Pittsburgh Penguins vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Saturday, December 26, 2015 · Xcel Energy Center
FS-N · FS-WI · ROOT
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Minnesota Wild 3-1 on Saturday, December 26, 2015 at Xcel Energy Center. The Penguins outshot the Wild 32-26.
Goals came from Sidney Crosby, Eric Fehr, Jason Zucker and Patric Hornqvist.
Matt Murray made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Devan Dubnyk stopped 29 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Sidney Crosby (7)David Perron (10), Kris Letang (14)1–004:23 PIT
Eric Fehr (4)Kevin Porter (2), Matt Cullen (7)2–018:10 PIT
Jason Zucker (9)Thomas Vanek (14), Marco Scandella (6)2–118:55 MIN
Patric Hornqvist (6)Sidney Crosby (17), Kris Letang (15)3–119:26 PIT · PPG
Team stats
PITMIN
32Shots on goal26
56%Faceoff %44%
1/3Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes6
13Hits23
10Blocked shots14
8Giveaways11
8Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 09:06
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 1st 15:03
Sidney Crosby · hooking2 min - 2nd 04:34Patric Hornqvist · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 12:18Scott Wilson · hooking2 min
- 2nd 19:10Jared Spurgeon · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 03:19Jarret Stoll · illegal check to head2 min
- 3rd 13:43David Perron · tripping2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:18 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 21:42 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:55 |
| 11Kevin PorterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:28 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:30 |
| 57David PerronL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13:39 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 15:07 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:32 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:36 |
| 23Scott WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:23 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:58 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:32 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:23 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 22:59 |
| 6Trevor DaleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:45 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:44 |
| 12Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:42 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:47 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Matt MurrayG | W | 26 | 25 | 1 | .962 | 60:00 |
| 37Jeff ZatkoffG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:37 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:15 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:00 |
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:20 |
| 7Chris PorterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:10 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:41 |
| 11Zach PariseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:49 |
| 14Justin FontaineR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:05 |
| 19Jarret StollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:21 |
| 22Nino NiederreiterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:02 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:49 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:39 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:28 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 26:37 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:25 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:24 |
| 39Nate ProsserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:45 |
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 21:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Devan DubnykG | L | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 58:04 |