Nashville Predators vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Playoffs · Monday, May 29, 2017 · PPG Paints Arena
NBC · CBC · SN · TVAS
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Nashville Predators 5–3 on Monday, May 29, 2017 at PPG Paints Arena. The Predators outshot the Penguins 26–12.
Nick Bonino scored twice. Evgeni Malkin, Conor Sheary, Ryan Ellis, Colton Sissons, Frederick Gaudreau and Jake Guentzel also scored.
Matt Murray made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Pekka Rinne stopped 7 of 11.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Evgeni Malkin (8)Trevor Daley (3), Sidney Crosby (14)0–115:32 PIT · 
Conor Sheary (1)Chris Kunitz (4), Sidney Crosby (15)0–216:37 PIT
Nick Bonino (3)Brian Dumoulin (3)0–319:43 PIT
2nd period
Ryan Ellis (5)P.K. Subban (9), Mike Fisher (1)1–308:21 NSH ·
3rd period
Colton Sissons (6)Roman Josi (6), Calle Jarnkrok (3)2–310:06 NSH · 
Frederick Gaudreau (1)Austin Watson (3), Mike Fisher (2)3–313:29 NSH
Jake Guentzel (10)Matt Cullen (6), Justin Schultz (8)3–416:43 PIT- Nick Bonino (4)Chris Kunitz (5)3–518:58 PIT ·
Team stats
NSHPIT
2612
42%58%
2/31/3
66
3731
149
47
85
Penalties
- 13:50 into the first period
Calle Jarnkrok · interference2 min - 13:50 into the first periodJames Neal · cross checking2 min
- 3:43 into the second period
Olli Maatta · interference2 min - 6:39 into the second periodIan Cole · roughing2 min
- 9:36 into the third periodEvgeni Malkin · slashing2 min
- 11:24 into the third periodP.K. Subban · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 12Mike FisherC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | 20:47 |
| 10Colton SissonsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | 18:21 |
| 19Calle JarnkrokC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 15:40 |
| 32Frederick GaudreauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:45 |
| 51Austin WatsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:38 |
| 4Ryan EllisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 26:59 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 28:22 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:57 |
| 9Filip ForsbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:46 |
| 15Craig SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:21 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:43 |
| 38Viktor ArvidssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:30 |
| 46Pontus AbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:28 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:48 |
| 83Vernon FiddlerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:38 |
| 7Yannick WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:40 |
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 25:03 |
| 52Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:04 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | L | 11 | 4 | .636 |
| 74Juuse SarosG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 13Nick BoninoC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 15:59 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 15:47 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 20:09 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:56 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:01 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:52 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:05 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:03 |
| 6Trevor DaleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:12 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:55 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:35 |
| 23Scott WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:17 |
| 37Carter RowneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:11 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:14 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:35 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:14 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:04 |
| 65Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:53 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Matt MurrayG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |