St. Louis Blues vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, December 30, 2023 · PPG Paints Arena
SN-PIT · BSMW
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 on Saturday, December 30, 2023 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Blues 30-27.
Goals came from Drew O'Connor, Robert Thomas, Evgeni Malkin, Jeff Carter, Kasperi Kapanen and Sidney Crosby.
Tristan Jarry made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Joel Hofer stopped 26 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Drew O'Connor (4)Evgeni Malkin (17), Reilly Smith (12)0–115:32 PIT
2nd period
Robert Thomas (15)Jordan Kyrou (17), Torey Krug (16)1–101:06 STL · PPG
Evgeni Malkin (14)Jake Guentzel (23), Rickard Rakell (7)1–206:50 PIT · PPG
3rd period
Jeff Carter (4)Jansen Harkins (1)1–304:48 PIT
Kasperi Kapanen (4)Scott Perunovich (6)2–310:31 STL
Sidney Crosby (20)Jake Guentzel (24), Erik Karlsson (17)2–418:29 PIT · EN
Team stats
STLPIT
27Shots on goal30
33%Faceoff %67%
1/3Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes6
16Hits21
18Blocked shots21
5Giveaways7
7Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 07:49
Ryan Graves · tripping2 min - 1st 19:30Valtteri Puustinen · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 06:03
Sammy Blais · interference2 min - 2nd 12:47Marco Scandella · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 17:01Alexey Toropchenko · holding2 min
- 3rd 08:27Radim Zohorna · tripping2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 18Robert ThomasC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 23:58 |
| 25Jordan KyrouC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 22:50 |
| 42Kasperi KapanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:34 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 24:55 |
| 48Scott PerunovichD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 12:22 |
| 10Brayden SchennC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:26 |
| 12Kevin HayesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:29 |
| 13Alexey ToropchenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:19 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:01 |
| 28Mackenzie MacEachernL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 05:59 |
| 63Jake NeighboursL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:01 |
| 70Oskar SundqvistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:16 |
| 79Sammy BlaisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:27 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:52 |
| 4Nick LeddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:36 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:28 |
| 51Matthew KesselD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:32 |
| 55Colton ParaykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Joel HoferG | L | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 58:28 |
| 50Jordan BinningtonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 59Jake GuentzelL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 9 | 20:27 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:06 |
| 10Drew O'ConnorL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:07 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:03 |
| 43Jansen HarkinsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 07:14 |
| 67Rickard RakellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:09 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:23 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:22 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:36 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:37 |
| 48Valtteri PuustinenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:29 |
| 55Noel AcciariC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:48 |
| 63Radim ZohornaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:56 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:38 |
| 7John LudvigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:49 |
| 27Ryan GravesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:27 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:02 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Tristan JarryG | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 60:00 |
| 39Alex NedeljkovicG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |