Pittsburgh Penguins vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Friday, October 20, 2017 · BB&T Center
TVAS · ATTSN-PT · FS-F
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Florida Panthers 4–3 on Friday, October 20, 2017 at BB&T Center. The Penguins outshot the Panthers 48–31.
Goals came from Jamie McGinn, Aleksander Barkov, Evgeni Malkin, Carter Rowney, Sidney Crosby, MacKenzie Weegar and Conor Sheary.
Matt Murray made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; James Reimer stopped 11 of 12.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jamie McGinn (2)Radim Vrbata (5), Vincent Trocheck (3)0–104:15 FLA
Aleksander Barkov (1)Keith Yandle (3), Aaron Ekblad (3)0–205:49 FLA
2nd period
Evgeni Malkin (3)Phil Kessel (6), Kris Letang (4)1–202:14 PIT · 
Carter Rowney (1)Tom Kuhnhackl (3)2–202:41 PIT
Sidney Crosby (5)Evgeni Malkin (7), Phil Kessel (7)3–211:12 PIT ·
3rd period
MacKenzie Weegar (1)Mark Pysyk (1), Jonathan Huberdeau (3)3–309:19 FLA
Conor Sheary (4)Olli Maatta (6), Justin Schultz (2)4–317:07 PIT ·
Team stats
PITFLA
4831
42%58%
3/40/2
48
2120
1613
89
55
Penalties
- 0:07 into the first period
Ian Cole · high sticking2 min - 16:30 into the first periodPhil Kessel · hooking2 min
- 2:07 into the second period
Jonathan Huberdeau · slashing2 min - 9:37 into the second periodAlexander Petrovic · slashing2 min
- 2:56 into the third periodDerek MacKenzie · slashing2 min
- 15:36 into the third periodRadim Vrbata · tripping2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 19:33 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 18:48 |
| 34Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:47 |
| 37Carter RowneyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:04 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 10:28 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 20:43 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:52 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:10 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 26:18 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:06 |
| 33Greg McKeggC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 07:54 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 12:04 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 16:28 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | 19:21 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:23 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:01 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 19:14 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Matt MurrayG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 31Antti NiemiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Florida Panthers
| 11Jonathan HuberdeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 21:33 |
| 16Aleksander BarkovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 24:24 |
| 21Vincent TrocheckC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:22 |
| 71Radim VrbataR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:27 |
| 88Jamie McGinnL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:55 |
| 3Keith YandleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 25:16 |
| 5Aaron EkbladD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 26:19 |
| 13Mark PysykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:32 |
| 52MacKenzie WeegarD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:10 |
| 7Colton SceviourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:42 |
| 17Derek MacKenzieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:31 |
| 18Micheal HaleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:49 |
| 27Nick BjugstadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:13 |
| 63Evgenii DadonovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 21:58 |
| 74Owen TippettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:12 |
| 90Jared McCannC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:11 |
| 6Alexander PetrovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:57 |
| 19Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:04 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roberto LuongoG | 36 | 3 | .917 | |
| 34James ReimerG | L | 12 | 1 | .917 |