.S. National Team Development Program also has won 4 gold medals with Team USA in international play (2010 U- 17 World Championships, 10 U- 18 World Championships, 11 U- 18 WJC and 13 U- 20 WJC)

12 13 - Nick Bonino Pos: C Age: 27 Birth Place: Hartford, CT Height: 6-1 Weight: 196 How Acquired: Trade with VAN (8/28/15) *Was late scratch due to illness on 9/21 at Columbus *.58 points- per- game average over past 2 seasons; scored 37 goals and 52 assists in 152 games with Anaheim and Vancouver during that span *Career high 22 goals in season with Anaheim; has 37 tallies in the past 2 seasons *Career high 6 game- winning goals in ranked 2nd on Vancouver (Radim Vrbata; 7) *Won the 2009 NCAA national championship with Boston University; played 3 seasons of collegiate hockey at BU, totaling 45 goals, 72 assists and 117 points in 116 games 87 Sidney Crosby Pos: C Age: 28 Birth Place: Cole Harbour, NS Height: 5-11 Weight: 200 How Acquired: Drafted 1st Round (1st overall), 2005 *Appeared in 77 regular- season games in season, totaling 28 goals and 56 assists for 84 points *With a 51- goal season in , Crosby earned his first- career Rocket Richard Trophy *Third on the franchise s all- time scoring list with 853 points, behind only Mario Lemieux (1,723) and Jaromir Jagr (1,079) *Five- time Penguins team MVP ( , 06-07, 09-10, 12-13, 13-14) 7 Matt Cullen Pos: C Age: 38 Birth Place: Virginia, MN Height: 6-1 Weight: 200 How Acquired: Signed as UFA (9/06/15) *Ranked second among forwards in shorthanded time on ice with 2:51 on 9/21 at Columbus *Eighteen NHL seasons; most experienced player on team s roster by 3 years (Pascal Dupuis, 15th year) *Has played 1,212 career NHL games played with Anaheim, Florida, Carolina, NY Rangers, Minnesota and Nashville; ranks 10th among active players *Nine goals scored in 38 games versus Pittsburgh in his career, in addition to 16 assists for 25 points and a plus- 6 *Won over 50 percent of his faceoffs in 11- straight seasons, including a 54- percent winning percentage in with Nashville; holds a 54.2 percent career percentage 39 Jean- Sebastian Dea Pos: C Age: 21 Birth Place: Laval, QC Height: 5-11 Weight: 175 How Acquired: Signed as UDFA (9/17/13) *Played 1- plus seasons of pro hockey *Split 1st full pro season between Wilkes- Barre/Scranton of the AHL and Wheeling of the ECHL in season

13 *Set AHL career highs in games played (43), goals (10), assists (11), points (21) and power play goals (7) *Played 3- seasons with the Rouyn- Noranda Huskies of the QMJHL, and totaled 111 goals and 192 points in his 183 career QMJHL games (1.05 per game) 9 Pascal Dupuis Pos: RW Age: 36 Birth Place: Laval, QC Height: 6-1 Weight: 205 How Acquired: Trade with ATL (2/26/08) *Played 16 games in season, missing majority of the season due to a diagnosed blood clot *Recorded his 400th NHL point (goal) on Oct. 25, 2014 at Nashville *Scored double- digit goals 11 times in NHL career; only times he failed to do so were injury- shortened seasons in (ACL/MCL tear) and (blood clot) *Key member of the Penguins successful PK unit, which ranked in the NHL s top- 5 on 3 occasions (1st, 86.1%, 10-11; 3rd, 87.8%; 11-12; 5th, 85%, 13-14) *Recorded an NHL- best and career- long 17- game scoring streak in , totaling 22 points (10G- 12A); is the longest in the league over the past 4 years 24 Bobby Farnham Pos: RW Age: 26 Birth Place: North Andover, MA Height: 5-10 Weight: 188 How Acquired: Signed as UFA (7/5/13) *Had 4 shots on net, 2 hits and a takeaway in 12:43 minutes on 9/21 at Columbus *Was named to the ECAC All- Academic Team his freshman year in *Has recorded at least 166 penalty minutes in each of his 3 full American Hockey League seasons *Made his NHL debut against