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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Pittsburgh 2, Carolina 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 21, 2023
Where: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Francis Charron, Peter MacDougall
Linesmen: Caleb Apperson, Kilian McNamara
Attendance: 18267
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Carolina 01001
Pittsburgh 1001SO2
Periods:
  • All
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • OT
  • SO
1
Carolina   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Sebastian Aho.
Takeaway by Dmitry Orlov. 1:02  
  1:18 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Jesperi Kotkaniemi.
Takeaway by Jordan Staal. 2:01  
  2:29 Lars Eller blocks shot from Brady Skjei.
Jordan Staal hits Lars Eller. 2:36  
  3:07 Giveaway by Erik Karlsson.
Shot by Jaccob Slavin misses the net 3:17  
Teuvo Teravainen shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 3:18  
  4:02 Kris Letang hits Seth Jarvis.
  4:10 Giveaway by Erik Karlsson.
Dmitry Orlov hits Jeff Carter. 4:33  
  4:36 Noel Acciari wins the faceoff against Michael Bunting.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 5:12  
  5:13 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Jack Drury.
Takeaway by Brent Burns. 5:45  
Takeaway by Jordan Martinook. 6:38  
  6:47 Rickard Rakell shoots Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
  6:53 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
Jalen Chatfield hits Noel Acciari. 7:10  
Jalen Chatfield blocks shot from Marcus Pettersson. 7:12  
Giveaway by Jalen Chatfield. 7:31  
Shot by Martin Necas misses the net 7:56  
  8:03 Reilly Smith blocks shot from Brent Burns.
  8:05 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Martin Necas.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 8:22  
  8:30 Kris Letang blocks shot from Michael Bunting.
  8:32 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Stefan Noesen.
  8:48 Sidney Crosby hits Brady Skjei.
  8:51 Sidney Crosby scores. Assisted by Rickard Rakell and Jake Guentzel.
Jack Drury wins the faceoff against Noel Acciari. 8:51  
  9:23 Noel Acciari shoots Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
Sebastian Aho wins the faceoff against Noel Acciari. 9:38  
Brent Burns shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 9:39  
Sebastian Aho wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 9:41  
Stefan Noesen penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Rickard Rakell. 9:51  
Jordan Staal wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 9:51  
Takeaway by Jordan Staal. 10:05  
  10:06 Evgeni Malkin blocks shot from Jaccob Slavin.
  10:18 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Sebastian Aho.
  10:36 Valtteri Puustinen shoots Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
Sebastian Aho shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 10:45  
  12:06 Noel Acciari wins the faceoff against Michael Bunting.
  12:29 Chad Ruhwedel hits Jesperi Kotkaniemi.
Jack Drury wins the faceoff against Noel Acciari. 12:33  
  12:38 Noel Acciari blocks shot from Brett Pesce.
Takeaway by Brett Pesce. 12:49  
  13:03 Evgeni Malkin penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jack Drury.
Sebastian Aho wins the faceoff against Noel Acciari. 13:03  
  14:36 Lars Eller blocks shot from Brady Skjei.
Shot by Martin Necas misses the net 15:06  
Takeaway by Jaccob Slavin. 15:14  
Takeaway by Jesper Fast. 15:39  
Jaccob Slavin hits Jake Guentzel. 16:09  
  16:46 Jansen Harkins hits Jack Drury.
  17:05 Jansen Harkins hits Jack Drury.
  17:20 Noel Acciari blocks shot from Seth Jarvis.
  17:22 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jordan Martinook.
  17:42 Marcus Pettersson hits Jesper Fast.
Giveaway by Jesper Fast. 17:57  
  17:58 Takeaway by Sidney Crosby.
  17:58 Giveaway by Marcus Pettersson.
  18:26 Drew O'Connor hits Seth Jarvis.
  18:29 Takeaway by Lars Eller.
  18:38 Takeaway by Erik Karlsson.
2
Carolina   Pittsburgh
Jordan Staal wins the faceoff against Noel Acciari. 0:00  
  0:16 Kris Letang hits Jordan Martinook.
  0:31 Jeff Carter hits Jordan Martinook.
Sebastian Aho wins the faceoff against Noel Acciari. 0:52  
  0:54 Noel Acciari blocks shot from Brady Skjei.
Shot by Seth Jarvis misses the net 1:30  
Jack Drury wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 1:33  
Brent Burns shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 1:35  
  2:10 Ryan Graves blocks shot Andrei Svechnikov shoots
Jesperi Kotkaniemi wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 2:32  
Martin Necas shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 2:41  
  2:42 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Jesperi Kotkaniemi.
  3:15 Marcus Pettersson blocks shot from Jalen Chatfield.
  3:25 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jordan Staal.
Shot by Brett Pesce misses the net 4:13  
  4:15 Jake Guentzel hits Jordan Martinook.
Jesper Fast blocks shot Brady Skjei shoots 4:16  
Brett Pesce shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 4:29  
Sebastian Aho wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 4:31  
Shot by Seth Jarvis misses the net 4:37  
Stefan Noesen penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by John Ludvig. 4:40  
Jordan Staal wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 4:40  
Jordan Staal shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 4:48  
Jaccob Slavin shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 5:07  
  5:19 Shot by Jake Guentzel misses the net
  5:51 Giveaway by Valtteri Puustinen.
