Pittsburgh Penguins at Minnesota Wild

Mon, Dec 31, 2018 · Xcel Energy Center · 2018–19 Regular Season

Pittsburgh Penguins

3 – 2

Final

Minnesota Wild

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Minnesota Wild 3–2 on Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at Xcel Energy Center. Phil Kessel led the way with 3 points. Casey DeSmith made 31 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 32–33.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	2	1	0	3	32
MIN	1	0	1	2	33

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:27	MIN	PP	Mikko Koivu (5) · wrist	Nino Niederreiter (12), Charlie Coyle (12)	0–1
1st	15:43	PIT	PP	Sidney Crosby (18) · deflected	Phil Kessel (28), Kris Letang (25)	1–1
1st	19:39	PIT	EV	Phil Kessel (17) · deflected	Sidney Crosby (30), Zachary Aston-Reese (4)	2–1
2nd	10:19	PIT	EV	Riley Sheahan (5) · wrist	Phil Kessel (29), Matt Cullen (4)	3–1
3rd	15:55	MIN	EV	Zach Parise (17) · wrist	Mikko Koivu (18), Mikael Granlund (26)	3–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:48	PIT	Riley Sheahan	holding	2
1st	14:45	MIN	Nate Prosser	kneeing	2
2nd	08:08	PIT	Zachary Aston-Reese	roughing	2
2nd	08:08	MIN	Marcus Foligno	roughing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: PIT 2.25 · MIN 2.52 · xG% PIT 47.2

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
81	Phil Kessel	R	1	2	3	+2	0	4	0	1		14:56	18
87	Sidney Crosby	C	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	2	45.8	19:56	28
58	Kris Letang	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0		25:16	30
46	Zachary Aston-Reese	C	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	1		17:06	25
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	50.0	11:10	17
15	Riley Sheahan	C	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	1		9:00	15
8	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	4		23:33	32
73	Jack Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1		19:16	26
3	Olli Maatta	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		18:35	24
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	0		18:34	25
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	58.3	18:11	25
50	Juuso Riikola	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1		17:50	26
72	Patric Hornqvist	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		16:46	24
12	Dominik Simon	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0		15:51	20
28	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		14:32	20
19	Derick Brassard	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	37.5	13:31	17
14	Tanner Pearson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		12:30	16
38	Derek Grant	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		9:48	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Casey DeSmith	W	33	31	2	.939	60:00

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
9	Mikko Koivu	C	1	1	2	0	0	4	0	0	65.0	16:53	23
64	Mikael Granlund	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0		19:32	21
11	Zach Parise	L	1	0	1	0	0	5	3	1		18:45	22
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	0	46.7	18:09	22
22	Nino Niederreiter	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0		15:28	23
20	Ryan Suter	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		27:50	27
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1		26:01	28
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	3		25:19	26
29	Greg Pateryn	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		21:30	23
12	Eric Staal	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	66.7	18:22	21
18	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	1		15:39	22
19	Luke Kunin	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0		15:29	19
16	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0		15:12	21
44	Matt Bartkowski	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10:32	15
21	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		9:19	12
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	0		9:19	14
15	Matt Hendricks	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33.3	8:26	13
39	Nate Prosser	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2		7:16	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Devan Dubnyk	L	32	29	3	.906	58:01