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Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh Penguins

PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh Regular Season Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Minnesota Wild 2–1 on Thursday, December 20, 2018 at home.

Team Goals 2018-2019 record
Minnesota Wild 1 37-36-9
at Pittsburgh Penguins 2 44-26-12

Goals by period

Team Total
Minnesota Wild 1 0 0 1
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 0 1 2

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Minnesota Wild 17 10 14 41
Pittsburgh Penguins 14 11 12 37

Three stars

  1. B. Rust, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 goals)
  2. J. Guentzel, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 assists)
  3. C. DeSmith, Pittsburgh Penguins (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 07:13 Minnesota Wild Jordan Greenway (6) Charlie Coyle (11), Jonas Brodin (6) Even strength MIN 1, PIT 0
1st 13:30 Pittsburgh Penguins Bryan Rust (8) Jake Guentzel (17) Even strength MIN 1, PIT 1
3rd 08:12 Pittsburgh Penguins Bryan Rust (9) Jake Guentzel (18) Even strength MIN 1, PIT 2

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

Team stats

Stat Minnesota Wild Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal 41 37
Power play 0 of 2 0 of 3
Penalty minutes 8 6
Hits 29 27
Blocked shots 8 16
Giveaways 6 7
Takeaways 5 7
Faceoffs won 25/62 (40.3%) 37/62 (59.7%)

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
3 C. Coyle C 0 1 1 +1 0 7 3 0 41.7% 16:49
9 M. Koivu C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 1 50% 17:25
11 Z. Parise L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 1 16:48
12 E. Staal C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 0 44.4% 18:00
14 J. Eriksson Ek C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 11:00
16 J. Zucker L 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 0 16:18
17 M. Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:39
18 J. Greenway L 1 0 1 +1 0 1 2 1 13:09
19 L. Kunin C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 4 1 14:27
21 E. Fehr C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20% 09:49
22 N. Niederreiter R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0 13:36
64 M. Granlund C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 0 16:53
20 R. Suter D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 0 28:20
25 J. Brodin D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 2 1 23:59
29 G. Pateryn D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 0 21:05
36 N. Seeler D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 09:35
39 N. Prosser D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 5 1 09:08
46 J. Spurgeon D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 25:28
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
40 D. Dubnyk 37 35 2 .946 59:32 Loss

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
7 M. Cullen C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 55.6% 12:05
12 D. Simon C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:56
14 T. Pearson L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 2 13:02
15 R. Sheahan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40% 12:18
17 B. Rust R 2 0 2 +2 0 4 1 1 15:30
19 D. Brassard C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 0 72.7% 13:59
46 Z. Aston-Reese L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 10:57
59 J. Guentzel C 0 2 2 +2 0 4 1 1 17:16
71 E. Malkin C 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 45.5% 18:07
72 P. Hornqvist R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 15:53
81 P. Kessel R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16:06
87 S. Crosby C 0 0 0 +2 0 3 1 0 65.4% 19:45
3 O. Maatta D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 4 17:39
8 B. Dumoulin D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 3 0 21:07
28 M. Pettersson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 16:13
50 J. Riikola D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 0 16:23
58 K. Letang D 0 0 0 +2 0 6 1 0 26:37
73 J. Johnson D 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 6 18:18
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1 C. DeSmith 41 40 1 .976 59:49 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 08:09 Minnesota Wild Mikael Granlund Tripping 2
2nd 11:17 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin Slashing 2
3rd 03:20 Pittsburgh Penguins Jack Johnson Roughing 2
3rd 03:20 Minnesota Wild Jason Zucker Roughing 2
3rd 04:48 Minnesota Wild Jonas Brodin Hooking 2
3rd 16:23 Pittsburgh Penguins Juuso Riikola Hooking 2
3rd 18:00 Minnesota Wild Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2

Game information

Minnesota Wild head coach
Bruce Boudreau
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Referees
Gord Dwyer, Ghislain Hebert
Linesmen
Pierre Racicot, Scott Driscoll
Minnesota Wild scratches
Matt Hendricks, JT Brown, Mathew Dumba
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Derek Grant, Jamie Oleksiak, Chad Ruhwedel

2018-2019 season series

Matchup Status Details
Minnesota Wild 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 2 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 20

Matchup Status Details
Anaheim Ducks 1 at Boston Bruins 3 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 1 at Toronto Maple Leafs 6 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 1 at Philadelphia Flyers 2 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 4 at Carolina Hurricanes 1 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 1 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2 Final Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 5 at Dallas Stars 2 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 at Calgary Flames 4 Final/SO Game page
Montreal Canadiens 2 at Arizona Coyotes 1 Final Game page
St. Louis Blues 1 at Vancouver Canucks 5 Final Game page
New York Islanders 2 at Vegas Golden Knights 4 Final Game page
Winnipeg Jets 5 at San Jose Sharks 3 Final Game page

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