2016 Stanley Cup Final
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San Jose: SAP Center (3, 4, 6) Pittsburgh: Consol Energy Center (1, 2, 5) |
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| Coaches | San Jose: Peter DeBoer Pittsburgh: Mike Sullivan |
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| Captains | San Jose: Joe Pavelski Pittsburgh: Sidney Crosby |
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| National anthems | San Jose: Annemarie Martin (3) Metallica (4) Pat Monahan (6) Pittsburgh: Jeff Jimerson |
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| Referees | Wes McCauley, Dan O'Halloran, Dan O'Rourke, Kelly Sutherland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | May 30–June 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Sidney Crosby (Penguins) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Kris Letang (7:46, second, G6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Networks |
Canada (English): CBC Canada (French): TVA Sports United States (English): NBC and NBCSN |
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| 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 |
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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. 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). Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs.
The Penguins had home ice advantage in the series, being the club with the better regular season record. The series began on May 30 and concluded on June 12. This was the first Stanley Cup Finals since 2007 to feature a team making their Finals debut. This was the first Stanley Cup playoff meeting between teams from Pittsburgh and the San Francisco Bay Area since the Penguins franchise themselves swept the Oakland Seals in the 1970 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals.
The Eastern Conference team had home-ice advantage in the Finals 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 neither the Chicago Blackhawks nor the Los Angeles Kings won the Stanley Cup.
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