🐧 Away Penguins 3-2-2
4–2
Final
🌲 Home Wild 2-1-2
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🌲 MIN 0112

Penguins at Wild

Penguins beat Wild 4–2 at Xcel Energy Center on October 18, 2011.

🗓 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🏒 2011-12 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Pascal Dupuis
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · 21:31 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Matt Cooke
2 A
18:35 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
James Neal
1 G
4 shots · 16:45 TOI

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
2nd period
🐧 Chris Kunitz Go-ahead 2nd · 00:46
Assists: Pascal Dupuis · beat Niklas Backstrom
1–0
🐧 Jordan Staal PP 2nd · 07:14
Assists: Matt Cooke, Zbynek Michalek · beat Niklas Backstrom
2–0
🌲 Cal Clutterbuck SH 2nd · 08:07
Assists: Mikko Koivu · beat Brent Johnson
2–1
3rd period
🐧 James Neal 3rd · 03:38
Unassisted · beat Niklas Backstrom
3–1
🐧 Pascal Dupuis SH 3rd · 12:21
Assists: Matt Cooke · beat Niklas Backstrom
4–1
🌲 Guillaume Latendresse 3rd · 13:12
Assists: Matt Cullen, Brett Bulmer · beat Brent Johnson
4–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Cooke · Staal · Dupuis 21:31
L2 Kunitz · Neal · Park 16:57
L3 Sullivan · Adams · Asham 14:35
L4 MacIntyre · Vitale · Letestu 9:00
D1 Michalek · Martin 29:12
D2 Niskanen · Engelland 20:11
D3 Lovejoy · Strait 9:08
🌲Wild
L1 Heatley · Koivu · Bouchard 20:37
L2 Cullen · Clutterbuck · Setoguchi 18:08
L3 Latendresse · Brodziak · Gillies 16:36
L4 Powe · Bulmer · Staubitz 7:58
D1 Zidlicky · Spurgeon 21:04
D2 Scandella · Stoner 18:58
D3 Zanon · Schultz 17:06

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT MIN🌲
25 Shots on goal 26
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
24 Hits 29
10 Blocked shots 14
4 Takeaways 4
5 Giveaways 9
10 Penalty minutes 4
PIT shooting 16.0% (4/25) MIN shooting 7.7% (2/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Brent Johnson
24/26
.923 SV% · 2 GA · 59:58 TOI
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom
21/25
.840 SV% · 4 GA · 58:34 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located
Chris Kunitz · 2nd 00:46 · 1–0 Jordan Staal · 2nd 07:14 · 2–0 Cal Clutterbuck · 2nd 08:07 · 2–1 James Neal · 3rd 03:38 · 3–1 Pascal Dupuis · 3rd 12:21 · 4–1 Guillaume Latendresse · 3rd 13:12 · 4–2
PIT MIN
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 2nd — 2–1
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-0-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Wild
Wild: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Penguins lead the season series 1–0
Jan 82011 🌲MIN @ 🐧PIT 4–0 Jan 112010 🐧PIT @ 🌲MIN 3–4 Oct 312009 🌲MIN @ 🐧PIT 2–1 Nov 182008 🌲MIN @ 🐧PIT 2–1 SO Oct 302007 🐧PIT @ 🌲MIN 4–2
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❓ PIT vs MIN, answered

Who won Penguins vs Wild on October 18, 2011?

Penguins won 4–2. The final score was Penguins 4, Wild 2.

Who scored for Penguins?

Chris Kunitz, James Neal, Jordan Staal, Pascal Dupuis.

Who scored for Wild?

Cal Clutterbuck, Guillaume Latendresse.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Brent Johnson made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 21 saves on 25 shots (.840 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Wild played?

At Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, the Wild home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Wild season series?

Penguins lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeOct 17 🐧PIT @ ✈️WPG 1–2 AfterOct 20 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 1–3
🌲 Wild
BeforeOct 15 🐙DET @ 🌲MIN 3–2 AfterOct 20 🌲MIN @ 🛢️EDM 2–1
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