Pittsburgh Penguins vs Nashville Predators
Regular season · Friday, December 27, 2019 · Bridgestone Arena
ATTSN-PT · FS-TN
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Nashville Predators 5-2 on Friday, December 27, 2019 at Bridgestone Arena. The Predators outshot the Penguins 32-25.
Goals came from Dominik Simon, Craig Smith, Alex Galchenyuk, Teddy Blueger, Bryan Rust, Juuso Riikola and Viktor Arvidsson.
Tristan Jarry made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Pekka Rinne stopped 3 of 6.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Dominik Simon (3)Juuso Riikola (2), Chad Ruhwedel (3)1–002:17 PIT
Craig Smith (6)Mattias Ekholm (16)1–104:30 NSH
Alex Galchenyuk (3)Marcus Pettersson (13), John Marino (12)2–114:16 PIT
Teddy Blueger (5)Zachary Aston-Reese (6), Brandon Tanev (11)3–114:50 PIT
2nd period
Bryan Rust (14)Jake Guentzel (20), Evgeni Malkin (23)4–104:38 PIT
Juuso Riikola (1)Dominik Kahun (12), Jared McCann (12)5–118:04 PIT
3rd period
Viktor Arvidsson (8)Roman Josi (22), Rocco Grimaldi (12)5–209:18 NSH
Team stats
PITNSH
25Shots on goal32
40%Faceoff %60%
0/1Power play0/2
10Penalty minutes18
9Hits20
15Blocked shots11
12Giveaways9
11Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 12:15
Nick Bonino · tripping2 min - 1st 16:22
Evgeni Malkin · tripping2 min - 3rd 08:59Mattias Ekholm · slashing2 min
- 3rd 08:59Evgeni Malkin · roughing2 min
- 3rd 08:59Bryan Rust · roughing2 min
- 3rd 08:59Matt Irwin · roughing2 min
- 3rd 08:59Mattias Ekholm · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 08:59Mattias Ekholm · roughing2 min
- 3rd 08:59Evgeni Malkin · roughing2 min
- 3rd 15:23Evgeni Malkin · tripping2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 50Juuso RiikolaD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 2 | 14:29 |
| 12Dominik SimonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:50 |
| 13Brandon TanevL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:51 |
| 18Alex GalchenyukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:39 |
| 19Jared McCannC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 15:42 |
| 24Dominik KahunC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:56 |
| 46Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:35 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:45 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:11 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:59 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 14:39 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:27 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:12 |
| 36Joseph BlandisiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 07:56 |
| 37Sam LaffertyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:23 |
| 3Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 23:20 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 25:41 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Matt MurrayG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Tristan JarryG | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 60:00 |
Nashville Predators
| 15Craig SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 12:03 |
| 23Rocco GrimaldiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 16:40 |
| 33Viktor ArvidssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:00 |
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 19:01 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27:27 |
| 8Kyle TurrisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:57 |
| 9Filip ForsbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 20:15 |
| 10Colton SissonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:21 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:29 |
| 19Calle JarnkrokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:50 |
| 51Austin WatsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:33 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:12 |
| 92Ryan JohansenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:57 |
| 95Matt DucheneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:24 |
| 4Ryan EllisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 26:23 |
| 5Dan HamhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:42 |
| 52Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:05 |
| 57Dante FabbroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 24:29 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | L | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 14:50 |
| 74Juuse SarosG | 19 | 17 | 2 | .895 | 42:22 |