Pittsburgh Penguins at Minnesota Wild

Monday, September 29, 2014, 8:00 PM ET Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Preseason Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 on Monday, September 29, 2014 at home.

Final score, Pittsburgh Penguins at Minnesota Wild
Team	Goals	2014-2015 record
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	43-27-12
at Minnesota Wild	4	46-28-8

Goals by period

Goals by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Minnesota Wild
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Pittsburgh Penguins	0	1	0	1
Minnesota Wild	1	0	3	4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Minnesota Wild
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Pittsburgh Penguins	11	9	13	33
Minnesota Wild	7	5	6	18

Three stars

J. Pominville, Minnesota Wild (3 goals)
D. Kuemper, Minnesota Wild (goaltender)
M. Scandella, Minnesota Wild

Scoring summary

Every goal, Pittsburgh Penguins at Minnesota Wild. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	18:52	Minnesota Wild	Zach Parise (2)	Mikael Granlund (2), Mathew Dumba (3)	Power play	PIT 0, MIN 1
2nd	15:33	Pittsburgh Penguins	Steve Downie (1)	Kris Letang (1), Blake Comeau (3)	Even strength	PIT 1, MIN 1
3rd	08:39	Minnesota Wild	Jason Pominville (1)	Zach Parise (1)	Even strength	PIT 1, MIN 2
3rd	12:57	Minnesota Wild	Jason Pominville (2)	Jonas Brodin (1)	Even strength	PIT 1, MIN 3
3rd	19:40	Minnesota Wild	Jason Pominville (3)	Mikael Granlund (3)	Even strength, Empty net	PIT 1, MIN 4

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

Team stats

Team stats, Pittsburgh Penguins at Minnesota Wild
Stat	Pittsburgh Penguins	Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal	33	18
Power play	0 of 1	1 of 4
Penalty minutes	10	4
Hits	13	16
Blocked shots	9	8
Giveaways	7	7
Takeaways	9	10
Faceoffs won	22/55 (40%)	33/55 (60%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 P. Dupuis	R	0	0	0	-1	4	4	2	1		16:28
Number 12 D. Carcillo	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		12:53
Number 13 N. Spaling	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	54.5%	17:32
Number 14 C. Kunitz	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		14:35
Number 17 B. Comeau	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	1		15:34
Number 23 S. Downie	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	0		14:08
Number 25 A. Ebbett	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	3	16.7%	13:55
Number 27 C. Adams	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		15:15
Number 38 Z. Sill	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	42.9%	10:48
Number 42 K. Kapanen	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		11:06
Number 49 O. Sundqvist	C	0	0	0	-2	2	4	2	2	40%	14:17
Number 72 P. Hornqvist	R	0	0	0	-1	0	6	0	0		15:54
Number 6 S. Harrington	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		18:25
Number 7 P. Martin	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		19:51
Number 8 B. Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0		15:10
Number 10 C. Ehrhoff	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		24:28
Number 44 T. Chorney	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0		17:05
Number 58 K. Letang	D	0	1	1	0	2	4	0	1		25:01

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 T. Greiss	9	8	1	.889	29:36
Number 37 J. Zatkoff	8	6	2	.750	28:22	Loss

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 3 C. Coyle	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		16:57
Number 9 M. Koivu	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	57.9%	16:06
Number 10 J. Schroeder	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		13:54
Number 11 Z. Parise	L	1	1	2	+1	0	1	1	0	1	100%	17:54
Number 12 C. Almond	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	50%	12:30
Number 19 S. Veilleux	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0		11:00
Number 21 K. Brodziak	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	0	81.8%	14:51
Number 24 M. Cooke	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		13:53
Number 26 T. Vanek	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		16:32
Number 29 J. Pominville	R	3	0	3	+2	0	6	0	0	0		15:12
Number 61 Z. Phillips	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		12:05
Number 64 M. Granlund	C	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	1	0	62.5%	16:10
Number 4 S. Bickel	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	4	0	0		10:38
Number 5 C. Folin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	0		16:36
Number 6 M. Scandella	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	2	1	0		21:16
Number 20 R. Suter	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0		25:29
Number 25 J. Brodin	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0		25:56
Number 55 M. Dumba	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0		19:58

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 D. Kuemper	33	32	1	.970	59:03	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Pittsburgh Penguins at Minnesota Wild
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	09:51	Minnesota Wild	Stephane Veilleux	Holding	2
1st	09:51	Pittsburgh Penguins	Oskar Sundqvist	Holding	2
1st	12:55	Minnesota Wild	Stu Bickel	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
1st	14:49	Pittsburgh Penguins	Paul Martin	Tripping	2
1st	17:26	Pittsburgh Penguins	Kris Letang	Cross checking	2
2nd	19:51	Pittsburgh Penguins	Pascal Dupuis	High sticking	2
3rd	03:13	Pittsburgh Penguins	Pascal Dupuis	Boarding	2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach: Mike Johnston
Minnesota Wild head coach: Mike Yeo
Referees: Chris Lee, Kendrick Nicholson
Linesmen: Mark Wheler, Bryan Pancich
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches: Mikhail Kazakevich, Rob Scuderi, Vladimir Malenkykh, Marcel Goc, Sergei Anshakov, Marc-Andre Fleury, Patrick Ehelechner, Evgeni Isakov, Evgeni Malkin, Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond, Sidney Crosby, Tim Crowder, Nick Drazenovic, Brandon Sutter, Robert Bortuzzo, Alexander Pechurskiy, Nicholas D'Agostino, Simon Despres, Philip Samuelsson, Beau Bennett, 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, Jayson Megna, 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
Minnesota Wild scratches: Keith Ballard, Mikhail Tyulyapkin, Josh Harding, Grigory Misharin, Brett Sutter, Niklas Backstrom, Julian Walker, Justin Falk, Jonathon Blum, John Curry, Joel Rechlicz, Jared Spurgeon, Erik Haula, Jason Zucker, Brett Bulmer, Nino Niederreiter, Johan Gustafsson, Curt Gogol, Colton Jobke, Justin Fontaine, Steve Michalek, Tyler Graovac, Olivier Archambault, Nick Seeler, Mario Lucia, 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

2014-2015 season series

Every Pittsburgh Penguins and Minnesota Wild 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

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