Minnesota Wild vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Thursday, December 20, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena

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1–2

Final

SOG 41–37

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 on Thursday, December 20, 2018 at PPG Paints Arena. The Wild outshot the Penguins 41-37.

Bryan Rust scored twice. Jordan Greenway also scored.

Casey DeSmith made 40 saves on 41 shots for the win; Devan Dubnyk stopped 35 of 37.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	1	0	0	1	41
PIT	1	0	1	2	37

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Jordan Greenway (6)Charlie Coyle (11), Jonas Brodin (6)1–007:13 MIN
Bryan Rust (8)Jake Guentzel (17)1–113:30 PIT

3rd period

Bryan Rust (9)Jake Guentzel (18)1–208:12 PIT

Team stats

MINPIT

41Shots on goal37

40%Faceoff %60%

0/2Power play0/3

8Penalty minutes6

29Hits27

8Blocked shots16

6Giveaways7

5Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 08:09Mikael Granlund · tripping2 min
2nd 11:17Evgeni Malkin · slashing2 min
3rd 03:20Jack Johnson · roughing2 min
3rd 03:20Jason Zucker · roughing2 min
3rd 04:48Jonas Brodin · hooking2 min
3rd 16:23Juuso Riikola · hooking2 min
3rd 18:00Bench · too many men on the ice2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

3Charlie CoyleC	0	1	1	+1	7	3	0	0	42	16:49
18Jordan GreenwayL	1	0	1	+1	1	2	1	0	–	13:09
25Jonas BrodinD	0	1	1	-1	1	2	1	2	–	23:59
9Mikko KoivuC	0	0	0	-1	5	1	1	0	50	17:25
11Zach PariseL	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	–	16:48
12Eric StaalC	0	0	0	-1	5	1	0	0	44	18:00
14Joel Eriksson EkC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	11:00
16Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	2	–	16:18
17Marcus FolignoL	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	10:39
19Luke KuninC	0	0	0	+1	1	4	1	0	–	14:27
21Eric FehrC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	09:49
22Nino NiederreiterR	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	–	13:36
64Mikael GranlundC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	–	16:53
20Ryan SuterD	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	–	28:20
29Greg PaterynD	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	0	–	21:05
36Nick SeelerD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	09:35
39Nate ProsserD	0	0	0	+1	2	5	1	0	–	09:08
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	25:28

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32Alex StalockG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Devan DubnykG	L	37	35	2	.946	59:32

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

17Bryan RustR	2	0	2	+2	4	1	1	0	–	15:30
59Jake GuentzelC	0	2	2	+2	4	1	1	0	–	17:16
7Matt CullenC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	56	12:05
12Dominik SimonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	12:56
14Tanner PearsonL	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	0	–	13:02
15Riley SheahanC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	40	12:18
19Derick BrassardC	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	73	13:59
46Zachary Aston-ReeseC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	10:57
71Evgeni MalkinC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	45	18:07
72Patric HornqvistR	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	–	15:53
81Phil KesselC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:06
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	0	0	+2	3	1	0	0	65	19:45
3Olli MaattaD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	4	0	–	17:39
8Brian DumoulinD	0	0	0	+2	0	3	0	0	–	21:07
28Marcus PetterssonD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	16:13
50Juuso RiikolaD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	2	–	16:23
58Kris LetangD	0	0	0	+2	6	1	0	0	–	26:37
73Jack JohnsonD	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	2	–	18:18

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Casey DeSmithG	W	41	40	1	.976	59:49
30Matt MurrayG		0	0	0	–	00:00