Colorado Avalanche vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Tuesday, December 4, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-3 on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at PPG Paints Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Penguins 45-32.
Patric Hornqvist scored a hat trick. Jake Guentzel, Evgeni Malkin, Derick Brassard, Tyson Barrie, Carl Soderberg and Matt Nieto also scored.
Casey DeSmith made 42 saves on 45 shots for the win; Semyon Varlamov stopped 26 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jake Guentzel (12)Kris Letang (16), Brian Dumoulin (7)0–102:46 PIT
Evgeni Malkin (10)Tanner Pearson (3), Patric Hornqvist (7)0–206:52 PIT
Derick Brassard (3)Olli Maatta (8), Zachary Aston-Reese (1)0–307:27 PIT
2nd period
Tyson Barrie (4)Mikko Rantanen (35), Gabriel Landeskog (15)1–308:16 COL · PPG
Carl Soderberg (9)Matt Calvert (6), Ian Cole (8)2–309:32 COL
Matt Nieto (3)Gabriel Bourque (4)3–313:17 COL · SHG
3rd period
Patric Hornqvist (10)Kris Letang (17), Phil Kessel (19)3–406:11 PIT · PPG- Patric Hornqvist (11)Evgeni Malkin (22)3–507:32 PIT
- Patric Hornqvist (12)Unassisted3–608:58 PIT
Team stats
COLPIT
45Shots on goal32
44%Faceoff %56%
1/3Power play1/3
8Penalty minutes8
18Hits33
15Blocked shots16
8Giveaways8
3Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 12:47
Dominik Simon · hooking2 min - 2nd 06:42Kris Letang · interference2 min
- 2nd 10:59Sidney Crosby · tripping2 min
- 2nd 11:44
Mikko Rantanen · interference2 min - 3rd 05:47Patrik Nemeth · slashing2 min
- 3rd 14:48Jack Johnson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 14:48J.T. Compher · roughing2 min
- 3rd 17:01Nathan MacKinnon · tripping2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 11Matt CalvertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10:33 |
| 34Carl SoderbergC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12:31 |
| 57Gabriel BourqueL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 10:19 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:11 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 22:24 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 22:23 |
| 4Tyson BarrieD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 5 | 24:10 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 20:23 |
| 13Alexander KerfootC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:25 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:07 |
| 22Colin WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:26 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:52 |
| 37J.T. CompherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 17:37 |
| 91Vladislav KamenevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 09:19 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:37 |
| 12Patrik NemethD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:02 |
| 16Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:07 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | L | 32 | 26 | 6 | .813 | 57:47 |
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 8 | 16:32 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 17:51 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 24:46 |
| 14Tanner PearsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 12:23 |
| 19Derick BrassardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:35 |
| 46Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:30 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:36 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:42 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:00 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 20:26 |
| 12Dominik SimonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 05:01 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:43 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:20 |
| 38Derek GrantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:48 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:46 |
| 6Jamie OleksiakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:25 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:54 |
| 73Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | W | 45 | 42 | 3 | .933 | 60:00 |
| 35Tristan JarryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |