Pittsburgh Penguins at Minnesota Wild

Sat, Dec 26, 2015 · Xcel Energy Center · 2015–16 Regular Season

Pittsburgh Penguins

3 – 1

Final

Minnesota Wild

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Minnesota Wild 3–1 on Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at Xcel Energy Center. Kris Letang led the way with 2 points. Matt Murray made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 32–26.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	0	3	0	3	32
MIN	0	1	0	1	26

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	04:23	PIT	EV	Sidney Crosby (7) · wrist	David Perron (10), Kris Letang (14)	1–0
2nd	18:10	PIT	EV	Eric Fehr (4) · tip-in	Kevin Porter (2), Matt Cullen (7)	2–0
2nd	18:55	MIN	EV	Jason Zucker (9) · wrist	Thomas Vanek (14), Marco Scandella (6)	2–1
2nd	19:26	PIT	PP	Patric Hornqvist (6) · wrist	Sidney Crosby (17), Kris Letang (15)	3–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	09:06	MIN	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
1st	15:03	PIT	Sidney Crosby	hooking	2
2nd	04:34	PIT	Patric Hornqvist	delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	12:18	PIT	Scott Wilson	hooking	2
2nd	19:10	MIN	Jared Spurgeon	cross checking	2
3rd	03:19	MIN	Jarret Stoll	illegal check to head	2
3rd	13:43	PIT	David Perron	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: PIT 2.76 · MIN 2.51 · xG% PIT 52.4

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
58	Kris Letang	D	0	2	2	+1	0	3	0	0		21:42	28
87	Sidney Crosby	C	1	1	2	+1	2	3	0	0	66.7	17:18	26
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	62.5	15:55	25
72	Patric Hornqvist	R	1	0	1	0	2	6	2	0		15:07	21
16	Eric Fehr	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	2		14:30	22
11	Kevin Porter	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		14:28	22
57	David Perron	L	0	1	1	0	2	5	1	0		13:39	24
3	Olli Maatta	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	1		22:59	31
8	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		19:44	27
12	Ben Lovejoy	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2		19:42	27
6	Trevor Daley	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		17:45	24
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	55.6	17:32	22
14	Chris Kunitz	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0		16:36	25
81	Phil Kessel	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		15:23	16
28	Ian Cole	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		14:47	21
13	Nick Bonino	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	30.0	14:32	19
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		11:58	18
23	Scott Wilson	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0		8:23	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Matt Murray	W	26	25	1	.962	60:00

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	2		21:00	27
26	Thomas Vanek	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	2		18:15	20
16	Jason Zucker	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	1		14:37	17
20	Ryan Suter	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0		26:37	30
11	Zach Parise	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		21:49	24
24	Mathew Dumba	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	2		21:25	24
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	3	0		21:13	29
64	Mikael Granlund	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	53.3	20:28	26
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		19:49	22
9	Mikko Koivu	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	2	44.0	18:41	22
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		17:24	24
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	28.6	14:20	19
22	Nino Niederreiter	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0		14:02	18
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	11:39	17
19	Jarret Stoll	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	38.5	10:21	16
7	Chris Porter	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		10:10	14
14	Justin Fontaine	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		8:05	12
39	Nate Prosser	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		7:45	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Devan Dubnyk	L	32	29	3	.906	58:04