Columbus on Dec. 13, Eric Fehr Pos: C Age: 30 Birth Place: Winkler, MB Height: 6-4 Weight: 212 How Acquired: Signed as UFA (7/28/15) * Currently sidelined due to offseason elbow surgery *Was drafted in the 1 st round of the 2003 NHL draft by Washington *Won career- high 52 percent of faceoffs in with Washington *Four game winning goals in , topping his previous mark of 3 in *His 19 goals last season were the second- highest mark of his career 72 Patric Hornqvist Pos: RW Age: 28 Birth Place: Solletuna, Sweden Height: 5-11 Weight: 189 How Acquired: Trade with NSH (6/27/14) *Has scored at least 20 goals in 5 of his 7 NHL seasons *Only one of 3 players selected with the final pick in the NHL Draft to play at least 100 NHL games and record at least 150 points

14 *.80 average points per game with Pens in , a career- best mark *Totaled 25 goals last season, tops among all Pittsburgh wingers 81 Phil Kessel Pos: RW Age: 27 Birth Place: Madison, WI Height: 6-0 Weight: 202 How Acquired: Trade with TOR (7/1/15) *151 goals in the last 5 years, tied for 4 th most in NHL in that span *Has represented the United States in Olympic competition twice, during the 2010 and 2014 games *446 consecutive games played entering the season *275 points since the season, ranking 6 th most in NHL *5 time 30- goal scorer; career high 37 goals in Tom Kostopoulos Pos: C Age: 36 Birth Place: Mississauga, ON Height: 6-0 Weight: 197 How Acquired: Signed to AHL deal (9/3/13) *Paced all Pittsburgh skaters with 2:56 of shorthanded ice time on 9/21 at Columbus *Spent last two seasons with the Wilkes- Barre/Scranton Penguins *He was originally drafted by the Penguins in the 7 th round (204 th overall) of the 1999 NHL Draft *He has split time in the NHL with the Penguins, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, Carolina Hurricanes, Calgary Flames and the New Jersey Devils 34 Tom Kuhnhackl Pos: RW Age: 23 Birth Place: Landshut, Germany Height: 6-2 Weight: 196 How Acquired: Drafted 4 th round (110 overall), 2010 *Set career highs in games played (72), goals (12), assists (18), and points (30), during his season in Wilkes- Barre/Scranton *He will enter his 4 th professional season, splitting his first 3 between WBS (AHL) and Wheeling (ECHL) from *His father, Erich, was elected to the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Hall of Fame in 1997 and was named German hockey player of the century in Chris Kunitz Pos: LW Age: 35 Birth Place: Regina, SK Height: 6- foot Weight: 195 How Acquired: Trade with ANA (02/26/09) *Enjoyed best season in , setting career highs in goals (35) and points (68) *Had 5 game- winning goals last season, tied for most on the team. His 18 game winners since since 2012 are tied for 5 th most in the NHL *Led the team in hits last season with 211

15 *Was 1 st Ferris State player to be named Central Collegiate Hockey Association s Player of the Year. Also named to the CCHA All- Decade Team *At age 34, Kunitz was named to his first ever Canadian Olympic Team in 2014 and scored in Canada s 3-0 win over Sweden in the Gold Medal Game 52 Jaden Lindo Pos: RW Age: 19 Birth Place: Brampton, ON Height: 6-2 Weight: 211 How Acquired: Drafted 6 th Round (173 rd overall), 2014 *Played for Owen Sound of the OHL from *Has 130 PIM in 152 career games in the OHL *Was selected 26 th overall in the 2012 OHL Priority Selection Draft by the Owen Sound Attack 71 Evgeni Malkin Pos: C Age: 29 Birth Place: Magnitogorsk, RUS Height: 6-3 Weight: 195 How Acquired: Drafted 1 st round (2 nd overall), 2004 *Began season with an 11- game scoring streak in which he tallied 17 points (6G- 11A) *Malkin finished the season ranking 7 th among all NHL skaters in points- per- game, with a 1.01 mark *Since , his 284 points points rank 2 nd behind just Claude Giroux (300 pts). During that span of the last 4 seasons, Malkin has 110 goals and 174 assists 36 Matia Marcantuoni Pos: RW Age: 21 Birth Place: Woodbridge, ON Height: 6- foot Weight: 200 How Acquired: Drafted 4 th round (92 nd overall), 2012 *In 59 games with WBS, Marcantuoni tallied 4 goals and 10 assists. Finished season as a plus- 4 *Completed first full professional season in , splitting time between Wheeling (ECHL) and Wilkes- Barre/Scranton (AHL) *Won a gold medal at the 2011 under- 17 World Hockey Challenge representing Ontario, where he served as team captain 22 Kael Mouillierat Pos: LW Age: 27 Birth Place: Edmonton, AB Height: 6- foot Weight: 188 How Acquired: Signed as UFA (7/1/15) *Won 7 of 12 faceoffs on 9/21 at Columbus *Made his NHL debut in with NY Islanders. Finished with 6 NHL games last season, totaling 1 goal and 1 assist with 8 penalty minutes *Scored his first career goal on Feb. 24 vs. Arizona *Played 69 games for Bridgeport and finished with a career- high 24 goals and 50 points

16 57 David Perron Pos: LW Age: 27 Birth Place: Sherbrooke, QC Height: 6- foot Weight: 200 How Acquired: Trade with EDM (1/2/15) *Led Pittsburgh skaters with 6:17 of power- play time and ranked 2 nd with 6 shots on 9/21 at Columbus *Is one of two Penguins players selected in the first round of 2007 Draft by St. Louis (Ian Cole, 18 th overall) * Finished with 110 blocked shots in , ranking 3 rd on Pittsburgh *Perron has hit the 20- goal mark 3 times in his career, including a career- best 28 in Has hit the 40- point plateau 5 times in his career *Perron has 2 career hat tricks 61 Sergei Plotnikov Pos: LW Age: 25 Birth Place: Komsomolsk- na- Amure, RUS Height: 6-2 Weight: 202 How Acquired: Signed as UFA (7/1/15) *Russian winger has played entire professional career (6 years) in the KHL, splitting time between Khabarovsk and Yaroslavl *Bought out his own KHL contract one year early for the opportunity to come overseas and play in the NHL *Has been selected to play in the KHL all- star game on two occasions, including in *Set new career highs in goals (t- 15), assists (21) and points (36) in while serving as an alternate captain for Yaroslavl 11 Kevin Porter Pos: C Age: 29 Birth Place: Detroit, MI Height: 5-11 Weight: 191 How Acquired: Signed as UFA (7/1/15) *Played parts of 6 NHL seasons with Arizona, Colorado, and Buffalo *Won Hobey Baker award as nation s top college player following his senior campaign ( ) *Posted 33 goals and 63 points in 43 games in the collegiate season 54 Carter Rowney Pos: RW Age: 26 Birth Place: Grand Prairie, AB, CAN Height: 6-2 Weight: 208 How Acquired: Signed to AHL deal (6/15/15) *Attended Pittsburgh s development camp before eventually signing an AHL contract prior to last season *Spent with Wilkes- Barre/Scranton *Totaled 73 points in his 4- year collegiate career at the University of North Dakota 17 Bryan Rust Pos: RW Age: 23 Birth Place: Pontiac, MI Height: 5-11 Weight: 192 How Acquired: Drafted 3 rd round (80 th overall), 2010

17 *Made his NHL debut on Dec. 13, 2014 against the Columbus Blue Jackets *One of 6 Penguins to make their NHL debut in the season *Played 4 seasons for Notre Dame where he tallied 43 goals and 54 assists in 161 career games. 