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Pittsburgh Penguins at Los Angeles Kings

STAPLES Center, Los Angeles Regular Season Final

Final score

The Los Angeles Kings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at home.

Team Goals 2019-2020 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 40-23-6
at Los Angeles Kings 2 29-35-6

Goals by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 0 1 1
Los Angeles Kings 1 1 0 2

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 8 14 14 36
Los Angeles Kings 8 6 8 22

Three stars

  1. B. Lizotte, Los Angeles Kings (1 goal, 1 assist)
  2. C. Petersen, Los Angeles Kings (goaltender)
  3. E. Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 02:34 Los Angeles Kings Blake Lizotte (5) Sean Walker (17), Gabriel Vilardi (2) Power play PIT 0, LAK 1
2nd 19:28 Los Angeles Kings Trevor Lewis (4) Blake Lizotte (16), Trevor Moore (3) Even strength PIT 0, LAK 2
3rd 06:42 Pittsburgh Penguins Bryan Rust (24) Evgeni Malkin (42), Patric Hornqvist (15) Even strength PIT 1, LAK 2

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

Team stats

Stat Pittsburgh Penguins Los Angeles Kings
Shots on goal 36 22
Power play 0 of 3 1 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 6
Hits 24 16
Blocked shots 13 15
Giveaways 6 11
Takeaways 2 3
Faceoffs won 25/52 (48.1%) 27/52 (51.9%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
9 E. Rodrigues C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80% 07:48
12 P. Marleau C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 14:29
13 B. Tanev L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 14:26
16 J. Zucker L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 18:44
17 B. Rust R 1 0 1 +1 0 4 1 0 0 19:59
18 D. Simon C 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 07:29
37 S. Lafferty C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 05:59
43 C. Sheary L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 18:14
53 T. Blueger C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 28.6% 13:46
71 E. Malkin C 0 1 1 +1 0 4 2 0 0 47.1% 20:30
72 P. Hornqvist R 0 1 1 +1 0 5 2 1 0 19:17
87 S. Crosby C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 2 0 52.4% 20:14
2 C. Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 16:43
3 J. Johnson D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 0 0 19:40
4 J. Schultz D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 1 0 20:59
28 M. Pettersson D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 1 0 20:23
50 J. Riikola D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 13:19
58 K. Letang D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 3 0 25:42
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
35 T. Jarry 22 20 2 .909 58:45 Loss

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings skaters
Player
9 A. Kempe R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 16:09
10 M. Amadio R 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 07:53
11 A. Kopitar C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 51.9% 24:28
12 T. Moore L 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 16:40
19 A. Iafallo L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:58
22 T. Lewis C 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 13:00
23 D. Brown R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 20:43
29 M. Frk R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12:15
42 G. Vilardi C 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 66.7% 14:05
46 B. Lizotte C 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 1 45.5% 15:17
51 A. Wagner L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 10:08
74 N. Prokhorkin L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 06:06
3 M. Roy D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 3 0 20:30
6 J. Ryan D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 0 19:55
8 D. Doughty D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 23:02
15 B. Hutton D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 0 0 18:40
26 S. Walker D 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 18:26
56 K. MacDermid L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 16:02
Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie
40 C. Petersen 36 35 1 .972 59:43 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 01:00 Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Letang Tripping 2
1st 04:02 Los Angeles Kings Michael Amadio Hooking 2
1st 14:59 Pittsburgh Penguins Jack Johnson Holding 2
2nd 05:13 Los Angeles Kings Blake Lizotte Interference 2
2nd 12:08 Los Angeles Kings Gabriel Vilardi Tripping 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Los Angeles Kings head coach
Todd McLellan
Referees
Kyle Rehman, Ghislain Hebert
Linesmen
Bevan Mills, Tyson Baker
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Zach Trotman, Jared McCann, Zachary Aston-Reese
Los Angeles Kings scratches
Jeff Carter

2019-2020 season series

Matchup Status Details
Los Angeles Kings 4 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5 Final/SO Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at Los Angeles Kings 2 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Feb 26

Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 2 at Colorado Avalanche 3 Final Game page
Edmonton Oilers 0 at Vegas Golden Knights 3 Final Game page

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