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Pittsburgh Penguins at Minnesota Wild

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Regular Season Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Minnesota Wild 3–2 on Monday, December 31, 2018 on the road.

Team Goals 2018-2019 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 44-26-12
at Minnesota Wild 2 37-36-9

Goals by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 1 0 3
Minnesota Wild 1 0 1 2

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 11 7 14 32
Minnesota Wild 11 13 9 33

Three stars

  1. C. DeSmith, Pittsburgh Penguins (goaltender)
  2. P. Kessel, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal, 2 assists)
  3. M. Koivu, Minnesota Wild (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 05:27 Minnesota Wild Mikko Koivu (5) Nino Niederreiter (12), Charlie Coyle (12) Power play PIT 0, MIN 1
1st 15:43 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby (18) Phil Kessel (28), Kris Letang (25) Power play PIT 1, MIN 1
1st 19:39 Pittsburgh Penguins Phil Kessel (17) Sidney Crosby (30), Zachary Aston-Reese (4) Even strength PIT 2, MIN 1
2nd 10:19 Pittsburgh Penguins Riley Sheahan (5) Phil Kessel (29), Matt Cullen (4) Even strength PIT 3, MIN 1
3rd 15:55 Minnesota Wild Zach Parise (17) Mikko Koivu (18), Mikael Granlund (26) Even strength PIT 3, MIN 2

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

Team stats

Stat Pittsburgh Penguins Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal 32 33
Power play 1 of 1 1 of 1
Penalty minutes 4 4
Hits 25 29
Blocked shots 15 9
Giveaways 0 4
Takeaways 6 10
Faceoffs won 26/55 (47.3%) 29/55 (52.7%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
7 M. Cullen C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 1 0 50% 11:10
12 D. Simon C 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 15:51
14 T. Pearson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 12:30
15 R. Sheahan C 1 0 1 +1 2 1 1 1 0 09:00
19 D. Brassard C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 37.5% 13:31
38 D. Grant C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 09:48
46 Z. Aston-Reese L 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 17:06
59 J. Guentzel C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 0 0 18:34
71 E. Malkin C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 58.3% 18:11
72 P. Hornqvist R 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 16:46
81 P. Kessel R 1 2 3 +2 0 4 0 1 0 14:56
87 S. Crosby C 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 2 1 45.8% 19:56
3 O. Maatta D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 18:35
8 B. Dumoulin D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 4 0 23:33
28 M. Pettersson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14:32
50 J. Riikola D 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 17:50
58 K. Letang D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 0 0 25:16
73 J. Johnson D 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 0 19:16
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1 C. DeSmith 33 31 2 .939 60:00 Win

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
3 C. Coyle C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 0 0 46.7% 18:09
9 M. Koivu C 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 65% 16:53
11 Z. Parise L 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 1 0 18:45
12 E. Staal C 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 66.7% 18:22
15 M. Hendricks C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 33.3% 08:26
16 J. Zucker L 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 15:12
17 M. Foligno L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 0 0 09:19
18 J. Greenway L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 1 0 15:39
19 L. Kunin C 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 15:29
21 E. Fehr C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 09:19
22 N. Niederreiter R 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 0 0 15:28
64 M. Granlund C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 0 0 19:32
20 R. Suter D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 27:50
25 J. Brodin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 3 0 25:19
29 G. Pateryn D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 0 21:30
39 N. Prosser D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 07:16
44 M. Bartkowski D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:32
46 J. Spurgeon D 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 26:01
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
40 D. Dubnyk 32 29 3 .906 58:01 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:48 Pittsburgh Penguins Riley Sheahan Holding 2
1st 14:45 Minnesota Wild Nate Prosser Kneeing 2
2nd 08:08 Pittsburgh Penguins Zachary Aston-Reese Roughing 2
2nd 08:08 Minnesota Wild Marcus Foligno Roughing 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Minnesota Wild head coach
Bruce Boudreau
Referees
Wes McCauley, Marc Joannette
Linesmen
Darren Gibbs, Derek Nansen
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Bryan Rust, Jamie Oleksiak, Chad Ruhwedel
Minnesota Wild scratches
Nick Seeler, JT Brown, Mathew Dumba

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 31

Matchup Status Details
Nashville Predators 6 at Washington Capitals 3 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 0 at New Jersey Devils 4 Final Game page
New York Islanders 3 at Buffalo Sabres 1 Final Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 1 at Carolina Hurricanes 3 Final Game page
Ottawa Senators 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 6 Final Game page
New York Rangers 2 at St. Louis Blues 1 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 4 at Detroit Red Wings 3 Final/SO Game page
Los Angeles Kings 3 at Colorado Avalanche 2 Final/OT Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Anaheim Ducks 1 Final/OT Game page
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Dallas Stars 2 Final/OT Game page
San Jose Sharks 5 at Calgary Flames 8 Final Game page
Winnipeg Jets 4 at Edmonton Oilers 3 Final Game page

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