Pittsburgh Penguins at Nashville Predators

Fri, Dec 27, 2019 · Bridgestone Arena · 2019–20 Regular Season

Pittsburgh Penguins

5 – 2

Final

Nashville Predators

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Nashville Predators 5–2 on Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at Bridgestone Arena. Juuso Riikola led the way with 2 points. Tristan Jarry made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 25–32.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	3	2	0	5	25
NSH	1	0	1	2	32

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:17	PIT	EV	Dominik Simon (3) · wrist	Juuso Riikola (2), Chad Ruhwedel (3)	1–0
1st	04:30	NSH	EV	Craig Smith (6) · deflected	Mattias Ekholm (16)	1–1
1st	14:16	PIT	EV	Alex Galchenyuk (3) · backhand	Marcus Pettersson (13), John Marino (12)	2–1
1st	14:50	PIT	EV	Teddy Blueger (5) · wrist	Zachary Aston-Reese (6), Brandon Tanev (11)	3–1
2nd	04:38	PIT	EV	Bryan Rust (14) · tip-in	Jake Guentzel (20), Evgeni Malkin (23)	4–1
2nd	18:04	PIT	EV	Juuso Riikola (1) · wrist	Dominik Kahun (12), Jared McCann (12)	5–1
3rd	09:18	NSH	EV	Viktor Arvidsson (8) · deflected	Roman Josi (22), Rocco Grimaldi (12)	5–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	12:15	NSH	Nick Bonino	tripping	2
1st	16:22	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	tripping	2
3rd	08:59	NSH	Mattias Ekholm	slashing	2
3rd	08:59	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	roughing	2
3rd	08:59	PIT	Bryan Rust	roughing	2
3rd	08:59	NSH	Matt Irwin	roughing	2
3rd	08:59	NSH	Mattias Ekholm	misconduct	10
3rd	08:59	NSH	Mattias Ekholm	roughing	2
3rd	08:59	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	roughing	2
3rd	15:23	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: PIT 3.50 · NSH 2.36 · xG% PIT 59.8

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
50	Juuso Riikola	D	1	1	2	+4	0	2	1	2		14:29	21
28	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1		21:12	27
17	Bryan Rust	R	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	0		20:51	28
53	Teddy Blueger	C	1	0	1	+2	0	2	0	0	36.4	18:45	29
6	John Marino	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	1		18:27	27
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0		18:11	26
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	1	1	+1	8	2	1	0	47.1	17:59	25
13	Brandon Tanev	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	5		16:38	26
46	Zachary Aston-Reese	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0		16:35	26
19	Jared McCann	L	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	53.8	15:42	20
2	Chad Ruhwedel	D	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0	0		14:39	20
24	Dominik Kahun	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		12:56	21
18	Alex Galchenyuk	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		11:39	19
12	Dominik Simon	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0		10:50	16
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	2		25:41	29
3	Jack Johnson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	3		23:20	28
37	Sam Lafferty	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	33.3	10:23	15
36	Joseph Blandisi	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	1	40.0	7:56	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Tristan Jarry	W	32	30	2	.938	60:00

Nashville Predators

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
59	Roman Josi	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0		27:27	33
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	0	1	1	-2	14	2	1	2		19:01	26
33	Viktor Arvidsson	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0		17:00	21
23	Rocco Grimaldi	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0		16:40	25
15	Craig Smith	C	1	0	1	-1	0	2	2	0		12:03	20
4	Ryan Ellis	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	2		26:23	33
57	Dante Fabbro	D	0	0	0	-1	0	6	0	0		24:29	30
95	Matt Duchene	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	45.0	21:24	26
9	Filip Forsberg	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	0		20:15	26
64	Mikael Granlund	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	2		20:12	25
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	1	100.0	17:50	24
92	Ryan Johansen	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	58.3	15:57	22
8	Kyle Turris	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	58.3	15:57	21
52	Matt Irwin	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	2		14:05	20
51	Austin Watson	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0		12:33	17
13	Nick Bonino	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	90.0	12:29	19
5	Dan Hamhuis	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		3:42	6
10	Colton Sissons	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	3:21	4

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
74	Juuse Saros	L	19	17	2	.895	42:22
35	Pekka Rinne	L	6	3	3	.500	14:50