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2015-16 regular season

Penguins at Wild

🗓 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–0

Penguins beat Wild 3–1 at Xcel Energy Center on December 26, 2015.

PIT – MIN
32–26
Shots on goal
1/3–0/4
Power play
13–23
Hits
10–14
Blocked shots
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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
Sidney Crosby
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 17:18 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Kris Letang
2 A
3 shots · 21:42 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Patric Hornqvist
1 G
6 shots · 15:07 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order
2nd period
🐧 Sidney Crosby Go-ahead 2nd · 04:23
Assists: David Perron, Kris Letang · beat Devan Dubnyk
1–0
🐧 Eric Fehr 2nd · 18:10
Assists: Kevin Porter, Matt Cullen · beat Devan Dubnyk
2–0
🌲 Jason Zucker 2nd · 18:55
Assists: Thomas Vanek, Marco Scandella · beat Matt Murray
2–1
🐧 Patric Hornqvist PP 2nd · 19:26
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang · beat Devan Dubnyk
3–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Kunitz · Malkin · Crosby 17:18
L2 Cullen · Kessel · Hornqvist 15:23
L3 Bonino · Fehr · Porter 14:30
L4 Perron · Sheary · Wilson 11:58
D1 Maatta · Letang 22:20
D2 Dumoulin · Lovejoy 19:43
D3 Daley · Cole 16:16
🌲Wild
L1 Parise · Granlund · Pominville 20:28
L2 Vanek · Zucker · Koivu 18:15
L3 Haula · Coyle · Niederreiter 14:02
L4 Porter · Stoll · Fontaine 10:10
D1 Suter · Dumba 24:01
D2 Spurgeon · Scandella 21:06
D3 Brodin · Prosser 12:34

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT MIN🌲
32 Shots on goal 26
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4
13 Hits 23
10 Blocked shots 14
8 Takeaways 11
8 Giveaways 11
8 Penalty minutes 6
PIT shooting 9.4% (3/32) MIN shooting 3.8% (1/26)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Matt Murray
25/26
.962 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🌲Wild
Devan Dubnyk
29/32
.906 SV% · 3 GA · 58:04 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Sidney Crosby · 2nd 04:23 · 1–0 Eric Fehr · 2nd 18:10 · 2–0 Jason Zucker · 2nd 18:55 · 2–1 Patric Hornqvist · 2nd 19:26 · 3–1
PIT MIN
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 6-4-1 (55% win rate, 11 games)
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 5-3-4 (42% win rate, 12 games)
After 2nd — 3–1
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 5-0 (100% win rate, 5 games)
Wild
Wild — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-3 (0% win rate, 3 games)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 2–0
Nov 172015 🌲MIN @ 🐧PIT 3–4 Jan 132015 🌲MIN @ 🐧PIT 2–7 Nov 42014 🐧PIT @ 🌲MIN 4–1 Apr 52014 🐧PIT @ 🌲MIN 0–4 Dec 192013 🌲MIN @ 🐧PIT 2–5
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Who won Penguins vs Wild on December 26, 2015?

Penguins won 3–1. The final score was Penguins 3, Wild 1.

Who scored for Penguins?

Eric Fehr, Patric Hornqvist, Sidney Crosby.

Who scored for Wild?

Jason Zucker.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Matt Murray made 25 saves on 26 shots (.962 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Devan Dubnyk made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 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 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 21 🧥CBJ @ 🐧PIT 2–5 AfterDec 27 🐧PIT @ ✈️WPG 0–1
🌲 Wild
BeforeDec 22 🇨🇦MTL @ 🌲MIN 1–2 AfterDec 28 🐙DET @ 🌲MIN 1–3
Also on December 26
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