Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh Penguins

Thursday, September 25, 2014, 7:00 PM ET CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh Preseason Final/OT

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Minnesota Wild 3–2 in overtime on Thursday, September 25, 2014 at home.

Final score, Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	Goals	2014-2015 record
Minnesota Wild	2	46-28-8
at Pittsburgh Penguins	3	43-27-12

Goals by period

Goals by period, Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Minnesota Wild	0	1	1	0	2
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	0	1	1	3

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Minnesota Wild	5	7	6	0	18
Pittsburgh Penguins	9	6	7	5	27

Three stars

B. Sutter, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 goals)
B. Bennett, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 assist)
Z. Parise, Minnesota Wild (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh Penguins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	12:32	Pittsburgh Penguins	Brandon Sutter (1)	Beau Bennett (1), Marcel Goc (1)	Power play	MIN 0, PIT 1
2nd	00:33	Minnesota Wild	Thomas Vanek (1)	Mikko Koivu (1), Mathew Dumba (1)	Power play	MIN 1, PIT 1
3rd	07:12	Minnesota Wild	Zach Parise (1)	Mikael Granlund (1), Jason Pominville (1)	Even strength	MIN 2, PIT 1
3rd	07:26	Pittsburgh Penguins	Oskar Sundqvist (1)	Simon Despres (1), Blake Comeau (1)	Even strength	MIN 2, PIT 2
OT	02:23	Pittsburgh Penguins	Brandon Sutter (2)	Simon Despres (2)	Even strength	MIN 2, PIT 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh Penguins
Stat	Minnesota Wild	Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal	18	27
Power play	1 of 3	1 of 5
Penalty minutes	15	11
Hits	20	29
Blocked shots	12	19
Giveaways	6	9
Takeaways	7	6
Faceoffs won	30/66 (45.5%)	36/66 (54.5%)

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 M. Koivu	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	1	0	50%	19:25
Number 11 Z. Parise	L	1	0	1	+1	2	1	2	1	0		19:13
Number 12 C. Almond	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	27.3%	09:29
Number 14 J. Fontaine	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		16:22
Number 16 J. Zucker	L	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0		15:08
Number 24 M. Cooke	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		17:12
Number 26 T. Vanek	L	1	0	1	-1	0	4	2	0	1		16:56
Number 27 B. Sutter	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		08:16
Number 29 J. Pominville	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	0	33.3%	18:17
Number 56 E. Haula	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2	0	50%	14:42
Number 64 M. Granlund	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	50%	17:54
Number 2 K. Ballard	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	2	0		13:39
Number 4 S. Bickel	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		04:31
Number 5 C. Folin	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	0	0		16:53
Number 6 M. Scandella	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0		21:26
Number 25 J. Brodin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		24:56
Number 46 J. Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	0		21:34
Number 55 M. Dumba	D	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	1	0		24:49

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 I. Bryzgalov	12	10	2	.833	22:23	OT loss
Number 35 D. Kuemper	15	14	1	.933	40:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 13 N. Spaling	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	0		16:20
Number 16 B. Sutter	C	2	0	2	0	0	4	0	1	1	55%	21:39
Number 17 B. Comeau	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	1	0		13:16
Number 19 B. Bennett	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	0		20:37
Number 23 S. Downie	R	0	0	0	-1	2	4	1	2	0		16:59
Number 25 A. Ebbett	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	28.6%	09:44
Number 38 Z. Sill	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0		08:43
Number 42 K. Kapanen	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		15:01
Number 49 O. Sundqvist	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	3	0	0	46.7%	12:17
Number 57 M. Goc	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	1	0	68.2%	19:02
Number 59 J. Megna	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	06:16
Number 72 P. Hornqvist	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0		21:26
Number 4 R. Scuderi	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		21:07
Number 6 S. Harrington	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0		19:38
Number 7 P. Martin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0		24:55
Number 8 B. Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0		21:50
Number 41 R. Bortuzzo	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0	0		16:48
Number 47 S. Despres	D	0	2	2	+2	7	2	1	2	0		19:35

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 37 J. Zatkoff	18	16	2	.889	62:23	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh Penguins
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	10:24	Minnesota Wild	Mathew Dumba	Tripping	2
1st	11:40	Minnesota Wild	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
2nd	00:14	Pittsburgh Penguins	Simon Despres	Tripping	2
2nd	02:35	Pittsburgh Penguins	Andrew Ebbett	Tripping	2
2nd	08:43	Minnesota Wild	Jason Zucker	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	08:43	Pittsburgh Penguins	Simon Despres	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	09:43	Minnesota Wild	Justin Fontaine	High sticking	2
3rd	09:26	Minnesota Wild	Christian Folin	Hooking	2
3rd	12:10	Minnesota Wild	Zach Parise	Tripping	2
3rd	13:36	Pittsburgh Penguins	Steve Downie	Holding the stick	2

Game information

Minnesota Wild head coach: Mike Yeo
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach: Mike Johnston
Referees: Dan O'Halloran, Garrett Rank
Linesmen: Derek Amell, Steve Miller
Minnesota Wild scratches: Stephane Veilleux, Mikhail Tyulyapkin, Josh Harding, Ryan Suter, Grigory Misharin, Kyle Brodziak, Niklas Backstrom, Julian Walker, Justin Falk, Jonathon Blum, John Curry, Joel Rechlicz, Jordan Schroeder, Charlie Coyle, Brett Bulmer, Nino Niederreiter, Johan Gustafsson, Curt Gogol, Colton Jobke, Steve Michalek, Tyler Graovac, Olivier Archambault, Nick Seeler, Mario Lucia, Zack Phillips, Jessey Astles, Kurtis Gabriel, Zack Mitchell, John Draeger, Raphael Bussieres, Adam Gilmour, Christoph Bertschy, Louis Nanne, Brandon Whitney, Alexander Gudbranson, Avery Peterson, Nolan De Jong, Alexandre Belanger, Carson Soucy, Dylan Labbe, Gustav Olofsson, Brady Brassart, Andrew Ryan, Ryan Walters, Michael Keranen, Alex Tuch, Louie Belpedio, Kaapo Kahkonen, Tanner Faith, Pontus Sjalin, Chase Lang, Reid Duke, Pavel Jenys, Guillaume Gelinas, Reid Gardiner, Hunter Warner, Ryan Graham
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches: Mikhail Kazakevich, Craig Adams, Pascal Dupuis, Vladimir Malenkykh, Christian Ehrhoff, Sergei Anshakov, Chris Kunitz, Marc-Andre Fleury, Daniel Carcillo, Patrick Ehelechner, Evgeni Isakov, Evgeni Malkin, Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond, Sidney Crosby, Taylor Chorney, Kris Letang, Tim Crowder, Nick Drazenovic, Alexander Pechurskiy, Nicholas D'Agostino, Philip Samuelsson, Bryan Rust, Tom Kuhnhackl, Reid McNeill, Scott Wilson, Josh Archibald, Dominik Uher, Harrison Ruopp, Adam Payerl, Bobby Farnham, Olli Maatta, Derrick Pouliot, Matt Murray, Teddy Blueger, Sean Maguire, Matia Marcantuoni, Anton Zlobin, Eric Hartzell, Blaine Byron, Troy Josephs, Ryan Segalla, Dane Birks, Jake Guentzel, Tristan Jarry, Jean-Sebastien Dea, Sam Lafferty, Anthony Angello, Jaden Lindo, Jeff Taylor, Patrick McGrath

2014-2015 season series

Every Minnesota Wild and Pittsburgh Penguins game in the 2014-2015 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Minnesota Wild 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 3	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh Penguins, Thu, Sep 25, 2014
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at Minnesota Wild 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Minnesota Wild, Mon, Sep 29, 2014

Other NHL games on Sep 25

Other NHL games on Thursday, September 25, 2014
Matchup	Status	Details
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Colorado Avalanche 2 at Montreal Canadiens 3	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Montreal Canadiens, Thu, Sep 25, 2014
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 at Nashville Predators 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Nashville Predators, Thu, Sep 25, 2014
Columbus Blue Jackets 5 at St. Louis Blues 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at St. Louis Blues, Thu, Sep 25, 2014
Vancouver Canucks 3 at Calgary Flames 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Calgary Flames, Thu, Sep 25, 2014
Anaheim Ducks 3 at Los Angeles Kings 4	Final/2OT Preseason	Game page: Anaheim Ducks at Los Angeles Kings, Thu, Sep 25, 2014