43 Conor Sheary Pos: LW Age: 23 Birth Place: Melrose, MA Height: 5-9 Weight: 175 How Acquired: Signed as UFA (7/1/15) *Played 6:08 on the power play and recorded 3 shots on 9/21 at Columbus *Led WBS in scoring with 45 points (20G- 25A) in the season *Also led WBS in playoff scoring with 12 points (5G- 7A) in 8 games *Finished college career (UMass- Amherst) ranked 7 th in assists (66), 8 th in points (104) and 15 th in goals (38) in team history 47 Tom Sestito Pos: LW Age: 27 Birth Place: Utica, NY Height: 6-5 Weight: 228 How Acquired: Attending camp on PTO *Led all Pittsburgh forwards with 4 hits 9/21 at Columbus *Split time in his NHL career between the Blue Jackets, Flyers and Canucks *Has totaled 432 PIM in 137 NHL games *Won the Memorial Cup with the Plymouth Whalers in the season 49 Dominik Simon Pos: C Age: 21 Birth Place: Praha, CZE Height: 5-11 Weight: 176 How Acquired: Drafted 5th round (137 th overall), 2015 *Played for HZ Plzen of the Czech Extraliga, the teamed owned by former Penguin s forward Martin Straka *His 18 goals ranked second on Plzen, while his 30 points placed 3 rd *Was featured on a line with Jaromir Jagr at the 2015 World Championships for the Czech Republic 41 Daniel Sprong Pos: RW Age: 18 Birth Place: Amsterdam, Netherlands Height: 6- foot Weight: 180 How Acquired: Drafted 2nd round (46 th overall), 2015 *Had 88 points (39G- 49A) in 68 games for Charlottetown in the QMJHL *He was drafted 13th overall by the Charlottetown Islanders in the 2013 QMJHL entry draft *He was named to the QMJHL All- Rookie team in the season 40 Oskar Sundqvist Pos: C Age: 21 Birth Place: Boden, Sweden Height: 6-3 Weight: 209 How Acquired: Drafted 3rd round (81 st overall), 2012

18 *Won 7 draws and blocked 2 shots 9/21 at Columbus *Played 41 games for the Skelleftea of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) and set career highs in goals (9), points (19) and PIM (34) *Made his North American debut with WBS in the Calder Cup playoffs *Helped Sweden win a silver medal at the 2014 World Junior Championship by chipping in 2 goals in 7 games 46 Dominik Uher Pos: C Age: 22 Birth Place: Ostvava, CZE Height: 6- foot Weight: 202 How Acquired: Drafted 5th round (144 th overall), 2012 *Made his NHL debut Dec. 23, 2015 against the Tampa Bay Lightning *In the season, Uher set career highs in games played (72), goals (13), points (26), plus- minus (+11) and shots (108) *Represented the Czech Republic in the 2012 World Junior Championship and in the 2010 World Under- 18 Championship, where he was an alternate captain 23 Scott Wilson Pos: LW Age: 23 Birth Place: Oakville, ON Height: 5-11 Weight: 183 How Acquired: Drafted in 7 th round (209 th overall), 2011 *Recorded 2 hits and 1 shot in 16:25 of ice time in Monday s 1-0 victory on 9/21 at Columbus *One of 6 forwards to make NHL debut in ; suffered a lower- body injury in the first period of his first NHL game. Spent 6 weeks rehabbing in Pittsburgh before returning to WBS for the rest of the regular season *Returned to Pittsburgh for first- round playoff series versus the New York Rangers. Wilson dressed in 3 of the 5 games in that series *One of WBS top scorers in ; finished with 40 points (18G- 22A) in 54 games *Despite begin limited to just 3 playoff games with WBS after Pittsburgh s season ended, Wilson posted 4 points (2G- 2A) 48 Anton Zlobin Pos: LW Age: 22 Birth Place: Moscow, Russia Height: 5-11 Weight: 209 How Acquired: Drafted 6th round (173rd overall), 2012 *Played 8:01 (15 shifts) on Monday in Pittsburgh pre- season opener on 9/21 at Columbus *Played 6 games with Wilkes- Barre/Scranton in ; season ended prematurely due to shoulder injury which required surgery *Has played 2 pro seasons with Wilkes- Barre/Scranton (AHL) and Wheeling (ECHL) *Played 3 seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) with Shawinigan, helping the team win its 1st Memorial Cup championship in franchise history in 2012

