Pittsburgh Penguins vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Wednesday, November 28, 2018 · Pepsi Center
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Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at Pepsi Center. The Avalanche outshot the Penguins 26-25.
Sidney Crosby scored a hat trick. Samuel Girard, Erik Johnson, Colin Wilson, Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon and Carl Soderberg also scored.
Philipp Grubauer made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Tristan Jarry stopped 20 of 25.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Samuel Girard (2)Mikko Rantanen (31), Nathan MacKinnon (21)0–111:19 COL
2nd period
Erik Johnson (2)Sven Andrighetto (1)0–205:13 COL
Colin Wilson (7)Nathan MacKinnon (22), Tyson Jost (6)0–307:52 COL
Sidney Crosby (11)Jake Guentzel (9)1–319:08 PIT- Sidney Crosby (12)Unassisted2–319:50 PIT · PPG
3rd period
- Sidney Crosby (13)Dominik Simon (9), Juuso Riikola (1)3–304:43 PIT
Gabriel Landeskog (15)Nathan MacKinnon (23), Mikko Rantanen (32)3–410:05 COL
Nathan MacKinnon (18)Gabriel Landeskog (13)3–519:31 COL · EN
Carl Soderberg (8)Matt Calvert (5), Matt Nieto (4)3–619:44 COL
Team stats
PITCOL
25Shots on goal26
47%Faceoff %53%
1/4Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes8
10Hits21
9Blocked shots17
3Giveaways3
5Takeaways7
Penalties
- 2nd 00:49
Sidney Crosby · holding the stick2 min - 2nd 01:08
Alexander Kerfoot · high sticking2 min - 2nd 11:58Vladislav Kamenev · hooking2 min
- 2nd 19:45Patrik Nemeth · holding2 min
- 3rd 07:38Carl Soderberg · tripping2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 3 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 7 | 20:44 |
| 12Dominik SimonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:31 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 21:19 |
| 50Juuso RiikolaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:22 |
| 10Garrett WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:58 |
| 14Tanner PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:38 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:56 |
| 19Derick BrassardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:21 |
| 38Derek GrantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:16 |
| 46Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:41 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:40 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:26 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:06 |
| 6Jamie OleksiakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 15:40 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:18 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 27:11 |
| 73Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:24 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Tristan JarryG | L | 25 | 20 | 5 | .800 | 58:21 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 2 | 20:55 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 21:30 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 22:21 |
| 10Sven AndrighettoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 07:38 |
| 11Matt CalvertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:05 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:06 |
| 22Colin WilsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:20 |
| 34Carl SoderbergC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:45 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:27 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 6 | 24:51 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:20 |
| 13Alexander KerfootC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:54 |
| 37J.T. CompherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:22 |
| 91Vladislav KamenevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:51 |
| 12Patrik NemethD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 20:00 |
| 16Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:06 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:38 |
| 44Mark BarberioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 15:46 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | W | 25 | 22 | 3 | .880 | 60:00 |