Pittsburgh Penguins vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Saturday, October 12, 2019 · Xcel Energy Center
ESPN+ · ATTSN-PT · FS-N · FS-WI
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Minnesota Wild 7–4 on Saturday, October 12, 2019 at Xcel Energy Center. The Penguins outshot the Wild 35–33.
Goals came from Patric Hornqvist, Sidney Crosby, Jason Zucker, Adam Johnson, Kris Letang, Joseph Blandisi, Jared Spurgeon, Jake Guentzel, Brad Hunt, Luke Kunin and Sam Lafferty.
Matt Murray made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Devan Dubnyk stopped 18 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Patric Hornqvist (3)Justin Schultz (3), Sidney Crosby (5)1–014:54 PIT ·
2nd period
Sidney Crosby (3)Kris Letang (4), Matt Murray (1)2–003:26 PIT
Jason Zucker (2)Brad Hunt (2), Jared Spurgeon (1)2–103:54 MIN · 
Adam Johnson (1)Sam Lafferty (1), Zachary Aston-Reese (1)3–111:11 PIT
Kris Letang (2)Brian Dumoulin (1), Brandon Tanev (2)4–112:58 PIT
Joseph Blandisi (1)Adam Johnson (1), Sam Lafferty (2)5–113:39 PIT
Jared Spurgeon (1)Marcus Foligno (3), Victor Rask (1)5–216:46 MIN
3rd period
Jake Guentzel (2)Patric Hornqvist (1)6–210:48 PIT · 
Brad Hunt (2)Kevin Fiala (1), Eric Staal (1)6–315:23 MIN
Luke Kunin (1)Jared Spurgeon (2), Jonas Brodin (1)6–415:44 MIN
Sam Lafferty (1)Unassisted7–418:49 PIT ·
Team stats
PITMIN
3533
49%51%
2/41/2
812
1426
1610
33
29
Penalties
- 6:55 into the first period
Ryan Hartman · roughing2 min - 6:55 into the first period
Sam Lafferty · roughing2 min - 14:26 into the first periodRyan Suter · interference2 min
- 3:40 into the second periodJack Johnson · interference2 min
- 8:21 into the second periodJordan Greenway · hooking2 min
- 8:56 into the second periodPatric Hornqvist · roughing2 min
- 8:56 into the second periodDevan Dubnyk · roughing2 min
- 8:56 into the second periodPatric Hornqvist · roughing2 min
- 5:55 into the third periodBench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
- 10:16 into the third periodRyan Hartman · boarding2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 37Sam LaffertyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 13:04 |
| 47Adam JohnsonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 07:36 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 15:07 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 20:50 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 23:29 |
| 13Brandon TanevL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:35 |
| 36Joseph BlandisiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 07:37 |
| 46Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:15 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | 21:01 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 22:03 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 1 | 21:50 |
| 12Dominik SimonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:20 |
| 19Jared McCannC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:25 |
| 24Dominik KahunC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:35 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:24 |
| 3Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:47 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:30 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 20:21 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Matt MurrayG | W | 33 | 4 | .879 |
| 35Tristan JarryG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota Wild
| 46Jared SpurgeonD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 23:26 |
| 77Brad HuntD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15:16 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 16:54 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:48 |
| 17Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:47 |
| 19Luke KuninC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 14:05 |
| 22Kevin FialaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:39 |
| 49Victor RaskC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:16 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:28 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:01 |
| 11Zach PariseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:20 |
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 12:33 |
| 18Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:15 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:46 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:08 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 23:48 |
| 21Carson SoucyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:35 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 23:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Alex StalockG | 11 | 1 | .909 | |
| 40Devan DubnykG | L | 23 | 5 | .783 |