19 DEFENSEMEN 38 Niclas Andersen Pos: D Age: 27 Birth Place: Grums, Sweden Height: 6-1 Weight: 207 How Acquired: Signed as UFA (6/15/15) *Played 29 shifts, including 1:57 minutes of shorthanded time, in first North American professional game on 9/21 at Columbus *Served as team captain for Brynas of Swedish Hockey League (SHL) during season *Established career- highs in goals (5), assists (17) and points (22) during season *Has 8- plus years of pro hockey experience in the SHL and Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) 2 Adam Clendening Pos: D Age: 22 Birth Place: Niagara Falls, NY Height: 6- foot Weight: 190 How Acquired: Trade with VAN (8/28/15) *Scored his 1st NHL goal on his 1st NHL shot during his NHL debut with Chicago in 2014 *Played in 21 NHL regular- season games during season, with the Blackhawks (4) and Canucks (17) *Skated in 23 playoff games with Utica of the AHL in ; was 2nd among Utica defensemen in scoring with 8 points (3G- 5A) *Named an AHL First- Team All- Star in , becoming the first AHL defenseman to make a postseason All- Star Team in each of his first two pro seasons since Ian Cole Pos: D Age: 26 Birth Place: Ann Arbor, MI Height: 6-1 Weight: 219 How Acquired: Trade with STL (3/2/15) *Set a 5 game point/assist streak in season with the Penguins *1st round pick in the 2007 NHL Draft, selected 18th overall by St. Louis *Recorded 2 assists in his last game against Columbus, 4/4/2015 *Played college hockey at Notre Dame from , helping the Irish to its first- ever Frozen Four and title game in school history during his freshman season in 08 8 Brian Dumoulin Pos: D Age: 24 Birth Place: Biddeford, ME Height: 6-4 Weight: 207 How Acquired: Trade with CAR (6/22/12) *Appeared in 8 NHL games with the Penguins in season *Led all Wilkes- Barre Scranton defensemen in points (33) and assists (29) in 62 AHL games last season *Finished 2nd on team and 4th in AHL with a plus- 25

20 *2- time winner of Hockey East s Best Defensive Defensemen Award and Bob Monahan Award as the best defenseman in New England ( , 11-12) *2- time NCAA National Champion with Boston College (2010, 12); selected to the All- Tournament Team during both Frozen Four appearances 44 Tim Erixon Pos: D Age: 24 Birth Place: Fort Chester, NY Height: 6-2 Weight: 200 How Acquired: Trade with TOR (7/1/15) *1 of 3 Pittsburgh players (David Warsofsky, Matt Cullen) to play 2- plus minutes of power- play and shorthanded time on 9/21 at Columbus *Played 3 full seasons in the Swedish Elite League, with career highs in points (24) and games played (48) in *1st- round pick of the 2009 NHL Draft (23rd overall) by Calgary *Participated in 2013 AHL All- Star Classic with Team East (voted to starting lineup by fans) *Played for Columbus from 2012 to 2014, appearing in 52 NHL games while with the team 53 Barry Goers Pos: D Age: 29 Birth Place: Ivyland, PA Height: 5-9 Weight: 175 How Acquired: Signed to AHL deal * NCAA (Hockey East) All- Academic Team at UMass- Lowell * ECHL All- Star Game representative for the Las Vegas Wranglers *Spent with the Wilkes- Barre Scranton Penguins 55 Sergei Gonchar Pos: D Age: 41 Birth Place: Chelyabinsk, Russia Height: 6-2 Weight: 210 How Acquired: Attending Camp on PTO *Key member of defense corps on the Penguins 2009 Stanley Cup championship team *Currently ranks as the 6 th - highest scoring defenseman in the franchise s 49- year history *His 811 career points lead all active NHL defenseman *Served as one of Pittsburgh s alternate captains in his final four seasons with the team from Kris Letang Pos: D Age: 28 Birth Place: Montréal, QC Height: 6-0 Weight: 201 How Acquired: Drafted 3 rd Round (62 nd Overall), 2005 *Enjoyed best season in , establishing career highs in goals (t- 11), assists (43), and points (54) *His 11 goals last season accounted for 39.3% of the team s 28 total tallies from defensemen *Fifteen career postseason goals, tying him with Larry Murphy for the most tallies among blueliners in team playoff history

