Pittsburgh Penguins vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Friday, February 23, 2018 · PNC Arena
TVAS · ATTSN-PT · FS-CR
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6–1 on Friday, February 23, 2018 at PNC Arena. The Penguins outshot the Hurricanes 39–28.
Phil Kessel scored twice. Jake Guentzel, Olli Maatta, Teuvo Teravainen, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin also scored.
Matt Murray made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 33 of 39.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jake Guentzel (20)Phil Kessel (43)1–013:36 PIT
2nd period
Olli Maatta (5)Evgeni Malkin (38)2–000:46 PIT
Teuvo Teravainen (15)Elias Lindholm (18), Sebastian Aho (26)2–102:05 CAR
Phil Kessel (25)Jake Guentzel (15), Brian Dumoulin (7)3–106:11 PIT- Phil Kessel (26)Riley Sheahan (16), Jake Guentzel (16)4–108:25 PIT
3rd period
Sidney Crosby (20)Kris Letang (33), Evgeni Malkin (39)5–109:12 PIT · 
Evgeni Malkin (34)Zachary Aston-Reese (2)6–112:42 PIT
Team stats
PITCAR
3928
41%59%
1/10/2
614
2723
1321
109
2921
Penalties
- 9:45 into the second period
Evgeni Malkin · slashing2 min - 9:45 into the second period
Trevor van Riemsdyk · roughing2 min - 7:59 into the third periodSebastian Aho · high sticking2 min
- 10:09 into the third periodBrian Dumoulin · high sticking2 min
- 12:42 into the third periodCam Ward · misconduct10 min
- 17:14 into the third periodDominik Simon · tripping2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 5 | 15:25 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 16:36 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 5 | 17:26 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 17:13 |
| 46Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:54 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 18:25 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 20:47 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:17 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24:23 |
| 12Dominik SimonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:32 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:21 |
| 37Carter RowneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:13 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:37 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:29 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 13:47 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 1 | 19:57 |
| 6Jamie OleksiakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16:21 |
| 22Matt HunwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:17 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Matt MurrayG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |
| 35Tristan JarryG | 0 | 0 | – |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 20Sebastian AhoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:42 |
| 28Elias LindholmC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:23 |
| 86Teuvo TeravainenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:52 |
| 7Derek RyanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:53 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 17:59 |
| 19Josh JoorisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:39 |
| 21Lee StempniakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:43 |
| 23Brock McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 15:32 |
| 34Phillip Di GiuseppeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 06:54 |
| 42Joakim NordstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:55 |
| 49Victor RaskC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | 16:43 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:51 |
| 4Haydn FleuryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:19 |
| 5Noah HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 20:26 |
| 22Brett PesceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:32 |
| 27Justin FaulkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 22:13 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:33 |
| 74Jaccob SlavinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:38 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | L | 39 | 6 | .846 |
| 33Scott DarlingG | 0 | 0 | – |