Pittsburgh Penguins vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, December 12, 2018 · United Center
NBCSN · TVAS
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at United Center. The Penguins outshot the Blackhawks 43–29.
Bryan Rust scored a hat trick. Andreas Martinsen, Brent Seabrook, Alex DeBrincat, Marcus Kruger, Jonathan Toews and Brandon Saad also scored.
Corey Crawford made 40 saves on 43 shots for the win; Casey DeSmith stopped 23 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Andreas Martinsen (1)Carl Dahlstrom (1), Marcus Kruger (1)0–114:14 CHI
Brent Seabrook (4)Jonathan Toews (12)0–217:51 CHI
Bryan Rust (2)Unassisted1–218:40 PIT
2nd period
- Bryan Rust (3)Derek Grant (3)2–205:46 PIT
Alex DeBrincat (13)Patrick Kane (22), Brent Seabrook (10)2–315:28 CHI · - Bryan Rust (4)Olli Maatta (9), Zachary Aston-Reese (2)3–319:03 PIT
3rd period
Marcus Kruger (4)Andreas Martinsen (3), Duncan Keith (14)3–403:49 CHI
Jonathan Toews (14)Brandon Saad (9)3–518:58 CHI · 
Brandon Saad (9)Jonathan Toews (13)3–619:39 CHI ·
Team stats
PITCHI
4329
51%49%
0/21/2
44
2723
218
1213
711
Penalties
- 2:35 into the second period
Brendan Perlini · tripping2 min - 15:06 into the second period
Jean-Sebastien Dea · holding2 min - 1:39 into the third periodEvgeni Malkin · hooking2 min
- 4:04 into the third periodJonathan Toews · tripping2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 17Bryan RustR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 8 | 16:06 |
| 38Derek GrantC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:17 |
| 46Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 11:10 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:51 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:14 |
| 14Tanner PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:20 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:39 |
| 19Derick BrassardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 20:15 |
| 39Jean-Sebastien DeaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:28 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | 22:00 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 | 17:58 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | 19:37 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 22:58 |
| 6Jamie OleksiakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:48 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:57 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:35 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | 29:39 |
| 73Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:35 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 30Matt MurrayG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 19Jonathan ToewsC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 18:38 |
| 16Marcus KrugerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 09:55 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 18:01 |
| 29Andreas MartinsenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 07:21 |
| 7Brent SeabrookD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 16:25 |
| 12Alex DeBrincatR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 21:02 |
| 88Patrick KaneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 22:05 |
| 2Duncan KeithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 22:49 |
| 63Carl DahlstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 22:34 |
| 11Brendan PerliniL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 10:51 |
| 17Dylan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:43 |
| 24Dominik KahunC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:35 |
| 40John HaydenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:02 |
| 64David KampfC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:32 |
| 95Dylan SikuraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:33 |
| 5Connor MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 22:38 |
| 23Brandon ManningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:20 |
| 28Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:56 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 50Corey CrawfordG | W | 43 | 3 | .930 |