21 *Letang s.75 average points per game since 2010 is the 2 nd best mark amongst NHL defenseman during that span *Finalist for NHL s Bill Masterton Trophy in Ben Lovejoy Pos: D Age: 31 Birth Place: Concord, NH Height: 6-1 Weight: 206 How Acquired: Trade with ANA (3/2/15) *Recorded team- high 30 shifts and 5 hits (tied Reid McNeill) on 9/21 at Columbus *Led all Pittsburgh defensemen with 5 shots on net versus CBJ *Has been a plus player in 5 of the past 6 NHL seasons *1:57 average shorthanded minutes per game over the past 2 seasons *170 hits in the season, ranking him 1 st among Penguins defenseman *Currently in his second stint with the Penguins after beginning his career with the Pittsburgh organization 3 Olli Maatta Pos: D Age: 21 Birth Place: Jyvaskyla, Finland Height: 6-2 Weight: 206 How Acquired: Drafted 1st Round (22 nd Overall), 2012 *NHL debut came on Oct. 3, 2013 against the New Jersey Devils *29 points (9G- 20A) during the season, ranking 3 rd amongst NHL blueliners *Became just the 7 th defenseman in Penguins team history to win the team s Rookie of the Year award in Reid McNeill Pos: D Age: 23 Birth Place: London, ON Height: 6-4 Weight: 215 How Acquired: Drafted 6th Round (170 th Overall), 2010 *Recorded 7 penalty minutes, including a 3 rd - period fighting major on 9/21 at Columbus *Led all Pittsburgh defensemen with 5 hits (tied Ben Lovejoy) on 9/21 at Columbus *Spent with the Wilkes- Barre Scranton Penguins *Has appeared in 112 career AHL games and 30 postseason contests *Has played 3 seasons of pro hockey, split between Wilkes- Barre/Scranton (AHL) and Wheeling (ECHL) 65 Steve Oleksy Pos: D Age: 29 Birth Place: Chesterfield, MI Height: 6- foot Weight: 190 How Acquired: Signed as UFA (7/1/15) *Recorded fighting major and team- leading 7 penalty minutes (tied Reid McNeill) Monday on 9/21 at Columbus *Set AHL career highs last season in games played (68), goals (4) and points (t- 15) while serving as an alternate captain for the Hershey Bears

22 *Has spent past three seasons splitting time between Washington and Hershey (AHL). In , Oleksy NHL career- high totals in games played (33), goals (2), assists (t- 8), points (10) and penalty minutes (53) *Has played in two games versus Columbus in his career, with both instances coming in 2013 with Washington. In the two games, Oleksy has combined to register 1 assist, a plus- 2 and 7 penalty minutes. Oleksy s teams have won those two games by a combined score of Will O Neill Pos: D Age: 27 Birth Place: Salem, MA Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 How Acquired: Signed as UFA (7/2/15) *Had a career year in in terms of offensive production on the blue line for St. John s (AHL), setting career highs in goals (10), assists (38) and points (48) *He led St. John s in scoring with 48 points, a figure that ranked 5 th among all AHL defensemen *Played collegiately at Maine for 4 years before spending the last 3 full seasons with St. John s where he has increased his point production in each year ( PTS; PTS; PTS) 51 Derrick Pouliot Pos: D Age: 21 Birth Place: Estevan, SK Height: 6- foot Weight: 208 How Acquired: Drafted in 1 st round (8 th overall), 2012 *Upper- body injury forced him out of NHL playoff action. Pouliot returned following the Penguins first- round exit to play in 6 AHL playoff games with Wilkes- Barre/Scranton. Pouliot finished the AHL playoffs with 3 points (1G- 2A) and 2 penalty minutes *Spent summer training with ex- Penguin Gary Roberts, who now leads all sports performance efforts at the team s new practice facility, the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex *Played 34 games for Pittsburgh