Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh Penguins

Thu, Dec 19, 2013 · CONSOL Energy Center · 2013–14 Regular Season

Minnesota Wild

2 – 5

Final

Pittsburgh Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Minnesota Wild 5–2 on Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at CONSOL Energy Center. Chris Kunitz scored twice. Jeff Zatkoff made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–36.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	0	1	1	2	26
PIT	1	3	1	5	36

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:49	PIT	EV	Chris Kunitz (1) · wrist	Pascal Dupuis (1), Sidney Crosby (1)	0–1
2nd	01:54	PIT	EV	Brandon Sutter (1) · wrist	Olli Maatta (1), Joe Vitale (1)	0–2
2nd	03:33	PIT	PP	Matt Niskanen (1) · slap	Jussi Jokinen (1), James Neal (1)	0–3
2nd	10:43	PIT	EV	Chris Kunitz (2) · wrist	Sidney Crosby (2), Matt Niskanen (1)	0–4
2nd	11:20	MIN	EV	Jason Pominville (1) · tip-in	Nino Niederreiter (1), Ryan Suter (1)	1–4
3rd	03:13	MIN	EV	Dany Heatley (1) · wrist	Zenon Konopka (1), Keith Ballard (1)	2–4
3rd	07:54	PIT	PP	Olli Maatta (1) · wrist	Unassisted	2–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	02:19	PIT	Craig Adams	fighting	5
1st	02:19	MIN	Zenon Konopka	fighting	5
1st	04:19	PIT	Chuck Kobasew	fighting	5
1st	04:19	MIN	Keith Ballard	fighting	5
1st	10:14	MIN	Mikko Koivu	hooking	2
2nd	02:27	MIN	Nino Niederreiter	interference	2
2nd	03:55	PIT	Brian Dumoulin	hooking	2
2nd	06:36	PIT	Sidney Crosby	interference goalkeeper	2
2nd	10:18	MIN	Keith Ballard	fighting	5
2nd	10:18	PIT	James Neal	fighting	5
2nd	10:18	PIT	James Neal	roughing	2
2nd	10:18	MIN	Keith Ballard	clipping	2
3rd	05:44	PIT	Olli Maatta	hooking	2
3rd	05:58	PIT	Craig Adams	interference	2
3rd	07:54	MIN	Jonas Brodin	ps hooking on breakaway	0
3rd	13:12	PIT	Matt Niskanen	holding	2
3rd	14:41	MIN	Charlie Coyle	interference	2
3rd	17:58	MIN	Brett Bulmer	interference	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: MIN 2.24 · PIT 2.75 · xG% MIN 44.9

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
20	Ryan Suter	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1		27:36	31
29	Jason Pominville	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	100.0	16:46	20
15	Dany Heatley	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	0		14:58	18
22	Nino Niederreiter	R	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0		13:22	19
2	Keith Ballard	D	0	1	1	0	12	2	1	2		12:37	18
28	Zenon Konopka	C	0	1	1	+1	5	0	1	0	71.4	5:39	11
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		25:44	35
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1		22:51	30
11	Zach Parise	L	0	0	0	-3	0	3	2	0		19:26	24
9	Mikko Koivu	C	0	0	0	-3	2	3	0	2	57.9	18:55	24
21	Kyle Brodziak	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	73.7	17:31	26
24	Matt Cooke	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		16:11	25
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	4	0	20.0	16:11	23
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	2		16:06	26
4	Clayton Stoner	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		15:06	21
17	Torrey Mitchell	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		12:58	20
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	50.0	12:08	22
54	Brett Bulmer	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0		8:47	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Niklas Backstrom	L	36	31	5	.861	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
2	Matt Niskanen	D	1	1	2	+2	2	5	0	0		23:23	27
3	Olli Maatta	D	1	1	2	+3	2	4	0	1		21:46	29
14	Chris Kunitz	L	2	0	2	+2	0	4	0	0		21:38	22
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	2	2	+2	2	5	0	1	40.0	21:15	22
9	Pascal Dupuis	R	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	1		17:07	20
16	Brandon Sutter	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0	12.5	16:27	22
36	Jussi Jokinen	L	0	1	1	-1	0	4	0	0	33.3	15:07	19
18	James Neal	L	0	1	1	0	7	2	0	1		14:43	19
46	Joe Vitale	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	100.0	13:43	17
8	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0		18:07	25
47	Simon Despres	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1		18:02	26
41	Robert Bortuzzo	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	1		17:45	24
55	Philip Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		17:13	24
27	Craig Adams	R	0	0	0	-1	7	2	2	0		12:17	16
38	Zach Sill	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	2	50.0	11:46	14
23	Chris Conner	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		10:25	16
39	Harry Zolnierczyk	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10:13	15
12	Chuck Kobasew	R	0	0	0	-2	5	0	1	0		9:03	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
37	Jeff Zatkoff	W	26	24	2	.923	60:00