  6:28 Jeff Carter shoots Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
  6:29 Reilly Smith shoots Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
  6:31 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Jordan Staal.
  7:46 Drew O'Connor hits Dmitry Orlov.
Jalen Chatfield blocks shot from Drew O'Connor. 7:55  
Jalen Chatfield blocks shot from Noel Acciari. 7:59  
  8:00 Noel Acciari shoots Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
  8:01 Drew O'Connor shoots Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
  8:03 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jack Drury.
Brent Burns hits Rickard Rakell. 8:13  
Jack Drury penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Sidney Crosby. 8:25  
  8:25 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jordan Staal.
  8:43 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
Seth Jarvis hits Valtteri Puustinen. 8:50  
  9:03 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
Takeaway by Jaccob Slavin. 9:25  
Jaccob Slavin shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 9:27  
Jalen Chatfield blocks shot from Rickard Rakell. 10:27  
  10:30 Lars Eller hits Jalen Chatfield.
  10:44 Giveaway by Ryan Graves.
Andrei Svechnikov blocks shot from Brett Pesce. 10:50  
  10:52 Marcus Pettersson blocks shot from Jack Drury.
Martin Necas shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 11:32  
Teuvo Teravainen wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 11:34  
  11:35 John Ludvig blocks shot from Brent Burns.
Sebastian Aho wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter. 11:52  
  12:06 Noel Acciari hits Brady Skjei.
  12:12 Jeff Carter shoots Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
Jordan Staal wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 12:15  
  13:09 Giveaway by Marcus Pettersson.
Michael Bunting shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 13:12  
  13:17 Valtteri Puustinen blocks shot from Brady Skjei.
  13:40 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
Michael Bunting shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 13:42  
Shot by Martin Necas misses the net 13:43  
  13:53 Valtteri Puustinen blocks shot from Dmitry Orlov.
  14:05 Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin.
  14:23 Valtteri Puustinen blocks shot from Jalen Chatfield.
  14:39 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Jack Drury.
  14:43 Marcus Pettersson blocks shot from Jaccob Slavin.
Teuvo Teravainen shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 14:51  
Jordan Staal wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 14:52  
Teuvo Teravainen scores. Assisted by Jack Drury and Jaccob Slavin. 14:52  
  15:15 Erik Karlsson shoots Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
  16:04 Jansen Harkins shoots Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
  16:05 Shot by Jansen Harkins misses the net
  16:27 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jordan Staal.
Jordan Martinook blocks shot from Kris Letang. 16:29  
Giveaway by Jesper Fast. 17:05  
Jordan Martinook hits Rickard Rakell. 17:07  
Brett Pesce penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jake Guentzel. 17:13  
  17:13 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jordan Staal.
  17:15 Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin.
  17:41 Giveaway by Erik Karlsson.
  18:00 Giveaway by Sidney Crosby.
Brent Burns shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 18:31  
  19:12 Takeaway by Jeff Carter.
  19:17 Shot by Reilly Smith misses the net
  19:20 Giveaway by Reilly Smith.
Jesper Fast shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 19:24  
  19:26 Noel Acciari wins the faceoff against Jesperi Kotkaniemi.
  19:46 Marcus Pettersson blocks shot from Brett Pesce.
  19:57 Giveaway by Drew O'Connor.
Michael Bunting shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 19:58  
3
Carolina   Pittsburgh
Jordan Staal wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:00  
Jaccob Slavin shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 0:10  
Sebastian Aho wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:12  
Jaccob Slavin shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 0:15  
Shot by Stefan Noesen misses the net 0:16  
  0:26 Noel Acciari wins the faceoff against Sebastian Aho.
  0:28 Erik Karlsson shoots Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
  0:32 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Jordan Staal.
Brady Skjei blocks shot from Ryan Graves. 0:35  
Jordan Staal blocks shot from Valtteri Puustinen. 1:06  
Andrei Svechnikov blocks shot from Marcus Pettersson. 1:35  
Jalen Chatfield hits Jake Guentzel. 1:39  
  1:41 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
  2:37 Noel Acciari wins the faceoff against Seth Jarvis.
Brady Skjei blocks shot from Noel Acciari. 2:44  
  3:15 Takeaway by Reilly Smith.
  3:40 John Ludvig hits Jordan Martinook.
  4:23 Radim Zohorna shoots Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
Teuvo Teravainen wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 4:24  
  4:35 Ryan Graves shoots Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
  4:36 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jordan Staal.
  5:00 Ryan Graves blocks shot from Jesper Fast.
  5:02 Noel Acciari wins the faceoff against Jack Drury.
Jack Drury wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 5:16  
  5:34 Giveaway by John Ludvig.
Andrei Svechnikov hits Reilly Smith. 5:38  
Brady Skjei blocks shot from Valtteri Puustinen. 6:00  
  6:12 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
Dmitry Orlov shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 6:34  
  6:51 Kris Letang hits Michael Bunting.
