Pittsburgh Penguins at Minnesota Wild

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Regular Season Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–2 on Friday, November 25, 2016 at home.

Final score, Pittsburgh Penguins at Minnesota Wild
Team Goals 2016-2017 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 50-21-11
at Minnesota Wild 6 49-25-8

Goals by period

Goals by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Minnesota Wild
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 0 1 2
Minnesota Wild 3 2 1 6

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 8 16 12 36
Minnesota Wild 14 13 9 36

Three stars

  1. J. Brodin, Minnesota Wild (3 assists)
  2. C. Coyle, Minnesota Wild (2 goals)
  3. Z. Parise, Minnesota Wild (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Pittsburgh Penguins at Minnesota Wild. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 00:40 Minnesota Wild Charlie Coyle (6) Zach Parise (5) Even strength PIT 0, MIN 1
1st 08:09 Minnesota Wild Nino Niederreiter (6) Jonas Brodin (6), Mikko Koivu (6) Power play PIT 0, MIN 2
1st 13:26 Pittsburgh Penguins Phil Kessel (6) Evgeni Malkin (10), Jake Guentzel (1) Even strength PIT 1, MIN 2
1st 19:37 Minnesota Wild Charlie Coyle (7) Unassisted Even strength PIT 1, MIN 3
2nd 15:12 Minnesota Wild Zach Parise (4) Eric Staal (10), Ryan Suter (10) Power play PIT 1, MIN 4
2nd 18:40 Minnesota Wild Mikael Granlund (5) Jason Zucker (7), Jonas Brodin (7) Even strength PIT 1, MIN 5
3rd 05:50 Pittsburgh Penguins Bryan Rust (3) Scott Wilson (3), Nick Bonino (7) Even strength PIT 2, MIN 5
3rd 11:25 Minnesota Wild Nino Niederreiter (7) Mikael Granlund (9), Jonas Brodin (8) Power play PIT 2, MIN 6

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 36 36
Power play 0 of 3 3 of 4
Penalty minutes 10 6
Hits 14 6
Blocked shots 19 15
Giveaways 5 4
Takeaways 3 10
Faceoffs won 31/55 (56.4%) 24/55 (43.6%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 7 M. Cullen C 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 44.4% 10:51
Number 13 N. Bonino C 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 33.3% 13:55
Number 16 E. Fehr C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 13:03
Number 17 B. Rust R 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 10:19
Number 23 S. Wilson C 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 09:06
Number 34 T. Kuhnhackl R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:45
Number 43 C. Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 19:06
Number 59 J. Guentzel C 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 16:00
Number 62 C. Hagelin L 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 1 0 18:52
Number 71 E. Malkin C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 66.7% 17:35
Number 81 P. Kessel R 1 0 1 -1 2 5 0 0 0 17:19
Number 87 S. Crosby C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 0 62.5% 19:37
Number 3 O. Maatta D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:01
Number 4 J. Schultz D 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 19:11
Number 6 T. Daley D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:07
Number 8 B. Dumoulin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 14:18
Number 28 I. Cole D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 2 0 21:18
Number 58 K. Letang D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 1 0 25:20
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 29 M. Fleury 36 30 6 .833 59:53 Loss

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 3 C. Coyle C 2 0 2 +1 0 3 0 1 0 16:33
Number 7 C. Stewart R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 09:04
Number 9 M. Koivu C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 1 0 45.8% 17:10
Number 11 Z. Parise L 1 1 2 +1 0 4 1 0 1 100% 15:54
Number 12 E. Staal C 0 1 1 +1 0 5 0 1 0 29.4% 18:13
Number 16 J. Zucker L 0 1 1 +1 0 2 1 1 0 16:37
Number 22 N. Niederreiter R 2 0 2 -1 0 3 0 1 2 14:16
Number 29 J. Pominville R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 1 0 50% 13:20
Number 44 T. Graovac C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 09:50
Number 56 E. Haula L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 1 0 50% 13:43
Number 59 Z. Mitchell R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100% 09:40
Number 64 M. Granlund C 1 1 2 +1 0 1 0 0 0 19:42
Number 5 C. Folin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 03:54
Number 6 M. Scandella D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 17:58
Number 20 R. Suter D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 2 0 27:05
Number 24 M. Dumba D 0 0 0 -1 4 1 1 2 0 21:09
Number 25 J. Brodin D 0 3 3 -2 0 1 1 1 0 25:07
Number 46 J. Spurgeon D 0 0 0 +3 0 3 0 3 0 25:08
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 40 D. Dubnyk 36 34 2 .944 59:58 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Pittsburgh Penguins at Minnesota Wild
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 06:15 Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Cullen Delaying game puck over glass 2
2nd 02:01 Minnesota Wild Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
2nd 11:09 Minnesota Wild Mathew Dumba High sticking 2
2nd 14:05 Pittsburgh Penguins Ian Cole Roughing 2
3rd 08:12 Pittsburgh Penguins Jake Guentzel Slashing 2
3rd 10:28 Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Cullen High sticking 2
3rd 18:21 Minnesota Wild Mathew Dumba Holding 2
3rd 19:34 Pittsburgh Penguins Phil Kessel Hooking 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Minnesota Wild head coach
Bruce Boudreau
Referees
Chris Lee, Jake Brenk
Linesmen
Kiel Murchison, Ryan Galloway
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Patric Hornqvist, Tom Sestito, Steve Oleksy
Minnesota Wild scratches
Nate Prosser

2016-2017 season series

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Sources and further reading

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