Nashville Predators vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, December 28, 2019 · PPG Paints Arena
ESPN+ · ATTSN-PT · FS-TN
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Nashville Predators 6–4 on Saturday, December 28, 2019 at PPG Paints Arena. The Predators outshot the Penguins 48–36.
Bryan Rust scored twice and Mikael Granlund scored twice. Dominik Kahun, Kris Letang, Viktor Arvidsson, Alex Galchenyuk, Craig Smith and Jake Guentzel also scored.
Matt Murray made 44 saves on 48 shots for the win; Pekka Rinne stopped 25 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Bryan Rust (15)Jake Guentzel (21), Evgeni Malkin (24)0–100:32 PIT
Dominik Kahun (9)Alex Galchenyuk (9), Juuso Riikola (3)0–201:05 PIT
Kris Letang (10)Evgeni Malkin (25), Bryan Rust (13)0–309:04 PIT ·
2nd period
Viktor Arvidsson (9)Calle Jarnkrok (15), Roman Josi (23)1–304:07 NSH · 
Alex Galchenyuk (4)John Marino (13), Juuso Riikola (4)1–408:02 PIT · 
Craig Smith (7)Colin Blackwell (2), Roman Josi (24)2–416:03 NSH
Mikael Granlund (5)Matt Duchene (17), Filip Forsberg (13)3–419:01 NSH
3rd period
- Mikael Granlund (6)Matt Duchene (18), Roman Josi (25)4–408:56 NSH
Jake Guentzel (19)Evgeni Malkin (26), Bryan Rust (14)4–518:57 PIT · - Bryan Rust (16)Unassisted4–619:22 PIT ·
Team stats
NSHPIT
4836
49%51%
1/23/4
84
2931
716
68
67
Penalties
- 8:01 into the first period
Kyle Turris · high sticking2 min - 3:41 into the second period
Sam Lafferty · high sticking2 min - 4:31 into the second periodKyle Turris · hooking2 min
- 6:53 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 4:37 into the third periodEvgeni Malkin · hooking2 min
- 18:34 into the third periodAustin Watson · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 26:43 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:01 |
| 95Matt DucheneC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 9 | 16:25 |
| 9Filip ForsbergL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:40 |
| 15Craig SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 11:41 |
| 19Calle JarnkrokC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 16:06 |
| 33Viktor ArvidssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 16:04 |
| 42Colin BlackwellC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 12:39 |
| 8Kyle TurrisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:18 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:10 |
| 23Rocco GrimaldiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:26 |
| 51Austin WatsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:51 |
| 92Ryan JohansenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:47 |
| 4Ryan EllisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 26:43 |
| 7Yannick WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:31 |
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 23:48 |
| 24Jarred TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:35 |
| 57Dante FabbroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:45 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | L | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 74Juuse SarosG | 8 | 3 | .625 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 17Bryan RustR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 3 | 22:36 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 22:06 |
| 18Alex GalchenyukC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:13 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 22:23 |
| 50Juuso RiikolaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15:01 |
| 24Dominik KahunC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:37 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:53 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 28:01 |
| 12Dominik SimonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:44 |
| 13Brandon TanevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:16 |
| 19Jared McCannC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:27 |
| 37Sam LaffertyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:59 |
| 46Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:15 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:31 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:23 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:23 |
| 3Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:59 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:09 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Matt MurrayG | W | 48 | 4 | .917 |
| 35Tristan JarryG | 0 | 0 | – |