Minnesota Wild vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Tuesday, January 13, 2015 · CONSOL Energy Center
NBCSN · ROOT
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Minnesota Wild 7-2 on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at CONSOL Energy Center. The Penguins outshot the Wild 37-32.
David Perron scored twice. Marcel Goc, Jonas Brodin, Chris Kunitz, Brandon Sutter, Paul Martin, Kris Letang and Justin Fontaine also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Niklas Backstrom stopped 29 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Marcel Goc (2)Zach Sill (1), Craig Adams (4)0–106:16 PIT
David Perron (7)Christian Ehrhoff (10), Sidney Crosby (33)0–212:04 PIT
2nd period
Jonas Brodin (2)Nate Prosser (4), Jason Pominville (24)1–205:12 MIN
Chris Kunitz (13)Evgeni Malkin (29), Kris Letang (19)1–306:45 PIT · PPG
3rd period
Brandon Sutter (9)Paul Martin (7)1–405:03 PIT
Paul Martin (2)Nick Spaling (12), Evgeni Malkin (30)1–509:08 PIT
Kris Letang (9)David Perron (15), Sidney Crosby (34)1–610:56 PIT
Justin Fontaine (4)Erik Haula (2), Ryan Suter (22)2–613:57 MIN- David Perron (8)Chris Kunitz (14), Sidney Crosby (35)2–716:39 PIT
Team stats
MINPIT
32Shots on goal37
48%Faceoff %52%
0/1Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes2
20Hits20
17Blocked shots14
0Giveaways3
2Takeaways0
Penalties
- 2nd 06:40
Charlie Coyle · tripping2 min - 2nd 09:40Erik Haula · boarding2 min
- 2nd 19:57
Robert Bortuzzo · interference2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 14Justin FontaineR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:52 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 18:29 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:02 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 29:29 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 25:17 |
| 39Nate ProsserD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:08 |
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:25 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 17:42 |
| 11Zach PariseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 18:39 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:40 |
| 18Ryan CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:05 |
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:37 |
| 22Nino NiederreiterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:02 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:11 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:02 |
| 5Christian FolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:44 |
| 44Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 01:49 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 4 | 25:50 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | L | 35 | 29 | 6 | .829 | 50:48 |
| 33John CurryG | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 09:04 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 39David PerronL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 18:36 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 18:34 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 18:11 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:31 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 16:35 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 23:23 |
| 13Nick SpalingC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:40 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:22 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:07 |
| 38Zach SillC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:21 |
| 57Marcel GocC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:30 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 22:44 |
| 19Beau BennettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:59 |
| 23Steve DownieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:09 |
| 36Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:16 |
| 4Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 22:19 |
| 41Robert BortuzzoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:44 |
| 47Simon DespresD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:24 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 59:35 |