Penguins 3-2 Wild (31 Dec, 2018) Box Score

Pittsburgh Penguins

21-12-6, 10-5-4 away

	1	2	3	T
PIT	2	1	0	3
MIN	1	0	1	2

Minnesota Wild

18-17-3, 10-7-3 home

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Zachary Aston-ReeseZ. Aston-Reese#46
Derick BrassardD. Brassard#19
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Matt CullenM. Cullen#7
Derek GrantD. Grant#38
Jake GuentzelJ. Guentzel#59
Patric HornqvistP. Hornqvist#72
Phil KesselP. Kessel#81
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
Tanner PearsonT. Pearson#14
Riley SheahanR. Sheahan#15
Dominik SimonD. Simon#12
defensemen
Brian DumoulinB. Dumoulin#8
Jack JohnsonJ. Johnson#73
Kris LetangK. Letang#58
Olli MaattaO. Maatta#3
Marcus PetterssonM. Pettersson#28
Juuso RiikolaJ. Riikola#50

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	0	2	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	25	17:06	0:00	0:29	16:37	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	17	13:31	0:00	0:35	12:56	3	5	37.5
1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	2	2	0	28	19:56	0:58	0:35	18:23	11	13	45.8
0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	17	11:10	0:00	0:29	10:41	5	5	50.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	15	9:48	0:00	0:35	9:13	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	18:34	0:00	0:35	17:59	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	24	16:46	0:58	0:00	15:48	0	0	0.0
1	2	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	14:56	0:58	0:00	13:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	25	18:11	0:58	0:00	17:13	7	5	58.3
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	12:30	0:00	0:00	12:30	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	15	9:00	0:00	0:00	9:00	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	15:51	0:00	0:00	15:51	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	32	23:33	0:00	1:01	22:32	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	26	19:16	0:00	0:38	18:38	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	30	25:16	0:58	1:01	23:17	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	24	18:35	0:00	0:38	17:57	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	14:32	0:00	0:00	14:32	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	26	17:50	0:00	0:00	17:50	0	0	0.0

goalies
Casey DeSmithC. DeSmith#1

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
33	2	31	.939	30	0	1	0	0	60:00	0

Minnesota Wild


forwards
Charlie CoyleC. Coyle#3
Eric FehrE. Fehr#21
Marcus FolignoM. Foligno#17
Mikael GranlundM. Granlund#64
Jordan GreenwayJ. Greenway#18
Matt HendricksM. Hendricks#15
Mikko KoivuM. Koivu#9
Luke KuninL. Kunin#19
Nino NiederreiterN. Niederreiter#22
Zach PariseZ. Parise#11
Eric StaalE. Staal#12
Jason ZuckerJ. Zucker#16
defensemen
Matt BartkowskiM. Bartkowski#44
Jonas BrodinJ. Brodin#25
Greg PaterynG. Pateryn#29
Nate ProsserN. Prosser#39
Jared SpurgeonJ. Spurgeon#46
Ryan SuterR. Suter#20

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	-1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	22	18:09	0:44	0:00	17:25	7	8	46.7
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	9:19	0:00	0:58	8:21	0	4	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	2	3	1	0	14	9:19	0:00	0:37	8:42	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	19:32	0:55	0:00	18:37	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	22	15:39	0:44	0:00	14:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	8:26	0:00	0:00	8:26	1	2	33.3
1	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	23	16:53	0:44	0:00	16:09	13	7	65.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	19	15:29	0:00	0:00	15:29	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	23	15:28	0:44	0:00	14:44	0	1	0.0
1	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	22	18:45	0:55	0:21	17:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	21	18:22	0:55	0:00	17:27	8	4	66.7
0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	2	2	1	21	15:12	0:55	0:00	14:17	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	10:32	0:00	0:00	10:32	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	26	25:19	0:00	0:00	25:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	23	21:30	0:00	0:00	21:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	10	7:16	0:00	0:00	7:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	28	26:01	0:44	0:58	24:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	27	27:50	0:55	0:58	25:57	0	0	0.0

goalies
Devan DubnykD. Dubnyk#40

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
32	3	29	.906	27	0	2	0	0	58:01	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Penguins	2	1	0	3
	Wild	1	0	1	2

1st Period		PIT	MIN
5:27	Mikko Koivu (5) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Nino Niederreiter (12), Charlie Coyle (12)	0	1
15:43	Sidney Crosby (18) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Phil Kessel (28), Kris Letang (25)	1	1
19:39	Phil Kessel (17) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Sidney Crosby (30), Zachary Aston-Reese (4)	2	1

2nd Period			PIT	MIN
10:19		Riley Sheahan (5) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Phil Kessel (29), Matt Cullen (4)	3	1

3rd Period			PIT	MIN
15:55		Zach Parise (17) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Mikko Koivu (18), Mikael Granlund (26)	3	2

Regular Season Series

PIT wins 2-0

Wild
1
Penguins
2

Game 1

21/12

Penguins
3
Wild
2

Game 2

31/12

Xcel Energy Center

11:00 PM, 31 December 2018

Saint Paul, MN

Attendance: 19,163

Referees:
Marc Joannette

Linesmen:
Darren Gibbs
Derek Nansen

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	14	5	0	28
New Jersey	13	7	2	28
Washington	13	5	1	27
NY Rangers	12	5	1	25
NY Islanders	7	8	5	19
Columbus	8	9	2	18
Philadelphia	8	10	2	18
Pittsburgh	7	11	4	18

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Winnipeg	17	3	0	34
Minnesota	13	3	3	29
Dallas	12	6	0	24
Colorado	11	9	0	22
St. Louis	9	11	1	19
Utah	7	9	3	17
Chicago	7	12	1	15
Nashville	6	11	3	15

Jiri Kulich wins it in OT for Sabres

Jiri Kulich's goal in overtime earns the Buffalo Sabres a 3-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks.

Sabres net 2 goals in less than 1 minute to tie things up

Peyton Krebs and Jason Zucker score in rapid succession as the Sabres tie the score at 2-2 against the Ducks.

Isac Lundestrom nets goal for Ducks

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Pittsburgh Penguins

Minnesota Wild

Regular Season Series

PIT wins 2-0

Game Information

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Jiri Kulich wins it in OT for Sabres

Sabres net 2 goals in less than 1 minute to tie things up

Isac Lundestrom nets goal for Ducks