National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 5, Minnesota 2
Thursday, December 19, 2013 7:00 PM
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 19, 2013
Where: Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Chris Rooney, Brad Watson
Linesmen: Derek Amell, Tim Nowak
Attendance: 18623
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 0112
Pittsburgh 1315
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
0:49 - Penguins Chris Kunitz (EV) Assists: Pascal Dupuis , Sidney Crosby
Penalties
2:19 - Wild Zenon Konopka (5) Fighting
 2:19 - Penguins Craig Adams (5) Fighting
 4:19 - Wild Keith Ballard (5) Fighting
 4:19 - Penguins Chuck Kobasew (5) Fighting
 10:14 - Wild Mikko Koivu (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
1:54 - Penguins Brandon Sutter (EV) Assists: Olli Maatta , Joe Vitale
3:33 - Penguins Matt Niskanen (PP) Assists: Jussi Jokinen , James Neal
10:43 - Penguins Chris Kunitz (EV) Assists: Sidney Crosby , Matt Niskanen
11:20 - Wild Jason Pominville (EV) Assists: Nino Niederreiter , Ryan Suter
Penalties
2:27 - Wild Nino Niederreiter (2) Interference
 3:55 - Penguins Brian Dumoulin (2) Hooking
 6:36 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (2) Goaltender interference
 10:18 - Wild Keith Ballard (2) Clipping
 10:18 - Wild Keith Ballard (5) Fighting
 10:18 - Penguins James Neal (2) Roughing
 10:18 - Penguins James Neal (5) Fighting
3rd Period
Scoring
3:13 - Wild Dany Heatley (EV) Assists: Zenon Konopka , Keith Ballard
7:54 - Penguins Olli Maatta (SH) Unassisted
Penalties
5:44 - Penguins Olli Maatta (2) Hooking
 5:58 - Penguins Craig Adams (2) Interference
 13:12 - Penguins Matt Niskanen (2) Holding
 14:41 - Wild Charlie Coyle (2) Interference
 17:58 - Wild Brett Bulmer (2) Interference
Minnesota Wild
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Johan Gustafsson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Niklas Backstrom G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Keith Ballard D 0 1 1 E 12 2 12:37
Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 16:11
Clayton Stoner D 0 0 0 E 0 0 15:06
Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 16:06
Mikko Koivu C 0 0 0 -3 2 3 18:55
Zach Parise LW 0 0 0 -3 0 3 19:26
Dany Heatley LW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 14:58
Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 E 0 1 12:58
Ryan Suter D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 27:36
Kyle Brodziak C 0 0 0 E 0 1 17:31
Nino Niederreiter RW 0 1 1 +1 2 0 13:22
Matt Cooke LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 16:11
Jonas Brodin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 25:44
Zenon Konopka C 0 1 1 +1 5 0 5:39
Jason Pominville RW 1 0 1 E 0 2 16:46
Jared Spurgeon D 0 0 0 E 0 4 22:51
Brett Bulmer RW 0 0 0 E 2 1 8:47
Erik Haula LW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 12:08
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Jeff Zatkoff G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Matt Niskanen D 1 1 2 +2 2 5 23:23
Olli Maatta D 1 1 2 +3 2 4 21:46
Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 18:07
Pascal Dupuis RW 0 1 1 +2 0 2 17:07
Chuck Kobasew RW 0 0 0 -2 5 0 9:03
Chris Kunitz LW 2 0 2 +2 0 4 21:38
Brandon Sutter C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 16:27
James Neal LW 0 1 1 E 7 2 14:43
Chris Conner RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 10:25
Craig Adams RW 0 0 0 -1 7 2 12:17
Jussi Jokinen LW 0 1 1 -1 0 4 15:07
Zach Sill C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 11:46
Harry Zolnierczyk LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 10:13
Robert Bortuzzo D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17:45
Joe Vitale C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 13:43
Simon Despres D 0 0 0 E 0 2 18:02
Philip Samuelsson D 0 0 0 E 0 1 17:13
Sidney Crosby C 0 2 2 +2 2 5 21:15
Goaltending
Minnesota
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Niklas Backstrom L (2-7-2) 36 31 5 .861 0 60:00
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jeff Zatkoff W (6-2-0) 26 24 2 .923 0 60:00