Pittsburgh Penguins vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Wednesday, December 9, 2015 · Pepsi Center
NBCSN · ROOT
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at Pepsi Center. The Penguins outshot the Avalanche 33-26.
Beau Bennett scored twice. Matt Duchene, Matt Cullen, Erik Johnson and Patric Hornqvist also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Reto Berra stopped 29 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Matt Duchene (15)Nathan MacKinnon (15), Mikhail Grigorenko (9)0–105:34 COL
Matt Cullen (3)Patric Hornqvist (5), Olli Maatta (3)1–110:56 PIT
Erik Johnson (5)Carl Soderberg (14), Francois Beauchemin (12)1–215:00 COL
3rd period
Beau Bennett (4)Chris Kunitz (6), Sidney Crosby (13)2–207:19 PIT
Patric Hornqvist (5)Olli Maatta (4), Nick Bonino (3)3–209:24 PIT- Beau Bennett (5)Brian Dumoulin (6)4–210:43 PIT
Team stats
PITCOL
33Shots on goal26
50%Faceoff %50%
0/2Power play0/5
10Penalty minutes4
15Hits25
17Blocked shots13
0Giveaways5
4Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 07:08
Matt Cullen · interference2 min - 2nd 13:44
Reto Berra · interference2 min - 2nd 19:30Ben Lovejoy · hooking2 min
- 3rd 03:30Evgeni Malkin · delaying game smothering puck2 min
- 3rd 04:55Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 13:10Nick Holden · holding2 min
- 3rd 18:23David Perron · high sticking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 19Beau BennettR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 16:15 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 12:58 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 20:05 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:22 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:38 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 17:12 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 17:43 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:20 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:34 |
| 41Daniel SprongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:06 |
| 57David PerronL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:24 |
| 61Sergei PlotnikovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:14 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:48 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:11 |
| 5David WarsofskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:38 |
| 12Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:59 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:51 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 26 | 24 | 2 | .923 | 60:00 |
| 37Jeff ZatkoffG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 9Matt DucheneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 21:33 |
| 25Mikhail GrigorenkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:33 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 22:04 |
| 34Carl SoderbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:17 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 24:15 |
| 32Francois BeaucheminD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:30 |
| 7John MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:26 |
| 8Jack SkilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:09 |
| 12Jarome IginlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 17:56 |
| 14Blake ComeauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:52 |
| 27Andreas MartinsenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:13 |
| 40Alex TanguayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:24 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 12:05 |
| 62Chris WagnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:32 |
| 2Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:30 |
| 4Tyson BarrieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 26:21 |
| 5Nate GueninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:59 |
| 46Brandon GormleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:54 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 20Reto BerraG | L | 33 | 29 | 4 | .879 | 57:27 |