National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 4, Minnesota 3
Monday, December 18, 2023 7:00 PM
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, December 18, 2023
Where: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Kendrick Nicholson, Chris Rooney
Linesmen: David Brisebois, Ben O'Quinn
Attendance: 18200
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 0213
Pittsburgh 1214
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
7:39 - Penguins Reilly Smith (EV) Assists: Valtteri Puustinen , Marcus Pettersson
Penalties
18:47 - Wild Zach Bogosian (2) Holding the stick
2nd Period
Scoring
0:36 - Penguins Jake Guentzel (PP) Assists: Erik Karlsson , Sidney Crosby
3:34 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (EV) Assists: Valtteri Puustinen , Marcus Pettersson
15:06 - Wild Ryan Hartman (EV) Assists: Brock Faber , Marcus Johansson
17:30 - Wild Jake Middleton (EV) Assists: Matt Boldy , Kirill Kaprizov
Penalties
5:42 - Wild Ryan Hartman (2) Holding the stick
 8:05 - Penguins Kris Letang (2) Interference
 12:18 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (2) Tripping
 18:52 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (2) Roughing
 18:52 - Wild Alex Goligoski (2) Holding
 19:25 - Wild Joel Eriksson Ek (2) Interference
3rd Period
Scoring
5:33 - Wild Vinni Lettieri (EV) Assists: Jon Merrill , Daemon Hunt
6:20 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (PP) Assists: Jake Guentzel , Evgeni Malkin
Penalties
5:45 - Wild Kirill Kaprizov (2) High sticking
 7:27 - Wild Ryan Hartman (2) Interference
 7:27 - Penguins Radim Zohorna (4) High Sticking - Double Minor
 12:21 - Wild Connor Dewar (2) Interference
Minnesota Wild
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Filip Gustavsson G 0 0 0 0 0 58:18
Jon Merrill D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 12:19
Jake Middleton D 1 0 1 +1 0 2 23:49
Brock Faber D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 28:18
Vinni Lettieri C 1 0 1 E 0 2 9:30
Matt Boldy LW 0 1 1 +1 0 4 19:35
Joel Eriksson Ek C 0 0 0 +1 2 2 22:34
Marcus Foligno LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 14:50
Pat Maroon LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 12:10
Brandon Duhaime RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 8:26
Marco Rossi C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19:52
Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 16:18
Connor Dewar C 0 0 0 E 2 1 9:45
Alex Goligoski D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 15:14
Ryan Hartman RW 1 0 1 E 4 1 13:01
Daemon Hunt D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 15:52
Frederick Gaudreau C 0 0 0 +1 0 3 12:51
Marcus Johansson LW 0 1 1 E 0 2 15:56
Kirill Kaprizov LW 0 1 1 +1 2 3 20:58
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Tristan Jarry G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Alex Nedeljkovic G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 E 0 1 9:57
John Ludvig D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 8:51
Drew O'Connor LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 11:10
Reilly Smith RW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 15:15
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 E 0 0 14:40
Ryan Graves D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 18:48
Marcus Pettersson D 0 2 2 +1 0 1 23:40
Jansen Harkins C 0 0 0 E 0 3 10:30
Valtteri Puustinen RW 0 2 2 +1 0 3 15:12
Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 E 0 16:22
Kris Letang D 0 0 0 +1 2 3 25:59
Jake Guentzel LW 1 1 2 -2 0 3 23:01
Radim Zohorna LW 0 0 0 E 4 6:29
Erik Karlsson D 0 1 1 -2 0 4 26:10
Rickard Rakell RW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 14:45
Evgeni Malkin C 1 1 2 +1 4 3 16:42
Jeff Carter RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 12:25
Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 -2 0 4 22:04
Goaltending
Minnesota
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Filip Gustavsson L (15-13-2) 30 26 4 .867 0 58:18
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic W (8-4-3) 27 24 3 .889 0 60:00