National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 5, Nashville 2
Friday, December 27, 2019 8:00 PM
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, December 27, 2019
Where: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen: Matt MacPherson, Pierre Racicot
Attendance: 17849
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 3205
Nashville 1012
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
2:17 - Penguins Dominik Simon (EV) Assists: Juuso Riikola , Chad Ruhwedel
4:30 - Predators Craig Smith (EV) Assists: Mattias Ekholm
14:16 - Penguins Alex Galchenyuk (EV) Assists: Marcus Pettersson , John Marino
14:50 - Penguins Teddy Blueger (EV) Assists: Zach Aston-Reese , Brandon Tanev
Penalties
12:15 - Predators Nick Bonino (2) Tripping
 16:22 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
4:38 - Penguins Bryan Rust (EV) Assists: Jake Guentzel , Evgeni Malkin
18:04 - Penguins Juuso Riikola (EV) Assists: Dominik Kahun , Jared McCann
Penalties
None.
3rd Period
Scoring
9:18 - Predators Viktor Arvidsson (EV) Assists: Roman Josi , Rocco Grimaldi
Penalties
8:59 - Predators Mattias Ekholm (2) Roughing
 8:59 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (2) Roughing
 8:59 - Penguins Bryan Rust (2) Roughing
 8:59 - Predators Matt Irwin (2) Roughing
 8:59 - Predators Mattias Ekholm (2) Slashing
 8:59 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (2) Roughing
 8:59 - Predators Mattias Ekholm (10) Misconduct
 15:23 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (2) Tripping
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Matt Murray G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Tristan Jarry G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Chad Ruhwedel D 0 1 1 +3 0 0 14:39
Jack Johnson D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 23:20
John Marino D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 18:27
Brandon Tanev LW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 16:38
Bryan Rust RW 1 0 1 +1 2 1 20:51
Alex Galchenyuk C 1 0 1 E 0 2 11:39
Dominik Simon RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 10:50
Jared McCann LW 0 1 1 -1 0 1 15:42
Dominik Kahun LW 0 1 1 E 0 0 12:56
Marcus Pettersson D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 21:12
Joseph Blandisi C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 7:56
Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 10:23
Zach Aston-Reese LW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 16:35
Juuso Riikola D 1 1 2 +4 0 2 14:29
Teddy Blueger C 1 0 1 +2 0 2 18:45
Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 25:41
Jake Guentzel LW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 18:11
Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 +1 8 2 17:59
Nashville Predators
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Pekka Rinne G 0 0 0 0 0 14:50
Juuse Saros G 0 0 0 0 0 42:22
Ryan Ellis D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 26:23
Dan Hamhuis D 0 0 0 E 0 0 3:42
Kyle Turris C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 15:57
Filip Forsberg LW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 20:15
Colton Sissons C 0 0 0 E 0 0 3:21
Nick Bonino C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 12:29
Mattias Ekholm D 0 1 1 -2 14 2 19:01
Craig Smith RW 1 0 1 -1 0 2 12:03
Calle Jarnkrok C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 17:50
Rocco Grimaldi RW 0 1 1 -1 0 0 16:40
Viktor Arvidsson RW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 17:00
Austin Watson LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 12:33
Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 14:05
Dante Fabbro D 0 0 0 -1 0 6 24:29
Roman Josi D 0 1 1 E 0 2 27:27
Mikael Granlund LW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 20:12
Ryan Johansen C 0 0 0 E 0 0 15:57
Matt Duchene C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21:24
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Tristan Jarry W (20-12-1) 32 30 2 .938 0 60:00
Nashville
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Pekka Rinne L (18-14-4) 6 3 3 .500 0 14:50
Juuse Saros 19 17 2 .895 0 42:22