Penguins 5-2 Predators (28 Dec, 2019) Box Score

Pittsburgh Penguins

22-11-4, 8-7-2 away

	1	2	3	T
PIT	3	2	0	5
NSH	1	0	1	2

Nashville Predators

18-13-6, 10-7-4 home

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Z. Aston-Reese C
J. Blandisi C
T. Blueger C
A. Galchenyuk C
J. Guentzel LW
D. Kahun C
S. Lafferty C
E. Malkin C
J. McCann LW
B. Rust RW
D. Simon C
B. Tanev LW
defensemen
J. Johnson D
K. Letang D
J. Marino D
M. Pettersson D
J. Riikola D
C. Ruhwedel D

											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	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	26	16:35	0:12	1:00	15:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	12	7:56	0:00	0:00	7:56	2	3	40.0
1	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	29	18:45	0:20	3:00	15:25	4	7	36.4
1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	11:39	0:32	0:00	11:07	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	26	18:11	1:28	0:00	16:43	0	1	0.0
0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	12:56	0:32	0:00	12:24	0	2	0.0
0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	10:23	0:00	0:00	10:23	2	4	33.3
0	1	1	2	1	0	4	8	1	4	2	25	17:59	1:28	0:00	16:31	8	9	47.1
0	1	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	15:42	1:28	0:24	13:50	7	6	53.8
1	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	28	20:51	1:28	1:30	17:53	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	10:50	0:00	0:00	10:50	0	2	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	26	16:38	0:00	2:06	14:32	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	2	1	3	0	0	1	1	1	28	23:20	0:00	2:17	21:03	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	3	29	25:41	1:28	1:20	22:53	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	27	18:27	0:32	1:43	16:12	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	27	21:12	0:10	1:43	19:19	0	0	0.0
1	1	4	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	21	14:29	0:22	0:00	14:07	0	0	0.0
0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	14:39	0:00	0:57	13:42	0	0	0.0

goalies
T. Jarry G

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
32	2	30	.938	25	0	5	0	0	60:00	0

Nashville Predators


forwards
V. Arvidsson LW
N. Bonino C
M. Duchene C
F. Forsberg LW
M. Granlund C
R. Grimaldi RW
C. Jarnkrok C
R. Johansen C
C. Sissons C
C. Smith C
K. Turris C
A. Watson LW
defensemen
M. Ekholm D
R. Ellis D
D. Fabbro D
D. Hamhuis D
M. Irwin D
R. Josi D

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	17:00	2:24	0:00	14:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	19	12:29	0:29	0:00	12:00	9	1	90.0
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	26	21:24	2:24	0:00	19:00	9	11	45.0
0	0	-1	4	2	0	0	0	1	2	3	26	20:15	1:41	0:45	17:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	25	20:12	1:36	0:00	18:36	0	1	0.0
0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	16:40	0:00	0:00	16:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	24	17:50	1:57	1:12	14:41	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	22	15:57	2:18	1:19	12:20	7	5	58.3
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	3:21	0:00	0:00	3:21	1	0	100.0
1	0	-1	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	20	12:03	0:12	0:00	11:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	15:57	2:03	0:00	13:54	7	5	58.3
0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	17	12:33	0:00	0:44	11:49	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	-2	2	1	2	3	14	1	1	0	26	19:01	0:57	0:36	17:28	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	2	33	26:23	1:52	1:24	23:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	24:29	0:00	0:23	24:06	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	3:42	0:00	0:13	3:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	2	1	2	2	0	0	20	14:05	0:00	0:00	14:05	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	33	27:27	3:03	1:24	23:00	0	0	0.0

goalies
J. Saros G
P. Rinne G

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
19	2	17	.895	17	0	0	0	0	42:22	0
6	3	3	.500	3	0	0	0	0	14:50	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	3	2	0	5
	Predators	1	0	1	2

1st Period		PIT	NSH
2:17	Dominik Simon (3) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Juuso Riikola (2), Chad Ruhwedel (3)	1	0
4:30	Craig Smith (6) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Mattias Ekholm (16)	1	1
14:16	Alex Galchenyuk (3) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Marcus Pettersson (13), John Marino (12)	2	1
14:50	Teddy Blueger (5) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Zach Aston-Reese (6), Brandon Tanev (11)	3	1

2nd Period			PIT	NSH
4:38		Bryan Rust (14) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Jake Guentzel (20), Evgeni Malkin (23)	4	1
18:04		Juuso Riikola (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Dominik Kahun (12), Jared McCann (12)	5	1

3rd Period			PIT	NSH
9:18		Viktor Arvidsson (8) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Roman Josi (22), Rocco Grimaldi (12)	5	2

Regular Season Series

PIT leads 1-0

Penguins
5
Predators
2

Game 1

28/12

Predators
4
Penguins
6

Game 2

29/12

Bridgestone Arena

1:00 AM, 28 December 2019

Nashville, TN

Attendance: 17,849

Referees:
Brian Pochmara

Linesmen:
Pierre Racicot
Matt MacPherson

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
NY Rangers	55	23	4	114
Carolina	52	23	7	111
NY Islanders	39	27	16	94
Washington	40	31	11	91
Pittsburgh	38	32	12	88
Philadelphia	38	33	11	87
New Jersey	38	39	5	81
Columbus	27	43	12	66

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Dallas	52	21	9	113
Winnipeg	52	24	6	110
Colorado	50	25	7	107
Nashville	47	30	5	99
St. Louis	43	33	6	92
Minnesota	39	33	10	87
Arizona	36	41	5	77
Chicago	23	53	6	52

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Pittsburgh Penguins

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Regular Season Series

PIT leads 1-0

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