Penguins 4–2 Avalanche — Final Score & Stats (Dec 9, 2015)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Beau Bennett

2 G

6 shots · 16:15 TOI

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Patric Hornqvist

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 12:58 TOI

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Olli Maatta

2 A

20:05 TOI

Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🏔️ Matt Duchene Go-ahead 1st · 05:34

Assists: Nathan MacKinnon, Mikhail Grigorenko · beat Marc-Andre Fleury

0–1

🐧 Matt Cullen Tying 1st · 10:56

Assists: Patric Hornqvist, Olli Maatta · beat Reto Berra

1–1

🏔️ Erik Johnson Go-ahead 1st · 15:00

Assists: Carl Soderberg, Francois Beauchemin · beat Marc-Andre Fleury

1–2

3rd period

🐧 Beau Bennett Tying 3rd · 07:19

Assists: Chris Kunitz, Sidney Crosby · beat Reto Berra

2–2

🐧 Patric Hornqvist Go-ahead 3rd · 09:24

Assists: Olli Maatta, Nick Bonino · beat Reto Berra

3–2

🐧 Beau Bennett 3rd · 10:43

Assists: Brian Dumoulin · beat Reto Berra

4–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐧Penguins

L1 Kunitz · Malkin · Crosby 17:43

L2 Perron · Bonino · Bennett 15:38

L3 Fehr · Cullen · Kessel 14:34

L4 Plotnikov · Hornqvist · Sprong 11:14

D1 Letang · Lovejoy 21:55

D2 Maatta · Cole 19:28

D3 Dumoulin · Warsofsky 16:59

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Comeau · MacKinnon · Duchene 21:33

L2 Mitchell · Soderberg · Iginla 15:26

L3 Tanguay · Martinsen · McLeod 13:13

L4 Grigorenko · Skille · Wagner 10:09

D1 Barrie · Johnson 25:18

D2 Beauchemin · Holden 22:00

D3 Gormley · Guenin 10:26

Team stats

Away left · home right

🐧PIT COL🏔️

33 Shots on goal 26

15 Hits 25

17 Blocked shots 13

4 Takeaways 3

0 Giveaways 5

10 Penalty minutes 4

PIT shooting 12.1% (4/33) COL shooting 7.7% (2/26)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐧Penguins

Marc-Andre Fleury

24/26

.923 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Reto Berra

29/33

.879 SV% · 4 GA · 57:27 TOI

Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located

PIT COL

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 1–2

Penguins

Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-4 (20% win rate, 5 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 4-2 (67% win rate, 6 games)

After 2nd — 1–2

Penguins

Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-3 (25% win rate, 4 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 2–0

Nov 192015 🏔️COL @ 🐧PIT 3–4 Mar 42015 🐧PIT @ 🏔️COL 1–3 Dec 182014 🏔️COL @ 🐧PIT 0–1 OT Apr 62014 🐧PIT @ 🏔️COL 3–2 SO Oct 212013 🏔️COL @ 🐧PIT 1–0

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Who won Penguins vs Avalanche on December 9, 2015?

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

Who scored for Penguins?

Beau Bennett (2), Matt Cullen, Patric Hornqvist.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Erik Johnson, Matt Duchene.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Reto Berra made 29 saves on 33 shots (.879 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Avalanche season series?

Penguins lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🐧 Penguins

BeforeDec 6 🐧PIT @ 🦆ANA 1–2 AfterDec 11 👑LAK @ 🐧PIT 3–2

🏔️ Avalanche

BeforeDec 7 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 1–2 AfterDec 12 🏔️COL @ 🐯NSH 3–2

Also on December 9

🐻BOS 3–1 🇨🇦MTL 🦈SJS 3–4 🛢️EDM 🗽NYR 1–2 🐋VAN

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