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2018-19 regular season

Avalanche at Penguins

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Season series tied 1–1

Penguins beat Avalanche 6–3 at PPG Paints Arena on December 4, 2018.

COL – PIT
45–32
Shots on goal
1/3–1/3
Power play
18–33
Hits
15–16
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Patric Hornqvist
3 G, 1 A
8 shots · 16:32 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Evgeni Malkin
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 17:51 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Casey DeSmith
42 saves
0.933 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Jake Guentzel Go-ahead 1st · 02:46
Assists: Kris Letang, Brian Dumoulin · beat Semyon Varlamov
0–1
🐧 Evgeni Malkin 1st · 06:52
Assists: Tanner Pearson, Patric Hornqvist · beat Semyon Varlamov
0–2
🐧 Derick Brassard 1st · 07:27
Assists: Olli Maatta, Zach Aston-Reese · beat Semyon Varlamov
0–3
2nd period
🏔️ Tyson Barrie PP 2nd · 08:16
Assists: Mikko Rantanen, Gabriel Landeskog · beat Casey DeSmith
1–3
🏔️ Carl Soderberg 2nd · 09:32
Assists: Matt Calvert, Ian Cole · beat Casey DeSmith
2–3
🏔️ Matt Nieto SH Tying 2nd · 13:17
Assists: Gabriel Bourque · beat Casey DeSmith
3–3
3rd period
🐧 Patric Hornqvist PP Go-ahead 3rd · 06:11
Assists: Kris Letang, Phil Kessel · beat Semyon Varlamov
3–4
🐧 Patric Hornqvist 3rd · 07:32
Assists: Evgeni Malkin · beat Semyon Varlamov
3–5
🐧 Patric Hornqvist 3rd · 08:58
Unassisted · beat Semyon Varlamov
3–6

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Landeskog · MacKinnon · Rantanen 22:23
L2 Compher · Wilson · Jost 17:26
L3 Nieto · Soderberg · Kerfoot 11:25
L4 Calvert · Bourque · Kamenev 10:19
D1 Barrie · Johnson 23:54
D2 Cole · Girard 19:06
D3 Zadorov · Nemeth 14:04
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Guentzel · Aston-Reese 18:36
L2 Malkin · Kessel · Hornqvist 17:42
L3 Pearson · Brassard · Sheahan 13:43
L4 Grant · Simon · Rust 6:48
D1 Letang · Maatta 22:53
D2 Dumoulin · Johnson 20:17
D3 Oleksiak · Pettersson 16:40

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL PIT🐧
45 Shots on goal 32
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
18 Hits 33
15 Blocked shots 16
3 Takeaways 11
8 Giveaways 8
8 Penalty minutes 8
COL shooting 6.7% (3/45) PIT shooting 18.8% (6/32)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Semyon Varlamov
26/32
.812 SV% · 6 GA · 57:47 TOI
🐧Penguins
Casey DeSmith
42/45
.933 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

9 of 9 goals located
Jake Guentzel · 1st 02:46 · 0–1 Evgeni Malkin · 1st 06:52 · 0–2 Derick Brassard · 1st 07:27 · 0–3 Tyson Barrie · 2nd 08:16 · 1–3 Carl Soderberg · 2nd 09:32 · 2–3 Matt Nieto · 2nd 13:17 · 3–3 Patric Hornqvist · 3rd 06:11 · 3–4 Patric Hornqvist · 3rd 07:32 · 3–5 Patric Hornqvist · 3rd 08:58 · 3–6
COL PIT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–3
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 3 goals after 1st: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
After 2nd — 3–3
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 2-3-2 (29% win rate, 7 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 0-2-3 (0% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1
Nov 282018 🐧PIT @ 🏔️COL 3–6 Dec 182017 🐧PIT @ 🏔️COL 2–4 Dec 112017 🏔️COL @ 🐧PIT 2–1 Feb 92017 🐧PIT @ 🏔️COL 4–1 Oct 172016 🏔️COL @ 🐧PIT 4–3 OT
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COL vs PIT, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Penguins on December 4, 2018?

Penguins won 6–3. The final score was Avalanche 3, Penguins 6.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Carl Soderberg, Matt Nieto, Tyson Barrie.

Who scored for Penguins?

Patric Hornqvist (3), Derick Brassard, Evgeni Malkin, Jake Guentzel.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Semyon Varlamov made 26 saves on 32 shots (.812 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Casey DeSmith made 42 saves on 45 shots (.933 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Penguins season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeDec 2 🏔️COL @ 🐙DET 2–0 AfterDec 6 🏔️COL @ 🐆FLA 5–2
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 1 🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT 4–2 AfterDec 6 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 2–6
Also on December 4
🐻BOS 0–5 🐆FLA ✈️WPG 3–1 🏝️NYI 🔥CGY 9–6 🧥CBJ 🍁TOR 4–3 ⚔️BUF 🏛️OTT 2–5 🇨🇦MTL ⚡TBL 6–5 🐙DET 🌲MIN 3–2 🐋VAN 🦅WSH 3–5 🎰VGK
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