Dmitry Orlov hits Drew O'Connor. 7:13  
Seth Jarvis blocks shot from Sidney Crosby. 7:43  
  7:45 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
  7:46 Rickard Rakell shoots Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
Sebastian Aho wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 7:52  
  8:21 Takeaway by Chad Ruhwedel.
Jordan Staal hits Chad Ruhwedel. 8:34  
  9:30 Giveaway by Reilly Smith.
  9:43 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Sebastian Aho.
Jordan Staal wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 10:03  
  10:11 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
  10:14 Drew O'Connor wins the faceoff against Jordan Staal.
  10:16 Shot by Marcus Pettersson misses the net
  10:23 Radim Zohorna hits Brett Pesce.
  10:27 Lars Eller shoots misses the net
Jesperi Kotkaniemi wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 10:42  
Giveaway by Michael Bunting. 11:40  
  12:12 Rickard Rakell blocks shot from Brett Pesce.
  12:27 Chad Ruhwedel blocks shot from Andrei Svechnikov.
  12:27 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
  12:29 Sidney Crosby blocks shot from Brady Skjei.
Shot by Brett Pesce misses the net 12:34  
Brady Skjei shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 12:53  
  12:55 Noel Acciari wins the faceoff against Sebastian Aho.
  13:22 Noel Acciari hits Sebastian Aho.
Sebastian Aho wins the faceoff against Noel Acciari. 13:27  
  13:45 Marcus Pettersson blocks shot from Seth Jarvis.
Seth Jarvis shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 13:46  
Shot by Stefan Noesen misses the net 13:55  
Jordan Martinook blocks shot from Erik Karlsson. 14:32  
  15:15 Sidney Crosby hits Andrei Svechnikov.
  15:18 Erik Karlsson penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jordan Martinook.
  15:18 Noel Acciari wins the faceoff against Sebastian Aho.
  16:00 Marcus Pettersson hits Sebastian Aho.
  16:10 Noel Acciari blocks shot from Brent Burns.
Seth Jarvis hits Marcus Pettersson. 16:22  
Shot by Jack Drury misses the net 17:03  
Jack Drury hits Drew O'Connor. 17:06  
Martin Necas shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 17:11  
Jordan Staal wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 17:13  
  17:16 Jeff Carter blocks shot from Dmitry Orlov.
  17:39 Ryan Graves blocks shot from Jordan Martinook.
  17:41 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Sebastian Aho.
Takeaway by Seth Jarvis. 17:46  
  18:10 Shot by Jake Guentzel misses the net
  18:40 Takeaway by Reilly Smith.
Jack Drury blocks shot from Kris Letang. 18:45  
Jordan Staal wins the faceoff against Noel Acciari. 18:47  
Jordan Martinook blocks shot from Erik Karlsson. 18:51  
  18:57 Noel Acciari hits Jordan Staal.
  19:19 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jordan Staal.
Jesper Fast blocks shot from Kris Letang. 19:21  
Jordan Staal wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 19:23  
  19:32 Sidney Crosby blocks shot from Jaccob Slavin.
  19:49 Giveaway by Rickard Rakell.
1 OT
Carolina   Pittsburgh
Jordan Staal wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter. 0:00  
Giveaway by Jaccob Slavin. 0:17  
  0:42 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jordan Staal.
Takeaway by Andrei Svechnikov. 0:57  
  1:13 Sidney Crosby blocks shot from Kris Letang.
Jordan Staal wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 1:33  
Takeaway by Brett Pesce. 1:43  
  1:50 Takeaway by Lars Eller.
  2:12 Rickard Rakell hits Brett Pesce.
  2:14 Shot by Rickard Rakell misses the net
Martin Necas blocks shot from Kris Letang. 2:19  
  2:43 Rickard Rakell blocks shot from Martin Necas.
Takeaway by Sebastian Aho. 2:52  
Takeaway by Jaccob Slavin. 3:27  
Seth Jarvis blocks shot from Jake Guentzel. 3:44  
Andrei Svechnikov penalty for interference - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Sidney Crosby. 3:46  
Jordan Staal wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 3:46  
Brent Burns blocks shot from Jake Guentzel. 3:47  
  3:58 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
  4:05 Giveaway by Jake Guentzel.
  4:29 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
  4:31 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
Brett Pesce blocks shot from Erik Karlsson. 4:38  
Jordan Staal blocks shot from Evgeni Malkin. 4:45  
  4:50 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
  4:54 Shot by Evgeni Malkin misses the net
Jordan Staal blocks shot from Evgeni Malkin. 4:58  
Shootout
Round 1
PIT Shootout attempt by Rickard Rakell. Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
CAR Shootout attempt by Stefan Noesen. Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
Round 2
PIT Sidney Crosby scores on shootout attempt.
CAR Shootout attempt by Andrei Svechnikov. Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
Round 3
PIT Shootout attempt by Kris Letang. Saved by Pyotr Kochetkov.
CAR Shootout attempt by Teuvo Teravainen. Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.