The Penguins have competed in 365 playoff games since joining the NHL 51 years ago.
The five most significant are pretty easy to identify: Those would be the victories that clinched their Stanley Cups in 1991, 1992, 2009, 2016 and 2017.
But there have been plenty of other memorable games since the Penguins made their first postseason appearance in 1970.
Some were exhilarating victories. [Do the names of Ron Francis, Petr Nedved or George Ferguson ring a bell?] Others were soul-crushing defeats. [Remember Ed Westfall, Keith Primeau or David Volek?]
While hardly a comprehensive list, here are 20 of the non-Cup-winning games that help to form the tapestry of the team’s playoff legacy, presented in chronological order:
April 26, 1975 – Ed Westfall scored with 5:18 left in regulation to give the New York Islanders a 1-0 victory in Game 7 of Round 2 at the Civic Arena, making New York just the second team in NHL history to win a best-of-seven series after losing the first three games.