in his first professional season, registering 2 goals and 5 assists for 7 points. Pouliot, who scored his 1 st NHL goal on his 1 st shot, was the first Penguins player to complete that feat since Brian Gibbons (Nov. 18, 2013 vs. ANA) *Puck- moving defenseman who will be counted on to play top- 4 minutes this season for head coach Mike Johnston. Pouliot played 4- plus seasons under Johnston as a member of the Portland Winterhawks (WHL) and finished his WHL career with 205 points (42G- 163A) in 247 games 32 Harrison Ruopp Pos: D Age: 22 Birth Place: Zehner, SK Height: 6-3 Weight: 192 How Acquired: Trade with ARI (6/22/12) *Beginning his third season of professional hockey after splitting time the last two seasons between Wheeling (ECHL) and Wilkes- Barre/Scranton (AHL) *Played 30 games for Wheeling in , registering a professional career high with 58 penalty minutes *Played 4 seasons with Prince Albert (WHL), totaling 3 goals, 31 assists, 34 points and 395 penalty minutes in 214 games

23 4 Rob Scuderi Pos: D Age: 36 Birth Place: Syosset, NY Height: 6-1 Weight: 212 How Acquired: Signed as UFA (7/5/13) *Key piece of Pittsburgh penalty- killing unit in , ranking 1 st on Pittsburgh with an average of 3:09 of short- handed ice time per game *Finished with 110 blocked shots in , ranking 3 rd on Pittsburgh *Only remaining rostered player to have played in all 82 games last season for Pittsburgh. The other Nick Spaling was traded to Toronto in the deal that brought Phil Kessel to Pittsburgh on July 1 *Broke a 181- game goalless streak with a tally on April 10, It was Scuderi s first goal in the city of Pittsburgh and his 100 th career NHL point 5 David Warsofsky Pos: D Age: 25 Birth Place: Marshfield, MA Height: 5-9 Weight: 170 How Acquired: Signed as UFA (7/1/15) *Led all Penguins players in time on ice with 25:45 at Columbus on 9/21, including 5:59 of power- play time *Recorded 2 shots on net and blocked one shot in Pittsburgh s pre- season opener on 9/21 at Columbus *Has made short cameos in each of the last two seasons for the Boston Bruins, registering 10 games played and recording 1 goal, 2 assists and plus- 2 in those 10 games *Spent most of season with Providence (AHL). With Providence in , Warsofsky led all Bruins defensemen in assists (26) and points (32) *Originally a 4 th round pick (95 th overall) by the St. Louis Blues in the 2008 NHL Draft *Won NCAA title at Boston University in 2009 with fellow Penguins defense prospect Adam Clendening GOALTENDERS 29 Marc- Andre Fleury Pos: G Age: 30 Birth Place: Sorel, QC Height: 6-2 Weight: 180 How Acquired: Drafted 1 st round (1 st overall), 2003 *Coming off one of his finest seasons to date in in which he led the league with a franchise- record 10 shutouts *Fleury was named Team MVP following the season, his 7 th 30- win season of his career *Fleury s.656 regular- season winning percentage over the past 6 years ranks 2 nd among all goaltenders during that span (Ben Bishop -.658) 35 Tristan Jarry Pos: G Age: 20 Birth Place: Surrey, BC Height: 6-2 Weight: 194 How Acquired: Drafted 2nd round (44th overall), 2013 *Recorded the win on 9/21 at Columbus, stopping all 7 shots he faced in the 3 rd period and overtime, then denying all 3 shootout attempts

24 *Completed 4th and final season with Edmonton of the Western Hockley League (WHL), in *Recorded 2nd career 20- win season with 23 victories in *Finished WHL career with 93 wins, 17 shutouts and 2.37 goals- against average *Best season was when he set career highs in games played (63), wins (44), minutes played (37030 and shutouts (8); his 44 wins ranked 1st in the WHL (5 more than the next closest goalie) 30 Matt Murray Pos: G Age: 21 Birth Place: Thunder Bay, ON Height: 6-4 Weight: 178 How Acquired: Drafted 3rd round (83rd overall), 2012 *Completed his 1st pro season with Wilkes- Barre/Scranton in *Named AHL Goaltender of the Year and Rookie of the Year after leading the league in shutouts (12), save percentage (.941), and goals- against average (1.58); 2nd rookie in the last 20 years to win the award *His 12 shutouts are the most ever posted by a rookie AHL goaltender 37 Jeff Zatkoff Pos: G Age: 28 Birth Place: Detroit, MI Height: 6-2 Weight: 179 How Acquired: Signed as UFA (7/01/12) *Stopped 23 shots over two periods of shutout goaltending on 9/21 at Columbus, including a 15- save 1 st period *Was named AHL All- Star on two occasions ( 13 and 15) for WBS *He recorded 20- plus wins in 3 of 5 AHL seasons with Manchester and WBS *Became the 1st Penguins goalie in team history to record a shutout in his 1st career win on Nov. 2, 2013 at Columbus *Became the 1st Pittsburgh rookie to win 6 straight games (Nov. 11- Dec. 29, 2013; 7- game win streak) since Johan Hedberg did so from Mar. 25- Apr. 8, 2001

25 CAROLINA HURRICANES Exhibition Game 2 * Sept. 22, 2015 * CONSOL Energy Center * Pittsburgh, PA * 7 p.m. ET LINEUP CAROLINA HURRICANES No. Player Position 4 Haydn Fleury... D 5 Noah Hanifin... D 14 Nathan Gerbe... F 16 Elias Lindholm... F 20 Riley Nash... F 21 James Wisniewski... D 22 Zach Boychuk... F 23 Brock McGinn... F 25 Chris Terry... F 27 Justin Faulk... D 30 Cam Ward... G 36 Patrick Brown... F 39 T.J. Hensick... F 42 Joakim Nordstrom... F 43 Erik Karlsson... F 47 Michal Jordan... D 49 Victor Rask... F 52 Justin Shugg... F 53 Jeff Skinner... F 55 Roland McKeown... D 56 Brendan Woods... F 62 Rasmus Rissanen... D 71 Lucas Wallmark... F 74 Jaccob Slavin... D 80 Rasmus Tirronen... G Overall: Home: Road: GF: 0 GA: 2 PP: 0-for-2 (0.0%) PK: 3-of-3 (100.0%) President... Don Waddell Executive Vice President/General Manager... Ron Francis Assistant General Manager... Brian Tatum Head Coach... Bill Peters Assistant Coaches... Rod Brind Amour, Steve Smith Director of Forwards Development... Cory Stillman Director of Defensemen Development... Glen Wesley Video Coach... Chris Huffine Head Athletic Trainer/Strength and... Peter Friesen Conditioning Coach Assistant Athletic Trainer... Doug Bennett Equipment Managers... Skip Cunningham, Bob Gorman... Jorge Alves Media Contacts... Mike Sundheim, Kyle Hanlin PITTSBURGH PENGUINS No. Player Position 2 Adam Clendening... D 3 Olli Maatta... D 8 Brian Dumoulin... D 9 Pascal Dupuis... F 11 Kevin Porter... F 14 Chris Kunitz... F 28 Ian Cole... D 29 Marc-Andre Fleury... G 30 Matt Murray... G 32 Harrison Ruopp... D 39 Jean-Sebastien Dea... F 41 Daniel Sprong... F 42 Tyler Biggs... F 46 Dominik Uher... F 48 Anton Zlobin... F 49 Dominik Simon... F 52 Jaden Lindo... F 53 Barry Goers... D 55 Sergei Gonchar... D 58 Kris Letang... D 61 Sergei Plotnikov... F 71 Evgeni Malkin... F 72 Patric Hornqvist... F 81 Phil Kessel... F 87 Sidney Crosby... F Overall: Home: Road:1-0-0 GF: 1 GA: 0 PP: 0-for-5 (0.0%) PK: 4-of-4 (100.0%) Executive Vice President and General Manager... Jim Rutherford Associate General Managers... Jason Botterill, Bill Guerin Head Coach... Mike Johnston Assistant Coaches... Rick Tocchet, Gary Agnew Head Goaltending Coach... Mike Bales Video Coach... Andy Saucier Strength and Conditioning Coach... Alex Trinca Head Athletic Trainer... Chris Stewart Assistant Athletic Trainers... Curtis Bell, Patrick Steidle Head Equipment Manager... Dana Heinze Assistant Equipment Managers... Teddy Richards, Danny Kroll, Jon Taglianetti Media Contacts... Jennifer Bullano, Jason Seidling Referees: Kendrick Nicholson #44; Greg Kimmerly #18 Linesmen: Michel Cormier #76; John Grandt #98 National Anthem Singer: