The Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Minnesota Wild, 4 to 3, on December 18.

Final

Wild

12-13-4

3

Penguins

14-13-3

4

Team

MIN

PIT

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MIN

PIT

Reilly Smith (EV) assisted by Marcus Pettersson and Valtteri Puustinen

2nd period

MIN

PIT

Jake Guentzel (PP) assisted by Sidney Crosby and Erik Karlsson

Evgeni Malkin (EV) assisted by Valtteri Puustinen and Marcus Pettersson

Ryan Hartman (EV) assisted by Marcus Johansson and Brock Faber

Jake Middleton (EV) assisted by Matt Boldy and Kirill Kaprizov

3rd period

MIN

PIT

Vinni Lettieri (EV) assisted by Jon Merrill and Daemon Hunt

Sidney Crosby (PP) assisted by Jake Guentzel and Evgeni Malkin

Wild

Penguins

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Wild

Penguins

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Filip Gustavsson (L) F. Gustavsson	0	1	0	30	26	.867	4	4.12	0	58

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Zach Bogosian Z. Bogosian	0	0	0	-2	2	0		0	0		4	1	1	1	16:18
Matt Boldy M. Boldy	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0.0	0	0		2	0	1	1	19:35
Connor Dewar C. Dewar	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0	2	4	50.0	0	0	0	0	9:45
Brandon Duhaime B. Duhaime	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	1	1	0	8:26
Joel Eriksson Ek J. Eriksson Ek	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0.0	14	29	48.3	3	1	0	0	22:34
Brock Faber B. Faber	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	1	0	0	28:18
Marcus Foligno M. Foligno	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	14:50
Frederick Gaudreau F. Gaudreau	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0.0	3	8	37.5	1	0	0	2	12:51
Alex Goligoski A. Goligoski	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	15:14
Ryan Hartman R. Hartman	1	0	1	0	4	1	100.0	0	4	0.0	1	0	0	0	13:01
Daemon Hunt D. Hunt	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	2	0	0	15:52
Marcus Johansson M. Johansson	0	1	1	0	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0	0	15:56
Kirill Kaprizov K. Kaprizov	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	20:58
Vinni Lettieri V. Lettieri	1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0	0	0		1	1	0	0	9:30
Pat Maroon P. Maroon	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	0.0	1	0	0	0	12:10
Jon Merrill J. Merrill	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	2	0	0	12:19
Jake Middleton J. Middleton	1	0	1	+1	0	2	50.0	0	0		0	2	1	0	23:49
Marco Rossi M. Rossi	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0	5	9	55.6	0	0	1	0	19:52

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Alex Nedeljkovic (W) A. Nedeljkovic	1	0	0	27	24	.889	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Noel Acciari N. Acciari	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	12	58.3	2	1	0	0	16:22
Jeff Carter J. Carter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	1	1	100.0	1	1	0	0	12:25
Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	1	1	2	-2	0	1	1	1	4	25.0	17	23	73.9	0	0	2	1	22:04
Lars Eller L. Eller	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	11	27.3	0	0	0	0	14:40
Ryan Graves R. Graves	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	2	1	1	18:48
Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	1	1	2	-2	0	1	1	0	3	33.3	0	0		0	1	0	1	23:01
Jansen Harkins J. Harkins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		2	0	1	1	10:30
Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	4	0.0	0	0		0	1	1	1	26:10
Kris Letang K. Letang	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	1	25:59
John Ludvig J. Ludvig	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	2	0	0	8:51
Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	1	1	2	+1	4	0	1	0	3	33.3	4	6	66.7	0	1	1	0	16:42
Drew O'Connor D. O'Connor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	2	0	1	11:10
Marcus Pettersson M. Pettersson	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	1	1	1	23:40
Valtteri Puustinen V. Puustinen	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	1	0	0	15:12
Rickard Rakell R. Rakell	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	1	2	50.0	0	0	1	0	14:45
Chad Ruhwedel C. Ruhwedel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	0	0	1	9:57
Reilly Smith R. Smith	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	0	2	0.0	0	0	1	0	15:15
Radim Zohorna R. Zohorna	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	6:29