Pittsburgh Penguins vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Saturday, December 22, 2018 · PNC Arena

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3–0

32–39

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3–0 on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at PNC Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Penguins 39–32.

Jake Guentzel scored twice. Kris Letang also scored.

Matt Murray made 39 saves on 39 shots for the win; Curtis McElhinney stopped 29 of 32.

Goals
PIT	1	2	0	3	32
CAR	0	0	0	0	39

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Kris Letang (8)Sidney Crosby (23), Bryan Rust (8)1–008:41 PIT

2nd period

Jake Guentzel (14)Sidney Crosby (24), Bryan Rust (9)2–003:00 PIT
Jake Guentzel (15)Sidney Crosby (25), Phil Kessel (23)3–019:09 PIT

Team stats

PITCAR

3239

58%42%

0/20/4

84

2027

1615

1125

159

Penalties

14:13 into the first periodJuuso Riikola · delaying game puck over glass2 min
10:44 into the second periodDerick Brassard · slashing2 min
12:20 into the second periodJordan Staal · tripping2 min
15:03 into the second periodRiley Sheahan · holding the stick2 min
8:16 into the third periodMarcus Pettersson · tripping2 min
19:21 into the third periodLucas Wallmark · tripping2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

87Sidney CrosbyC	0	3	3	+3	5	0	0	0	73	1	1	28	20:34
17Bryan RustR	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	–	1	1	25	18:06
59Jake GuentzelC	2	0	2	+3	4	1	0	0	–	1	0	26	18:22
81Phil KesselC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	17	11:57
58Kris LetangD	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	0	–	0	2	30	25:20
7Matt CullenC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	62	0	1	23	11:37
12Dominik SimonC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	100	1	2	22	13:15
14Tanner PearsonL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	1	0	17	10:01
15Riley SheahanC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	80	3	2	22	12:38
19Derick BrassardC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	45	0	1	19	11:19
46Zachary Aston-ReeseC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	0	2	21	12:14
71Evgeni MalkinC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	17	2	0	23	17:13
72Patric HornqvistR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	0	1	23	15:32
3Olli MaattaD	0	0	0	+2	1	5	6	0	–	0	1	26	19:50
8Brian DumoulinD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	4	0	–	0	0	30	21:42
28Marcus PetterssonD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	2	–	0	0	21	14:35
50Juuso RiikolaD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	2	–	1	1	24	17:33
73Jack JohnsonD	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	–	0	0	27	20:12

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1Casey DeSmithG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Matt MurrayG	W	39	39	0	1.000	60:00

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

7Phillip Di GiuseppeL	0	0	0	−1	2	2	1	0	–	1	0	13	09:43
11Jordan StaalC	0	0	0	−3	2	2	0	2	20	1	1	17	13:14
13Warren FoegeleL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	1	1	21	14:16
14Justin WilliamsR	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	–	1	0	22	15:45
20Sebastian AhoR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	44	1	0	26	20:27
23Brock McGinnL	0	0	0	−1	1	3	0	0	–	0	0	16	10:07
37Andrei SvechnikovR	0	0	0	−2	5	3	0	0	–	3	0	23	17:31
48Jordan MartinookL	0	0	0	−2	3	4	1	0	–	0	1	23	16:43
49Victor RaskC	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	44	0	0	20	14:38
71Lucas WallmarkC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	56	0	0	25	17:48
79Micheal FerlandL	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	6	1	21	16:47
86Teuvo TeravainenL	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	–	1	0	22	16:41
19Dougie HamiltonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	5	0	24	18:52
22Brett PesceD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	0	2	23	20:06
27Justin FaulkD	0	0	0	−2	1	1	1	0	–	2	0	24	19:45
44Calvin de HaanD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	3	0	–	0	0	23	18:28
57Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	–	0	2	20	15:37
74Jaccob SlavinD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	4	0	–	3	1	23	20:53

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
34Petr MrazekG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Curtis McElhinneyG	L	32	29	3	.906	60:00