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Nashville Predators at Pittsburgh Penguins

PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh Playoffs Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Nashville Predators 4–1 on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at home.

Team Goals 2016-2017 record
Nashville Predators 1 41-29-12
at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 50-21-11

Goals by period

Team Total
Nashville Predators 1 0 0 1
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 0 3 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Nashville Predators 18 14 6 38
Pittsburgh Penguins 12 7 8 27

Three stars

  1. J. Guentzel, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 goals)
  2. M. Murray, Pittsburgh Penguins (goaltender)
  3. E. Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 12:57 Nashville Predators Pontus Aberg (2) Viktor Arvidsson (9), Mike Fisher (3) Even strength NSH 1, PIT 0
1st 16:36 Pittsburgh Penguins Jake Guentzel (11) Conor Sheary (5), Chris Kunitz (6) Even strength NSH 1, PIT 1
3rd 00:10 Pittsburgh Penguins Jake Guentzel (12) Bryan Rust (2), Ron Hainsey (5) Even strength NSH 1, PIT 2
3rd 03:13 Pittsburgh Penguins Scott Wilson (3) Phil Kessel (13), Matt Cullen (7) Even strength NSH 1, PIT 3
3rd 03:28 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin (9) Chris Kunitz (7), Ian Cole (8) Even strength NSH 1, PIT 4

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

Team stats

Stat Nashville Predators Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal 38 27
Power play 0 of 4 0 of 7
Penalty minutes 19 15
Hits 41 35
Blocked shots 8 20
Giveaways 4 3
Takeaways 5 8
Faceoffs won 44/77 (57.1%) 33/77 (42.9%)

Box score

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters
Player
9 F. Forsberg L 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 1 18:41
10 C. Sissons C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 1 76% 17:35
12 M. Fisher C 0 1 1 -1 2 5 5 1 40% 16:57
15 C. Smith C 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 12:35
18 J. Neal L 0 0 0 -1 0 7 3 0 15:24
19 C. Jarnkrok C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 60.9% 15:24
32 F. Gaudreau C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33.3% 12:21
38 V. Arvidsson L 0 1 1 -2 0 2 3 2 16:35
46 P. Aberg L 1 0 1 +1 2 2 3 0 13:38
51 A. Watson L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 0 12:56
55 C. McLeod L 0 0 0 -1 4 1 6 0 06:14
83 V. Fiddler C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 50% 08:19
4 R. Ellis D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 0 23:45
7 Y. Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 08:27
14 M. Ekholm D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 0 25:06
52 M. Irwin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 10:04
59 R. Josi D 0 0 0 -2 2 5 0 0 27:27
76 P. Subban D 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 3 24:33
Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie
35 P. Rinne 25 21 4 .840 43:28 Loss
74 J. Saros 2 2 0 1.000 16:32

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
7 M. Cullen C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 0 56.3% 16:18
13 N. Bonino C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 61.1% 16:06
14 C. Kunitz L 0 2 2 +2 4 0 2 0 14:30
17 B. Rust R 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 17:18
23 S. Wilson C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 4 0 100% 10:29
37 C. Rowney C 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 13:09
43 C. Sheary L 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 13:26
59 J. Guentzel C 2 0 2 +2 0 3 0 1 14:09
71 E. Malkin C 1 0 1 +2 9 1 0 0 20% 16:44
72 P. Hornqvist R 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 11:31
81 P. Kessel R 0 1 1 +2 0 4 1 0 15:24
87 S. Crosby C 0 0 0 +1 2 1 2 0 34.5% 19:54
3 O. Maatta D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 18:44
4 J. Schultz D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18:11
6 T. Daley D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 1 17:26
8 B. Dumoulin D 0 0 0 +2 0 4 1 2 19:41
28 I. Cole D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 3 4 18:10
65 R. Hainsey D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 2 0 19:50
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
30 M. Murray 38 37 1 .974 59:29 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 02:04 Nashville Predators Craig Smith Cross checking 2
1st 09:36 Pittsburgh Penguins Chris Kunitz Cross checking 2
1st 09:36 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin Hooking 2
1st 10:34 Nashville Predators Mike Fisher Interference 2
1st 14:32 Nashville Predators Roman Josi Cross checking 2
2nd 11:48 Nashville Predators Austin Watson Interference 2
2nd 17:25 Nashville Predators Cody McLeod High sticking 2
3rd 04:51 Nashville Predators Pontus Aberg Slashing 2
3rd 09:20 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby Interference 2
3rd 12:14 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin Roughing 2
3rd 12:14 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin Fighting (major) 5
3rd 12:14 Nashville Predators P.K. Subban Fighting (major) 5
3rd 18:01 Nashville Predators Cody McLeod Interference 2
3rd 18:29 Pittsburgh Penguins Chris Kunitz Slashing 2

Game information

Nashville Predators head coach
Peter Laviolette
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Referees
Dan O'Halloran, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen
Shane Heyer, Brad Kovachik
Nashville Predators scratches
PA Parenteau, Cody Bass, Colin Wilson, Petter Granberg, Ryan Johansen, Anthony Bitetto, Harry Zolnierczyk, Miikka Salomaki, Brad Hunt, Marek Mazanec, Kevin Fiala, Vladislav Kamenev, Alexandre Carrier
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Mark Streit, Kevin Porter, Tom Sestito, Carl Hagelin, Cameron Gaunce, David Warsofsky, Garrett Wilson, Tom Kuhnhackl, Frank Corrado, Josh Archibald, Derrick Pouliot, Oskar Sundqvist, Sean Maguire, Chad Ruhwedel, Tristan Jarry, Jean-Sebastien Dea, Daniel Sprong, Dominik Simon

2016-2017 season series

Matchup Status Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at Nashville Predators 5 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5 Final Playoffs Game page
Nashville Predators 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Final Playoffs Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at Nashville Predators 5 Final Playoffs Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at Nashville Predators 4 Final Playoffs Game page
Nashville Predators 0 at Pittsburgh Penguins 6 Final Playoffs Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Nashville Predators 0 Final Playoffs Game page

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