Kings 3–4 Penguins — Final Score & Stats (Dec 15, 2018)

The game

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

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Three stars

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1st star 🐧 PIT

Bryan Rust

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 18:58 TOI

2nd star 👑 LAK

Jake Muzzin

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 22:37 TOI

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Matt Murray

38 saves

0.927 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Matt Cullen SH Go-ahead 1st · 06:58

Assists: Bryan Rust, Jack Johnson · beat Jonathan Quick

0–1

🐧 Bryan Rust 1st · 13:04

Assists: Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel · beat Jonathan Quick

0–2

2nd period

👑 Jake Muzzin 2nd · 03:22

Assists: Anze Kopitar, Alex Iafallo · beat Matt Murray

1–2

🐧 Tanner Pearson 2nd · 08:29

Unassisted · beat Jonathan Quick

1–3

👑 Matt Luff 2nd · 10:06

Assists: Austin Wagner, Drew Doughty · beat Matt Murray

2–3

3rd period

👑 Alex Iafallo PP Tying 3rd · 12:30

Assists: Adrian Kempe, Jake Muzzin · beat Matt Murray

3–3

Overtime

🐧 Phil Kessel PP Go-ahead OT · 03:59

Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Olli Maatta · beat Jonathan Quick

3–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

👑Kings

L1 Iafallo · Kopitar · Brown 22:10

L2 Carter · Toffoli · Thompson 16:17

L3 Leipsic · Kempe · Luff 14:11

L4 Wagner · Amadio · Scherbak 10:26

D1 Doughty · Muzzin 25:55

D2 Forbort · Fantenberg 19:12

D3 Walker · Brickley 14:13

🐧Penguins

L1 Crosby · Guentzel · Rust 21:03

L2 Malkin · Cullen · Kessel 17:30

L3 Sheahan · Aston-Reese · Grant 12:39

L4 Pearson · Wilson · Brassard 11:12

D1 Dumoulin · Oleksiak 23:04

D2 Maatta · Johnson 21:16

D3 Pettersson · Riikola 16:24

Team stats

Away left · home right

👑LAK PIT🐧

41 Shots on goal 36

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

36 Hits 28

11 Blocked shots 14

2 Takeaways 8

6 Giveaways 12

6 Penalty minutes 6

LAK shooting 7.3% (3/41) PIT shooting 11.1% (4/36)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

👑Kings

Jonathan Quick

32/36

.889 SV% · 4 GA · 63:59 TOI

🐧Penguins

Matt Murray

38/41

.927 SV% · 3 GA · 63:55 TOI

Where the goals came from

7 of 7 goals located

LAK PIT

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

Period by period

After 1st — 0–2

Kings

Kings — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 1-0-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)

After 2nd — 2–3

Kings

Kings — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-6 (0% win rate, 6 games)

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-0-1 (75% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 1–0

Feb 152018 👑LAK @ 🐧PIT 1–3 Jan 182018 🐧PIT @ 👑LAK 3–1 Dec 162016 👑LAK @ 🐧PIT 1–0 OT Nov 32016 🐧PIT @ 👑LAK 2–3 OT Dec 112015 👑LAK @ 🐧PIT 3–2 SO

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LAK vs PIT, answered

Who won Kings vs Penguins on December 15, 2018?

Penguins won 4–3 in overtime. The final score was Kings 3, Penguins 4.

Who scored for Kings?

Alex Iafallo, Jake Muzzin, Matt Luff.

Who scored for Penguins?

Bryan Rust, Matt Cullen, Phil Kessel, Tanner Pearson.

How did the Kings goalie play?

Jonathan Quick made 32 saves on 36 shots (.889 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Matt Murray made 38 saves on 41 shots (.927 save percentage).

Where is Kings vs Penguins played?

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

What is the Kings vs Penguins 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

👑 Kings

BeforeDec 13 👑LAK @ 🧥CBJ 1–4 AfterDec 18 ✈️WPG @ 👑LAK 1–4

🐧 Penguins

BeforeDec 14 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 3–5 AfterDec 17 🦆ANA @ 🐧PIT 4–2

Also on December 15

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